2019 College Baseball Season

rynoattack posted:

So Ryno had a pretty good start.  5 1/3 ip, 9 hits, 1 bb, 1 k, 3 r, 2 er, took the loss.  He pitched against a very good Southern Miss team, and he held them scoreless through 5.  Since it was his first start of the year, I was hoping he'd get pulled after 5. 5 scoreless would have been great.

Anyhow, half of the hits were infield hits.  He sawed off the preseason all American, clean-up hitter, but unfortunately, he got a swinging bunt single.  He thought he pitched well, but his out pitch just couldn't put guys away on Saturday.  S. Miss just kept battling and putting the ball in play.  Coach Waz says the S. Miss 1 - 5 in their line-up is as good as any line-up they'll face all year, so I am hoping he is right.  

So in the 6th, Ryno gets the first guy out, and then the next guy hits a nice single. Then, the next batter hit a rocket that hits Ryan right in the hip.  He said he didn't even see it. Now, there is 1 out and 2 on.  Next guy gets a hit, and there is an error on the throw back in.  Score is now 2 - 2 with a guy on 2nd.  New pitcher strikes out the next guy, but gives up a hit, and the runner scores.  They end up tacking on another run, so the final was 4 - 2.  

Purdue did get swept, but they really competed against a good team, I believe they are going to be a better team for this extremely tough early schedule.

I think Ryan's start looks even better after S. Miss dropped 16 on Purdue Sunday...

HS teammate of my son is going to SM. He only had one AB during the series, but doubled and scored a run. The kid can hit.

roothog66 posted:

CSUN had a decent weekend. Split four with Kansas State, but dropped two games with late collapses on the mound. Dalton didn't dress for this series. His velocity had dropped from 90-93/96 in the late summer/early fall to 86-88 the last couple of weeks before the season started and the HC had him completely take off nine days with no throwing although he swears there is no physical problem. He was supposed to throw a pen on Tuesday to prepare, but it rained Tue through Thur and CSUN has no indoor facilities. 

Luckily, because there had been rain in the forecast, we had canceled going to Cali this past weekend and decided to go this coming weekend for a four game series against Gonzaga. 

Some notes from the weekend. One thing that has surprised me is the lack of velocity form CSUN's staff. Probably our most efficient starter, whose dad is on this board, sits 78-81 and tops out occasionally at 82. Great secondary stuff, though. Outside of Dalton, there is one pitcher on the staff that can consistently pitch in the low 90's and he gave up six runs in the ninth yesterday in a 5-5 game. There are several contributors on the staff that sit high 70's/low 80's. Just a note for those stuck on the idea that you HAVE to throw 90+ to pitch D1.

Low velo pitchers who are smart, accurate, can change speeds and ball rotation can absolutely destroy a good hitting team. Also make the next P in line look like they are pitching 95+.

 

It's also early in the year. Velos will ramp up as the weather does.

57special posted:

rynoattack posted:

So Ryno had a pretty good start.  5 1/3 ip, 9 hits, 1 bb, 1 k, 3 r, 2 er, took the loss.  He pitched against a very good Southern Miss team, and he held them scoreless through 5.  Since it was his first start of the year, I was hoping he'd get pulled after 5. 5 scoreless would have been great.

Anyhow, half of the hits were infield hits.  He sawed off the preseason all American, clean-up hitter, but unfortunately, he got a swinging bunt single.  He thought he pitched well, but his out pitch just couldn't put guys away on Saturday.  S. Miss just kept battling and putting the ball in play.  Coach Waz says the S. Miss 1 - 5 in their line-up is as good as any line-up they'll face all year, so I am hoping he is right.  

So in the 6th, Ryno gets the first guy out, and then the next guy hits a nice single. Then, the next batter hit a rocket that hits Ryan right in the hip.  He said he didn't even see it. Now, there is 1 out and 2 on.  Next guy gets a hit, and there is an error on the throw back in.  Score is now 2 - 2 with a guy on 2nd.  New pitcher strikes out the next guy, but gives up a hit, and the runner scores.  They end up tacking on another run, so the final was 4 - 2.  

Purdue did get swept, but they really competed against a good team, I believe they are going to be a better team for this extremely tough early schedule.

I think Ryan's start looks even better after S. Miss dropped 16 on Purdue Sunday...

HS teammate of my son is going to SM. He only had one AB during the series, but doubled and scored a run. The kid can hit.

They have a great group of hitters there.  Ryno was a little disappointed in his out pitch. He said he'll work on that, and hope to put more guys away this weekend at UT.

rynoattack posted:

57special posted:

rynoattack posted:

So Ryno had a pretty good start.  5 1/3 ip, 9 hits, 1 bb, 1 k, 3 r, 2 er, took the loss.  He pitched against a very good Southern Miss team, and he held them scoreless through 5.  Since it was his first start of the year, I was hoping he'd get pulled after 5. 5 scoreless would have been great.

Anyhow, half of the hits were infield hits.  He sawed off the preseason all American, clean-up hitter, but unfortunately, he got a swinging bunt single.  He thought he pitched well, but his out pitch just couldn't put guys away on Saturday.  S. Miss just kept battling and putting the ball in play.  Coach Waz says the S. Miss 1 - 5 in their line-up is as good as any line-up they'll face all year, so I am hoping he is right.  

So in the 6th, Ryno gets the first guy out, and then the next guy hits a nice single. Then, the next batter hit a rocket that hits Ryan right in the hip.  He said he didn't even see it. Now, there is 1 out and 2 on.  Next guy gets a hit, and there is an error on the throw back in.  Score is now 2 - 2 with a guy on 2nd.  New pitcher strikes out the next guy, but gives up a hit, and the runner scores.  They end up tacking on another run, so the final was 4 - 2.  

Purdue did get swept, but they really competed against a good team, I believe they are going to be a better team for this extremely tough early schedule.

I think Ryan's start looks even better after S. Miss dropped 16 on Purdue Sunday...

HS teammate of my son is going to SM. He only had one AB during the series, but doubled and scored a run. The kid can hit.

They have a great group of hitters there.  Ryno was a little disappointed in his out pitch. He said he'll work on that, and hope to put more guys away this weekend at UT.

It's REALLY early. He'll figure it out. 

My son also had his first college experience this past weekend, closing out a lopsided game against ND. Gave up 2 hits, 0 BB, 0 ER, and finished the game with a K. What an amazing experience to be standing up with those who remained and cheering him on to finish the game. He has come a long way and a feel good story for HS pitchers who struggle. As frosh playing on soph team, he could throw hard but finished the season with a 17.00 ERA, worst on the team. He did play a bunch as position player but his arm was what was going to provide him an opportunity to play at next level. Fortunately he got better but was still told by many that he was not ready for 4-year baseball and should go JUCO route. He was literally ready to commit to Iowa W. when we met a high-level PC who saw potential and started working with him late summer before senior year. 2 months later he had opportunity to throw for 2 P5 programs with both showing interest but only 1 willing to offer roster spot right away. Thankfully they saw potential and were willing to give him a shot to develop. I have zero expectations at this point and just enjoying the hell out of watching him being a part of it all!

coachld posted:

My son also had his first college experience this past weekend, closing out a lopsided game against ND. Gave up 2 hits, 0 BB, 0 ER, and finished the game with a K. What an amazing experience to be standing up with those who remained and cheering him on to finish the game. He has come a long way and a feel good story for HS pitchers who struggle. As frosh playing on soph team, he could throw hard but finished the season with a 17.00 ERA, worst on the team. He did play a bunch as position player but his arm was what was going to provide him an opportunity to play at next level. Fortunately he got better but was still told by many that he was not ready for 4-year baseball and should go JUCO route. He was literally ready to commit to Iowa W. when we met a high-level PC who saw potential and started working with him late summer before senior year. 2 months later he had opportunity to throw for 2 P5 programs with both showing interest but only 1 willing to offer roster spot right away. Thankfully they saw potential and were willing to give him a shot to develop. I have zero expectations at this point and just enjoying the hell out of watching him being a part of it all!

ASU showed up this weekend. Might be the break out year Smith needs. Luke should get innings. I mean, you guys only have, what, 25 on the roster this year? 

From this:

https://d1baseball.com/analysi...conn-others-surging/

"Keep an eye on the Devils. They might just be for real."

 

Congrats CoachLD... wow, ND giving up 16 runs per over a 3-game series???  Ouch.

cabbagedad posted:

Congrats CoachLD... wow, ND giving up 16 runs per over a 3-game series???  Ouch.

The offense for ASU is ridiculous. That was strength going in but lots of people concerned about defense and pitching. It was good to see them have success with the questions marks as well.

roothog66 posted:

coachld posted:

My son also had his first college experience this past weekend, closing out a lopsided game against ND. Gave up 2 hits, 0 BB, 0 ER, and finished the game with a K. What an amazing experience to be standing up with those who remained and cheering him on to finish the game. He has come a long way and a feel good story for HS pitchers who struggle. As frosh playing on soph team, he could throw hard but finished the season with a 17.00 ERA, worst on the team. He did play a bunch as position player but his arm was what was going to provide him an opportunity to play at next level. Fortunately he got better but was still told by many that he was not ready for 4-year baseball and should go JUCO route. He was literally ready to commit to Iowa W. when we met a high-level PC who saw potential and started working with him late summer before senior year. 2 months later he had opportunity to throw for 2 P5 programs with both showing interest but only 1 willing to offer roster spot right away. Thankfully they saw potential and were willing to give him a shot to develop. I have zero expectations at this point and just enjoying the hell out of watching him being a part of it all!

ASU showed up this weekend. Might be the break out year Smith needs. Luke should get innings. I mean, you guys only have, what, 25 on the roster this year? 

Yep. Idea was to limit distractions but don't think they were planning on losing a few players. If they can stay healthy, I don't think it should be a problem. Time will tell.

Freshman son pitched his first inning a couple of weeks ago. Struck out the first 2 batters on 7 pitches. Then...a walk, a blooper that fell in on a 1-2 count, another walk, and a well hit double. Gave up 2 runs with 2 outs. So it was an up and down first appearance.   

24fan posted:

Freshman son pitched his first inning a couple of weeks ago. Struck out the first 2 batters on 7 pitches. Then...a walk, a blooper that fell in on a 1-2 count, another walk, and a well hit double. Gave up 2 runs with 2 outs. So it was an up and down first appearance.   

Arggh so frustrating I'm sure.  Congrats on 2 Ks on first two batters faced tho - that had to be sweet.

Son's team won 1 of 4 from top hitting team in the country. Ripken Fan son had 8 hits, 4 bags, and turned 7 double plays over the weekend. A good weekend at "the office." Always good to see the freshman get on the mound for the first time, first base hit, etc. Here's hoping for more wins this weekend. Forecast is calling for rain. I'm optimistic if a game is cancelled, that I'll be able to find something to do in New Orleans the weekend before Mardi Gras.

Good luck with your season Ripken Fan.  Always tough for the northern teams to travel south and win games at the beginning of the season.

Duncan had a rough second weekend. Got through one third of an inning — hit someone, gave up two walks. Not himself. Assuming all of that is part of the learning curve when you go from a high school of less than 1,000 kids, where 250 people at a baseball game was a huge crowd, to flying for 9 hours and then throwing in front of 3,000 mostly hostile fans.

Hoping they actually get some games in this weekend in Oklahoma and that we get some layers of snow off the field here in Iowa before CSUN appears. 

Iowamom23 posted:

Duncan had a rough second weekend. Got through one third of an inning — hit someone, gave up two walks. Not himself. Assuming all of that is part of the learning curve when you go from a high school of less than 1,000 kids, where 250 people at a baseball game was a huge crowd, to flying for 9 hours and then throwing in front of 3,000 mostly hostile fans.

Hoping they actually get some games in this weekend in Oklahoma and that we get some layers of snow off the field here in Iowa before CSUN appears. 

That's a tough one, but that's normal, he'll get used to the crowds and coaches understand it.  I wouldn't worry too much about it.   Son started a Saturday game at FSU his freshman year in front of 5,000+ and then Saturday of opening weekend his sophomore season at Texas A & M in front of 7200.   He said it didn't bother him, but he's always kind of been like that with big games.....but the "ball 5" chant at A & M really got in the head of a couple of our guys

.....if his arm feels ok after his bullpen tomorrow, he's expecting to see the mound a little bit this weekend.  He threw last Friday and arm was still a little sore yesterday.  Hopefully it's just from having taken so much time off and it'll be better this week

The ball 5 chant at Texas A&M can impact some guys for sure.  Section 203 at Olsen/Blue Bell is loud and active all game long.  This year on opening weekend, one opposing pitcher got up to Ball 9.

Son's college career started at a weekend series at A&M. Top 4 hitters in line-up (and maybe SP) were freshman. Another freshman ( a 2-way player) entered the game as a reliever. Had trouble finding plate..up to "ball 5 " or "ball 6". I think the chant surprised him and irked his mom who said to a group of fans, "Hey that's my son!"

Ethan, some how got his first win at Vandy last night. after a dropped ball in the first outing that drove up his ERA ... its starting to look respectable, team leading in K's per inning and K%  

 

getting his feet wet.... 

bacdorslider posted:

Ethan, some how got his first win at Vandy last night. after a dropped ball in the first outing that drove up his ERA ... its starting to look respectable, team leading in K's per inning and K%  

 

getting his feet wet.... 

Will you be at Vandy this weekend?  Son's team is at Belmont and I'm staying right around the corner from Vandy's stadium.  Depending on how things go with him (DH or pitching) I'm gonna try to get by Vandy sometime.  Son has a friend that catches for Dayton

I will be there, every game... sitting sec H usually row 3 or 4 , big ugly guy, cant miss me

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Buckeye - get to the “PegLeg Porker” - phenomenal BBQ, only 5m South of main Nashville drag.

Gov posted:

Buckeye - get to the “PegLeg Porker” - phenomenal BBQ, only 5m South of main Nashville drag.

It's really close to Belmont's field....I'll try to check it out

Ripken Fan posted:

Son's college career started at a weekend series at A&M. Top 4 hitters in line-up (and maybe SP) were freshman. Another freshman ( a 2-way player) entered the game as a reliever. Had trouble finding plate..up to "ball 5 " or "ball 6". I think the chant surprised him and irked his mom who said to a group of fans, "Hey that's my son!"

That's funny.  We were there for opening weekend a couple weeks ago.  My wife's reaction was she was so glad she wasn't that kid's Mom.  The "ball 9" got posted to Twitter, the pitcher who threw it saw the tweet and tweeted back something like "I did it for the fans."  Good for the kid.

9and7dad posted:

Ripken Fan posted:

Son's college career started at a weekend series at A&M. Top 4 hitters in line-up (and maybe SP) were freshman. Another freshman ( a 2-way player) entered the game as a reliever. Had trouble finding plate..up to "ball 5 " or "ball 6". I think the chant surprised him and irked his mom who said to a group of fans, "Hey that's my son!"

That's funny.  We were there for opening weekend a couple weeks ago.  My wife's reaction was she was so glad she wasn't that kid's Mom.  The "ball 9" got posted to Twitter, the pitcher who threw it saw the tweet and tweeted back something like "I did it for the fans."  Good for the kid.

Gotta hand it to their fans....they put in a lot of work to know anything/everything about their opponents, they try to get in their heads, but they do keep it civil...nothing malicious.  4 days before my son's opener there, his school posted a "4 days til the opener" Tweet with a link to him because he was #4.   Within hours he had 30 new Twitter followers....all from A & M    He shut down his Twitter for the rest of the week.  They knew players dogs names, sister's names, girlfriend's names....lol.  He thought it was hilarious.  They were chanting his name the entire time he warmed up on the mound before every inning....but he said he didn't hear it.      Guess that's the mindset you need to be a pitcher lol.   He did say it was by far his favorite game he's ever pitched in

Duncan picked up his first career win tonight, after a really bad outing last week. Struck out five over three innings. Good news — we were here to see it. Bad news — it was 34 degrees. DANG!!!

Buckeye 2015 posted:

9and7dad posted:

Ripken Fan posted:

Son's college career started at a weekend series at A&M. Top 4 hitters in line-up (and maybe SP) were freshman. Another freshman ( a 2-way player) entered the game as a reliever. Had trouble finding plate..up to "ball 5 " or "ball 6". I think the chant surprised him and irked his mom who said to a group of fans, "Hey that's my son!"

That's funny.  We were there for opening weekend a couple weeks ago.  My wife's reaction was she was so glad she wasn't that kid's Mom.  The "ball 9" got posted to Twitter, the pitcher who threw it saw the tweet and tweeted back something like "I did it for the fans."  Good for the kid.

Gotta hand it to their fans....they put in a lot of work to know anything/everything about their opponents, they try to get in their heads, but they do keep it civil...nothing malicious.  4 days before my son's opener there, his school posted a "4 days til the opener" Tweet with a link to him because he was #4.   Within hours he had 30 new Twitter followers....all from A & M    He shut down his Twitter for the rest of the week.  They knew players dogs names, sister's names, girlfriend's names....lol.  He thought it was hilarious.  They were chanting his name the entire time he warmed up on the mound before every inning....but he said he didn't hear it.      Guess that's the mindset you need to be a pitcher lol.   He did say it was by far his favorite game he's ever pitched in

When I was a student at A&M, we went to many baseball games and it was so much fun.  The fans have been doing that "ball 9" thing years ago and I graduated in '97, but the fans always applaud the pitcher when he finally gets that strike.  My favorite was when a batter would get hit by a pitch in the leg or foot (not hurt, just hit by a pitch), EVERY step he took after that for the whole game, "Ow" "Ow"....."Ow, Ow, Ow".  Even base coaches aren't immune.  I've seen 1st base coaches get the "Ow" treatment too if a foul ball gets them too.  Some of my son's coaches talk about playing or coaching against A&M as one of the more memorable games of their careers.  It's definitely a home field advantage.

I think it was 2014 when A&M was ranked pretty high and they came to CA early in the season. Tons of fans made the trip. I remember looking at there players and thinking that everyone them looks good in a uniform. They were really big. The fans were very loud, that is of course until they got sweep by unranked Fresno State. The fans in Fresno are pretty vocal as well, just not the numbers of A&M. My fan favorite is when an opposing batter strikes out, the entire stands follow him with a loud "Left, Right, Left, Right" all the way back to the dugout. If he stops, they stop, when he continues, so do they. 

A&M is a unique place with a different kind of fan.  The best way I have heard it described is "If you are on the outside looking in you can't understand it.  If you are on the inside looking out you can't explain it."  It is truly a special place and playing there was one of the best experiences of my life.

Just got back from Nashville....dang, so much for better weather "down South"     Upper 30's by the end of Friday's game and got up to a whopping 43 for yesterday's DH.   Fortunately no rain, some good music and no weather issues on the way home.  Next weekend in Cincinnati....40's and rain.....c'mon Spring

Buckeye 2015 posted:

Just got back from Nashville....dang, so much for better weather "down South"     Upper 30's by the end of Friday's game and got up to a whopping 43 for yesterday's DH.   Fortunately no rain, some good music and no weather issues on the way home.  Next weekend in Cincinnati....40's and rain.....c'mon Spring

Well, it was -12 this morning here, and our brand new turf practice field is covered in about 4-5 ' of snow. We'll swap you.

For those of you who are subscribers to D1Baseball.com, there's an article today focusing on teams in the Midwest:

https://d1baseball.com/noteboo...-others-on-the-move/

RPI through yesterday's games:

https://www.ncaa.com/rankings/baseball/d1/rpi

it is funny the rankings and the rpi compared.  The top ranked teams are not playing anyone so their rpi's are horrible.

This early it is tough to get a feel for the mid majors but I find this is a pretty good website.

http://www.sonnymoorepowerratings.com/cbase.htm

 

Does it really even matter?  Its the same 25 teams every year with a few good mid-majors  that have a deep sr. class and have gotten it together to make a run ... ie  Tennessee Tech... 

Well it's looking more and more like the pitching thing is probably over for the kid.   Lingering arm issue just won't go away.   He's not all that upset....he took over as the everyday DH 5 games ago and has started to look like he did in HS.  He's hitting .385 (.450 since he started playing everyday), has a hit in all 5 games.....and only 4 K's on the season (though it's only been 27 AB's).   Had his first collegiate 3 hit game on Sunday at Cincinnati.  I gotta tell you, it's been an awfully fun seeing him back at the plate after not having hit full time since HS.  The coaches asked the trainer yesterday if his arm was ok to play first base    If he's going to play everyday, it's probably better to move him to 1B and give them some flexibility at the DH spot.  He's figuring he'll hear something at practice today.  He played first for 1 inning his last regular season HS game when the coach said "go play wherever you guys want"....    I don't think he'll have any issues...he was a SS in HS, but I guess we'll find out.  

That's great news, Buckeye.  My youngest  ('22) is not hitting well, but pitching strongly so they're moving him out of the OF to pitching full time.  I KNOW I'm going to miss watching him hit.

Just joined and gotta love the passion displayed in the group

A couple big things for the kid and the team this weekend.  He got his first college home run...a line drive to left that I think was still going up as it cleared the fence.  He's hit in all 11 games since he took over the starting DH spot...average is .340 and I think the biggest stat of all, again after not having hit regularly since HS is that he has only 6 K's in 52 plate appearances.

Team swept the I-75 rival Rockets this weekend....their first 3 game sweep since he's been there, which seems awfully hard to believe, but that's kinda how things have gone.  After a slow start, things are looking up and it's actually fun to watch baseball again lol.  Now if we could just get some sun and maybe see the 50's

Any U of A parents that post? Big 3-game series this weekend in Tempe? #ForksUp

Another win yesterday....and now a 4-game winning streak....longest since my son got there in 2016.  8 wins on the season after having 11 all last year.  Funny, how a couple wins seem to make things fun again.  These guys look like a completely different team from last year, even though 7 of the 9 starting defensive players are back.  3 new starting pitchers....all doing very well so far...makes a huge difference.  The next two weekends are teams that we can beat.  Would be awfully nice to start conference play 9-0

Son got his first start last night. Struck out two (three if you count the kid he threw a ball to before his reliever struck him out). Went 2.1 innings, hit a kid, walked a kid. Tried to cram it all into his first inning!