2023 Notre Dame Fighting Irish baseball team

The 2023 Notre Dame Fighting Irish baseball team represented the University of Notre Dame, located in Notre Dame, Indiana, in the 2023 NCAA Division I baseball season. The team was led by head coach Shawn Stiffler, in his 1st season as head coach, and played home games at the on-campus Frank Eck Stadium as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).

2023 Notre Dame Fighting Irish baseball
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	30–24 (15–15 ACC)
Head coach	Shawn Stiffler (1st season)
Assistant coaches	Logan Robbins (1st season) Ryan Munger (1st season) Seth Voltz (1st season)
Home stadium	Frank Eck Stadium
Seasons ← 2022 2024 →

2023 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Atlantic
No. 3 Wake Forest ^x‍‍‍^y	22	–	7		.759			54	–	12		.818
No. 18 Clemson ‍‍‡‍^y	20	–	10		.667			44	–	19		.698
Boston College ‍‍‍^y	16	–	14		.533			37	–	20		.649
Notre Dame  ‍‍‍	15	–	15		.500			30	–	24		.556
NC State ‍‍‍^y	13	–	16		.448			36	–	21		.632
Louisville  ‍‍‍	10	–	20		.333			31	–	24		.564
Florida State  ‍‍‍	9	–	21		.300			23	–	31		.426
Coastal
No. 6 Virginia ^x‍‍‍^y	19	–	11		.633			50	–	13		.794
No. 20 Miami (FL) ‍‍‍^y	18	–	12		.600			42	–	21		.667
No. 15 Duke ‍‍‍^y	16	–	13		.552			39	–	23		.629
North Carolina ‍‍‍^y	14	–	14		.500			36	–	24		.600
Virginia Tech  ‍‍‍	12	–	17		.414			30	–	23		.566
Georgia Tech  ‍‍‍	12	–	18		.400			30	–	27		.526
Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍	10	–	18		.357			24	–	31		.436
x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 25, 2023^[1] Rankings from D1Baseball

Previous season

Main article: 2022 Notre Dame Fighting Irish baseball team

The 2022 team finished the season with a 41–17 record and a 16–11 record in ACC play. They went 2–1 in the ACC tournament, 3–0 in the Statesboro Regional, and 2–1 in the Knoxville Super Regional where they defeated the overall number-one seed Tennessee. In the 2022 College World Series, the Fighting Irish defeated Texas in the first round, before falling to Oklahoma and Texas A&M in the second round.^[2]

2022 MLB draft

The Fighting Irish had four players drafted in the 2022 MLB draft.^[3]

Player	Position	Round	Overall	MLB Team
Jack Brannigan	Third Base	3	83	Pittsburgh Pirates
Liam Simon	Pitcher	5	166	San Francisco Giants
Alex Rao	Pitcher	8	242	Philadelphia Phillies
John Bertrand	Pitcher	10	316	San Francisco Giants

Personnel

2023 Notre Dame Fighting Irish roster^[4]
	Pitchers 17 – Aidan Tyrell – Graduate 23 – Carter Bosch – Graduate 24 – Jack Findlay – Sophomore 25 – Ryan Lynch – Junior 26 – Caden Spivey – Freshman 29 – David Lally Jr. – Freshman 32 – Matt Bedford – Junior 33 – Radek Birkholz – Sophomore 36 – Zach Kempe – Sophomore 38 – Xavier Hirsch – Freshman 40 – Aidan Krupp – Sophomore 41 – Jackson Dennies – Junior 43 – Will Mercer – Graduate 44 – Blake Hely – Graduate 45 – Justin Moore – Graduate 49 – Ricky Reeth – Sophomore 50 – Sammy Cooper – Junior		Catchers 8 – Danny Neri – Junior 9 – RJ Rickabaugh – Freshman 13 – Joey Spence – Sophomore 34 – Vinny Martinez – Graduate 47 – Tony Lindwedel – Junior Infielders 3 – Estevan Moreno – Freshman 4 – Carter Putz – Graduate 11 – Jack Penney – Sophomore 12 – Connor Hincks – Junior 14 – Zack Prajzner – Graduate 16 – Drayk Bowen – Freshman 19 – Casey Kmet –   Junior 22 – Peter Fasciglione – Freshman 28 – Hunter Russell – Freshman		Outfielders 6 – TJ Williams – Junior 7 – Jack Zyska – Graduate 21 – Brady Gumpf – Junior 30 – DM Jefferson – Sophomore 42 – Brooks Coetzee III – Graduate Utility 10 – Rory Fox (INF/P) – Freshman 18 – Nick Juaire (C/OF) – Graduate 20 – Nick DeMarco (INF/P) – Sophomore

Coaching Staff

Name	Position	Seasons at Notre Dame	Alma Mater
Shawn Stiffler	John P. and Catherine Murphy Head Baseball Coach	1	George Mason (2001)
Logan Robbins	Assistant Coach	1	Western Kentucky (2011)
Ryan Munger	Volunteer Assistant Coach	1	Duke (2013)
Seth Voltz	Assistant Coach	1	VCU (2012)
John Lyons-Harrison	Director of Operations	1	VCU (2016)
Jay Schuyler	Graduate Student Manager	1	San Diego (2018)

Rankings

Main article: 2023 NCAA Division I baseball rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
— = Not ranked.

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Final
Coaches'^[5]	—	—*	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Baseball America^[6]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Collegiate Baseball^^[7]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
NCBWA†^[8]	34	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
D1Baseball^[9]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

^ Collegiate Baseball ranks 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
† NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
* New poll was not released for this week so for comparison purposes the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.

References

1. "Baseball Standings". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. Retrieved June 26, 2023.
2. "2022 Men's College World Series: Bracket, scores for the DI baseball tournament". ncaa.com.
3. "MLB Amateur Draft Picks who came from".
4. "2022-23 Baseball Roster". Notre Dame Fighting Irish. Retrieved July 5, 2023.
5. "NCAA Baseball - Coaches Poll". USA Today. Retrieved July 5, 2023.
6. "College Top 25". Baseball America. July 1, 2023. Retrieved July 5, 2023.
7. "2023 Collegiate Baseball Polls". baseballnews.com.
8. "LSU (54-17) tops final NCBWA Division I Poll". sportswriters.net. Retrieved July 5, 2023.
9. "D1 Baseball: Rankings". d1baseball.com. Retrieved July 5, 2023.