2025 California Golden Bears baseball team

2025 California Golden Bears baseball
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	24–31 (9–21 ACC)
Head coach	Mike Neu (8th season)
Assistant coaches	Chris Bodishbaugh (3rd season) Chad Highberger (5th season)
Hitting coach	Brett Wallace
Home stadium	Evans Diamond

2025 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings

	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 24 Georgia Tech ‍†‍‍y	19	–	11		.633			41	–	19		.683
No. 10 Florida State ‍‍‍y	17	–	10		.630			41	–	14		.745
No. 9 North Carolina ‍‍‡‍y	18	–	11		.621			46	–	13		.780
NC State ‍‍‍y	17	–	11		.607			35	–	21		.625
No. 23 Clemson ‍‍‍y	18	–	12		.600			45	–	18		.714
Virginia ‍‍‍	16	–	11		.593			32	–	18		.640
No. 15 Duke ‍‍‍y	17	–	13		.567			40	–	19		.678
Wake Forest ‍‍‍y	16	–	14		.533			39	–	22		.639
No. 16 Miami (FL) ‍‍‍y	15	–	14		.517			34	–	26		.567
No. 6 Louisville ‍‍‍y	15	–	15		.500			39	–	21		.650
Notre Dame ‍‍‍	14	–	16		.467			32	–	21		.604
Virginia Tech ‍‍‍	12	–	18		.400			31	–	25		.554
Stanford  ‍‍‍	11	–	19		.367			27	–	25		.519
Boston College ‍‍‍	11	–	19		.367			28	–	29		.491
Pittsburgh ‍‍‍	10	–	20		.333			28	–	27		.509
California  ‍‍‍	9	–	21		.300			24	–	31		.436
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 23, 2025 Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2025 California Golden Bears baseball team represents the University of California, Berkeley in the 2025 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Golden Bears play their home games at Evans Diamond. This is their first season as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They are led by head coach Mike Neu, in his 8th season at Cal.

During the 2025 season, Cal completed its first ever away series sweep of rival Stanford. Cal also played its first ever ACC series against Duke.

Previous season

The 2024 California Golden Bears baseball team posted a 36-19 (17–13) season record. The Bears swept No. 5 Oregon State at home, and finished the regular season by winning 8 of their last 9 games. The Bears also made it to the semi-finals in the 2024 Pac-12 Conference baseball tournament, but did not earn a berth into the 2024 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

Preseason

Coaches poll

ACC coaches poll
Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	Virginia	251 (13)
2	Florida State	230 (2)
3	North Carolina	217
4	Clemson	214 (1)
5	Duke	182
6	Wake Forest	171
7	NC State	168
8	Stanford	143
9	Louisville	128
10	Georgia Tech	113
11	Miami (FL)	87
12	Virginia Tech	85
13	California	60
14	Pitt	52
15	Notre Dame	44
16	Boston College	31

Source:

Roster

2025 California Golden Bears baseball team
Players	Coaches
# Pos. Name B/T Height Weight Year Home town 1 INF Jarren Advincula L/R 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 200 lb (91 kg) So Santa Clara 2 INF Cade Campbell R/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Jr Lodi 3 OF Seth Gwynn R/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Sr Concord 4 INF Max Handron L/R 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Sr Glen Ellen 5 RHP Austin Turkington R/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Jr Los Gatos 6 OF Ethan Kodama L/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Fr West Hills 8 INF Carl Schmidt R/R 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Fr Petaluma 9 C Nico Button L/R 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Sr San Mateo 10 INF PJ Moutzouridis R/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) So San Jose 14 INF Elijah Clayton R/R 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Fr Westlake Village 15 UTL Jacob French L/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 205 lb (93 kg) So Benicia 16 RHP Tucker Bougie L/R 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Sr Mill Valley 17 C Ryan Tayman R/R 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 210 lb (95 kg) So Grover Beach 18 INF Jeff Hoffman R/R 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Sr Salida 19 RHP Ryan Spalliero R/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Jr Fresno 21 RHP Lucas Alaniz R/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Sr Waterford 22 C Alex Birge L/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Jr Olathe 23 UTL Jack Johnston R/R 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Sr Del Mar 24 RHP JJ Hollis R/R 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 225 lb (102 kg) So Laguna Niguel 25 OF Ryan Limerick L/L 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Fr Studio City 26 RHP Kaden Taque L/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 215 lb (98 kg) So Porter Ranch 27 UTL Joey Donnelly L/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Sr Alamo 28 INF Cole Tremain R/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Sr Folsom 29 RHP Miles Tenscher R/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Fr Yountville 30 UTL Jake Lavin L/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Fr Laguna Beach 31 UTL Kalen Applefield R/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Fr Carlsbad 33 RHP JM Harduvel L/R 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Fr Huntington Beach 34 RHP Cole Clark R/R 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Jr Burbank 35 RHP Jake Guardiancic R/R 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Sr Brentwood 36 OF Matthew Thomas R/R 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 210 lb (95 kg) So Garden Grove 38 INF Dominic Smaldino R/R 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 230 lb (104 kg) So Ladera Ranch 43 RHP Max Murray R/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Fr San Diego 44 INF Jordy Lopez L/L 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Fr Elk Grove 45 RHP Kyle Connelly R/R 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Fr Oakley 46 RHP Gavin Eddy R/R 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Fr Claremont 48 RHP Ethan Foley R/R 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 220 lb (100 kg) So Lancaster 51 LHP David Shaw L/L 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Sr Houston 52 RHP Quinn Larson R/R 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 225 lb (102 kg) So Gilroy 55 LHP Logan Piper L/L 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Sr Vacaville 87 RHP Oliver de la Torre R/R 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 225 lb (102 kg) So Pleasanton 98 RHP Spencer Dessart R/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Jr Bronxville	Head coach Mike Neu Assistant coach(es) Chris Bodishbaugh Chad Highberger Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: February 27, 2025

Offseason

2024 MLB draft

Main article: 2024 Major League Baseball draft

2024 MLB draft class

Round	Pick	Overall pick	Player	Position	MLB team	Source
CB	6	39	Caleb Lomavita	C	Washington Nationals
4	1	104	Rodney Green Jr.	CF	Oakland Athletics
12	23	368	Christian Becerra	P	Minnesota Twins
17	21	516	Andres Galan	P	Tampa Bay Rays

Game log

2025 California Golden Bears game log (24–31)
Regular Season: 22–30 (Home: 12–18; Away: 10–12)
February: 5–4 (Home: 5–4; Away: 0–0) Date TV Rank Opponent Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attend Overall ACC February 14 ACCNX Nevada* Evans Diamond Berkeley, CA 14–1 Turkington Fosher — 483 1–0 – February 15 ACCNX Nevada* Evans Diamond 11–3 Clark Castro — 632 2–0 – February 16 ACCNX Nevada* Evans Diamond 1–10 Burfield de la Torre — 626 2–1 – February 17 ACCNX Nevada* Evans Diamond 8–0 Foley Dobie Tremain 609 3–1 – February 21 ACCNX Houston* Evans Diamond 4–6 Dollar Turkington Roman 457 3–2 – February 22 ACCNX Houston* Evans Diamond 5–1 Eddy Schmitz Clark 560 4–2 – February 23 ACCNX Houston* Evans Diamond 4–7 Drezek de la Torre Roman 555 4–3 – February 26 ACCNX Cal State Bakersfield* Evans Diamond 6–5 (11) Tremain Riley — 339 5–3 – February 28 ACCNX Santa Clara* Evans Diamond 3–5 Gomez Turkington Bayles 459 5–4 –
March: 10–8 (Home: 2–3; Away: 8–5) Date TV Rank Opponent Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attend Overall ACC March 1 ACCNX Santa Clara* Evans Diamond 2–4 Martinez Eddy Wooster 476 5–5 – March 2 ESPN+ at Santa Clara* Stephen Schott Stadium Santa Clara, CA 19–3 (7) Foley Gillmore Dessart 550 6–5 – March 3 ESPN+ at Santa Clara* Stephen Schott Stadium 0–9 Stewart Tremain — 296 6–6 – March 7 ACCNX at Duke Jack Coombs Field Durham, NC 14–1 (7) Turkington Johnson — 341 7–6 1–0 March 8 ACCNX at Duke Jack Coombs Field 2–6 Easterly Shaw — 844 7–7 1–1 March 9 ACCNX at Duke Jack Coombs Field 3–7 Calvert Dessart — 494 7–8 1–2 March 11 ACCNX Utah* Evans Diamond 9–4 de la Torre Diamant Piper 441 8–8 1–2 March 14 ACCNX No. 23 Virginia Evans Diamond 6–1 Turkington Woolfolk — 421 9–8 2–2 March 15 ACCNX No. 23 Virginia Evans Diamond 8–10 Koenen Shaw Lanzendorfer 610 9–9 2–3 March 16 ACCNX No. 23 Virginia Evans Diamond 5–11 Blanco Foley — 553 9–10 2–4 March 18 ESPN+ at Saint Mary's* Louis Guisto Field Moraga, CA 13–7 Tremain Santiago — 257 10–10 2–4 March 21 ACCNX at No. 14 Stanford Sunken Diamond Stanford, CA 13–3 (7) Turkington Scott — 1,667 11–10 3–4 March 22 ACCNX at No. 14 Stanford Sunken Diamond 13–4 Eddy Lim — 2,147 12–10 4–4 March 23 ACCNX at No. 14 Stanford Sunken Diamond 6–5 (10) Tremain O'Harran — 2,726 13–10 5–4 March 25 ESPN+ at San Francisco* Max Ulrich Field San Francisco, CA 10–6 Piper Cabrera — 135 14–10 5–4 March 28 ACCNX at No. 18 Louisville Jim Patterson Stadium Louisville, KY 10–11 Biven Clark — 2,348 14–11 5–5 March 29 ACCNX at No. 18 Louisville Jim Patterson Stadium 14–10 de la Torre Brown — 2,614 15–11 6–5 March 30 ACCN at No. 18 Louisville Jim Patterson Stadium 6–13 Starke Foley — 2,123 15–12 6–6
April: 3–15 (Home: 2–8; Away: 1–7) Date TV Rank Opponent Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attend Overall ACC April 1 ESPN+ at Sacramento State* John Smith Field Sacramento, CA 6–5 Tremain Brown — 521 16–12 6–6 April 4 ACCNX No. 6 Clemson Evans Diamond 4–6 Knaak Turkington Mahlstedt 1,163 16–13 6–7 April 5 ACCNX No. 6 Clemson Evans Diamond 3–13 (7) Darden Eddy — 1,224 16–14 6–8 April 6 ACCNX No. 6 Clemson Evans Diamond 3–4 Titsworth Tremain Mahlstedt 1,352 16–15 6–9 April 7 ACCNX Pacific* Evans Diamond 14–8 Foley Revay — 319 17–15 6–9 April 11 ACCNX at No. 18 Georgia Tech Russ Chandler Stadium Atlanta, GA 5–8 McKee Turkington Patel 2,455 17–16 6–10 April 12 ACCNX at No. 18 Georgia Tech Russ Chandler Stadium 5–15 (8) Jones Shaw — 2,584 17–17 6–11 April 13 ACCNX at No. 18 Georgia Tech Russ Chandler Stadium 3–4 Paden Tremain Patel 1,670 17–18 6–12 April 15 ACCNX Fresno State* Evans Diamond 9–2 Eddy Patrick — 511 18–18 6–12 April 17 ACCNX NC State Evans Diamond 0–9 Fritton Shaw Shaffner 616 18–19 6–13 April 18 ACCNX NC State Evans Diamond 6–7 Nance Tremain — 1,290 18–20 6–14 April 19 ACCNX NC State Evans Diamond 2–5 Marohn de la Torre Dudan 729 18–21 6–15 April 21 ACCNX Saint Mary's* Evans Diamond 4–10 Delvecchio Eddy — 421 18–22 6–15 April 25 ACCNX at Notre Dame Frank Eck Stadium South Bend, IN 1–8 Radel Turkington — 357 18–23 6–16 April 26 ACCNX at Notre Dame Frank Eck Stadium 0–10 (7) Fox de la Torre — 637 18–24 6–17 April 27 ACCNX at Notre Dame Frank Eck Stadium 5–6 Reeth Tremain McDonough 667 18–25 6–18 April 29 ACCNX at San Francisco* Evans Diamond 9–10 Calia Bougie — 539 18–26 6–18 April 30 Mountain West Network at San Jose State* Excite Ballpark San Jose, CA 5–14 Cushing Eddy Calzadiaz 347 18–27 6–18
May: 4–3 (Home: 3–3; Away: 1–0) Date TV Rank Opponent Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attend Overall ACC May 6 ESPN+ at Pacific* Klein Family Field Stockton, CA 13–3 (8) Spalliero Souza — 850 19–27 6–18 May 9 ACCNX No. 2 Florida State Evans Diamond 2–8 Arnold Foley — 1,106 19–28 6–19 May 10 ACCNX No. 2 Florida State Evans Diamond 5–0 Gavin Volini — 992 20–28 7–19 May 11 ACCNX No. 2 Florida State Evans Diamond 1–5 Mendes Tremain Charles 706 20–29 7–20 May 15 ACCNX Boston College Evans Diamond 8–6 Lopez Soares — 531 21–29 8–20 May 16 ACCNX Boston College Evans Diamond 9–10 Kwiatkowski Taque Howanitz 567 21–30 8–21 May 17 ACCNX Boston College Evans Diamond 4–3 Alaniz Gonzalez — 878 22–30 9–21
Postseason: 2–1
ACC tournament: 2–1 Date TV Rank Opponent Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attend Overall ACC Tournament May 20 ACCN (16) (9) Miami Durham Bulls Athletic Park Durham, NC 12–2 (8) de la Torre Hugus — 1,721 23–30 1–0 May 21 ACCN (16) (8) Wake Forest Durham Bulls Athletic Park 14–12 Shaw Lunceford Piper 2,216 24–30 2–0 May 22 ACCN (16) (1) No. 16 Georgia Tech Durham Bulls Athletic Park 3–10 McKee Hollis — 2,235 24–31 2–1
Win   Loss   Postponement Bold: Golden Bears team member Rankings from D1 Baseball. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. * indicates a non-conference game.

External links

• California Golden Bears Baseball