The 2021 Michigan Wolverines baseball team represented the University of Michigan in the 2021 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Wolverines, led by head coach Erik Bakich in his ninth season, are a member of the Big Ten Conference and played their home games at Wilpon Baseball Complex in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
The Wolverines finished the 2020 season 8âÂÂ7 overall, in a season shortened due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
On November 6, 2020, former Michigan pitching coach Chris Fetter was named pitching coach for the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball (MLB).
On January 29, 2021, Steve Merriman was named pitching coach and Brandon Inge was named volunteer assistant coach for the Wolverines.
Michigan was ranked No. 20 by Baseball America and No. 18 by Collegiate Baseball Newspaper in the preseason polls, the only Big Ten Conference team named in each poll. Redshirt sophomore Steven Hajjar was named to the Preseason All-America Third Team. On March 4, the Big Ten Coaches voted Michigan as the preseason favorite to win the conference.
The following Wolverines were selected in the 2021 Major League Baseball draft: