The 2026 Michigan State Spartans baseball team represents Michigan State University in the 2026 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Spartans are led by head coach Jake Boss in his eighteenth season. The Spartans are members of the Big Ten Conference (B1G) and play their home game at Drayton McLane Baseball Stadium in East Lansing, Michigan.
Previous season The Spartans finished the 2025 season 28-27 overall, including 13-17 in concernece play, finishing in 12th place in their conference. They qualified for the 2026 Big Ten baseball tournament as a 12th seed in Pool A were they would lose to 8th seed Nebraska in 10 innings and 1st seed Oregon.
Roster
2026 Michigan State Baseball Roster Pitchers Catchers
First basemen
Infielders Outfielders
Coaching staff 2026 Michigan State Baseball Coaching Staff Name Position Seasons atMichigan State Jake Boss Head coach 18 Graham Sikes Recruiting Coordinator 17 Mark Van Ameyde Pitching Coach 9 Andrew Stone Hitting Coach and Recruiting Coordinator 5 Adam Eaton Director of Player Development 4 Tommy Merlo Director of Baseball Operations 3
Personnel
Starters Opening Night LineupPos. No.Player. Year -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Weekend pitching rotation Day No.Player. Year Friday -- -- -- Saturday -- -- -- Sunday -- -- --
Schedule and results
! style="" | Regular season (22–31) |- valign="top"
|- align="center" bgcolor=ccffcc | February 13 || 2:00 p.m. || at No. 8 Louisville* || || ACCNX || Jim Patterson Stadium • Louisville, Kentucky || W 4-3 || Nolan Higgins (1-0) || Casen Murphy (0-1) || Tommy Szczepanski (1) || 1,744 || 1-0 || — |- align="center" bgcolor=ccffcc | February 14 || 1:00 p.m. || at No. 8 Louisville* || || ACCNX || Jim Patterson Stadium • Louisville, Kentucky || W 13-4 || Brady Chambers (1-0) || Jake Bean (0-1) || None || 1,494 || 2-0 || — |- align="center" bgcolor=ffcccc | February 15 || 1:00 p.m. || at No. 8 Louisville* || || ACCNX || Jim Patterson Stadium • Louisville, Kentucky || L 1-9 || Wyatt Danilowicz (1-0) || Logan Pikur (0-1) || None || 546 || 2-1 || — |- align="center" bgcolor=ffcccc | February 20 || 7:30 p.m. || at No. 3 Texas* || || SEC+ || UFCU Disch-Falk Field • Austin, Texas || L 1-8 || Ruger Riojas (2-0) || Aidan Donovan (0-1) || None || 7,808 || 2-2 || — |- align="center" bgcolor=ffcccc | February 21 || 3:00 p.m. || at No. 3 Texas* || || SEC+ || UFCU Disch-Falk Field • Austin, Texas || L 1-3 || Max Grubbs (1-0) || Carter Monke (0-1) || Thomas Burns (1) || 7,397 || 2-3 || — |- align="center" bgcolor=ffcccc | February 22 || 1:00 p.m. || at No. 3 Texas* || || SEC+ || UFCU Disch-Falk Field • Austin, Texas || L 0-4 || Dylan Volantis (2-0) || Logan Pikur (0-2) || None || 6,870 || 2-4 || — |- ! colspan=13 style="" | 2026 First Pitch Invitational |- align="center" bgcolor=ffcccc | February 27 || 2:00 p.m. || *|| || TBD || Fluor Field • Greenville, South Carolina || L 4-5(10) || Kyle Remington (2-0) || Tommy Szczepanski (0-1) || None || 227 || 2-5 || — |- align="center" bgcolor=ccffcc | February 28 || 6:00 p.m. || * || || TBD || Fluor Field • Greenville, South Carolina || W 4-1 || Carter Monke (1-1) || Christian Mello (0-1) || Brady Chambers (1) || 235 || 3-5 || —
|- align="center" bgcolor=ffcccc | March 1 || 2:00 p.m. || * || || TBD || Fluor Field • Greenville, South Carolina || L 2-4 || Adam Horvath (1-0) || Gannon Grundman (0-1) || Luke Mcgrath (2) || 478 || 3-6 || — |- ! colspan=13 style="padding-left:4em;background:2D68C4; color:gold" | |- align="center" bgcolor=ffcccc | March 3 || 6:00 p.m. || * || || TBD || Fluor Field • Greenville, South Carolina || L 2-5 || Colby Mcneely (2-0) || Nolan Higgins (1-1) || Brodt Walker (1) || 1,446 || 3-7 || — |- align="center" bgcolor=ffcccc | March 4 || 6:00 p.m. || No. 10 Clemson || || TBD || Fluor FIeld • Greenville, South Carolina || L 1-12(7) || Eston Simpson (3-0) || Gannon Grundman (0-2) || None || 3,204 || 3-8 || — |- align="center" bgcolor=ffcccc | March 6 || 3:00 p.m. || at Nebraksa || || BTN+ || Haymarket Park • Lincoln, Nebraska || || || || || || 3-9 || 0-1 |- align="center" bgcolor=ffcccc | March 7 || 2:00 p.m. || at Nebraska || || BTN+ || Haymarket Park • Lincoln, Nebraska || || || || || || 3-10 || 0-2 |- align="center" bgcolor=ffcccc | March 8 || 1:00 p.m. || at Nebraska || || BTN+ || Heymarket Park • Lincoln, Nebraska || || || || || || 3-11 || 0-3 |- align="center" bgcolor=ccffcc | March 10 || 4:00 p.m. || at * || || TBD || Oestrike Stadium • Ypsilanti, Michigan || || || || || || 4-11 || — |- align="center" bgcolor=ffcccc | March 13 || 4:00 p.m. || at || || BTN+ || Bainton Field • Piscataway, New Jersey || || || || || || 4-12 || 0-4 |- align="center" bgcolor=ccffcc | March 14 || 2:00 p.m. || at Rutgers || || BTN+ || Bainton Field • Piscataway, New Jersey || || || || || || 5-12 || 1-4 |- align="center" bgcolor=ffcccc | March 15 || 1:00 p.m. || at Rutgers || || BTN+ || Dainton Field • Piscataway, New Jersey || || || || || || 5-13 || 1-5 |- align="center" bgcolor=ffcccc | March 18 || 4:00 p.m. || at Michigan* || || TBD || Ray Fisher Stadium • Ann Arbor, Michigan || || || || || || 5-14 || — |- align="center" bgcolor=ccffcc | March 20 || 3:30 p.m. || vs || || BTN+ || Jeff Ishbia Field at McLane Stadium • East Lansing, Michigan || || || || || || 6-14 || 2-5 |- align="center" bgcolor=ccffcc | March 21DH (Game 1) || 1:00 p.m. || vs Iowa || || BTN+ || Jeff Ishbia Field at McLane Stadium • East Lansing, Michigan || || || || || || 7-14 || 3-5 |- align="center" bgcolor=ffcccc | March 21DH (Game 2) || 4:30 p.m. || vs Iowa || || BTN+ || Jeff Ishbia Field at McLane Stadium • East Lansing, Michigan || || || || || || 7-15 || 3-6 |- align="center" bgcolor=ccffcc | March 24 || 3:00 p.m. || at * || || TBD || Theunissen Stadium • Mount Pleasant, Michigan || || || || || || 6-15 || — |- align="center" bgcolor=ccffcc | March 27 || 3:30 p.m. || vs || || BTN+ || Jeff Ishbia Field at McLane Stadium • East Lansing, Michigan || || || || || || 7-15 || 4-6 |- align="center" bgcolor=ffcccc | March 28 || 3:30 p.m. || vs Prudue || || BTN+ || Jeff Ishbia Field at McLane Stadium • East Lansing, Michigan || || || || || || 7-16 || 4-7 |- align="center" bgcolor=ffcccc | March 29 || 1:00 p.m. || vs Prudue || || BTN+ || Jeff Ishbia Field at McLane Stadium • East Lansing, Michigan || || || || || || 7-17 || 4-8 |- align="center" bgcolor=bbbbbb | March 31 || 4:00 p.m. || vs Central Michigan* || || BTN+ || Jeff Ishbia Field at McLane Stadium • East Lansing, Michigan ||colspan="5"| Canceled (Inclement Weather) || 7-17 || —
|- align="center" bgcolor=ccffcc | April 1 || 6:00 p.m. || vs Lansing Lugnuts* || || TBD || Jackson Field • Lansing, Michigan || || || || || || — || — |- align="center" bgcolor=ccffcc | April 3 || 4:00 p.m. || at || || BTN+ || Rocky Miller Park • Evanston, Illinois || || || || || || — || — |- align="center" bgcolor=ffcccc | April 4 || 2:00 p.m. || at Northwestern || || BTN+ || Rocky Miller Park • Evanston, Illinois || || || || || || — || — |- align="center" bgcolor=ffcccc | April 5 || 2:00 p.m. || at Northwestern || || BTN+ || Rocky Miller Park • Evanston, Illinois || || || || || || — || — |- align="center" bgcolor=ccffcc | April 8 || 5:00 p.m. || at || || ACCN || Frank Eck Stadium • South Bend, Indiana || || || || || || — || — |- align="center" bgcolor=ffcccc | April 10 || 6:00 p.m. || vs Michigan || || BTN+ || Jeff Ishbia Field at McLane Stadium • East Lansing, Michigan || || || || || || — || — |- align="center" bgcolor=ffcccc | April 11 || 3:30 p.m. || vs Michigan || || BTN+ || Jeff Ishbia Field at McLane Stadium • East Lansing, Michigan || || || || || || — || — |- align="center" bgcolor=ccffcc | April 12 || 1:00 p.m. || vs Michigan || || BTN+ || Jeff Ishbia Field at McLane Stadium • East Lansing, Michigan || || || || || || — || — |- align="center" bgcolor=ffcccc | April 14 || 6:00 p.m. || vs * || || BTN+ || Jeff Ishbia Field at McLane Stadium • East Lansing, Michigan || || || || || || — || — |- align="center" bgcolor=bbbbbb | April 15 || 6:00 p.m. || at * || || BTN+ || LMCU Ballpark • Comstock Park, Michigan ||colspan="5"| Canceled || — || — |- align="center" bgcolor=ccffcc | April 17 || 10:00 p.m. || at || || BTN+ || Husky Ballpark • Seattle, Washington || || || || || || — || — |- align="center" bgcolor=ccffcc | April 18 || 10:00 p.m. || at Washington || || BTN+ || Husky Ballpark • Seattle, Washington || || || || || || — || — |- align="center" bgcolor=ffcccc | April 19 || 4:00 p.m. || at Washington || || BTN+ || Husky Ballpark • Seattle, Washington || || || || || || — || — |- align="center" bgcolor=ffcccc | April 22 || 6:00 p.m. || vs Notre Dame* || || BTN || Jeff Ishbia Field at McLane Stadium • East Lansing, Michigan || || || || || || — || — |- align="center" bgcolor=ccffcc | April 25 || 6:00 p.m. || vs || || BTN+ || Jeff Ishbia Field at McLane Stadium • East Lansing, Michigan || || || || || || — || — |- align="center" bgcolor=ccffcc | April 26 || 3:30 p.m. || vs Maryland || || BTN+ || Jeff Ishbia Field at McLane Stadium • East Lansing, Michigan || || || || || || — || — |- align="center" bgcolor=ffcccc | April 27 || 1:00 p.m. || vs Maryland || || BTN+ || Jeff Ishbia Field at McLane Stadium • East Lansing, Michigan || || || || || || — || —
|- align="center" bgcolor=ffcccc | May 1 || 6:00 p.m. || vs No. 1 UCLA || || BTN+ || Jeff Ishbia Field at McLane Stadium • East Lansing, Michigan || || || || || || — || — |- align="center" bgcolor=ffcccc | May 2 || 3:30 p.m. || vs No. 1 UCLA || || BTN+ || Jeff Ishbia Field at McLane Stadium • East Lansing, Michigan || || || || || || — || — |- align="center" bgcolor=ffcccc | May 3 || 12:00 p.m. || vs No. 1 UCLA || || BTN+ || Jeff Ishbia Field at McLane Stadium • East Lansing, Michigan || || || || || || — || — |- align="center" bgcolor=ccffcc | May 5 || 6:00 p.m. || vs * || || BTN+ || Jeff Ishbia Field at McLane Stadium • East Lansing, Michigan || || || || || || — || — |- align="center" bgcolor=ccffc | May 6 || 6:00 p.m. || vs Western Michigan* || || BTN+ || Jeff Ishbia Field at McLane Stadium • East Lansing, Michigan || || || || || || — || — |- align="center" bgcolor=ffcccc | May 8 || 6:00 p.m. || || || BTN+ || Huntington Park • Columbus, Ohio || || || || || || — || — |- align="center" bgcolor=ccffcc | May 9 || 3:00 p.m. || at Ohio State || || BTN+ || Bill Davis Stadium • Columbus, Ohio || || || || || || — || — |- align="center" bgcolor=ffcccc | May 10 || 1:00 p.m. || at Ohio State || || BTN+ || Bill Davis Stadium • Columbus, Ohio || || || || || || — || — |- align="center" bgcolor=ccffcc | May 12 || 1:00 p.m. || vs Eastern Michigan* || || BTN+ || Jeff Ishbia Field at McLane Stadium • East Lansing, Michigan || || || || || || — || — |- align="center" bgcolor=ccffcc | May 14 || 6:00 p.m. || vs * || || BTN+ || Jeff Ishbia Field at McLane Stadium • East Lansing, Michigan || || || || || || — || — |- align="center" bgcolor=ffcccc | May 15 || 6:00 p.m. || vs Illinois State* || || BTN+ || Jeff Ishbia Field at McLane Stadium • East Lansing, Michigan || || || || || || — || — |- align="center" bgcolor=ccffcc | May 16 || 1:00 p.m. || vs Illinois State* || || BTN+ || Jeff Ishbia Field at McLane Stadium • East Lansing, Michigan || || || || || || — || —
! style="" | Postseason (2–1)
|- align="center" bgcolor=ccffcc | May 19 || 10:00 a.m. || (5) Purdue(Double Elimination Opening Round Winner's Bracket) || || BTN || Charles Schwab Field Omaha • Omaha, Nebraska || W 8-4 || Aidan Donovan (6-3) || Cole Van Assen (6-5) || None || None || 23-31 || 1-0 |- align="center" bgcolor=ccffcc | May 20 || 6:00 p.m. || (8) Iowa(Double Elimination Qialification Round Winner's Bracket) || || BTN || Charles Schwab Field Omaha • Omaha, Nebraska || W 4-3 || Gannon Grundman (2-3) || Kyle Alivo (3-3) || Nolan Higgins (4) || None || 24-31 || 2-0 |- align="center" bgcolor=ffcccc