2026 Michigan Wolverines baseball team

2026 Michigan Wolverines baseball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	34–24 (17–13 Big Ten)
Head coach	Tracy Smith (4th season)
Assistant coaches	Jake Valentine (3rd season) Andrew Stone (1st season)
Pitching coach	Brock Huntzinger (4th season)
Home stadium	Wilpon Baseball Complex

2026 Big Ten Conference baseball standings

	Conf.									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
No. 11 UCLA ‍†‍‡‍y	28	–	2	–	0		.933			48	–	6	–	0		.889
Nebraska ‍‍‍y	23	–	7	–	0		.767			41	–	14	–	0		.745
No. 13 Oregon ‍‍‍y	20	–	10	–	0		.667			38	–	15	–	0		.717
No. 15 USC ‍‍‍y	20	–	10	–	0		.667			42	–	14	–	0		.750
Purdue  ‍‍‍	18	–	13	–	0		.581			36	–	18	–	0		.667
Ohio State  ‍‍‍	18	–	12	–	0		.600			29	–	24	–	0		.547
Michigan  ‍‍‍	17	–	13	–	0		.567			33	–	22	–	0		.600
Iowa  ‍‍‍	15	–	15	–	0		.500			30	–	21	–	0		.588
Illinois  ‍‍‍	14	–	16	–	0		.467			27	–	27	–	0		.500
Rutgers  ‍‍‍	13	–	17	–	0		.433			26	–	29	–	0		.473
Washington  ‍‍‍	12	–	18	–	0		.400			23	–	31	–	0		.426
Michigan State  ‍‍‍	12	–	19	–	0		.387			22	–	31	–	0		.415
Minnesota  ‍‍‍	11	–	19	–	0		.367			30	–	23	–	0		.566
Maryland  ‍‍‍	9	–	21	–	0		.300			27	–	29	–	0		.482
Indiana  ‍‍‍	9	–	21	–	0		.300			23	–	31	–	0		.426
Penn State  ‍‍‍	9	–	21	–	0		.300			16	–	35	–	0		.314
Northwestern  ‍‍‍	8	–	22	–	0		.267			21	–	30	–	1		.413
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of May 19, 2026 Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2026 Michigan Wolverines baseball team represents the University of Michigan in the 2026 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Wolverines are led by head coach Tracy Smith in his fourth season, are a member of the Big Ten Conference and play their home games at Wilpon Baseball Complex in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Previous season

The Wolverines finished the 2025 season 33–23, including 16–14 in conference play, finishing tied for sixth place in their conference. Following the conclusion of the regular season, the Wolverines qualified for the 2025 Big Ten baseball tournament, where they finished 0–2 in pool play and did not receive a bid to the 2025 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

Roster

2026 Michigan Wolverines baseball team
Players	Coaches
# Pos. Name B/T Height Weight Year Previous school Home town 0 OF Evan Haeger L/L 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 200 lb (91 kg) RS So Houston New Hudson, Michigan 2 INF Brayden Jefferis L/R 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 175 lb (79 kg) So Hart Valencia, California 3 OF Greg Pace Jr. R/R 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 207 lb (94 kg) RS Jr Edison Academy Southfield, Michigan 4 C Noah Miller R/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 200 lb (91 kg) RS So Monroe Monroe, Michigan 5 RHP David Lally Jr. R/R 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Sr Notre Dame Grand Blanc, Michigan 6 RHP Kurt Barr R/R 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Sr University Liggett Saint Joachim, Ontario 7 INF Joe Longo R/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Gr Holy Angels Apple Valley, Minnesota 8 INF Drew Culbertson R/R 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Jr Oklahoma State Greenwood, Indiana 9 RHP Cade Montgomery R/R 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Jr Utah Tech Kaysville, Utah 10 RHP Tate Carey R/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 209 lb (95 kg) So Riverside Secondary School Windsor, Ontario 12 RHP Max Debiec R/R 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 218 lb (99 kg) Sr Folsom Lake College Seattle, Washington 14 INF Colby Turner R/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Jr San Diego State Huntington Beach, California 15 INF Carson Luna R/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 187 lb (85 kg) RS Fr Texas Houston, Texas 17 RHP Gavin DeVooght R/R 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 238 lb (108 kg) Jr Ohio State Walled Lake, Michigan 18 OF Brendan Stressler L/L 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 200 lb (91 kg) So Saint Louis Chicago, Illinois 19 RHP Brandon Mann R/R 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 247 lb (112 kg) Sr Detroit Country Day Franklin, Michigan 20 INF Dane Morrow L/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) RS Fr Tennessee Louisville, Kentucky 21 OF Jonathan Kim L/L 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Sr Brookfield Academy Brookfield, Wisconsin 22 LHP Wyatt Novara L/L 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Jr Dexter Dexter, Michigan 23 RHP Preston Barr R/R 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Fr University Liggett Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan 24 C Elie Kligman S/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Gr Sacramento State Las Vegas, Nevada 25 C Brock Leitgeb R/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 200 lb (91 kg) RS So Jesuit Portland, Oregon 26 RHP Tyler Finkbeiner R/R 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Fr Anchor Bay New Baltimore, Michigan 27 INF Jack Laffitte R/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Fr Harvard-Westlake Pacific Palisades, California 28 INF Cade Ladehoff R/R 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 200 lb (91 kg) RS So NJIT Bradenton, Florida 29 OF Keegan O'Hearn L/L 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 225 lb (102 kg) RS So O'Neill CVI Oshawa, Ontario 30 LHP Shane Brinham L/L 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Fr Handsworth North Vancouver, British Columbia 32 LHP John Hughes L/L 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 215 lb (98 kg) RS Fr North Carolina Hinsdale, Illinois 34 LHP Michael Quedens L/L 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 192 lb (87 kg) So St. Mary's Stockton, California 35 INF Matt Ossenfort L/L 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Jr NC State Sioux Falls, South Dakota 36 OF Josh Campbell R/R 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 190 lb (86 kg) RS Fr IMG Academy Bloomfield Hills, Michigan 37 RHP Josh Kasner R/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 200 lb (91 kg) So Algonac Algonac, Michigan 38 LHP Slade Moore R/L 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) RS Fr West Bloomfield High School West Bloomfield, Michigan 39 RHP Caleb Raymond R/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Fr Skyline Ann Arbor, Michigan 40 INF Cooper Mullens R/R 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) 155 lb (70 kg) RS So Marist Catholic Eugene, Oregon 41 RHP Grant Bradley R/R 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 205 lb (93 kg) So Napoleon Brooklyn, Michigan 42 RHP Justin Brown R/R 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 198 lb (90 kg) RS Fr Northville Northville, Michigan 45 RHP Wyatt Rudden R/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Fr Cherry Creek Greenwood Village, Colorado 47 LHP Brennan Hill L/L 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 201 lb (91 kg) RS Fr Grosse Pointe North Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan 49 RHP Erik Puodziunas R/R 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) RS Fr Notre Dame Sherman Oaks, California 50 INF Will Twomey R/R 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Fr Georgetown Prep Washington, D. C. 51 INF Joonsung Park R/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 193 lb (88 kg) Jr IMG Academy Seoul, South Korea	Head coach Tracy Smith Assistant coach(es) Jake Valentine Andrew Stone Pitching coach(es) Brock Huntzinger Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: October 16, 2025

Schedule and results

2026 Michigan Wolverines baseball game log (34–23)
Regular season (32–22)
February (5–4) # Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record B1G Record 1 February 13 vs. No. 12 Oregon State College Baseball Series Surprise Stadium Surprise, AZ 5–3 Brinham (1–0) Yeager (0–1) DeVooght (1) 5,683 1–0 – 2 February 14 Stanford College Baseball Series Surprise Stadium 7–6 Montgomery (1–0) Keenan (0–1) DeVooght (2) 6,294 2–0 – 3 February 15 vs. No. 24 Arizona College Baseball Series Surprise Stadium 4–1 K. Barr (1–0) McKinney (0–1) Brinham (1) 6,027 3–0 – 4 February 16 vs. No. 11 Oregon State College Baseball Series Surprise Stadium 4–5(10) Giordano (1–0) P. Barr (0–1) None 3,273 3–1 – 5 February 20 vs. No. 16 Florida State College Baseball Series Globe Life Field Arlington, TX 1–6 Mendes (2–0) Carey (0–1) None 0 3–2 – 6 February 21 vs. No. 15 Louisville College Baseball Series Globe Life Field 8–5 Montgomery (2–0) Bean (0–2) DeVooght (3) 0 4–2 – 7 February 22 vs. Kansas State College Baseball Series Globe Life Field 6–10 Sheffield (2–0) K. Barr (1–1) Feser (1) 3,374 4–3 – 8 February 27 at San Diego Fowler Park San Diego, CA 5–6(10) Cody (1–0) Devooght (0–1) None 1,207 4–4 – 9 February 28 at San Diego Fowler Park 9–0 Carey (1–1) Bade (1–1) Bradley (1) 1,080 5–4 –
March (9–9) # Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record B1G Record 10 March 1 at San Diego Fowler Park 9–2 Finkbeiner (1–0) Frize (1–2) Devooght (4) 1,059 6–4 – 11 March 3 at Cal State Northridge Matador Field Northridge, CA 8–9(12) Banuelos (1–0) Brinham (1–1) None 388 6–5 – 12 March 5 at Pepperdine Eddy D. Field Stadium Malibu, CA 17–4 Quedens (1–0) Fowler (0–2) None 0 7–5 – 13 March 6 at Pepperdine Eddy D. Field Stadium 8–9 Wechsberg (2–0) Finkbeiner (1–1) None 399 7–6 – 14 March 7 at Pepperdine Eddy D. Field Stadium 5–2 K. Barr (2–1) Valentine (0–2) Lally Jr. (1) 503 8–6 – 15 March 10 Western Michigan Ray Fisher Stadium Ann Arbor, MI 3–2 Moore (1–0) Maloney (0–1) DeVooght (5) 796 9–6 – 16 March 13 at No. 1 UCLA Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, CA 5–10 Reddemann (5–0) Montgomery (2–1) None 1,073 9–7 0–1 17 March 14 at No. 1 UCLA Jackie Robinson Stadium 0–2 Barnett (4–0) K. Barr (2–2) Hawk (1) 1,187 9–8 0–2 18 March 15 at No. 1 UCLA Jackie Robinson Stadium 2–7 Stump (1–0) Brinham (1–1) None 1,410 9–9 0–3 19 March 18 Michigan State Ray Fisher Stadium 2–0 Bradley (1–0) Crane (1–1) DeVooght (6) 702 10–9 – 20 March 20 Nebraska Ray Fisher Stadium 2–1 K. Barr (3–2) Horn (0–1) Debiec (1) 808 11–9 1–3 21 March 21 Nebraska Ray Fisher Stadium 0–10(7) Jasa (4–1) Lally Jr. (0–1) None 1,207 11–10 1–4 22 March 22 Nebraska Ray Fisher Stadium 5–9 Unger (4–1) DeVooght (0–2) None 848 11–11 1–5 23 March 24 Oakland Ray Fisher Stadium 6–7 Ruhle (1–0) Debiec (0–1) Donley (1) 343 11–12 – 24 March 25 Toledo Ray Fisher Stadium 5–2 Bradley (2–0) Hughes (1–3) DeVooght (7) 358 12–12 – 25 March 27 at Rutgers Bainton Field Piscataway, NJ 3–4 Gleason (1–0) Brinham (1–3) Mazza (1) 339 12–13 1–6 26 March 28 at Rutgers Bainton Field 11–5 Puodziunas (1–0) Borghese (1–2) Montgomery (1) 400 13–13 2–6 27 March 29 at Rutgers Bainton Field 6–2 Lally Jr. (1–1) Sand (2–2) None 505 14–13 3–6
April (13–4) # Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record B1G Record 28 April 2 No. 15 Oregon Ray Fisher Stadium 10–0(7) Brinham (2–3) Sanford (4–1) None 639 15–13 4–6 29 April 3 No. 15 Oregon Ray Fisher Stadium 2–5 Clarke (5–2) DeVooght (0–3) Bell (7) 1,564 15–14 4–7 30 April 4 No. 15 Oregon Ray Fisher Stadium 4–3 Montgomery (3–1) Bell (1–3) None 1,156 16–14 5–7 31 April 6 at Eastern Michigan Oestrike Stadium Ypsilanti, MI 15–4(7) Novara (1–0) Kennedy (1–1) None 207 17–14 – 32 April 7 Central Michigan Ray Fisher Stadium 6–4 Mann (1–0) Hammond (0–3) None 344 18–14 – 33 April 10 at Michigan State McLane Stadium East Lansing, MI 4–2 K. Barr (4–2) Chambers (2–2) None 1,118 19–14 6–7 34 April 11 at Michigan State McLane Stadium 6–4 Brinham (3–3) Monke (3–3) Montgomery (2) 0 20–14 7–7 35 April 12 at Michigan State McLane Stadium 5–10 Pikur (1–3) Lally Jr. (1–2) None 0 20–15 7–8 36 April 14 at Toledo Scott Park Baseball Complex Toledo, OH 6–4 DeVooght (1–3) Curry (0–3) Montgomery (3) 1,433 21–15 – – April 15 Eastern Michigan Ray Fisher Stadium Cancelled 37 April 17 Northwestern Ray Fisher Stadium 7–6 K. Barr (5–2) Rifenburg (2–4) DeVooght (8) 1,154 22–15 8–8 38 April 18 Northwestern Ray Fisher Stadium 8–3 Brinham (4–3) Kouser (1–4) None 1,104 23–15 9–8 39 April 19 Northwestern Ray Fisher Stadium 2–1 Lally Jr. (2–2) Weaver (1–4) None 1,051 24–15 10–8 – April 21 Dayton Ray Fisher Stadium Cancelled 40 March 31 at Miami (OH) Hayden Park Oxford, OH 10–12 Byers (4–1) Debiec (0–2) None 1,643 24–16 – 41 April 22 Bowling Green Ray Fisher Stadium 9–6 P. Barr (1–1) Krouse (1–1) DeVooght (9) 667 25–16 – 42 April 24 Washington Ray Fisher Stadium 8–7 Moore (2–0) Brandenburg (2–1) None 972 26–16 11–8 43 April 25 Washington Ray Fisher Stadium 4–3 Quedens (2–0) Johnson (0–3) None 1,062 27–16 12–8 44 April 26 Washington Ray Fisher Stadium 5–7 Lewis (5–4) Lally Jr. (2–3) None 1,424 27–17 12–9
May (5–5) # Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record B1G Record 45 May 1 at Maryland Bob "Turtle" Smith Stadium College Park, MD 2–1 DeVooght (2–3) Williams (2–4) None 0 28–17 13–9 46 May 2 at Maryland Bob "Turtle" Smith Stadium 17–5(7) Brinham (5–3) Ryan (3–2) None 0 29–17 14–9 47 May 3 at Maryland Bob "Turtle" Smith Stadium 8–7 Puodziunas (2–0) Koshy (2–1) Montgomery (4) 0 30–17 15–9 – May 5 at Xavier J. Page Hayden Field Cincinnati, OH Canceled 48 May 8 at Minnesota Siebert Field Minneapolis, MN 1–13(7) Urban (2-0) Barr (5-3) None 0 30–18 15–10 49 May 9 at Minnesota Siebert Field 9–8 Moore (3-0) Jaenke (2-3) Montgomery (5) 0 31–18 16–10 50 May 10 at Minnesota Siebert Field 8–5 Quedens (3-0) Selvig (5-4) Montgomery (6) 0 32–18 17–10 – May 12 Ohio Ray Fisher Stadium Cancelled 51 May 12 at Kent State Schoonover Stadium Kent, OH 3–5 Kolenda (3-0) Lally Jr. (2-4) Williams (5) 0 32–19 – 52 May 14 Ohio State Ray Fisher Stadium 2–13(7) Herrenbruck (6-3) Barr (5-4) None 0 32–20 17–11 53 May 15 Ohio State Ray Fisher Stadium 3–7 Kuzniewski (6-2) Brinham (5-4) Carrell (1) 0 32–21 17–12 54 May 16 Ohio State Ray Fisher Stadium 1–8 Domke (6-6) Quedens (3-1) None 2,142 32–22 17–13
Postseason (2–1)
B1G Tournament (2–1) # Date Opponent Rank Stadium Site Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record B1GT Record 55 May 19 (10) Rutgers (Opening Round) (7) Charles Schwab Field Omaha Omaha, Neb 10–0(7) Montgomery (4-1) Vincent (4-5) None 0 33–22 1–0 56 May 20 (11) Washington (Qualification Round) (7) Charles Schwab Field Omaha – – –
Win   Loss   Postponement Bold: Wolverines team member Reference: Rankings from D1Baseball.com. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Rankings

Main article: 2026 NCAA Division I baseball rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
Coaches'	—	—*	RV	RV	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	RV	—	—	—
Baseball America	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—*
NCBWA†	—	RV	RV	RV	—	—	—	—	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV*
D1Baseball	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Perfect Game	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—*

† NCBWA ranks 30 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 25 teams weekly during the season.
* A new poll was not released for this week, so for comparison purposes, the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.