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Post by rollotomasi on Mar 14, 2018 10:35:46 GMT -8
I haven't looked at the quality of their competition to date, but they've been swinging the bats. It's Pac-12 play, and there are no more easy outs.
Looks like their pitching might be a little suspect. Looking forward to Parker's call...
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Post by messi on Mar 14, 2018 10:46:50 GMT -8
@ San Diego W 6-1, L 8-11, L 1-3
vs. CSU Bakersfield W 17-6, W 5-3, W 23-2, W 13-2
Neutral Baylor W 8-2
Neutral La. Tech L 6-10
Neutral Texas A&M L 5-9
vs. Xavier W 13-3
vs. Brown W 10-9, W 4-3, W 7-6
vs. San Francisco W 5-4
Looks like they've been bending and not breaking recently.
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Post by beaver94 on Mar 14, 2018 11:41:46 GMT -8
I wonder what there stats look like if you take out the CSU Bakersfield series. Thats some seriously lopsided scoring. I checked out their record for the season and they've given up a lot of runs to a lot of teams, except the two ranked teams they somehow managed to beat.
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Post by orangeblood on Mar 14, 2018 17:18:03 GMT -8
Cal in all games .325
Cal vs Bakersfield .418
Cal in all games that do not include Bakersfield .289
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Post by beaverintheberg on Mar 14, 2018 20:27:10 GMT -8
Biggest stat difference ... ERA. Big edge to the Beavs.
Should win or sweep the series.
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Post by mbabeav on Mar 14, 2018 21:39:36 GMT -8
Looks like they might have played a bit stronger schedule than we have but who'd a thunk that teams like Nebraska and Ohio State would be so far down by this time of the Season that we don't have a single game against a top 50 RPI team.
I'm thinking that our pitching is going to be pretty set for a three-game weekend series and as long as we can avoid Fielding errors we're going to be able to win at least two of these three ball games. But I can hardly wait for Nick to get back.
Go beavs, beat the bears!
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Post by mbabeav on Mar 14, 2018 21:45:43 GMT -8
Looks like they might have played a bit stronger schedule than we have but who'd a thunk that teams like Nebraska and Ohio State would be so far down by this time of the Season that we don't have a single game against a top 50 RPI team. I'm thinking that our pitching is going to be pretty set for a three-game weekend series and as long as we can avoid Fielding errors we're going to be able to win at least two of these three ball games. But I can hardly wait for Nick to get back. Go beavs, beat the bears! I take that back. I just looked at Warren Nolan's page and the zags have moved up to number 50 RPI and Ohio State is just above them so at least we have three wins versus Tier 1 teams. It's those eight wins against the tier 4 teams that are holding us back. |
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Post by thewizard on Mar 15, 2018 6:03:25 GMT -8
Here is an article on Vaughn on D1Baseball.com LinkSo far this season, Vaughn has established himself as one of the nation’s premier overall hitters. Sure, he co-leads the nation in home runs, but he’s such a complete hitter. He’s hitting a ridiculously high .472 (fifth nationally) and has a .627 OBP, 1.113 slugging percentage, four doubles, 10 homers and 26 RBIs. Vaughn also has a 1.734 OPS, but most impressive to me and probably others is his control of the zone with a whopping 16 walks versus four strikeouts. The sophomore is three walks away from equaling his total all of last season. We probably better pitch this guy carefully... Go Beavs! |
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Post by joecool on Mar 15, 2018 8:31:58 GMT -8
Biggest stat difference ... ERA. Big edge to the Beavs. Should win or sweep the series. Its baseball, you should never expect a sweep, especially on the road. |
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Post by ochobeavo on Mar 15, 2018 9:18:55 GMT -8
Here is an article on Vaughn on D1Baseball.com LinkSo far this season, Vaughn has established himself as one of the nation’s premier overall hitters. Sure, he co-leads the nation in home runs, but he’s such a complete hitter. He’s hitting a ridiculously high .472 (fifth nationally) and has a .627 OBP, 1.113 slugging percentage, four doubles, 10 homers and 26 RBIs. Vaughn also has a 1.734 OPS, but most impressive to me and probably others is his control of the zone with a whopping 16 walks versus four strikeouts. The sophomore is three walks away from equaling his total all of last season. We probably better pitch this guy carefully... Go Beavs! We were well aware of Vaughn last year too. Faced him relatively late in the season and he had already dominated in a few conference games for Cal earlier in the year. Drove in 7 I think in a game against USC or UCLA. Had a huge game vs ASU earlier... Hit in the 3 hole most of the year and had a couple multi HR games IIRC. In Game 1 he went 1-4 w/2K vs Luke. Game 2 he was just about the only guy for Cal to NOT get a hit in the 11-10 slugfest (vs Fehmel/Eisert/Rass). Game 3 he went 1-4 with a double off of Jake. |
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Post by baseba1111 on Mar 15, 2018 9:53:44 GMT -8
Here is an article on Vaughn on D1Baseball.com LinkSo far this season, Vaughn has established himself as one of the nation’s premier overall hitters. Sure, he co-leads the nation in home runs, but he’s such a complete hitter. He’s hitting a ridiculously high .472 (fifth nationally) and has a .627 OBP, 1.113 slugging percentage, four doubles, 10 homers and 26 RBIs. Vaughn also has a 1.734 OPS, but most impressive to me and probably others is his control of the zone with a whopping 16 walks versus four strikeouts. The sophomore is three walks away from equaling his total all of last season. We probably better pitch this guy carefully... Go Beavs! We were well aware of Vaughn last year too. Faced him relatively late in the season and he had already dominated in a few conference games for Cal earlier in the year. Drove in 7 I think in a game against USC or UCLA. Had a huge game vs ASU earlier... Hit in the 3 hole most of the year and had a couple multi HR games IIRC. In Game 1 he went 1-4 w/2K vs Luke. Game 2 he was just about the only guy for Cal to NOT get a hit in the 11-10 slugfest (vs Fehmel/Eisert/Rass). Game 3 he went 1-4 with a double off of Jake. And... he's gotten better in pitch selection and execution... our pitching is no where the level it was at that time last year... he'll be hitting in a HS level "band box". It seems he and Cal will be our stiffest test... by far... this season. Not only will Cal put balls in play, their infield will be the worst we've played on by a long way. And, do not discount the lack of in-game decision making with PC not in the dugout. Sneaking out with 2 wins would be great. I can also see 2 L's very easily. But, it's why you play the game... |
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Post by wilkyisdashiznit on Mar 15, 2018 12:39:44 GMT -8
Looks like they might have played a bit stronger schedule than we have but who'd a thunk that teams like Nebraska and Ohio State would be so far down by this time of the Season that we don't have a single game against a top 50 RPI team. I'm thinking that our pitching is going to be pretty set for a three-game weekend series and as long as we can avoid Fielding errors we're going to be able to win at least two of these three ball games. But I can hardly wait for Nick to get back. Go beavs, beat the bears! I take that back. I just looked at Warren Nolan's page and the zags have moved up to number 50 RPI and Ohio State is just above them so at least we have three wins versus Tier 1 teams. It's those eight wins against the tier 4 teams that are holding us back. That and no road games. Home wins are only worth .7 of a win. Home losses are worth 1.3 losses. Oregon State beat Cal State Fullerton 2-1. However, with the multipliers, the Beavers effectively went 1.4-1.3 against Cal State Fullerton and their 81 RPI. Cal State Fullerton plays Grand Canyon and their 249 RPI this weekend, so expect the Titans to slip even further down the list, especially with a loss or two. According to boydsworld, the schedule is so lightly-rated at this point that Oregon State has to go at least 35-5 the rest of the way to finish in the top eight of RPI. I am hoping that the April 24, 2018 mid-week game against Portland is rained out. That would do wonders for the RPI. Utah is currently 1-14 with a 259 RPI. (The Utes played four games in Surprise and otherwise have been on the road. Utah's loan win was the Sunday game against UC Riverside and their 244 RPI. Utah's first home games come in two weeks against Sacramento State and their 237 RPI. Current conference RPI rankings: 1. SEC
2. ACC
3. Big 12
4. Pac-12
The ACC is already a week into conference play, which helps their conference RPI (as will the conference tournament at season's end). Tellingly, according to boydsworld's ISR, the Big 12 and Pac-12 are better than the ACC. The Pac-12's SOS is 3rd, behind the Big West and West Coast Conference. The ACC's SOS is 14th. The SEC's SOS is 20th. |
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Post by ochobeavo on Mar 15, 2018 12:59:29 GMT -8
We were well aware of Vaughn last year too. Faced him relatively late in the season and he had already dominated in a few conference games for Cal earlier in the year. Drove in 7 I think in a game against USC or UCLA. Had a huge game vs ASU earlier... Hit in the 3 hole most of the year and had a couple multi HR games IIRC. In Game 1 he went 1-4 w/2K vs Luke. Game 2 he was just about the only guy for Cal to NOT get a hit in the 11-10 slugfest (vs Fehmel/Eisert/Rass). Game 3 he went 1-4 with a double off of Jake. And... he's gotten better in pitch selection and execution... our pitching is no where the level it was at that time last year... he'll be hitting in a HS level "band box". It seems he and Cal will be our stiffest test... by far... this season. Not only will Cal put balls in play, their infield will be the worst we've played on by a long way. And, do not discount the lack of in-game decision making with PC not in the dugout. Sneaking out with 2 wins would be great. I can also see 2 L's very easily. But, it's why you play the game... Agreed 100% - and I didn't mean to come off that it's a walk in the park because we handled him well last year - he's going to present a challenge! |
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Post by badwack on Mar 15, 2018 13:21:59 GMT -8
Hey, what the heck. We either get better and Win or we don't. I agree our Pitching is not at the level of last year. LH was soo darn good last year you could almost give us a W when he was named. I don't think he has yet to be as sharp as last year but certainly can be. Last year LH was a lock and Jake T. was mostly un-hitable. Yep, I'm worried but this Series. Let's get this done. Go Beav's!
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Post by beaverintheberg on Mar 15, 2018 13:42:43 GMT -8
Biggest stat difference ... ERA. Big edge to the Beavs. Should win or sweep the series. Its baseball, you should never expect a sweep, especially on the road. That's why I said win OR sweep:) |
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