PHOTO BY MARK KUHLMANN/BIG TEN CONFERENCE
handed pitcher Willie Weiss, sophomore infielder Brandon
Lawrence, freshman left-handed pitcher Jaylen Jones,
sophomore righty Ahmad Haralji, senior lefty Jack White
and junior first baseman Jake Marti.
Tracy Smith, formerly of Indiana and Arizona State, was
hired July 3 to replace Bakich as head coach. He will be
joined by associate head coach/recruiting coordinator Ben
Greenspan and pitching coach Brock Huntzinger in Ann
Arbor. Between the departures of the previous coaching
staff and players in the transfer portal, a new era of baseball
has emphatically arrived at Michigan.
— Anthony Broome