Endless Purple
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Not a trainwreck, but I was not expecting to be #78 in team ERA at this point (apr 19). I thought we had a very good stable of pitchers and had higher expectations preseason. Yes, it could be much worse.
2021 Frog Baseball (General)
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jake102
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Guessing we've played a SOS of like #2 if you sorted it by opponents OPS
Purp
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Alcohol free beer? Sounds as counterintuitive as clean mud.
Pharm Frog
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Not sure what the “stretch” is that you are referencing. I hardly think that it’s a stretch to suggest that the staff is not a train wreck or that it is quite short of meeting pre-season expectations. Seems quite measured in fact.
flyfishingfrog
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Sorry I was trying to agree with you
Not meeting expectations is not a train wreck
our staff is far from a train wreck
train wrecks are not top 10 and leading the #2 conference - regardless of how well we are hitting
Purp
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Not sure who you're talking to, but maybe he meant the staff ERA is higher b/c we're pitching out of the stretch too often.
tcudoc
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A lot of your “ding dongs” have been sent to Sacramento and D.C.
Pharm Frog
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About 4 hours ago. For those of you who can be spontaneous
Pharm Frog
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After 7 innings, UTA leads KU 6-1. Hawks have left 13 runners stranded through 7.
bmoney214
OUCH!!!
Since you seem to know about how the rpi works better than anyone else, what's better for us, a UTA win or Kansas win?
Purp
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Since we play KU 3 times and UTA only twice I'd say a KU win is better for us, but it won't be by much.
Pharm Frog
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Probably a wash or near wash as we play both teams three times this season assuming all games get played. Might have a slight edge toward KU given their current ranking and the fact that we play all three games against them at home which would make a loss hurt worse and we've already played our home game against UTA. That said, the last series between the Frogs and KU was a 2-1 win for the Frogs at Lupton in 2019.
Won G1 4-3 with a Shep walk off HR in the 9th. Green got the win and the Frogs managed a total of 5 hits.
Won G2 7-4 but had to score 5 in the B9 including a 3-run walk-off HR by Isola. Faced Cyr in that game and he handcuffed us good. Only 6 hits that whole game and three of those came in that 9th inning. Cyr pitched into the 9th. King was the Frog starter.
Lost G3 3-1 after giving up 2 unearned runs in the 9th inning. Also only had 6 hits in that game. Only Frog run was a Rizer bomb.
Good news is that KU does not have a Zeferjahn who I felt was a pretty salty pitcher. Better news is that this Frog edition is significantly better offensively than that squad. Goodloe and Henry started in that series and aren't regulars in this lineup.
Pharm Frog
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We have three games slated for UTA this season. Two away and that game at home on Tuesday
Pharm Frog
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Kind of doesn't matter now if you had a rooting interest as UTA wins 8-1 over Kansas in Arlington. Hawks were 0-12 with RISP
Punter1
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So are we gonna play them tomorrow ya think???
flyfishingfrog
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Heard they are going Friday start and maybe move it back an hour
bmoney214
OUCH!!!
This is why I love baseball. UTA only had one hit against us and then comes back the very next night and scores 8 runs against Kansas. You never know what you're going to see at a baseball game.
Purp
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Forgot we were going back there again. In that case I'd think the UTA win helps us more assuming we sweep both opponents. The road wins over a slightly higher RPI UTA will benefit us more than home wins against a slightly lower RPI rock chalk. But you're right that it's essentially a wash and we're splitting hairs.
FrogsMcGee
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I’m guessing Kansas is more impactful due to 3rd component of RPI, opponents opponents winning %. Our opponents play Kansas more than UTA. Not material though. The home / road impact relates to our first component, but not the 2nd or 3rd SOS components which are purely winning percentage without regard to home/road.
CountryFrog
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I think the outcome that helps our RPI the most is for both Kansas and UTA to discontinue their baseball programs immediately retroactive to April 19th.
