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Post by chinmusic on May 13, 2023 23:57:35 GMT -8
Who gets the ball on Sunday?
If he's healthy, I wouldn't mind seeing a few good innings from Lawson. Ian can dial it up to 94-95 and has a filthy slider that captures a lot of whiff.
At times, command is his issue but anyone Coach Dorman trots out there is haunted by that that problem.
Keeping the Bruins reasonably in check early allows us to play in front as opposed to facing the large early defecits we have seen lately.
We really need the win.
GO BEAVS!
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Post by 56chevy on May 14, 2023 4:58:41 GMT -8
Lattery and Larson figure as well as the guys who pitched in relief on Friday. Brown should be good for an inning.
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Post by nuclearbeaver on May 14, 2023 5:07:20 GMT -8
Well unless the zone is defined it doesn't matter. Just have Quinn throw fireballs.
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Post by vhalum92 on May 15, 2023 7:39:26 GMT -8
score a buttload of runs! This aged well. Good call! |
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Post by tamatrix on May 15, 2023 20:51:44 GMT -8
Interesting on this topic for this coming week....will be intersting if move up Sellers and Kmatz a day to get ready for the tourney? Or leave them on Friday/Saturday and throw someone else on Thursday? I think they move them up...but will be interesting
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Post by wilkyisdashiznit on May 15, 2023 21:58:37 GMT -8
Interesting on this topic for this coming week....will be intersting if move up Sellers and Kmatz a day to get ready for the tourney? Or leave them on Friday/Saturday and throw someone else on Thursday? I think they move them up...but will be interesting I guess that I should have checked before, but the Pac-12 Tournament moved the Tournament up a day. The Pac-12 Tournament will now be from Tuesday to Saturday. If Oregon State is a two- or three-seed, they play the first two games on Wednesday and Thursday. If Oregon State is a four-seed, they play the first two games on Tuesday and Thursday. The Semifinals are on Friday, and the Championship Game is on Saturday. Last year, Oregon State played on Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday twice, and Sunday. The Beavs threw the Jaren Hunter, Cooper Hjerpe, Jake Pfennigs, Jacob Kmatz, and Mitchell Verburg (on a very short leash). I would imagine that, if Oregon State finishes fourth, the Beavs probably plans to throw midweek, ace, Saturday starter, and Sunday starter in that order, like last year. If so, Oregon State should move everyone up a day this week, if possible, to set up for the Pac-12 Tournament. If Oregon State finishes second or third, the Beavers may alter the order, depending on what the other two teams in the Pool do. But the Beavs basically have to move everyone up anyway to ensure that the rotation is set up for the Pac-12 Tournament in case of a four-seed. Plus, moving up the starters a day helps set up for full flexibility, if Oregon State finishes second or third. We'll see. |
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Post by Henry Skrimshander on May 16, 2023 9:30:55 GMT -8
This tournament is worthless and does nothing except burn out arms and tire out players. So unnecessary, the Pac-12 plays a complete round robin and thus crowns a legit champion in the regular season.
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Post by flyfishinbeav on May 16, 2023 9:37:37 GMT -8
This tournament is worthless and does nothing except burn out arms and tire out players. So unnecessary, the Pac-12 plays a complete round robin and thus crowns a legit champion in the regular season. I agree for the most part......unless ur on the outside looking in, and running the thing gets you an auto bid. That's something for that team. That said if ur in already, ur just taxing ur arms more and risking injury before the tournament that really matters. |
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Post by rgeorge on May 16, 2023 11:01:37 GMT -8
This tournament is worthless and does nothing except burn out arms and tire out players. So unnecessary, the Pac-12 plays a complete round robin and thus crowns a legit champion in the regular season. I agree for the most part......unless ur on the outside looking in, and running the thing gets you an auto bid. That's something for that team. That said if ur in already, ur just taxing ur arms more and risking injury before the tournament that really matters. Plus the whole "improves the rpi" argument is pretty much BS. Other tournaments, SEC & ACC have more teams playing against higher rated teams. Thus in relative comparison there is not a real advantage. If you're not the Pac12 auto entry, you best play the "rpi game" and win the games you're supposed to. There will always be complaints about selections, seeds, and hosts. Bottom line you need to win. I've never really worried about anything but the 64. |
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Post by wilkyisdashiznit on May 16, 2023 14:02:57 GMT -8
I agree for the most part......unless ur on the outside looking in, and running the thing gets you an auto bid. That's something for that team. That said if ur in already, ur just taxing ur arms more and risking injury before the tournament that really matters. Plus the whole "improves the rpi" argument is pretty much BS. Other tournaments, SEC & ACC have more teams playing against higher rated teams. Thus in relative comparison there is not a real advantage. If you're not the Pac12 auto entry, you best play the "rpi game" and win the games you're supposed to. There will always be complaints about selections, seeds, and hosts. Bottom line you need to win. I've never really worried about anything but the 64. But, if you do not play a Tournament, you are at a greater disadvantage. The Pac-12 Tournament helps to level the playing field. There is no way to 100% fix the Pac-12, unless you add an RPI monster or jettison say..........Utah. Utah needs to beat Utah Valley tonight; otherwise, the Utes are likely to wind up an RPI anchor. |
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Post by wilkyisdashiznit on May 16, 2023 14:14:01 GMT -8
This tournament is worthless and does nothing except burn out arms and tire out players. So unnecessary, the Pac-12 plays a complete round robin and thus crowns a legit champion in the regular season. Two teams will play four games in four or five days with the Championship Game on Saturday. Two teams will play three games with the final game on Friday. Five teams will play two games with the final game on Thursday. This week Oregon State plays on Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday without any travel between. If Oregon State is a four seed, they would play (gasp!): Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday without any travel between. Oregon State played four game in three days at Cal Poly. Oregon State played eight games in 10 days in the middle of March. Oregon State played three games at Phoenix Municipal and then one at Brazell Field at GCU Ballpark the very next day. It helps with RPI and the Championship Game makes the Pac-12 money, more money than a regular Pac-12 weekend. |
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Post by rgeorge on May 16, 2023 14:14:56 GMT -8
Plus the whole "improves the rpi" argument is pretty much BS. Other tournaments, SEC & ACC have more teams playing against higher rated teams. Thus in relative comparison there is not a real advantage. If you're not the Pac12 auto entry, you best play the "rpi game" and win the games you're supposed to. There will always be complaints about selections, seeds, and hosts. Bottom line you need to win. I've never really worried about anything but the 64. But, if you do not play a Tournament, you are at a greater disadvantage. The Pac-12 Tournament helps to level the playing field. There is no way to 100% fix the Pac-12, unless you add an RPI monster or jettison say..........Utah. Utah needs to beat Utah Valley tonight; otherwise, the Utes are likely to wind up an RPI anchor. The way I'd fix it... since conference tourneys count as NC games. If you're conference ops out of a postseason tourney they get an extra NC series of 3 games. Then you schedule the best mid major or other P5 non-postseason tourney team you can... on the road. PS... IDGAF about any team that has to tourney win their way into the postseason. Effing regular season should matter more than giving an 7,8,9 seed a NCAA chance. And, that includes "us". PSS... the last few posts are on progressively more and margaritas. WTF are you supposed to do beach side in the tropics! |
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Post by wilkyisdashiznit on May 16, 2023 14:26:49 GMT -8
But, if you do not play a Tournament, you are at a greater disadvantage. The Pac-12 Tournament helps to level the playing field. There is no way to 100% fix the Pac-12, unless you add an RPI monster or jettison say..........Utah. Utah needs to beat Utah Valley tonight; otherwise, the Utes are likely to wind up an RPI anchor. The way I'd fix it... since conference tourneys count as NC games. If you're conference ops out of a postseason tourney they get an extra NC series of 3 games. Then you schedule the best mid major or other P5 non-postseason tourney team you can... on the road. PS... IDGAF about any team that has to tourney win their way into the postseason. Effing regular season should matter more than giving an 7,8,9 seed a NCAA chance. And, that includes "us". The Pac-12 Tournament features the top nine Pac-12 teams with California and Utah likely eliminated. The lowest-RPI team of the nine likely teams is Wazzu at 83. And if the Cougars can win a game or two against Stanford, they will have an RPI well above 83. Win two games against teams with an RPI of 83 or lower and then you get another game against a team that likely has an even higher RPI. Win that game, and you get a team a game with a team that likely has an even higher RPI. It levels the playing field with the ACC and SEC by giving the best teams in the Pac-12 an opportunity to improve RPI at the end. If Oregon State wins a couple of games in Scottsdale, y'all will be on board. Few remember that the Beavs went 1-4 to finish the regular season last year. However, Oregon State punched their Regional and Super Regional host spots by going 3-2 in the Pac-12 Tournament. And even playing five games in five days (the most of any team in the Pac-12 in 2022), the Beavs still had enough arms to win the Corvallis Regional. |
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Post by wilkyisdashiznit on May 16, 2023 14:28:18 GMT -8
But, if you do not play a Tournament, you are at a greater disadvantage. The Pac-12 Tournament helps to level the playing field. There is no way to 100% fix the Pac-12, unless you add an RPI monster or jettison say..........Utah. Utah needs to beat Utah Valley tonight; otherwise, the Utes are likely to wind up an RPI anchor. The way I'd fix it... since conference tourneys count as NC games. If you're conference ops out of a postseason tourney they get an extra NC series of 3 games. Then you schedule the best mid major or other P5 non-postseason tourney team you can... on the road. PS... IDGAF about any team that has to tourney win their way into the postseason. Effing regular season should matter more than giving an 7,8,9 seed a NCAA chance. And, that includes "us". PSS... the last few posts are on progressively more and margaritas. WTF are you supposed to do beach side in the tropics! I just got back from Cancún 15 days ago. I had to switch to frozen partway through the trip to try and make sure that I did not drink too much too quickly. |
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Post by Henry Skrimshander on May 16, 2023 14:34:45 GMT -8
We won three national titles without a conference tournament. UCLA and Arizona won national titles without a conference tournament. We don't need it.
Our games in March were not played in 100-degree temperature. If you actually saw the Corvallis Regional live last year, it was pretty apparent our team was gassed. Luckily Vandy also played in a conference tournament in hot weather.
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