Kansas Baseball Starts 2025 Season on Friday Against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi

Kansas at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
When	Friday, Feb. 14 – Monday, Feb. 17
Where	Corpus Christi, Texas // Whataburger Field
Watch ($)	Friday \| Saturday \| Sunday
Radio	Jayhawk Sports Network
Live Stats	Stats
Game Notes	Kansas \| Big 12
Tickets	Buy Tickets
Social Media	@KUBaseball \| @kubaseball \| Facebook

Probable Starting Pitchers
Day	Kansas	Opponent
Fri. 5 p.m. CT	RHP Dominic Voegele	LHP Zach Garcia
Sat. 5 p.m. CT	RHP Manning West	LHP Luke Singleton
Sun. 2 p.m. CT	RHP Patrick Steitz	LHP Gage Burdick
Mon. 5 p.m. CT	TBD	TBD

CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS – Kansas baseball begins its 135th season, and the third under head coach Dan Fitzgerald, on Friday with a four-game series against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi at Whataburger Field. This will be the fourth-straight year that Kansas opens the season at the home of the Corpus Christi Hooks, the Houston Astros Double-A affiliate.

Kansas finished the 2024 season with an overall record of 31-23 and a 15-15 record in conference play. The 31 wins were the most for Kansas since 2019 and the 15 victories in Big 12 games were tied for the most in program history. The Jayhawks also advanced to the semifinals of the Big 12 Championship in 2024 for the first time since 2013.

"Year one was so much about establishing culture, year two was about taking a step forward and I think year three is about taking another step," Fitzgerald said when asked about the process of building the program. "I know the guys have high expectations for themselves and I know my staff does as well."

Kansas had eight players from the 2024 roster move on to play professional baseball (six draft picks and two free agent signees). That was the most players in a single year in program history. The six draft picks were the most by Kansas in the top 20 rounds of an MLB Draft in program history.

One Jayhawk who was not drafted last season and is back to headline the pitching staff in 2025 is sophomore Dominic Voegele. Voegele has been named the Big 12 Preseason Pitcher of the Year, a unanimous selection to the Preseason All-Big 12 Team and a Preseason All-American by D1Baseball, NCBWA and Perfect Game. He is the first in program history to be named Big 12 Preseason Pitcher of the Year and the first in program history to receive a preseason All-America selection from three different publications.

HOW TO FOLLOW ALONG
The first three games of the series will be broadcast on FloCollege (subscription required). Fans can also listen to all four games on the Jayhawk Sports Network on KUAthletics.com and the Kansas Jayhawks app.

Live statistics can be found here, while live updates will also be provided on the team's official X page @KUBaseball.

2025 ROSTER MAKEUP
The 2025 roster has a total of 39 players, with 27 newcomers and 12 returners. Of the 39 on the 2025 roster, there are 22 pitchers and 17 position players. The roster was constructed with 31 transfers and eight high school recruits. As the trend in college baseball has evolved into staying old, 29 of the players on the roster are a junior or older.

MORE VOEGELE
Voegele went 7-2 with a 3.89 ERA in 81.0 innings and set a freshman program record with 80 strikeouts in 2024. Following the season, Voegele was named a freshman All-American by D1Baseball, Baseball America, NCBWA and Perfect Game. Voegele also received Big 12 Freshman of the Year, All-Big 12 Second Team and Big 12 All-Freshman Team. In addition, he earned a spot on the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team.

FINISHING THE SEASON STRONG
Kansas posted a 16-9 (.640) record in the second half of the 2024 season. Kansas started the month of April with an 0-4 record before finishing the remainder of the month 10-1. Kansas won 11 of 12 games from April 9-May 1, including a season-long seven game winning streak. From April 8-May 6, the Jayhawks posted an .800 winning percentage (12-3), which was tied for the second highest among Power 5 schools.

SEASON OPENERS
Kansas is 20-8 in season openers since joining the Big 12 Conference prior to the start of the 1997 season. Redshirt senior infielder Michael Brooks is the only returning starter from Opening Day a year ago. Kansas is 6-4 all-time at Whataburger Field, which includes a 2-2 mark in 2024.

SERIES HISTORY
Kansas and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi have met on five occasions all-time, with four coming in 2000 and one last season. KU leads the all-time series 4-1. Kansas claimed a 13-7 victory last year, aided by a pair of five-run innings and four home runs by the Kansas offense. The Jayhawks have outscored the Islanders by a combined score of 57-22 in the five games and are 3-0 in games played in Corpus Christi, Texas.

UP NEXT
Kansas will continue its season-opening seven-game, 13-day road trip with a three-game series at Tarleton State. The series in Stephenville, Texas, will begin on Friday, Feb. 21 at 3 p.m. CT.

Kansas Baseball Starts 2025 Season on Friday Against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi

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Players Mentioned

Michael Brooks

Patrick Steitz

Dominic Voegele

Manning West

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Kansas Baseball Starts 2025 Season on Friday Against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi

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Players Mentioned

Michael Brooks

Patrick Steitz

Dominic Voegele

Manning West

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