Sebastian S
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Feltman is questionable to play.
Not sure why, coach did not talk about it too much.
Not sure why, coach did not talk about it too much.
Weird. He seemed highly confident Sunday that he'd be ready for this weekend. I suppose questionable is much different than out, though. Maybe a little postseason hockey gamesmanship with the injury report?Feltman is questionable to play.
Not sure why, coach did not talk about it too much.
Coach is a little optimistic and thinks if we can end well(win out?), we may not need to win the tournament.With an RPI still down at 66, I’m not sure a 7-0 run here even gets our RPI where it needs to be. Pretty close to big 12 tourney or bust.
With an RPI still down at 66, I’m not sure a 7-0 run here even gets our RPI where it needs to be. Pretty close to big 12 tourney or bust.
Coach is a little optimistic and thinks if we can end well(win out?), we may not need to win the tournament.
He also said he will think about cancelling the SFA game depending on where we sit at that point, he said this team needs playing time and also the seniors want to play all the games they can.
I think if he is sure we would need to win the tournament to get in- meaning we lose even 1 this weekend?, might as well play SFA for practice.
He was really pushing for DBU to play us instead of SFA but DBU declined.
so basically we are getting more meaningless hits this year...which seems about right. Earlier this year, we had a good run where we were putting together 2 out rallies like we did last year a lot - but definitely feels like we have gotten a lot more hits this year where we couldn't get the runner around.Interesting stats...
Last season the Frogs batted .268 and finished 47th in run scoring in D1 at 6.6.
This season to date the Frogs are batting .267 and are 122nd in run scoring at 5.8.
Staff ERA for 2017 was 3.91
Staff ERA to date for 2018 is 3.41
Scoring being down by a almost a run per game proving costly as Frogs won 70% of 1-2 run games last year and were 6-0 in extras. Currently winning 56% of 1-2 run games and are 1-3 in extras. Also, last season we were a positive .005 in fielding percentage v opposition. This season we are a negative .007. The margin between being pretty darn good and sitting where we are is small but meaningful.
I bet our LOB stats are pretty close to last year. We left guys on every inning last year also. It's been an epidemic for a while now. I think the key difference between the offense this year versus last is BA with RISP. I think more of our hits this year are coming with nobody on base than last year.so basically we are getting more meaningless hits this year...which seems about right. Earlier this year, we had a good run where we were putting together 2 out rallies like we did last year a lot - but definitely feels like we have gotten a lot more hits this year where we couldn't get the runner around.
wonder what our LOB is this year vs last?
The troubl for me is that I trust the baseball powers-that-be b/c they're far more consistent and formulaic in their evaluations than the football clown show (Wex and Todd have been triggered). As a result, I will not be surprised to see us excluded even if we finish strong. We need everything to go right for us from here on out and then we may still need some help.Unlike the football powers-that-be I trust the baseball powers-that-be. We see teams get in every year that are going on name recognition alone. I think we've earned that. Especially streaking at the end of the season
So if we drop one this weekend, why not let the young arms pitch the bulk of the innings and set ourselves up for a well rested tournament run
Haven’t been running my typical RPI model this year but will try to put it together and calc some scenarios that include / exclude SFA so we can see if it benefits or hurts. Although they are low RPI it may still help due to being a road game. Will take a look and let you know.