Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Thursday, May 29, 2008
Some predictions
Baseball America
http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/college/postseason/regional/2008/266198.html
Rivals.com
http://collegebaseball.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=811447
THE BUZZ
There has been much discussion that Miami was given a very tough Regional. Sure, compared to the College Station Regional it's tough, but besides the Hurricanes this Regional is filled with inconsistent teams. Missouri is a very good team when they're on, but when they're off they can lose to anyone. The Tigers will also have to throw All-American pitcher Aaron Crow against Ole Miss. Speaking of the Rebels, they looked good at the SEC Tournament. But like the Tigers, what exactly are you going to get from them in Regional play? That's the million-dollar question. Also like Missouri, the Rebels likely will throw ace pitcher Lance Lynn in the first game – not in a possible matchup against Miami. Bethune-Cookman is a team many feel is a tough four-seed for the Hurricanes, but don't' expect coach Jim Morris to take them lightly. In the end, the 'Canes have the most balanced team and should move on.
http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/college/postseason/regional/2008/266198.html
Rivals.com
http://collegebaseball.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=811447
THE BUZZ
There has been much discussion that Miami was given a very tough Regional. Sure, compared to the College Station Regional it's tough, but besides the Hurricanes this Regional is filled with inconsistent teams. Missouri is a very good team when they're on, but when they're off they can lose to anyone. The Tigers will also have to throw All-American pitcher Aaron Crow against Ole Miss. Speaking of the Rebels, they looked good at the SEC Tournament. But like the Tigers, what exactly are you going to get from them in Regional play? That's the million-dollar question. Also like Missouri, the Rebels likely will throw ace pitcher Lance Lynn in the first game – not in a possible matchup against Miami. Bethune-Cookman is a team many feel is a tough four-seed for the Hurricanes, but don't' expect coach Jim Morris to take them lightly. In the end, the 'Canes have the most balanced team and should move on.
Bethune-Cookman
Last but not least, fourth seeded Bethune-Cookman out of the MEAC. Bethune-Cookman is the MEAC regular and post-season champion. Bethune-Cookman finished 17 -1 in conference and were 36-20 overall. The MEAC is not a very strong conference seeing as only one other team had a record above .500 and the team was only a game over .500. At least Bethune-Cookman did what they had to do and ran through through the conference without any problems. They have a tough first day match-up against Miami.
hitting-.297 average
pitching- 3.86 ERA
defense-.959 fielding pct (Led the conference in fielding!)
Hitting
Led the conference in hitting with a .297 batting average. They dont score very many runs scoring 419 runs in 56 games throughout the year, walks taken (255) and SO (506). Two hitters to watch for them are JOse Lazada who lead the conference in hitting with .404 average. However Lozada is not a good fielding, seeing as he committed 20 errors which led the team. The other hitter to watch is Osvaldo Torres who is hitting .339, with 12HR and 72RBIs.
Pitching
Their starting pitching just by looking at their stats is actually pretty good. Again the level of competition faced compared to the other teams in the regional is not very high, but they got the job done. Leading the way for the pitching staff is HIram Burgos who is 9-1 with a 1.20 era with 1 save. Burgos made 15 appearances, 12 of them starting and only gave up one HR. He will need probably the start of his life on Friday afternoon to beat a strong Miami offense.
latest line up for Bethune-Cookman
ORTIZ,Jose cf.
FORD,Kenneth ph/rf
HOYTE,Justin rf
VELEZ,Jorge ph/c
LOZADA,Jose ss
TORRES,Osvaldo 1b
JONES,Neal dh
CASTRO,Emmanuel 3b
RUPERTO,Jeremy c
DE LA ROSA,Devin lf
BROOKS,Mark 2b.
PATTERSON,Aaron 2b
JONES,Patrick lf/cf
To look at more stats if interested
http://www.meacsports.com/artman/publish/baseball.shtml
http://bccathletics.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/beth-m-basebl-body.html
hitting-.297 average
pitching- 3.86 ERA
defense-.959 fielding pct (Led the conference in fielding!)
Hitting
Led the conference in hitting with a .297 batting average. They dont score very many runs scoring 419 runs in 56 games throughout the year, walks taken (255) and SO (506). Two hitters to watch for them are JOse Lazada who lead the conference in hitting with .404 average. However Lozada is not a good fielding, seeing as he committed 20 errors which led the team. The other hitter to watch is Osvaldo Torres who is hitting .339, with 12HR and 72RBIs.
Pitching
Their starting pitching just by looking at their stats is actually pretty good. Again the level of competition faced compared to the other teams in the regional is not very high, but they got the job done. Leading the way for the pitching staff is HIram Burgos who is 9-1 with a 1.20 era with 1 save. Burgos made 15 appearances, 12 of them starting and only gave up one HR. He will need probably the start of his life on Friday afternoon to beat a strong Miami offense.
latest line up for Bethune-Cookman
ORTIZ,Jose cf.
FORD,Kenneth ph/rf
HOYTE,Justin rf
VELEZ,Jorge ph/c
LOZADA,Jose ss
TORRES,Osvaldo 1b
JONES,Neal dh
CASTRO,Emmanuel 3b
RUPERTO,Jeremy c
DE LA ROSA,Devin lf
BROOKS,Mark 2b.
PATTERSON,Aaron 2b
JONES,Patrick lf/cf
To look at more stats if interested
http://www.meacsports.com/artman/publish/baseball.shtml
http://bccathletics.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/beth-m-basebl-body.html
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Miami Hurricanes preview
Miami (47-8, 23-5)
The number team in the country for the most of the year, the Hurricanes only lost one weekend series this weekend. This is also the second year in a row the Tigers and Hurricanes are in the same regional. Last year of course, the Hurricanes were in the Mizzou regional as a number 2 seed. Miami lost their first game to Louisville, then beat Kent St. in the losers bracket, and lost to Louisville again in an elimination game.
Miami hitting-.329 (2nd in conference)
Miami pitching-3.96 (6th in conference)-Should tell you how good the conference's pitching is.
Miami defense-.975 (2nd in conference)
Offense
Offensively this team is just stacked and lead by Yonder Alonso, who is hitting .380 with 21HR and 66RBIs. Stats that jump out while analyzing them are the number of HR (90), 2B (119), and R (496). This is a team that you do not want to mess around with because they will beat you up.
Pitching
The pitching on this team just by looking at the numbers is pretty average with the exception of their number one started Chris Hernandez and closer Carlos Gutierrez. It is clear to see that the offense carries this team, but again a team you probably dont want to fall behind in late innings. Stats that jump out while looking at their stats, are opponents ERA (8.12), SO (475), and their ERA (3.96). The pitching staff also does not walk people (160) on the season as a staff.
Chris Hernandez (11-0, 2.44, 97SO)
Carlos Gutiererrez (4-2, 11SV, only 13SO)
Miami's # 2
Eric Erickson ( 7-1 4.31, 56SO)
If Mizzou and Miami both win I imagine Mizzou will face Hernandez. Bethune-Cookman should not be a match for Miami, because offensively, I imagine Miami will overpower them. More to come on Bethune-Cookman tomorrow.
last Miami lineup
Blake Tekotte cf
Jemile Weeks 2b
Yonder Alonso 1b
Mark Sobolewski 3b
Ryan Jackson ss
Dennis Raben rf
Dave DiNatale lf
Adan Severino lf
Jason Hagerty dh
Yasmani Grandal c
If you want to look at more stats check out these two links
http://www.theacc.com/sports/m-basebl/acc-m-basebl-body.html
http://hurricanesports.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/mifl-m-basebl-body.html
Bethune-Cookman preview tomorrow.
The number team in the country for the most of the year, the Hurricanes only lost one weekend series this weekend. This is also the second year in a row the Tigers and Hurricanes are in the same regional. Last year of course, the Hurricanes were in the Mizzou regional as a number 2 seed. Miami lost their first game to Louisville, then beat Kent St. in the losers bracket, and lost to Louisville again in an elimination game.
Miami hitting-.329 (2nd in conference)
Miami pitching-3.96 (6th in conference)-Should tell you how good the conference's pitching is.
Miami defense-.975 (2nd in conference)
Offense
Offensively this team is just stacked and lead by Yonder Alonso, who is hitting .380 with 21HR and 66RBIs. Stats that jump out while analyzing them are the number of HR (90), 2B (119), and R (496). This is a team that you do not want to mess around with because they will beat you up.
Pitching
The pitching on this team just by looking at the numbers is pretty average with the exception of their number one started Chris Hernandez and closer Carlos Gutierrez. It is clear to see that the offense carries this team, but again a team you probably dont want to fall behind in late innings. Stats that jump out while looking at their stats, are opponents ERA (8.12), SO (475), and their ERA (3.96). The pitching staff also does not walk people (160) on the season as a staff.
Chris Hernandez (11-0, 2.44, 97SO)
Carlos Gutiererrez (4-2, 11SV, only 13SO)
Miami's # 2
Eric Erickson ( 7-1 4.31, 56SO)
If Mizzou and Miami both win I imagine Mizzou will face Hernandez. Bethune-Cookman should not be a match for Miami, because offensively, I imagine Miami will overpower them. More to come on Bethune-Cookman tomorrow.
last Miami lineup
Blake Tekotte cf
Jemile Weeks 2b
Yonder Alonso 1b
Mark Sobolewski 3b
Ryan Jackson ss
Dennis Raben rf
Dave DiNatale lf
Adan Severino lf
Jason Hagerty dh
Yasmani Grandal c
If you want to look at more stats check out these two links
http://www.theacc.com/sports/m-basebl/acc-m-basebl-body.html
http://hurricanesports.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/mifl-m-basebl-body.html
Bethune-Cookman preview tomorrow.
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Ole Miss Preview
Ole Miss Rebels (37-24, 15-15, 5-5)
Ole Miss vs. Mizzzou
hitting-.297 which is good for 8th in conference .301(MIZZ)
pitching-4.00 ERA which is good for 3rd in conference 4.54 (MIZZ)
defense-.966 fielding percentage, 78 errors in 61 games .967, 71 errors in 57 games(MIZZ)
Just from looking at this teams offensive stats, it seems as if the pitching carries this team to most of its victories. The SEC is loaded with good pitching and teams, seeing as nine teams made the NCAA tournament. Some key stats to point out for this Ole Miss team is they are 10th in slugging at .451, last in conference with a .373 on base pct, and 10th in walks taken with 214. They are in the middle of the conference in most other offensive statistics, so according to SEC standards they are an average offensive team. The pitching on the other hand for Ole Miss seems to be pretty good. Key stats for pitching are a .253 opponents batting average which is tops in the SEC. The pitching staff is also second in the conference in innings pitched, first in batters struck out (575), third in hits allowed (528). The strike outs are the stat that stands out the most because even in four less games, Mizzou's pitching staff struck out 466 hitters, which is a difference of 109.
latest line up
Jordan Henry rf (14-17 SB-ATT)
Fuller Smith dh
Logan Power lf
Cody Overbeck 3b (15HR 53RBI, .608 SLG%)
Michael Guerrero cf
Matt Smith 1b (14HR, 39RBI, .538SLG%, leads team with 72SO)
Zach Miller 2b
Tim Ferguson ss (leads team with 9 errors)
Brett Basham c
Pitching
#1 Lance Lynn (7-3, 4.21, 103SO in 84.1 IP)
Closer- Scott Bittle (6-1, 26APP, 8 SV, 118SO in 66.1IP)
Bittle is fourth on the team in innings pitched, so it is clear that they rely on him heavily once they get leads. Lynn just based on the games started and innings pitched is averaging about six innings pitched. Bittle definitely seems to be the eight and ninth inning guys. Mizzou will have to get ahead early and hope the bullpen can hold a lead to avoid seeing Bittle.
If anyone would like a better look at these stats, they can look at these two links
http://secsports.com/new/sports/bbc/08stats/lgteams.htm
http://www.olemisssports.com/SportSelect.dbml?SPSID=13045&SPID=748&DB_OEM_ID=2600
Ole Miss vs. Mizzzou
hitting-.297 which is good for 8th in conference .301(MIZZ)
pitching-4.00 ERA which is good for 3rd in conference 4.54 (MIZZ)
defense-.966 fielding percentage, 78 errors in 61 games .967, 71 errors in 57 games(MIZZ)
Just from looking at this teams offensive stats, it seems as if the pitching carries this team to most of its victories. The SEC is loaded with good pitching and teams, seeing as nine teams made the NCAA tournament. Some key stats to point out for this Ole Miss team is they are 10th in slugging at .451, last in conference with a .373 on base pct, and 10th in walks taken with 214. They are in the middle of the conference in most other offensive statistics, so according to SEC standards they are an average offensive team. The pitching on the other hand for Ole Miss seems to be pretty good. Key stats for pitching are a .253 opponents batting average which is tops in the SEC. The pitching staff is also second in the conference in innings pitched, first in batters struck out (575), third in hits allowed (528). The strike outs are the stat that stands out the most because even in four less games, Mizzou's pitching staff struck out 466 hitters, which is a difference of 109.
latest line up
Jordan Henry rf (14-17 SB-ATT)
Fuller Smith dh
Logan Power lf
Cody Overbeck 3b (15HR 53RBI, .608 SLG%)
Michael Guerrero cf
Matt Smith 1b (14HR, 39RBI, .538SLG%, leads team with 72SO)
Zach Miller 2b
Tim Ferguson ss (leads team with 9 errors)
Brett Basham c
Pitching
#1 Lance Lynn (7-3, 4.21, 103SO in 84.1 IP)
Closer- Scott Bittle (6-1, 26APP, 8 SV, 118SO in 66.1IP)
Bittle is fourth on the team in innings pitched, so it is clear that they rely on him heavily once they get leads. Lynn just based on the games started and innings pitched is averaging about six innings pitched. Bittle definitely seems to be the eight and ninth inning guys. Mizzou will have to get ahead early and hope the bullpen can hold a lead to avoid seeing Bittle.
If anyone would like a better look at these stats, they can look at these two links
http://secsports.com/new/sports/bbc/08stats/lgteams.htm
http://www.olemisssports.com/SportSelect.dbml?SPSID=13045&SPID=748&DB_OEM_ID=2600
Monday, May 26, 2008
And Mizzou will land in...
The Miami regional!
1. Miami (47-8)
2. Missouri (38-19)
3. Ole Miss (37-24)
4. Bethune-Cookman (36-20)
The winner of this regional will play the Arizona regional which is not so easy either
1. Arizon (38-17)
2. Michigan (45-12)
3. Kentucky (42-17)
4. E. Michigan (25-32)
I will have a little preview on each team starting tomorrow with Missouri's first day opponent Ole miss.
1. Miami (47-8)
2. Missouri (38-19)
3. Ole Miss (37-24)
4. Bethune-Cookman (36-20)
The winner of this regional will play the Arizona regional which is not so easy either
1. Arizon (38-17)
2. Michigan (45-12)
3. Kentucky (42-17)
4. E. Michigan (25-32)
I will have a little preview on each team starting tomorrow with Missouri's first day opponent Ole miss.
Sunday, May 25, 2008
NCAA Tournament
With Mizzou's lost yesterday to Texas A&M, they were eliminated from playing today in the Big 12 Championship game (Texas-Kansas St.) and an automatic bid. Mizzou is a lock to get in the tournament, but playing today probably would have helped their chances of hosting a regional. Regional sites are announced today with the rest of the field being announced tomorrow morning at 11:30 a.m. It is hard to predict where Mizzou will land tomorrow, but I have seen Rice, Georgia, Georgia Tech, and Ann Arbor over the past few weeks. It should be an exciting two days of finding out where teams land.
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