Landestoy is the better at 1B but Wade is a better hitter.
Has Landestoy been put in first when we did not have the lead?
I'm not advocating Lodolo. It's just crazy that we have the ability to go through both the Regional and Super without using the highest drafted pitcher in CBB.
When healthy (and he certainly looks healthy the last 2 starts), Traver is not a No. 3 or 4. I would not be surprised at all to see him start game 1.
You set up your rotation planning to win 5 in a row and have a backup plan. It's not terribly complicated when your clear top 2 are both righties. Ace in game 1 (Janczak), #2 in game 2 (Howard), #3 in a national semifinal (Traver or Lodolo), and have your top 2 ready to roll out on full rest in the finals in games 1 and 2.
Tailgating:Can anyone post an old CWS thread for Omaha recommendations, I'm going for the first time this weekend. Looking for food/tailgating/tourist suggestions. And I tried searching for older threads from last year or before but must suck at searching. Thanks!
You keep talking about Traver's last 2 starts. I don't disagree that he was very good in both. But they were against Central Connecticut State and Texas. Virginia, DBU, and Missouri State are significantly better hitting teams. Janczak and Howard are significantly ahead of Traver. And I don't even know where to start on the ridiculous Lodolo comment. Kid has good stuff but he's young. Where he was drafted last year doesn't make him a better pitcher. Hell, Janczak didn't pitch as a freshman - he was redshirted. Now he's our ace.
You set up your rotation planning to win 5 in a row and have a backup plan. It's not terribly complicated when your clear top 2 are both righties. Ace in game 1 (Janczak), #2 in game 2 (Howard), #3 in a national semifinal (Traver or Lodolo), and have your top 2 ready to roll out on full rest in the finals in games 1 and 2.
If you lose game 1, you stick with your #2 in game 2 because it's a must win if you win game 1, but win game 2 and wind up having to play a second national semifinal, you probably go back to your ace on full rest to try and get into the finals. Do what you can and try and get the ace back for a finals game 3 if you can.
I can't imagine a scenario where Lodolo or Traver start game 1 or 2. I've been wrong before, but this seems incredibly predictable
Can anyone post an old CWS thread for Omaha recommendations, I'm going for the first time this weekend. Looking for food/tailgating/tourist suggestions. And I tried searching for older threads from last year or before but must suck at searching. Thanks!
Whether we start play on Saturday or Sunday, this schedule doesn't make sense. I should say, this schedule makes sense, but it is a lot different from what we've seen.
http://www.ncaa.com/news/baseball/a...ries-tv-schedule-streams-dates-how-watch-2017
Essentially both winners game brackets will played on Monday and both losers game brackets will played on Tuesday. If this is correct I need to go back to the drawing board.
Do we prefer Wake or Florida?
I was thinking the same. Good hitters but Florida has good pitching.Wake.
You keep talking about Traver's last 2 starts. I don't disagree that he was very good in both. But they were against Central Connecticut State and Texas. Virginia, DBU, and Missouri State are significantly better hitting teams. Janczak and Howard are significantly ahead of Traver. And I don't even know where to start on the ridiculous Lodolo comment. Kid has good stuff but he's young. Where he was drafted last year doesn't make him a better pitcher. Hell, Janczak didn't pitch as a freshman - he was redshirted. Now he's our ace.
You set up your rotation planning to win 5 in a row and have a backup plan. It's not terribly complicated when your clear top 2 are both righties. Ace in game 1 (Janczak), #2 in game 2 (Howard), #3 in a national semifinal (Traver or Lodolo), and have your top 2 ready to roll out on full rest in the finals in games 1 and 2.
If you lose game 1, you stick with your #2 in game 2 because it's a must win if you win game 1, but win game 2 and wind up having to play a second national semifinal, you probably go back to your ace on full rest to try and get into the finals. Do what you can and try and get the ace back for a finals game 3 if you can.
I can't imagine a scenario where Lodolo or Traver start game 1 or 2. I've been wrong before, but this seems incredibly predictable
You're playing one of the best 8 teams in the country.
Please don't turn my speculation that it is possible that MT starts game 1 into a discussion about Lodolo. I did not make the "ridiculous Lodolo comment" attributed to me. In no way, shape, or form am I suggesting (or have I suggested) Lodolo start game 1. He's a freshman, he's been off for 2 weeks, he's never been to Omaha (at least, as an NCAA player). All I was saying is that it is an embarrassment of riches to have a guy with that talent sitting through regional and super. That was the right thing to do. He is not the game 1 starter. Amen and amen.
I agree with all of your theory. All I'm saying is that it is possible (not probable) that MT leads out of the chute. He's pitched well enough in the last two starts to look like the ace we thought we had before the season started. Schloss and Saarloos know him and trust him. They know if it's just a matter of inferior competition, or if they think he's really a 1b guy, not a No. 3 guy. If they think he's pitching like a 1b pitcher, and the matchup is favorable, he just might get the nod.
With all that said, I think JJ probably starts game 1. He's been excellent, and excellently consistent.
And I love me some BH, especially on the big stage. But I don't think he goes game 1.
Not necessarily. TCU is in the field and we have been assured that TCU is average at best.
I know it must be based on irrefutable evidence because it's how baseball works at every single level, but it just seems odd to me that a starting pitcher can't go out there unless he has a minimum 3 full days rest and usually 4 full days rest. They must tax their arms to the absolute limit every time they pitch. 4 full days of just more or less rehabilitating an arm after a pitching outing seems like an eternity to me, unless there is an injury involved.
Can anyone post an old CWS thread for Omaha recommendations, I'm going for the first time this weekend. Looking for food/tailgating/tourist suggestions. And I tried searching for older threads from last year or before but must suck at searching. Thanks!