2016 TCU Horned Frogs baseball team

2015 MLB draft

Eight Horned Frogs from the 2015 roster were drafted in the 2015 MLB draft. Redshirt Junior RHP Mitchell Traver was selected by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 28th round and elected to return to TCU for the 2016 season. The following 7 drafted players departed the program for Major League Baseball after TCU's College World Series appearance:^{[10][11][12][13][14]}

Departed players

In addition to the 7 players that departed after being drafted in the 2015 MLB Draft, 4 seniors graduated and 5 other players departed the program:

Recruits and transfers

The Horned Frogs' 2015 recruiting and transfer class was led by 2015 Gatorade National Player of the Year, Luken Baker.^[15] The 18 new players for 2016 include the following 13 freshmen and 5 junior transfers:

Season projections

Coming off back-to-back College World Series appearances in 2014 and 2015, TCU entered the 2016 season ranked as high as #11 in preseason polls. The Horned Frogs were voted as the favorite to win the regular season Big 12 title in the preseason Big 12 coaches' poll.^[16] College baseball writers for D1 Baseball,^[17] Baseball America,^[18] and Perfect Game^[19] all selected the Frogs to finish second in the Big 12, behind Oklahoma State.

In-depth preseason TCU previews were compiled by and are available from: D1 Baseball (podcast Archived 2016-02-22 at the Wayback Machine), Baseball America and Perfect Game.

In-depth preseason Big 12 previews were compiled by and are available from: D1 Baseball, Baseball America and Perfect Game.

Before the start of the season, D1 Baseball projected the Frogs as one of the 16 NCAA tournament Regional hosts.^[20] Baseball America projected TCU as a 2-seed in a Houston Regional, and two of their four writers projected TCU freshman Luken Baker would be named Freshman of the Year.^[21]

Roster

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2016 TCU Horned Frogs baseball team
Players	Coaches
# Pos. Name B/T Height Weight Year Previous school Home town 1 INF Mason Hesse R/R 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 155 lb (70 kg) Jr Navarro College Temple, TX 3 INF Elliott Barzilli R/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Jr Georgia Tech Los Angeles, CA 4 INF Cam Warner R/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 188 lb (85 kg) Jr Hill College Canberra, Australia 5 INF Ryan Merrill L/R 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Jr Iowa Western C.C. Omaha, NE 6 OF Nolan Brown  L/L 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Sr Blinn College Colleyville, TX 7 OF Josh Watson S/R 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Fr Arlington Martin, H.S. Arlington, TX 8 OF Austen Wade L/L 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) So Midland H.S. Midland, TX 9 C Evan Skoug L/R 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 200 lb (91 kg) So Libertyville H.S. Libertyville, IL 10 OF Dane Steinhagen R/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Sr Howard College Beaumont, TX 11 LHP Dalton Horton L/L 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Fr Center H.S. Center, TX 12 LHP Rex Hill L/L 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Jr San Jacinto College Tomball, TX 13 INF Michael Landestoy R/R 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) RS So Saint George School Santo Domingo, D.R. 15 RHP Durbin Feltman R/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Fr Oak Ridge, H.S. Conroe, TX 16 INF Connor Wanhanen L/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 195 lb (88 kg) So Flower Mound H.S. Flower Mound, TX 17 LHP Ryan Burnett L/L 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 208 lb (94 kg) RS So The Woodlands H.S. The Woodlands, TX 18 OF Zach Alaniz L/L 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) 155 lb (70 kg) Fr Carroll H.S. Corpus Christi, TX 19 RHP Luken Baker  R/R 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 265 lb (120 kg) Fr Oak Ridge, H.S. Spring, TX 20 RHP Preston Guillory R/R 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Sr Panola College Watson, LA 21 RHP Brian Trieglaff R/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 190 lb (86 kg) RS Jr Houston Christian H.S. Houston, TX 23 RHP Devon Roedahl R/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Fr West Brook H.S. Beaumont, TX 25 INF Trent Franson R/R 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Fr Lutheran South Academy Houston, TX 26 RHP Sean Wymer R/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Fr Flower Mound H.S. Flower Mound, TX 27 OF Evan Williams  L/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Sr McLennan C.C. McKinney, TX 31 RHP Dalton Brown R/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 204 lb (93 kg) Fr Arlington Heights H.S. Benbrook, TX 32 OF Ryan Johnson L/R 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Fr College Station H.S. College Station, TX 33 RHP Mitchell Traver R/R 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 255 lb (116 kg) RS Jr Houston Christian H.S. Sugar Land, TX 34 RHP Mitch Sewald R/R 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Jr LSU Eunice New Orleans, LA 35 RHP Dillon Meadows R/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Fr Paradise H.S. Paradise, TX 37 RHP Austin Boyles R/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 187 lb (85 kg) Fr Klein Collins H.S. Spring, TX 38 C Zack Plunkett R/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 205 lb (93 kg) So L.D. Bell H.S. Hurst, TX 39 LHP Shane Mosiello L/L 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Fr Aledo H.S. Aledo, TX 41 RHP Jared Janczak R/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 205 lb (93 kg) RS Fr Belton H.S. Belton, TX 44 RHP Brian Howard R/R 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Jr St. Louis University H.S. St. Louis, MO 47 LHP Drew Gooch L/L 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 195 lb (88 kg) So Argyle H.S. Argyle, TX	Head coach Jim Schlossnagle Assistant coach(es) Bill Mosiello Kirk Saarloos Zach Etheredge Josh Elander Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: January 22, 2016

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Injuries

Coaching staff

TCU returned its entire coaching staff from the Frogs' 2014 and 2015 College World Series seasons. The Frogs also added former TCU student Josh Elander as a student assistant coach.^[37]

Schlossnagle milestones

On February 21, 2016, TCU Head Coach Jim Schlossnagle became the winningest coach in TCU baseball history with his 518th win;^[38] Schlossngale passed former TCU letterman and head coach Lance Brown to become the Frogs' all-time winningest coach.^[39]

February

The Horned Frogs opened the 2016 season at home versus Loyola Marymount on February 19, 2016.^[46] The Frogs' Friday night ace pitcher missed the early weeks of the season after a muscle strain injury on February 12.^[34] Senior starting center fielder and leadoff hitter Nolan Brown was also out of the lineup in the opening weeks after undergoing surgery for a hamate bone injury in January.^[25] The Frogs won their opening series against Loyola Marymount two games to one, and Jim Schlossnagle became the all-time winningest coach in TCU baseball history in the series finale on February 21, 2016.^[38] TCU competed at the Shrines Hospitals for Children College Classic at Minute Maid Park in Houston, from February 26 through February 28;^[47] the Frogs knocked off three ranked teams (Louisiana–Lafayette, Rice and Houston) to extend their winning streak to 6 games at the close of February.^[48][49][50] The Frogs were named Tournament champions, and three Frogs earned four All-Tournament Team honors.^[51]

March

TCU entered the month of March with a 6–1 record, ranked as high as #7 in national polls.^[52] The Frogs opened the month by run-ruling UTRGV 13–0 in just 7 innings; the lopsided shutout marked the Frogs' second run-rule win of the year and extended their win streak to 7 games.^[53] After seeing their winning streak snapped in the series opener versus Gonzaga in a 5–4 loss, TCU rebounded to blast Gonzaga 10–2 and 16–1; the Frogs notched 13 extra-base hits in their two wins over Gonzaga, Big 12 leading hitter Elliott Barzilli raised his season batting average to .512, and in the Sunday series finale, all nine batters in the initial lineup had at least one hit.^[54]

April

May

Big 12 tournament

For the second time in three years, the Horned Frogs won the Big 12 Conference's automatic berth to the NCAA tournament by winning the Big 12 Conference Tournament at Bricktown Ballpark in Oklahoma City, OK. After the Big 12 Tournament, the Frogs had won 9 of their last 10 games.

Fort Worth Regional

For the sixth time in eight years, TCU was selected as one of sixteen NCAA tournament Regional hosts. The Horned Frogs drew two-seed Arizona State, three-seed Gonzaga, and four-seed Oral Roberts. The winner of the Fort Worth Regional will face the winner of the college Station Regional, setting up a potential 2015 Super Regional rematch between TCU and Texas A&M.

The Horned Frogs opened the 2016 NCAA tournament with a 7–0 win over Oral Roberts.

College Station Super Regional

The Horned Frogs faced the Aggies in an NCAA Super Regional for the second consecutive year. The Horned Frogs captured game one of the series in College Station with a dominant 8–2 victory, lost game two, and won game three to advance to the College World Series.

College World Series

TCU advanced to the College World Series for the third consecutive year and will face Texas Tech in game one, a rematch of their opening game in the 2014 College World Series.

Preseason awards

Weekly awards