2019 College Baseball Season

Trust In Him posted:

The steroids to be concerned with are anabolic steroids, completely different than corticosteroids (prednisone, dexamethasone, etc).  Corticosteroids are used for inflammation, pain, asthma, and such.  Even if a drug appears on the NCAA list, such as amphetamines or derivatives, it is legal as long as the proper paperwork, medical info, prescription is provided.  I agree with Buckeye 2015, not really worth the risk.  This is probably just letting him throw, not necessarily addressing the underlying problem.  Good luck with the season

Oh, right. They don’t do steroids in college ball. Well, even if they did, they would really be discrete about it and hide it well. Certain USC player shoots that theory in the foot! 

rynoattack posted:

CTbballDad posted:

Really cool...Good luck!  You know we're all going to be checking the box score now, right?

Yeah, it makes me nervous!  I hope he does well.  I feel like I did when he was in JC ball.  He was up and down as a Freshman, but completely dominated as a Soph.  I'm thinking that he is going to have a really good year this year, after being up and down last year.  

They have a really tough row to hoe though.  Starting out with to Top 25 Teams on the road will not be easy.

Eh, no reason to be nervous.  We’ve all experienced the good and bad games from our kids.  They're all special in the end, especially at the level your son is playing at. Enjoy!

I've got a mental log of many of the sons playing this year and will be rooting them all on.

Just FYI, this is a good scoreboard:

https://d1baseball.com/scores/

Warning — no reason to read this, cause I'm just excited.

2018 got in his first inning in an Iowa uniform. Gave up a hit (broke up a game-long no hitter, so that was sad), but then struck out 3.

So excited, just wish I was in Florida and warm and watching instead of in Iowa with 7 inches of new snow in my driveway!

You should be excited!  Looking forward to Iowa’s visit to the other paradise. 

smokeminside posted:

You should be excited!  Looking forward to Iowa’s visit to the other paradise. 

+1 That’s awesome!

bacdorslider posted:

headed out to the Salt River Field Thursday for the MLB 4 college tourney.  Vandy, Virginia, Cal State and TCU.  

Was hoping for better weather  65 / 48 is not the best

What a great event. Tough weekend for Virginia, the other three all went 2-1 on the weekend.

Ethan threw well, had some bad luck, LF lost a pop up on the sun, all in all a good weekend

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The kid had a hit in his first AB and a SAC bunt in a 4-3 loss yesterday.  Team went 1-2 on the weekend.  He's hoping to be able to get back on the mound next weekend if everything goes well in his bullpen on Tuesday.

bacdorslider posted:

Ethan threw well, had some bad luck, LF lost a pop up on the sun, all in all a good weekend

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Got his first win. Cool that you were able to be there.

Congrats to everyone's kids thus far.  Son's school has been trapped indoors with 7 inches of snow covering the mound.  They are hosting an indoor scrimmage this Friday and then kick things off in St Louis (supposedly) on March 2nd.  

Very happy to report that after 7 months of hard work, my LHP has recovered from his elbow injury (sprained ulner nerve and then ultimately ulner nerve surgery).  Said his  velo isn't fully back yet, but during two intersquad indoor scrimmages he has thrown 3 innings with no pain and performed really well.  

Good luck to everyone's kids that are battling through rehab… not easy. 

 

smokeminside posted:

You should be excited!  Looking forward to Iowa’s visit to the other paradise. 

Just sad that I'm not going. Heading for Oklahoma in two weeks — I'm sure it's nice, but not my idea of paradise!

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...

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...

Am I the only one who thinks pitchers usually get left in one batter too long? Although from what happened after he left, sounds like he was the best option and did a great job against tough competition. Congrats.

bacdorslider posted:

Ethan threw well, had some bad luck, LF lost a pop up on the sun, all in all a good weekend

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Looked like the Vandy staff, as a whole, struggled. Young staff, so that's always a possibility early.

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.

roothog66 posted:

bacdorslider posted:

Ethan threw well, had some bad luck, LF lost a pop up on the sun, all in all a good weekend

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Looked like the Vandy staff, as a whole, struggled. Young staff, so that's always a possibility early.

Looking forward to Mar 1-3 in Nashville.  Son plays at Belmont, a friend of his is playing for Xavier at Lipscomb and another plays for Dayton at Vandy.   Depending on what son is doing (DH or P), I'm gonna try to catch at least part of a game at all 3 places.  Son played at Vandy as a 17U player, but I've never been there for a Vandy game....kinda excited to see what it's like to see a game at a "big time" baseball school     Oh, and it would be great to see the Ohio teams win some games that weekend lol

Hey Root, one of our HS kids is a Sat. starter for Gonzaga.  Let me know if it looks like yours is gonna make a Saturday start - may be worth a drive down.  One of my assistants played for CSUN ages ago when they were D2 national champs... can probably talk him into joining me.  Also, let me know if you are going to make the trip to San Luis for the Poly series.  That's very close to home and I should have time for more Poly games this year.  If you haven't been to SLO, well worth the trip... sort of a hidden gem and late March is the perfect time.  

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.

CSUN has shown much improvement over the recent years.  It seems like coaches always find a few gems through the JC route.  It wouldn't surprise me to see CSUN up at the top contending with Fullerton and Long Beach. 

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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.

CSUN has shown much improvement over the recent years.  It seems like coaches always find a few gems through the JC route.  It wouldn't surprise me to see CSUN up at the top contending with Fullerton and Long Beach. 

They might if some things come together. Only one returning starter in the field, but the newcomers have hit the hell out of the ball so far. One thing that did impress me was that Coach Moore really stepped up the non-conference schedule this year adding K State, Gonzaga, Iowa, Michigan, and St. John's in addition to UCLA and USC.