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Post by justdamwin on Feb 16, 2018 17:12:20 GMT -8
On Larnach or Madrigal HR number predictions?
Feeling good about mine.
May eat crow by seasons end but like the way it’s started
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Post by zeroposter on Feb 16, 2018 20:02:32 GMT -8
I saw most of your predictions, but I didn't see Larnach numbers.
I will say that Madrigal hits more than I even predicted. He was well within himself and displayed good power. Larnach smoked 2 balls, one for the homerun, that he wouldn't have crushed a year ago. His number might be scary, but the New Mexico pitchers were already trying to adjust. If Trevor keeps his great batting eye, he could set the record for most walks. That outside the outside corner doesn't work with discipline. The guy behind Trevor might determine Trevor's numbers.
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Post by justdamwin on Feb 16, 2018 20:21:42 GMT -8
I saw most of your predictions, but I didn't see Larnach numbers. I will say that Madrigal hits more than I even predicted. He was well within himself and displayed good power. Larnach smoked 2 balls, one for the homerun, that he wouldn't have crushed a year ago. His number might be scary, but the New Mexico pitchers were already trying to adjust. If Trevor keeps his great batting eye, he could set the record for most walks. That outside the outside corner doesn't work with discipline. The guy behind Trevor might determine Trevor's numbers. Yep his protection will help define Trevor’s success but that is with most hitters....other than Dale Murphy who was the only good hitter on this braves trams. |
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Post by BeaverG20 on Feb 16, 2018 20:57:00 GMT -8
Looks good, but it's one game, and it's new Mexico.
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Post by EOBeav on Feb 17, 2018 8:22:20 GMT -8
Looks good, but it's one game, and it's new Mexico. And it's our first game. Even though I'm sure Casey's been getting these guys read in practice, a real life ball game is a different story. It sounds like there was some rust (LH gave up some runs we're not used to to a lower level team) and I see Kwan didn't get on base. Troubling? Probably not, there are lots of factors that go into it. It's just great to have Beaver baseball back with all of those familiar names in the lineup. |
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Post by orangeblood on Feb 17, 2018 10:18:37 GMT -8
New Mexico is predicted to finish second in the Mountain West. That is a good team.
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Post by BeaverG20 on Feb 17, 2018 11:10:59 GMT -8
Picked to finish second and the second best team can be different at the end of the year. They might be a good ball club, but OSU is in the PAC 12, which is in the top 2 or 3 best conferences each season.
Going yard against a kid who was a reliever last year is good and I'm happy, just not like we did it against a stud pac12 Friday guy.
Again, im not raining on the parade here, just tempering my excitement. Hope I'm wrong and madrigal and Larnach both have double digit dingers.
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Post by justdamwin on Feb 17, 2018 11:15:55 GMT -8
Picked to finish second and the second best team can be different at the end of the year. They might be a good ball club, but OSU is in the PAC 12, which is in the top 2 or 3 best conferences each season. Going yard against a kid who was a reliever last year is good and I'm happy, just not like we did it against a stud pac12 Friday guy. Again, im not raining on the parade here, just tempering my excitement. Hope I'm wrong and madrigal and Larnach both have double digit dingers. New Mexico is a competitive team in the PAC 12. Better than some worse than others. |
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Post by justdamwin on Feb 17, 2018 11:16:50 GMT -8
Picked to finish second and the second best team can be different at the end of the year. They might be a good ball club, but OSU is in the PAC 12, which is in the top 2 or 3 best conferences each season. Going yard against a kid who was a reliever last year is good and I'm happy, just not like we did it against a stud pac12 Friday guy. Again, im not raining on the parade here, just tempering my excitement. Hope I'm wrong and madrigal and Larnach both have double digit dingers. How many “stud PAC 12” guys you figure there are? |
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Post by baseba1111 on Feb 17, 2018 11:37:22 GMT -8
Picked to finish second and the second best team can be different at the end of the year. They might be a good ball club, but OSU is in the PAC 12, which is in the top 2 or 3 best conferences each season. Going yard against a kid who was a reliever last year is good and I'm happy, just not like we did it against a stud pac12 Friday guy. Again, im not raining on the parade here, just tempering my excitement. Hope I'm wrong and madrigal and Larnach both have double digit dingers. New Mexico is a competitive team in the PAC 12. Better than some worse than others. No... they are not... they were basically .500 last year and 19-9 in a weak league and 1-2 in their tourney... so if you mean better than some you mean #'s 10-12 in the Pac12??? ok... maybe, but playing a Pac12 schedule week in and week out is far different than that league... |
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Post by BeaverG20 on Feb 17, 2018 12:00:19 GMT -8
Picked to finish second and the second best team can be different at the end of the year. They might be a good ball club, but OSU is in the PAC 12, which is in the top 2 or 3 best conferences each season. Going yard against a kid who was a reliever last year is good and I'm happy, just not like we did it against a stud pac12 Friday guy. Again, im not raining on the parade here, just tempering my excitement. Hope I'm wrong and madrigal and Larnach both have double digit dingers. How many “stud PAC 12” guys you figure there are? Without looking too hard, Tristan Beck, Kris Bubic, Jake Bird, Jon Olson. Those are all studs. All I'm saying is, we were "this" close to hitting 5 home runs yesterday. I doubt that will be the norm. Especially when we start conference play. You can be excited about lighting up Slaten, I'm going to temper my excitement. In 2015, KJ Harrison hit 10 homers, only 2 in conference play. In '17 he hit 9, only 3 in conference. The conference is tough, year in, year out. |
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Post by zeroposter on Feb 17, 2018 12:03:53 GMT -8
New Mexico is a competitive team in the PAC 12. Better than some worse than others. No... they are not... they were basically .500 last year and 19-9 in a weak league and 1-2 in their tourney... so if you mean better than some you mean #'s 10-12 in the Pac12??? ok... maybe, but playing a Pac12 schedule week in and week out is far different than that league... I don't know. The Pac12 has not been a good league the last 2 years. The pitching has definitely been down. Still, New Mexico would be in the low part. |
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Post by justdamwin on Feb 17, 2018 15:23:13 GMT -8
How many “stud PAC 12” guys you figure there are? Without looking too hard, Tristan Beck, Kris Bubic, Jake Bird, Jon Olson. Those are all studs. All I'm saying is, we were "this" close to hitting 5 home runs yesterday. I doubt that will be the norm. Especially when we start conference play. You can be excited about lighting up Slaten, I'm going to temper my excitement. In 2015, KJ Harrison hit 10 homers, only 2 in conference play. In '17 he hit 9, only 3 in conference. The conference is tough, year in, year out. There’s a couple more, a closer at UO and astarter at UA But that’s the point. You play a lot of pitchers of quality equal to yesterday’s and now today. More mediocre guys than “pac 12 studs” in a season. Even the uck OOC will throw a guy about as good as these guys were seeing now Currently Larnach needs to see and turn around ten mistake pitches Lots of opportunities await |
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Post by justdamwin on Feb 17, 2018 15:32:21 GMT -8
New Mexico is a competitive team in the PAC 12. Better than some worse than others. No... they are not... they were basically .500 last year and 19-9 in a weak league and 1-2 in their tourney... so if you mean better than some you mean #'s 10-12 in the Pac12??? ok... maybe, but playing a Pac12 schedule week in and week out is far different than that league... Does more  ?? Make you more right? |
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Post by wilkyisdashiznit on Feb 21, 2018 14:30:23 GMT -8
New Mexico is a competitive team in the PAC 12. Better than some worse than others. No... they are not... they were basically .500 last year and 19-9 in a weak league and 1-2 in their tourney... so if you mean better than some you mean #'s 10-12 in the Pac12??? ok... maybe, but playing a Pac12 schedule week in and week out is far different than that league... New Mexico won the Mountain West regular season championship in 2017 but fell off at the end of the season going 2-7 over the last nine (28-20-1 before that), including the three games in the conference tournament. All losses were to the top four teams in the Mountain West though: San Diego State, Fresno State, and Nevada. New Mexico went 10-16 in non-conference games but played the hardest non-conference schedule in the country with four games against #5 Texas Tech (1-3 with two games in Albuquerque and two games in Lubbock); three games with the Missouri Valley Conference regular season champion and Fort Worth Super Regional participant, Missouri State (2-1); three games in Fullerton against College World Series participant, Cal State Fullerton (0-3); two games in Stillwater against Big 12 Champion, Oklahoma State (0-2); three games against Missouri Valley Conference Champion, Dallas Baptist (1-2 with three games in Dallas); a game in San Diego against the Toreros; three games with American East regular season champion Binghamton (3-0); two games in Manhattan against Kansas State; two games with WAC regular season champion Grand Canyon (1-1 in Albuquerque); and three games with WAC regular season co-champion New Mexico State (2-1 with one game at home, one away, and one "neutral site game" in El Paso). New Mexico finished with an RPI of 74, which would place the Lobos at eighth in RPI in the Pac-12. Ohio State, USC, and Washington all had worse RPIs and handed Oregon State a loss. San Diego State, who won the Mountain West Tournament, eliminated UCLA (who finished third in the Pac-12) before bowing out to Long Beach State in the Long Beach Regional. UCLA was the fourth team that handed Oregon State a regular season loss. New Mexico scored 23 runs against San Diego State in their three-game regular season set in San Diego before the Aztecs upset New Mexico by a run in the Mountain West Tournament. I think New Mexico very well could have finished as high as third in the Pac-12 last year. Oregon State was great. Stanford was decent. The conference 3-8 was rather mediocre. The bottom of the conference was downright bad. The Beavers beating the Lobos 20-5 in two games is a great start to the season! |
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