Tagged With "Relief"

My LHP has been used very sparingly in relief in his last year of high school. When I say sparingly, I’m talking 13 innings in seven appearances prior to entering playoffs. I’ve noticed that his ERA is a respectable 1.56 after relieving an RHP (nine innings of data) and it is 17.5 (four innings) when following another LHP I’m not concerned about his college career since he has already committed. So my opinion would be that one should not relieve a LHP with another LHP in general. Is that a...

Well, that opinion has some merit but there are a whole lot of other things to consider. 13 innings is a really small sample size to draw too much from. Typically, in HS, you would want to give your opponent a different look with a reliever. But so many variables. Maybe lefty #1 was very effective but hit a pitch count. Maybe opponent has a bunch of LH hitters. Maybe the two lefty pitchers have different styles, pitch types and velos. Maybe the opponent runs well and a LHP can help shut that...

ERA's are not a good of a measurement for relief pitchers since they often assume runners from other pitchers. 13 innings make the statistic even more meaningless and when talking about 4 innings, well it is a complete waste of time. (On top of that HS statistics generally are meaningless) It is what it is and when he gets to college his coaches will put him where he best fits their needs. Relax and enjoy the rest of his HS season.

The replys were kind of expected and I agree with all of them. The only thing I can say for sure is that so far my LHP hasn't needed any ice and all the LHP's utilize the same pitching coach. Thx

Why is a senior not getting playing time?

Follow-up question to this - 2016 has turned into the team's closer this year (when he had been a starter last year) and has been very effective. His D3 school's season is over and they want to come see a game and asked him for his schedule (when we visited a few weeks ago). Outside of the obvious challenge in that he's never 100% sure when he'll pitch - how should he frame it up to the HC or should he even worry about it? Most of their games have been close so he's been highly utilized (7...

NCAA-D1 Specific. NCAA is allowing programs to have a roster size anywhere from 35-40 with major caveats. Any student athlete above 35 must have lost their 2020 season due to covid. Allowed Scholarships for 27 to 32 players, however any player in the 28 -32 range must have lost year due to covid. This will be mostly super seniors. These player would count against 11.7 (requires 25% of a scholarship) Use the link below to view preliminary team roster turnover rate for NCAA-D1. Rosters...

Interesting Read https://d1baseball.com/top-stories/rogers-ncaa-roster-relief-helps-but-falls-short/

Since it's behind a paywall, can you give us a quick summary?

The folks that thought that the aftermath of covid would somehow magically result in more baseball scholarships will be disappointed. But, under the circumstances this seems like a fairly reasonable approach. The core problem remains the same, lack of funding and way too many "D1" baseball schools.

@MTH agreed. baseball (non-revenue) is bound by EADA Compliance. Thus teams have to generate more revenue by other means (gate, merchandise, etc) or uUpgrading their Football and Basketball Programs in order to get trickle down effect. Here is some financial insights for Rhode Island (2020) Louisville 2020 Vanderbilt 2020