The Cincinnati Bearcats earn the 6-seed for the upcoming Big 12 Baseball Tournament

As the regular season comes to an end, the Bearcats finish the season with a 37-19 record, going 17-13 in the Big 12, good enough for 12th in conference. The Bearcats would finish behind Kansas, West Virginia, Arizona State, Central Florida, and Texas Christian. Cincinnati has a 102-70 record under Jordan Bischel since he was hired in 2024. Bischel brought the Bearcats to the regional stage of the tournament last season, where the Bearcats would lose in Knoxville to the Wake Forest demon deacons in an elimination game.

The Team isn't short on MLB talent either. Sophomore Quentin Coates has hit 28 home runs in 56 games this season, the most in Cincinnati's history, passing Mike Spina, who hit 23 in 2009. 28 home runs is also good enough for second in the Big 12 and tied for third nationally. Coats is tied with Hunter Ray of Farleigh Dickinson and behind Kollin Ritchie of Oklahoma State and Tague Davis of Louisville.

Jack Natili is second on the team in home runs with 16, but leads the team in doubles with 14 and triples with 3. Natili is second on the team in RBI's with 59, behind Coats' 78. He bats .338 on the season and has an on-base percentage of .419. Enzo Infelise leads the team with a batting average of .374. He is third in on-base percentage at .441 and is second on the team with hits at 79. Nathan Taylor is the team's star pitcher. The right-handed pitcher has an ERA of 3.78 and a WHIP of 1.19 in 81.0 innings across 14 games this season. Taylor has a record of 6-2 and has recorded 111 strikeouts this season. The Bearcats will be taking on the No. 3-seeded Arizona State Sun Devils in the third round of the Big 12 tournament after both teams received byes to the quarterfinals. The game will be played in Tempe, Arizona, on Thursday, May 21st at 11:00 p.m. ET, where Taylor will be pitching for the Bearcats.

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