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Post by nuclearbeaver on Apr 25, 2022 7:12:33 GMT -8
These next few weeks are going to get reeeaaaaallll interesting when it comes to how the beavs respond to motivated teams. Winning a series against us represents a huge catalyst for polls, RPI and morale. For instance Stanford went from a shocking low tier PAC team to the now #6 national rank with a good shot to host a regional.
Utah 23-15 bubble team
Ducks 26-13 bubble/host? Really struggling in back half.
UCLA 27-12 maybe host?
Arizona 28-13 push for national seed?
All these teams have a ton to play for compared to the dawgs this last series. I expect a fight each series and hope the beavs are ready to rumble.
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Post by irimi on Apr 25, 2022 7:22:25 GMT -8
I wouldn’t say that the Huskies were not motivated. Being top of the Pac and #2 in the nation puts a big target on our backs. Plus, there is no love lost between UW and the Beavs. But the talent on their team wasn’t as strong as in years past. And our talent shone.
I expect each team to bring everything to the contest to knock us down a peg. I am maybe a little less worried about the Ducks than earlier in the year since their pitching looks pretty poor. I really don’t want to get into a slugfest with them, so I hope our pitching is consistent.
Utah has its own challenges, starting with the odd game times.
Let’s get through these four games and see where we’re at. UCLA and Arizona are definitely going to be tough series.
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Post by beavs6 on Apr 25, 2022 7:31:43 GMT -8
A this point, OSU just needs to win each and every series. A sweep here or there is nice,(and from a competitive standpoint the goal) but winning each series gets the hoped for outcome at this point. Definitely a host and should be a National Seed. I really like that this team has not lost 2 games in a row-yet.
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Post by flyfishinbeav on Apr 25, 2022 8:13:48 GMT -8
These next few weeks are going to get reeeaaaaallll interesting when it comes to how the beavs respond to motivated teams. Winning a series against us represents a huge catalyst for polls, RPI and morale. For instance Stanford went from a shocking low tier PAC team to the now #6 national rank with a good shot to host a regional. Utah 23-15 bubble team Ducks 26-13 bubble/host? Really struggling in back half. UCLA 27-12 maybe host? Arizona 28-13 push for national seed? All these teams have a ton to play for compared to the dawgs this last series. I expect a fight each series and hope the beavs are ready to rumble. Not to take too much from our staff, but U dub might be the poorest hitting team we've played. Our pitchers definitely have a much taller order moving forward. |
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Post by rgeorge on Apr 25, 2022 10:20:34 GMT -8
These next few weeks are going to get reeeaaaaallll interesting when it comes to how the beavs respond to motivated teams. Winning a series against us represents a huge catalyst for polls, RPI and morale. For instance Stanford went from a shocking low tier PAC team to the now #6 national rank with a good shot to host a regional. Utah 23-15 bubble team Ducks 26-13 bubble/host? Really struggling in back half. UCLA 27-12 maybe host? Arizona 28-13 push for national seed? All these teams have a ton to play for compared to the dawgs this last series. I expect a fight each series and hope the beavs are ready to rumble. Not to take too much from our staff, but U dub might the poorest hitting team we've played. Our pitchers definitely have a much taller order moving forward. Exactly correct and why a sweep at home was important. UW is a bad bad team... dead last in BA (.246 overall, .245 In Pac12 play). Of OSU's remaining series: Hitting BA OB% (conf) SLG% (conf)Utah .295/.301 (4th/1stT) .389 (2nd) .460 (4th) ucks .310/.301 (1st/1stT) .376 (4th) .486 (3rd) UCLA .268/.260 (9th/8th) .366 (8th) .384 (8th) Zona* .289/.288 (5th/5th)) .380 (3rd) .443 (6th) OSU .309/.285 (2nd/6th)* .399 (1st) .429 (7th) *by far the biggest drop off of any contender Pitching ERA Hits (conf) BB (conf) K (conf)Utah 4.91 (4th) 171 (4th) 55 (3rd) 114 (11th) ucks 5.61 (7th) 180 (5th) 85 (8th) 132 (8th) UCLA 4.22 (3rd) 159 (3rd) 53 (2nd) 151 (6th) Zona* 4.93 (5th) 205 (8th)* 88 (9th) 142 (7th) 21 games OSU 3.12 (1st) 128 (1st) 39 (1st) 181 (2nd) So, OSU has a HUGE advantage on the mound, but also has pitched vs the 3rd, 4th, 7th, 9th, 10th, 11th teams by BA in Pac12 play. Looking at staff ERA OSU has also batted vs the 2nd, 6th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th best teams. Long way to go, but having 1.5 game cushion over Zona, and 2 over UCLA, ucks, and Furd is huge. OThe (2) game lead over Furd is big as they have the easiest finish vs Cal, UW, Utes, SC. They could very well go 10-2 or better!? OSU REALLY wants to stay out of the first round #4 vs #5. Right now Cal has a 3 game lead for the 8th spot over WSU, 1.5 games back of #6/7 Utah and ASU. Setting up your staff could be far easier if you are #1 vs #8 on a Wed after finishing a Thurs-Sat series vs UCLA that could have a LOT of meaning. |
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Post by Ruh Roh Beav on Apr 25, 2022 11:35:41 GMT -8
This week will be a good test for the Beavs. Five road games.....at tough places....it would be nice to get a little payback on TSDTR after last year debacle against them. But I would rather concentrate on the Pac-12 series wins first
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Post by irimi on Apr 25, 2022 16:23:20 GMT -8
This week will be a good test for the Beavs. Five road games.....at tough places....it would be nice to get a little payback on TSDTR after last year debacle against them. But I would rather concentrate on the Pac-12 series wins first I think some of our midweek pitchers could match up with whatever they had going this weekend. |
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Post by rgeorge on Apr 25, 2022 21:50:37 GMT -8
This week will be a good test for the Beavs. Five road games.....at tough places....it would be nice to get a little payback on TSDTR after last year debacle against them. But I would rather concentrate on the Pac-12 series wins first I think some of our midweek pitchers could match up with whatever they had going this weekend. I get the sentiment, but our midweek pitchers aren't facing pitchers. Two pretty potent lineups facing some ok pitching. Wouldn't be surprised to see 4+ uck pitchers per game. |
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Post by easyheat on Apr 25, 2022 22:20:43 GMT -8
Oh, to hell with all them fancy RPI numbers . . . .our boys are jes gonna strap it on and go win em all.
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Post by beaver1989 on Apr 25, 2022 22:25:50 GMT -8
I think some of our midweek pitchers could match up with whatever they had going this weekend. I get the sentiment, but our midweek pitchers aren't facing pitchers. Two pretty potent lineups facing some ok pitching. Wouldn't be surprised to see 4+ uck pitchers per game. rgeorge, The ducks are using 6 to 7 pitchers in mid week games.Nobody pitches more than 2 innings. Also their bad ERA guys are their weekend starters, some of their relievers have decent numbers.(ERA,hits, opponent BA, etc.) We are going to know a lot more about our pitchers & team over the next 2 weeks. I'm mildly confident, but its baseball so nothing that 'could happen' would surprise me.(Who predicted the Cougs winning both series against UA & UO on the road?) Answer: Nobody. IIRC the 2018 College World Series Champions lost 2 out of 3 to @utah & @arizona. Both those road trips await the 2022 Beavers....... Oh the irony. |
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Post by wilkyisdashiznit on Apr 25, 2022 23:04:19 GMT -8
I get the sentiment, but our midweek pitchers aren't facing pitchers. Two pretty potent lineups facing some ok pitching. Wouldn't be surprised to see 4+ uck pitchers per game. rgeorge, The ducks are using 6 to 7 pitchers in mid week games.Nobody pitches more than 2 innings. Also their bad ERA guys are their weekend starters, some of their relievers have decent numbers.(ERA,hits, opponent BA, etc.) We are going to know a lot more about our pitchers & team over the next 2 weeks. I'm mildly confident, but its baseball so nothing that 'could happen' would surprise me.(Who predicted the Cougs winning both series against UA & UO on the road?) Answer: Nobody. IIRC the 2018 College World Series Champions lost 2 out of 3 to @utah & @arizona. Both those road trips await the 2022 Beavers....... Oh the irony. The weekend after Oregon State won the series against Washington by outscoring the Huskies by 14 runs, the Beavers went to Salt Lake City and lost two games to Utah. This year, Oregon State won the series against Washington by outscoring the Huskies by 15 runs and then immediately travel to Salt Lake City again. Of course, Arizona is at the end. Oregon State went 1-2 in Tucson in 2018. 2018 Oregon State swept Oregon, winning all five games, the three weekend games at Goss and two midweek games at PK. 2018 Oregon State won two of three against UCLA. 2018 Oregon State swept Portland, winning one at Goss and one in Hillsboro. 2018 went 10-5 against the opponents remaining on 2022's schedule. 2022 Oregon State would need to go 13-2 against the six remaining opponents to match 2018's overall record. It should be noted that 2022 is the first time that Oregon State has played in Salt Lake City and Tucson since 2018 and the first time that Oregon State has played at home against UCLA. It is, similarly, the first time that Oregon State played a home conference series against Oregon, as well as a nonconference game at PK. |
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Post by rgeorge on Apr 25, 2022 23:04:29 GMT -8
I get the sentiment, but our midweek pitchers aren't facing pitchers. Two pretty potent lineups facing some ok pitching. Wouldn't be surprised to see 4+ uck pitchers per game. rgeorge, The ducks are using 6 to 7 pitchers in mid week games.Nobody pitches more than 2 innings. Also their bad ERA guys are their weekend starters, some of their relievers have decent numbers.(ERA,hits, opponent BA, etc.) We are going to know a lot more about our pitchers & team over the next 2 weeks. I'm mildly confident, but its baseball so nothing that 'could happen' would surprise me.(Who predicted the Cougs winning both series against UA & UO on the road?) Answer: Nobody. IIRC the 2018 College World Series Champions lost 2 out of 3 to @utah & @arizona. Both those road trips await the 2022 Beavers....... Oh the irony. As of right now, there's not much in common with 2018's team unless this team wins it all. With (5) regulars over .300, one over .400, 67 HRs, and added 51 SB with .979 FA, the current squad comes close, but doesn't match up offensively. Add Luke, Kevin, Bryce @ 34-5, and Jake with 16 saves you had a much better starting staff and closer. Add Grambrell, Pearce, Chamberlain, Eisert it made a formidable post season staff. The current edition is plenty good, they just have little margin for error. |
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Post by beaver1989 on Apr 25, 2022 23:34:30 GMT -8
rgeorge, The ducks are using 6 to 7 pitchers in mid week games.Nobody pitches more than 2 innings. Also their bad ERA guys are their weekend starters, some of their relievers have decent numbers.(ERA,hits, opponent BA, etc.) We are going to know a lot more about our pitchers & team over the next 2 weeks. I'm mildly confident, but its baseball so nothing that 'could happen' would surprise me.(Who predicted the Cougs winning both series against UA & UO on the road?) Answer: Nobody. IIRC the 2018 College World Series Champions lost 2 out of 3 to @utah & @arizona. Both those road trips await the 2022 Beavers....... Oh the irony. As of right now, there's not much in common with 2018's team unless this team wins it all. With (5) regulars over .300, one over .400, 67 HRs, and added 51 SB with .979 FA, the current squad comes close, but doesn't match up offensively. Add Luke, Kevin, Bryce @ 34-5, and Jake with 16 saves you had a much better starting staff and closer. Add Grambrell, Pearce, Chamberlain, Eisert it made a formidable post season staff. The current edition is plenty good, they just have little margin for error. Good post. We may never see another Oregon St team as talented as the 2018 squad. I should've been clearer about that. This team is good but not 2018 good. My intention was to talk about how road trips to Salt Lake City & Tuscon can be unpredictable. For instance, the 2018 team had some good left handed pitching, (Heimlich, Eisert, Mully, Chamberlain) the Wildcats had some good lefty bats, so I'm thinking we neutralize them, boy was I wrong.......those bats mashed our LH pitching in that series. |
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Post by messi on Apr 26, 2022 6:18:09 GMT -8
I get the sentiment, but our midweek pitchers aren't facing pitchers. Two pretty potent lineups facing some ok pitching. Wouldn't be surprised to see 4+ uck pitchers per game. rgeorge, The ducks are using 6 to 7 pitchers in mid week games.Nobody pitches more than 2 innings. Also their bad ERA guys are their weekend starters, some of their relievers have decent numbers.(ERA,hits, opponent BA, etc.) We are going to know a lot more about our pitchers & team over the next 2 weeks. I'm mildly confident, but its baseball so nothing that 'could happen' would surprise me.(Who predicted the Cougs winning both series against UA & UO on the road?) Answer: Nobody. IIRC the 2018 College World Series Champions lost 2 out of 3 to @utah & @arizona. Both those road trips await the 2022 Beavers....... Oh the irony. That's what I never liked about those mid-week games against o, it always seems they'll use 7+ pitchers in a game, making sure every Beaver batter will face a guy no more than once, and it ends up working for o at the end. |
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Post by 56chevy on Apr 26, 2022 6:40:43 GMT -8
I get the sentiment, but our midweek pitchers aren't facing pitchers. Two pretty potent lineups facing some ok pitching. Wouldn't be surprised to see 4+ uck pitchers per game. rgeorge, The ducks are using 6 to 7 pitchers in mid week games.Nobody pitches more than 2 innings. Also their bad ERA guys are their weekend starters, some of their relievers have decent numbers.(ERA,hits, opponent BA, etc.) We are going to know a lot more about our pitchers & team over the next 2 weeks. I'm mildly confident, but its baseball so nothing that 'could happen' would surprise me.(Who predicted the Cougs winning both series against UA & UO on the road?) Answer: Nobody. IIRC the 2018 College World Series Champions lost 2 out of 3 to @utah & @arizona. Both those road trips await the 2022 Beavers....... Oh the irony. Losing the series to AZ in 2018 at the time was something that was not a big surprise. They were good, and if not for a meltdown on the mound late in game 3, we would have won that series. Utah on the other hand was another matter. I think they were something like 4-14 in league at the time, their head coach had been suspended for weeks. I sat in the stands in complete disbelief as did most in the stadium, including the 3 Utah fans in attendance. It had to be the altitude impacting our pitchers stuff...or we were tipping our pitches and they had figured it out...or something. They just couldn't have been that much better than us...could they? Salt Lake is a tough place to play, we better show up ready to go. |
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