The 2025 Duke Blue Devils baseball team represented Duke University during the 2025 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Blue Devils played their home games at Jack Coombs Field as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They were led by head baseball coach Chris Pollard, in his thirteenth year as head coach.
Previous season The 2024 Duke Blue Devils team finished the 2024 NCAA Division I baseball season with a 40–20 overall record and a 16–14 record in the ACC. Duke ultimately would win the 2024 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament, their first ACC tournament championship since 2021 and their second ACC title overall. Devin Obee was named the Tournament Most Outstanding Player, and catcher Alex Stone and relief pitcher, Charlie Beilenson were named to the All-Tournament Team.
With the title, Duke earned the ACC's automatic bid into the tournament, and was the second-seed in the Norman Regional. There, Duke went 1–2 in the Regional, defeating Oral Roberts, but losing to UConn and hosts, Oklahoma. Duke finished the season ranked 24th in the nation.
Personnel
Starters Lineup C 6 Macon Winslow Sophomore 1B 16 Jake Hyde Graduate 2B 23 Jake Berger Graduate 3B 34 Ben Miller Graduate SS 7 Wallace Clark Senior LF 8 Ben Rounds Graduate CF 29 AJ Gracia Sophomore RF 40 Tyler Albright Junior DH 3 Andrew Yu Senior
Weekend Pitching Rotation Friday 5 Kyle Johnson Sophomore Saturday 27 Ryan Higgins Senior Sunday 17 James Tallon Junior
Roster
Offseason Departures Offseason departures 1 RHP Roseland, NJ Declare for 2024 MLB draft; selected 479th overall by Cincinnati Reds 5 C Andover, NJ Graduated 8 LHP Oviedo, FL Graduated 12 LHP Leominster, MA Declare for 2024 MLB draft; selected 46th overall by New York Mets 16 RHP Clinton, MA Graduated 19 LHP Needham, MA Graduated 20 RHP North Providence, RI Declare for 2024 MLB draft; selected 227th overall by Kansas City Royals 21 UTL Mendota, MN Did not return 22 INF Suffolk, VA Graduated 23 INF Andover, MA Graduated 24 C Westport, CT Graduated 31 RHP Phoenixville, PA Declare for 2024 MLB draft; selected 352nd overall by Los Angeles Angels 32 OF Harrisburg, NC Did not return 34 INF Durham, NC Graduated 45 OF Norwalk, CT Graduated 47 RHP Los Angeles, CA Declare for 2024 MLB draft; selected 154th overall by Seattle Mariners 50 INF San Diego, CA Graduated 51 OF Doylestown, PA Graduated
Outgoing transfers Outgoing transfers 13 OF Nashville, TN Georgia 25 UTL Bridgeville, PA UCF 30 LHP Chesterfield, MO Georgetown
2024 MLB draft
2024 MLB Draft class 2 7 46 Jonathan Santucci P New York Mets 5 18 154 Charlie Beilenson P Seattle Mariners 8 2 227 Nick Conte P Kansas City Royals 12 7 352 Fran Oschell III P Los Angeles Angels 16 14 479 Jimmy Romano P Cincinnati Reds
Acquisitions Incoming transfers Incoming transfers 8 OF Milton, MA Harvard 16 UTL Darien, CT Georgetown 19 LHP Essex Fells, NJ William & Mary 22 LHP Manalapan, NJ Princeton 23 INF Boston, MA Harvard 24 LHP Katy, TX Yale 31 RHP La Plata, MD UNCW 46 LHP Plano, TX Tufts
Incoming recruits
2025 Duke Recruits 1 L/R INF Mechanicsburg, PA Mechanisburg Area 12 L/L LHP Clarksville, MD River Hill 13 R/R INF Denver, CO Regis Jesuit 15 L/R OF Bellefonte, PA Bellefonte Area 20 L/L OF Bethesda, MD St. Johns College 25 R/R C Downingtown, PA Downingtown 26 L/L LHP Oxford, MI Lake Orion 37 L/L LHP Washington, DC Gonzaga College 38 L/R OF Smyrna, GA Holy Innocents' Episcopal (GA) 41 R/R INF Rye, NY Greenwich Country 44 R/R RHP Charlotte, NC Charlotte Catholic 47 R/R RHP Cary, NC Cary 50 R/R RHP Mason, OH William Mason (OH) 51 L/L :HP Dallas, TX Highland Park (TX)
Preseason Coaches poll The Coaches' Preseason Poll was released on January 30, 2025. Duke was selected to finish fifth in the ACC. ACC coaches poll 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 Game log
! colspan=2 style=""| Regular Season: 36–18 (Home: 29–9; Away: 8–9) |- valign="top" | February: 5–5 (Home: 5–4; Away: 0–1) Game Date TV Rank Opponent Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall ACC 1 February 14 ACCNX No. 11 No. 25 Cincinnati* Jack Coombs FieldDurham, NC L 3–8 Pineiro (1–0) K. Johnson (0–1) None 746 0–1 — 2 February 15 ACCNX No. 11 No. 25 Cincinnati* Jack Coombs Field W 6–5 Weaver (1–0) Barnett None 485 1–1 — 3 February 16 ACCNX No. 11 No. 25 Cincinnati* Jack Coombs Field L 5–19 H. Johnson (1–0) Tallon (0–1) None 659 1–2 — 4 February 18 ACCNX No. 17 UNCW* Jack Coombs Field W 8–4 Calvert (1–0) Smith (0–2) None 393 2–2 — 5 February 21 ACCNX No. 17 * Jack Coombs Field L 8–11 Mayfield (1–0) K. Johnson (0–2) None 334 2–3 — 6 February 22 ACCNX No. 17 Cornell* Jack Coombs Field W 16–2 Higgins (1–0) Keller (0–1) None 443 3–3 — 7 February 23 ACCNX No. 17 Cornell* Jack Coombs Field W 18–1 Nard (1–0) Ellison (0–1) None 431 4–3 — 8 February 25 FloSports No. 17 at * Jim Perry StadiumBuies Creek, NC L 6–9 M. Smith (1–0) Healy (0–1) Schares (1) 875 4–4 – 9 February 26 ACCNX No. 17 * Jack Coombs Field L 4–12 Swink (2–0) Zatkowski (0–1) None 396 4–5 – 10 February 28 ACCNX No. 17 * Jack Coombs Field W 14–5 K. Johnson (1–2) Grant (0–1) None 549 5–5 –
March: 14–5 (Home: 12–2; Away: 2–3) Game Date TV Rank Opponent Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall ACC 11 March 1 ACCNX No. 17 Northwestern* Jack Coombs Field W 6–5 Easterly (1–0) Hliboki (0–1) Proksch (1) 1,091 6–5 – 12 March 2 ACCNX No. 17 Northwestern* Jack Coombs Field W 11–2 Zatkowski (1–1) Danz (0–1) None 528 7–5 – 13 March 4 ACCNX * Jack Coombs Field W 13–1 Healy (1–1) Bright (0–1) None 234 8–5 – 14 March 7 ACCNX California Jack Coombs Field L 1–147 Turkington (2–2) K. Johnson (1–3) None 341 8–6 0–1 15 March 8 ACCNX California Jack Coombs Field W 6–2 Easterly (2–0) Shaw (0–1) None 844 9–6 1–1 16 March 9 ACCNX California Jack Coombs Field W 7–3 Calvert (2–0) Dessart (0–1) None 494 10–6 2–1 17 March 11 ACCNX George Mason* Jack Coombs Field W 6–3 Weaver (2–0) Uchman (1–1) Easterly (1) 377 11–6 — 18 March 12 ACCNX George Mason* Jack Coombs Field W 6–3 Hart (1–0) Madigan (0–2) Easterly (2) 382 12–6 — 29 March 14 ACCNX at No. 18 Stanford Klein FieldPalo Alto, CA L 1–5 Scott (4–0) Easterly (2–1) None 1,521 12–7 2–2 20 March 15 ACCNX at No. 18 Stanford Klien Field L 1–118 Lim (2–2) Healy (1–2) None 1,776 12–8 2–3 21 March 16 ACCNX at No. 18 Stanford Klien Field L 5–10 O'Harron (1–0) Nard (1–2) None 2,041 12–9 2–4 22 March 18 ACCNX UConn* Jack Coombs Field W 12–2 Zatkowski (2–1) Van Emon (0–1) None 574 13–9 — 23 March 21 ACCNX at No. 23 Virginia Davenport FieldCharlottesville, VA W 9–5 Nard (2–1) Woolfolk (1–2) Easterly (3) 4,453 14–9 3–4 24 March 22 ACCNX at No. 23 Virginia Davenport Field W 13–28 Healy (2–2) Valincius (2–1) None 5,227 15–9 4–4 25 March 23 ACCNX at No. 23 Virginia Davenport Field W 13–6 Easterly (3–1) Blanco (1–1) None 5,048 16–9 5–4 26 March 25 ACCN * Jack Coombs Field W 6–4 Nard (3–1) Hunter (1–2) Easterly (4) 931 17–9 — 27 March 28 ACCN NC State Jack Coombs Field W 5–1 Proksch (1–0) Fritton (4–2) None 1,001 18–9 6–4 28 March 29 ACCNX NC State Jack Coombs Field L 6–14 18–10 6–5 29 March 30 ACCNX NC State Jack Coombs Field W 16–68 Zatkowski (3–1) Marohn (3–2) None 1,184 19–10 7–5
April: 11–5 (Home: 9–1; Away: 2–4) Game Date TV Rank Opponent Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall ACC 30 April 1 ACCNX * Jack Coombs Field W 12–07 Nard (4–1) Champey (1–6) None 632 20–10 — 31 April 3 ACCN at No. 19 North Carolina Boshamer StadiumChapel Hill, NC L 3–4 Knapp (6–0) Proksch (1–1) McDuffie (3) 4,045 20–11 7–6 32 April 4 ACCNX at No. 19 North Carolina Boshamer Stadium W 9–5 Nard (5–1) DeCaro (4–3) None 3,667 21–11 8–6 33 April 5 ACCNX at No. 19 North Carolina Boshamer Stadium L 7–814 Boaz (2–0) Stammel (0–1) None 4,044 21–12 8–7 34 April 8 ACCNX * Jack Coombs Field W 3–212 Calvert (3–0) Osborne (0–2) None 478 22–12 — 35 April 9 ACCNX Campbell* Jack Coombs Field W 10–7 Zatkowski (4–1) Schares (1–1) None 502 23–12 — 36 April 11 ACCNX at Miami (FL) Alex Rodriguez ParkCoral Gables, FL W 13–3 Easterly (4–1) Hugus (4–4) None 2,930 24–12 9–7 37 April 12 ACCNX at Miami (FL) Alex Rodriguez Park L 4–5 Giroux (4–1) Nard (5–2) Walters (1) 2,989 24–13 9–8 38 April 13 ACCNX at Miami (FL) Alex Rodriguez Park L 6–8 Smith (2–0) Higgins (1–1) None 1,782 24–14 9–9 39 April 15 ACCNX * Jack Coombs Field W 8–4 Brown (1–0) Clark (1–1) None 582 25–14 — 40 April 17 ACCNX Jack Coombs Field W 9–1 Proksch (2–0) Demi (0–2) None 506 26–14 10–9 41 April 18 ACCNX Pittsburgh Jack Coombs Field W 6–5 Easterly (5–1) Firoved (1–4) Tallon (1) 987 27–14 11–9 42 April 19 ACCNX Pittsburgh Jack Coombs Field W 19–98 Easterly (6–1) McAuliff (2–2) None 28–14 12–9 43 April 22 ACCNX * Jack Coombs Field Cancelled 44 April 25 ACCNX Jack Coombs Field W 6–3 Easterly (7–1) LeJeune (2–2) None 754 29–14 13–9 45 April 26 ACCNX Virginia Tech Jack Coombs Field L 8–911 Manning (4–3) Tallon (0–2) None 1,066 29–15 13–10 46 April 27 ACCNX Virginia Tech Jack Coombs Field W 14–07 Hindy (1–0) Eisenreich (1–1) None 948 30–15 14–10
May: 6–3 (Home: 4–2; Away: 2–1) Game Date TV Rank Opponent Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall ACC 47 ACCNX * Jack Coombs Field W 15–07 Healy (3–3) Nace (2–1) None 31–15 — 48 ACCNX Radford* Jack Coombs Field W 17–57 Nard (6–2) Steinhaus (2–5) None 722 32–15 — 49 May 6 ACCNX * Jack Coombs Field W 12–27 Johnson (2–3) Renaud (0–8) None 447 33–15 — 50 May 9 ACCNX at No. 9 Clemson Doug Kingsmore StadiumClemson, SC L 7–9 Knaak (7–1) Proksch (2–2) None 4,975 33–16 14–11 51 May 10 ACCNX at No. 9 Clemson Doug Kingsmore Stadium W 15–10 Easterly (8–1) McGovern (3–1) None 4,962 34–16 15–11 52 May 11 ACCNX at No. 9 Clemson Doug Kingsmore Stadium W 15–10 Zatkowski (5–1) Bailey (2–4) None 4,547 35–16 16–11 53 May 13 FloSports No. 20 at Liberty* Liberty Baseball StadiumLynchburg, VA Canceled due to inclement weather 54 May 15 ACCNX No. 20 Georgia Tech Jack Coombs Field L 6–7 Patel (11–1) Easterly (8–2) None 613 35–17 16–12 55 May 16 ACCNX No. 20 Georgia Tech Jack Coombs Field W 14–47 Johnson (3–3) Chicoli (1–1) None 948 36–17 17–12 56 May 17 ACCNX No. 20 Georgia Tech Jack Coombs Field L 2–8 Jones (7–2) Zatkowski (5–2) Paden (1) 1,059 36–18 17–13 |- ! colspan=2 style=""| Postseason: 5–3 |- valign="top" | : 1–1 Date TV Rank Opponent Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall ACCT May 21 ACCN (7) vs. (15) Pittsburgh Durham Bulls Athletic ParkDurham, NC W 4–3 Tallon (1–2) Gardner (4–6) None 2,878 37–18 1–0 May 23 ACCN (7) vs. (2) Florida State Durham Bulls Athletic Park L 7–14 Arnold (7–2) Proksch (2–3) None 4,122 37–19 1–1
: 3–0 Date TV Rank Opponent Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Regional May 30 ESPN2 (2) vs. (3) Oklahoma State Foley FieldAthens GA W 12–5 Proksch (3–3) Pesca (7–3) None 2,800 38–19 1–0 May 31 SECN (2) vs. (1) Georgia Foley Field W 6–3 Johnson (4–3) Curley (4–4) Tallon (2) 3,633 39–19 2–0 Jun 1 ESPN+ (2) vs. (3) Oklahoma State Foley Field W 3–2 Easterly (9–2) Ure (2–5) None 2,831 40–19 3–0
: 1–2 Date TV Rank Opponent Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Super Regional June 7 ESPNU Murray State Jack Coombs Field W 7–4 Proksch (4–3) Schutte (8–4) Easterly (5) 2,686 41–19 1–0 June 8 ESPNU Murray State Jack Coombs Field L 9–19 Silva (8–2) Johnson (4–4) Kelham (9) 2,689 41–20 1–1 June 9 ESPN Murray State Jack Coombs Field L 4–5 Kelham (4–1) Easterly (9–3) None 2,782 41–21 1–2 |- style="text-align:center;"
Rankings
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References
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