2024 College Baseball Thread

I'll give you 2 to 1 odds we don't make omaha for 2 grand, 1 to you and 1 to tmb or st judes or whatever

 

While noble, the issue at hand is that some people seem to think we won’t make it out of our regional and I think otherwise. If you can figure out some way for that bet to benefit charity I’m happy to do it

 

ftr i wont donate any of my winnings to anything, will spend on vodka

 

well then that's a stupid fucking bet for anyone to make straight up

we will host a regional and will be favored to win (prolly wont tho but you know that)

 

I don’t typically propose bets I think I’ll lose? Would be a poor strategy

 

It would still be a better strategy than my stock picks but yeah poor overall

 

im sorry for derailing this and ill stop

god bless and woo pig sooie like the good lord intended

 

So, does Arkansas have an RPI issue to deal with? Going to Bama will help some, but the RPI is sitting at 28 currently. Y’all think the RPI gets good enough to be a super host? You’re going to host a regional with a top 25 RPI and 19 SEC wins. But top 8 seems at least questionable.

 

nobody that pays attention thinks we are a top 8 seed

will only host regional based on past performance which is bullshit

 

The D1 and Baseball America both projected y’all as an overall 6 seed/7 seed, respectively. That might change this week with the RPI drop.

 

Y’all let me know how Hoover is. Our season is probably over this weekend. We need to hit the portal hard for pitching this offseason.

 

Gators walk it off on the Noles on a two-run tape measure shot by Sterlin Thompson.

 

Catching fire at the right time. I don’t think anyone is going to want y’all or Ole Miss in their regional.

 

meat absolutely blew this game.

 

I was so mad when he brought in Armstrong. Typical over management. hare was doing just fine with his split finger and change-up.

 

errbody called that shit

Armstrong isn't necessarily the white flag of the bullpen but that's only because Dylan Simmons exists

 

Armstrong will be fine but he has pitched like 14 innings all year. Not exactly the guy you bring in a high leverage situation…

 

Someone is going kill Tyler Martin with a fastball to his 140 lb frame if he keeps on stealing bases while they aren’t paying attention.

 

I’d like to think so but SEC wise we’ve been feasting on the basement dwellers. There’s definitely potential for us to cause some havoc but we need production from Jud Fabian among others.

 

Baeball America's Projection from today:

Spoiler

Selection Monday is 12 days away and the first automatic NCAA Tournament bids will be handed out this weekend when the Ivy League and Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Tournaments conclude (and likely in the Big West as well, where UC Santa Barbara is close to clinching its championship). Teams that are jockeying for position in the NCAA Tournament race have just a handful more opportunities to make their case.

While the postseason picture is coming into sharper focus, this exercise is still meant to be a projection and not what the field would look like if the season ended today. But with every passing day, there is less projection needed, as teams have little time to change their resumes in a dramatic way.

The hosting race continues to be in flux, particularly after last weekend’s Big 12 chaos. Texas Tech’s stunning sweep at Oklahoma State thrust the Red Raiders back into the hosting picture, despite an RPI (33) that remains higher than the typical range for regional hosts. A series win this weekend against Oklahoma would help Texas Tech boost its RPI and at least share the conference title with TCU. That might be enough for the Red Raiders to reach the host line. TCU, which swept Texas Tech, and is the leader in the clubhouse in the Big 12 standings, has a worse RPI (35) and won’t have an opportunity to boost it until the Big 12 Tournament, as its non-conference series against Santa Clara will do little to help the Horned Frogs. It would be strange for the Big 12 regular-season champion not to host, but TCU’s 8-13 mark against top-50 teams will be its undoing, unless it is able to make a push next week in Arlington.

The selection committee also looks like it will have a difficult time sorting out how to order the SEC West hosts. Arkansas, Auburn and Texas A&M are all tracking toward hosting, but determining the order is as hard as unraveling Christmas tree lights. Texas A&M is in first place in the division today thanks to its series win against Arkansas, but it lost a series to Auburn. The Tigers have the best RPI (4), but they're 1.5 games behind the Aggies and Razorbacks in the standings. Arkansas has the worst RPI (26, typically well shy of the range required to host as an SEC team), but is likely to have piled up 20 SEC wins by the end of the conference tournament. At least one, and probably two, of those teams will end up as top-eight seeds, but it’s anyone’s guess right now who it will be.

Those watching the NCAA Tournament bubble will this weekend be fixated on the ACC. Clemson, North Carolina, Pittsburgh and Wake Forest are all on the bubble now and, with a bad weekend, Georgia Tech could find itself uncomfortably close as well. Clemson hosts Boston College and needs a sweep to keep its hopes alive. North Carolina hosts Florida State and Wake Forest visits North Carolina State and a series win for either the Tar Heels or the Demon Deacons might be enough to see them to safety. Pitt hosts Georgia Tech and needs a series win.

The ACC also has a pair of series with hosting implications, as Miami hosts Notre Dame and Virginia travels to Louisville. All four teams are projected hosts now, but with the standings as tight as they are, nothing can be taken for granted. Virginia Tech’s series against Duke has regional implications, though the Hokies are playing for the ACC title and the Blue Devils are fighting for the last spot in the ACC Tournament.

Baseball America will continue to update the projected field weekly throughout the spring.

 

Wofford Terriers here to play, yall.

 

Wyatt Langford had four total at-bats last year as a guy who mainly caught bullpens. He’s been slightly better this year.

Langford leads the Gators in batting (.365), runs (58), hits (73), triples (3), RBI (53), total bases (143), slugging (.715), and is tied with Jud Fabian for most home runs (19).

 

Yes pls

 

I don't like the idea of playing Taques Tack

 

FSU gives up their second walk off HR in as many games and drops game 1 to UNC

 

and likely waves goodbye to hosting

 

Hate to see it

 

2 more homers for Wyatt Langford, 21 on the season

 

Football season started early in Starkville. Just took place on a diamond. Will be interesting to see what our roster looks like next year.

 

Was checking SEC scores...........wow

 

What the hell is happening tonight

 

Add another one to the list

 

I’m sure I’m in the minority here but I think these light shows in general suck

 

Hope TN uses wood bats the rest of the series.

 

And on cue Simmons comes into the game, gives up a walk and a grand slam

 

I wish he'd just go fuckin play golf with his dad

 

Hate to see this

 

Seriously, Meat is the fucking worst

 

Any more raccoon reporting from sec country?

 

Big ten plus is the fucking worst, 2 20+ plus minute long stretches where the audio is just bits an pieces during the Nebraska game. Just garbage.