Their record just doesn't seem to correlate to a 3 seed in the regional. Especially with their too pitchers. Bats aren't at our level, but they have some hitters. What am I missing?

Can any off their pitchers throw a slider?

caleblyn said:

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Can any off their pitchers throw a slider?

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Whatever they throw, they can throw a lot of them. Hopefully their arms are completely worn out

StinkyPinky said:

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Their record just doesn't seem to correlate to a 3 seed in the regional. Especially with their too pitchers. Bats aren't at our level, but they have some hitters. What am I missing?

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Their RPI is 39 and SOS is 68.

They are 13-7 on the road, 3-3 in neutral locations.

They lost both series they played against ranked teams (UCSB/#13, OSU/#7).

Oregon hasn't played a team as good as the Ags this season and haven't played any teams in the top 10 RPI. I don't think this series will be close.

Gaius Rufus said:

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StinkyPinky said:

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Their record just doesn't seem to correlate to a 3 seed in the regional. Especially with their too pitchers. Bats aren't at our level, but they have some hitters. What am I missing?

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Their RPI is 39 and SOS is 68.

They are 13-7 on the road, 3-3 in neutral locations.

They lost both series they played against ranked teams (UCSB/#13, OSU/#7).

Oregon hasn't played a team as good as the Ags this season and haven't played any teams in the top 10 RPI. I don't think this series will be close.

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.........If we play like we should.

StinkyPinky said:

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Their record just doesn't seem to correlate to a 3 seed in the regional. Especially with their too pitchers. Bats aren't at our level, but they have some hitters. What am I missing?

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RPI was in the 50s before winning the Regional. Teams in the 50s aren't 2 seeds. They didn't do well on the road and they play in a bad RPI Conference. But they've had weekends where they were really good (like this one).

Sure. Ags are 6-0 versus Q2 teams. Nothing I have seen so far shows they will rack up their first loss this weekend.

To be clear, I'm not playing this weekend, so my confidence doesn't impact anything that happens on the field.

they have two lock down relievers. You don't want to be playing from behind in the 7-9 innings

He will melt like a snowman in June!

Biggest thing I saw is their road record is not great

Sean98 said:

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StinkyPinky said:

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Their record just doesn't seem to correlate to a 3 seed in the regional. Especially with their too pitchers. Bats aren't at our level, but they have some hitters. What am I missing?

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RPI was in the 50s before winning the Regional. Teams in the 50s aren't 2 seeds. They didn't do well on the road and they play in a bad RPI Conference. But they've had weekends where they were really good (like this one).

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Makes sense. Looking at their schedule I would have assumed their RPI was higher based on some of the teams they beat, but looks like most of the good teams are having down years. Schloss will have this team ready, no upsets. Not this year.

rgag12 said:

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How do you know we couldn't have asked for a better match-up if you know nothing about them?

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The UCSB regional is certainly a good one to be paired with Rather have UCSB just because Nike U is always going to have some Studs

I watched a little bit of the UCSB game and their pitcher looked legit. His stuff had a lot of movement and he had a very deceptive delivery. I think it was their #2 guy.

Looking at the numbers, if our pitchers are on, I just don't see them scoring much at all. If Prager, Ash, Sdao, and Cortez are on their game it should be a 2 game series that we win by shutting them down at the plate.

Evan Stewart is going to be pumped up about this one..

barstoolexpert said:

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When scrolling their their results this year, it seems like they took care of their business a lot.

Had a senior right handed throw 120+ pitches in a complete game shut out last night. Makes me think they don't have the deepest of bullpens but have some reliable arms mixed in.

We definitely have a good matchup but Braden saying he has lost two series against them is a little unsettling especially considering both those teams went to Omaha.

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Or it could mean they don't trust their bullpen because it's not deep enough.

Mr.Ackar07 said:

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I think Oregon plays more like Louisiana. Here is a breakdown of their 10 runs scored in their sweep of the UCSB regional:

vs San Diego
1) Solo home run
2) Single, HBP, error on Sac bunt attempt to load the bases, followed by RBI fielder's choice
3) Immediately following the fielders choice, laid down another Sac bunt to score their 2nd run of the inning (only multi-run inning in the tournament)
4) Single followed by a RBI double both coming with 2 outs in the inning
5) Solo home run

vs UCSB (Winners bracket game)
6) Single, stolen base, RBI single
7) Double, wild pitch to advance to 3rd, RBI fielder's choice

vs UCSB (Regional Final)
8) Walk, Sac bunt, RBI single
9) Walk, wild pitch advances runner to 2nd, RBI single
10) Solo home run


There was a lot of either sac bunts or stolen base attempts after getting a single or walk. The 2 doubles and 3 solo home runs all noted above were their only extra base hits of the weekend. Lots of taking advantage of miscues and putting pressure on the defense.

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Sounds West coast to me