The 2026 California Golden Bears baseball team represents the University of California, Berkeley in the 2026 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Golden Bears play their home games at Evans Diamond. This will be their second season as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) and will be led by Mike Neu in his 9th season at Cal.
Previous season The 2025 California Golden Bears baseball team posted a 24–31 (9–21) season record, good for last place in the ACC. As a 16th seed in the ACC Tournament, they would beat 9th seed Miami (FL) in 8th inning in the First Round, 8th seed in the Second Round, but would lose to top (1st) seed Georgia Tech in the Quarterfinals ending their season after they didn't get an invite to the NCAA Tournament.
Preseason Coaches poll
ACC coaches poll 1 Georgia Tech 237 (7) 2 North Carolina 236 (6) 3 Florida State 221 (1) 4 Louisville 196 5 Clemson 185 (2) 6 NC State 169 7 Virginia 165 8 Miami 159 9 Wake Forest 145 10 Stanford 99 11 Virginia Tech 89 12 Notre Dame 87 13 Duke 67 14 Pittsburgh 45 15 California 41 16 Boston College 35
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Roster 2026 California Golden Bears roster PitchersCatchers
Infielders OutfieldersTwo Way Players
Coaches 2026 California Golden Bears baseball coaching staff Mike Neu – Head coach – 9th season Chris Bodishbaugh – Pitching/Assistant coach – 4th season Brett Wallace – Hitting/Assistant coach – 2nd season Anthony Gilich – Assistant coach – 1st season
Note: Season counter accounts for all stints at California.
Personnel
Starters Opening Night LineupPos. No.Player. Year -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Weekend pitching rotation Day No.Player. Year Friday Saturday Sunday
Offseason 2025 MLB draft
2025 MLB draft class
Schedule and results
! style="" | Regular season (13–6) |- valign="top"
|-style="background:#fbb;" | February 13 || * || || ACCNX || Evans DiamondBerkeley, CA || || Bayles || de la Torre || — || 648 || 0–1 || – |-style="background:#bfb;" | February 14 || Santa Clara* || || ACCNX || Evans Diamond || || Clark || Lanz || — || 728 || 1–1 || – |-style="background:#bfb;" | February 14 || Santa Clara* || || ACCNX || Evans Diamond || || Lopez || Schreiber || — || 728 || 2–1 || – |-style="background:#fbb;" | February 16 || at Santa Clara* || || ESPN+ || Stephen Schott StadiumSanta Clara, CA || || Chow || Russell || — || 480 || 2–2 || – |-style="background:#fbb;" | February 20 || at UC Irvine* || || ESPN+ || Anteater BallparkIrvine, CA || || Hansen || de la Torre || Rodgers || 1,031 || 2–3 || – |-style="background:#bfb;" | February 21 || at UC Irvine* || || ESPN+ || Anteater Ballpark || || Foley || Ojeda || Espinoza || 984 || 3–3 || – |-style="background:#bfb;" | February 22 || at UC Irvine* || || ESPN+ || Anteater Ballpark || || Eddy || Castles || Kreis || 894 || 4–3 || – |-style="background:#bbb;" | February 24 || * || || ACCNX || Evans Diamond || colspan="5"| Cancelled due to inclement weather|| 4–3 || – |-style="background:#bfb;" | February 25 || at UC Davis* || || ESPN+ || Dobbins StadiumDavis, CA || 7–2 || Grove || Speights || — || 512 || 5–3 || – |-style="background:#bfb;" | February 27 || * || || ACCNX || Evans Diamond || 5–4 ||Clark || Marton || — || 592 || 6–3 || – |-style="background:#bfb;" | February 28 || at Sacramento State* || || WAC International || John Smith FieldSacramento, CA || 8–2 || Foley || Wilson || Otto || 591 || 7–3 || –
|-style="background:#bfb;" | March 1 || Sacramento State* || || ACCNX || Evans Diamond || 3–2 ||Eddy || Timothy || Clark || 601 || 8–3 || – |-style="background:#bfb;" | March 4 || * || || ACCNX || Evans Diamond || 15–6 || Roach || Myers || || 280 || 9–3 || – |-style="background:#bfb;" | March 6 || * || || ACCNX || Evans Diamond || 11–1 || de la Torre || Gutierrez || || 388 || 10–3 || – |-style="background:#bfb;" | March 7 || San Diego* || || ACCNX || Evans Diamond || 15–9 || Kreis || Piper || || 524 || 11–3 || – |-style="background:#bfb;" | March 7 || San Diego* || || ACCNX || Evans Diamond || 9–1 || Otto || Palencia || || 524 || 12–3 || – |-style="background:#bfb;" | March 8 || San Diego* || || ACCNX || Evans Diamond || 5–2 || Eddy || Deschryver || Colombara || 524 || 13–3 || – |-style="background:#fbb;" | March 10 || at * || || Mountain West Network || Excite BallparkSan Jose, CA || 2–3 || Duke || Kreis || || 388 || 13–4 || – |-style="background:#fbb;" | March 13 || No. 15 North Carolina || || ACCNX || Evans Diamond || 1–8 || DeCaro || de la Torre || Glauber || 605 || 13–5 || 0–1 |-style="background:#fbb;" | March 14 || No. 15 North Carolina || || ACCNX || Evans Diamond || 2–6 || Lynch || Foley || || 672 || 13–6 || 0–2 |-style="background:#fbb;" | March 15 || No. 15 North Carolina || || ACCNX || Evans Diamond || 2–10 || McDuffie || Eddy || || 674 || 13–7 || 0–3 |- | March 17 || UConn* || || ACCNX || Evans Diamond || || || || || || – || – |- | March 20 || at Boston College || || || Pellagrini DiamondBoston, MA || || || || || || – || – |- | March 21 || at Boston College || || || Pellagrini Diamond || || || || || || – || – |- | March 22 || at Boston College || || || Pellagrini Diamond || || || || || || – || – |- | March 27 || at || || || David F. Couch BallparkWinston-Salem, NC || || || || || || – || – |- | March 28 || at Wake Forest || || || David F. Couch Ballpark || || || || || || – || – |- | March 29 || at Wake Forest || || || David F. Couch Ballpark || || || || || || – || – |- | March 31 || * || || ACCNX || Evans Diamond || || || || || || – || –
! style="" | Postseason (0-0)
| style="font-size:88%" | "#" represents ranking. All rankings from D1 Baseball Poll on the date of the contest."()" represents postseason seeding in the ACC Tournament or NCAA Regional, respectively. = Win, = Loss, = Canceled/Postponed Bold = California Golden Bears team member* = Non-Conference Game |- | Schedule Source:
Rankings
References
External links California Golden Bears Baseball