|
Post by hchoops on Feb 25, 2023 18:35:13 GMT -5
8-6 HC Bottom 6 Chance of rain ?
|
|
|
Post by hchoops on Feb 25, 2023 19:43:40 GMT -5
11-9 VMI Top 8 No rain
|
|
|
Post by hchoops on Feb 25, 2023 19:57:29 GMT -5
11-10 VMI Top 9 Both teams 16 hits HC’s Wywoda finished with 2 shutout innings
|
|
|
Post by hchoops on Feb 25, 2023 20:02:28 GMT -5
Final 11-10 Bats are improving anyway.
|
|
|
Post by purplehaze on Feb 26, 2023 16:16:39 GMT -5
Now 1-7 after 11-6 loss today - surrendered 43 runs in the 4l losses with weekend
|
|
|
Post by snapper on Feb 26, 2023 17:24:16 GMT -5
6 games giving up double digit runs. One game with 9 and one with 3. You aren’t winning many games with those numbers. And it’s not like we played any of the big boys. Going to be a long season and hopefully at the end, we get a fresh start.
|
|
dutton09
Climbing Mt. St. James
Posts: 80
|
Post by dutton09 on Feb 26, 2023 17:49:55 GMT -5
Very rough weekend. Maybe it was my fault for going into it optimistically.
There were at least a few positive takeaways:
Chris Benton is batting ~.300 and appears to be one of the stronger hitters on the team. McElroy and Egrie also appear to be good bat-to-ball guys with decent averages and few Ks. Overall, the team is batting .261 which is really solid, especially at this time of the year. We're slugging .365...not so solid. We have 66 hits and only 96 total bases. Hopefully the XBH will come as the season progresses, I'd give the offense a solid B at this point; averaging almost 5 runs a game should be enough to earn a good amount of wins with a pitching staff and defense worth their salt.
I'll address HC's fielding with one stat: .939 fielding percentage. I will recognize, however, that it is going to take some time to adjust after only taking ground balls in the luth and not seeing anything in the air since October. This will likely improve with time and outdoor reps.
Obviously, though, the real limiting factor of this team is the pitching staff:
Through 8 games, our staff's ERA is 10.86, our WHIP 2.10. We've given up 102 hits (an astronomical .385 BAA), 27 doubles, and 15 home runs.
Our 3 main starters have not been able to set the tone on the mound:
Fox: 4.0 IP across 2 starts, 6.75 ERA, .333 BAA Chudy: 5.1 IP across 2 starts, 16.88 ERA, .500 BAA DiLauro: 5.2 IP across 2 starts, 20.65 ERA, .483 BAA
Of course it's still early and the team will have a great chance to right the ship vs beatable squads in Dartmouth and Wagner to kick off next weekend. It's too early to hit the panic button completely at this point, but the pitching/defensive side of the club is going to need to figure it out soon.
|
|
|
Post by hchoops on Feb 26, 2023 18:18:57 GMT -5
Thanks for the stats
|
|
|
Post by snapper on Feb 26, 2023 18:27:40 GMT -5
Very rough weekend. Maybe it was my fault for going into it optimistically. There were at least a few positive takeaways: Chris Benton is batting ~.300 and appears to be one of the stronger hitters on the team. McElroy and Egrie also appear to be good bat-to-ball guys with decent averages and few Ks. Overall, the team is batting .261 which is really solid, especially at this time of the year. We're slugging .365...not so solid. We have 66 hits and only 96 total bases. Hopefully the XBH will come as the season progresses, I'd give the offense a solid B at this point; averaging almost 5 runs a game should be enough to earn a good amount of wins with a pitching staff and defense worth their salt. I'll address HC's fielding with one stat: .939 fielding percentage. I will recognize, however, that it is going to take some time to adjust after only taking ground balls in the luth and not seeing anything in the air since October. This will likely improve with time and outdoor reps. Obviously, though, the real limiting factor of this team is the pitching staff: Through 8 games, our staff's ERA is 10.86, our WHIP 2.10. We've given up 102 hits (an astronomical .385 BAA), 27 doubles, and 15 home runs. Our 3 main starters have not been able to set the tone on the mound: Fox: 4.0 IP across 2 starts, 6.75 ERA, .333 BAA Chudy: 5.1 IP across 2 starts, 16.88 ERA, .500 BAA DiLauro: 5.2 IP across 2 starts, 20.65 ERA, .483 BAA Of course it's still early and the team will have a great chance to right the ship vs beatable squads in Dartmouth and Wagner to kick off next weekend. It's too early to hit the panic button completely at this point, but the pitching/defensive side of the club is going to need to figure it out soon. Too early to hit the panic button? This team is so unprepared to play. The panic button has been hit.
|
|
dutton09
Climbing Mt. St. James
Posts: 80
|
Post by dutton09 on Feb 26, 2023 18:39:47 GMT -5
Unprepared to play? Yes. I absolutely agree. Irredeemably lost? No.
There are plenty of winnable games between now and PL play, and the team should naturally improve as the season progresses just from the amount of game reps they'll get. I'm not sure who the pitching coach is, but a lot responsibility for whether this season is salvaged or not lies with him.
If it's March 23 and the stats aren't improving & the wins haven't come at all, I'll hit the panic button. Fair? (Although by then apathy will likely have set in for the fifth or sixth straight year lol)
|
|
|
Post by hcbaseballalum on Feb 26, 2023 18:55:00 GMT -5
It’s not acceptable to say we don’t have the facilities to get live reps. We have a state of the art field turf indoor facility and we have plenty of outdoor turf fields to practice fly balls.
Go look at other programs in New England. We have nicer facilities than 90% and we are the least prepared and least skilled team in New England Division 1 Baseball.
|
|
|
Post by snapper on Feb 26, 2023 18:57:34 GMT -5
Unprepared to play? Yes. I absolutely agree. Irredeemably lost? No. There are plenty of winnable games between now and PL play, and the team should naturally improve as the season progresses just from the amount of game reps they'll get. I'm not sure who the pitching coach is, but a lot responsibility for whether this season is salvaged or not lies with him. If it's March 23 and the stats aren't improving & the wins haven't come at all, I'll hit the panic button. Fair? (Although by then apathy will likely have set in for the fifth or sixth straight year lol) You seem knowledgeable and maybe a former player. This is year 4 for the HC. These are d1 kids we are talking about. There is zero need to get reacquainted to the outdoors at this level. These kids can catch a pop up. We have some amazing facilities where the infielders can take hundreds of reps, regular, up the middle, backhand, slow rollers etc. and it’s the similar turf that they will play on so no turf to grass BS. They should be prepared. Hitters have cages, the raposodo machine for metrics. Swings shouldn’t be a problem. Pitchers can throw, do long toss all winter, no excuses for arms not being in game shape at this point. I am frustrated and don’t see much in the future. This is year 4 of the Eddie K experiment and so far it has been a huge failure.
|
|
dutton09
Climbing Mt. St. James
Posts: 80
|
Post by dutton09 on Feb 26, 2023 19:26:50 GMT -5
Snapper, I appreciate your passion here. And I agree with a lot of what you're saying. I also disagree with some of it as well.
I will say that fielding a ground ball on turf isn't the same as fielding a ground ball on dirt & grass. It just isn't. It makes you lazy because there is no such thing as a bad hop on turf. Fielding a ground ball during defensive drill work is also not the same as fielding a ball in a game with a live runner. Game reps matter. MLB teams play 30 Spring Training games for a reason.
Rapsodo is a fine, but imperfect, tool for pitch design (serious D1s with analytics departments and good coaches moved away from this outdated tech a few years ago and opted for Trackman units). But who says the coaches are even qualified to utilize it? 8.1 K/9 suggests the stuff is there at times, but our guys are just way too hittable at this point. While the staff ERA is 10.86, their FIP is 6.56. Defense is killing us badly, but even taking that into account the staff leaves a ton to be desired. It strikes me as less of a question of arms being in shape and more of a question of raw quality and development. Is there any evidence of development taking place on campus? I struggle to find any.
I'm 100% in agreement with everyone that says this team does not deserve to have excuses made for them across the board. Recruiting has been awful. I stand by my statements about the limitations of defensive work indoors/on turf, but also think that it shouldn't be hard for a D1 to recruit guys who bridge that gap way quicker. It is no question that HCEK has been a failure in many facets up until this point.
All I'm saying is that it's early in the season, and it is reasonable to expect/hope for some improvement as the year goes on.
|
|
|
Post by hcpride on Feb 26, 2023 21:42:39 GMT -5
Given player quality, I’d expect HC Lax and HC Baseball to have unsuccessful seasons. Last year lax was 1-13 (.071) and baseball was 17-37 (.315). IMHO neither team has improved over last year…I’m assuming both teams are stuck in the same (non) scholarship situation.
|
|
|
Post by hcross22 on Feb 27, 2023 15:28:12 GMT -5
Very rough weekend. Maybe it was my fault for going into it optimistically. There were at least a few positive takeaways: Chris Benton is batting ~.300 and appears to be one of the stronger hitters on the team. McElroy and Egrie also appear to be good bat-to-ball guys with decent averages and few Ks. Overall, the team is batting .261 which is really solid, especially at this time of the year. We're slugging .365...not so solid. We have 66 hits and only 96 total bases. Hopefully the XBH will come as the season progresses, I'd give the offense a solid B at this point; averaging almost 5 runs a game should be enough to earn a good amount of wins with a pitching staff and defense worth their salt. I'll address HC's fielding with one stat: .939 fielding percentage. I will recognize, however, that it is going to take some time to adjust after only taking ground balls in the luth and not seeing anything in the air since October. This will likely improve with time and outdoor reps. Obviously, though, the real limiting factor of this team is the pitching staff: Through 8 games, our staff's ERA is 10.86, our WHIP 2.10. We've given up 102 hits (an astronomical .385 BAA), 27 doubles, and 15 home runs. Our 3 main starters have not been able to set the tone on the mound: Fox: 4.0 IP across 2 starts, 6.75 ERA, .333 BAA Chudy: 5.1 IP across 2 starts, 16.88 ERA, .500 BAA DiLauro: 5.2 IP across 2 starts, 20.65 ERA, .483 BAA Of course it's still early and the team will have a great chance to right the ship vs beatable squads in Dartmouth and Wagner to kick off next weekend. It's too early to hit the panic button completely at this point, but the pitching/defensive side of the club is going to need to figure it out soon. Did Benton just learn how to his this past summer? If not, why didn't he get any AB's last season?
|
|
|
Post by hcross22 on Feb 27, 2023 15:30:01 GMT -5
It’s not acceptable to say we don’t have the facilities to get live reps. We have a state of the art field turf indoor facility and we have plenty of outdoor turf fields to practice fly balls. Go look at other programs in New England. We have nicer facilities than 90% and we are the least prepared and least skilled team in New England Division 1 Baseball. I'm 99.9% sure the guys have been outside for practice at some point from Jan-now. If not, that's on the coach, as Coach D would have them behind Hart often.
|
|
|
Post by hcbaseballalum on Feb 27, 2023 17:02:10 GMT -5
Sam Kirkpatrick batting .448 with an .842 fielding percentage is the most Sam Kirkpatrick stat line out there. It’s perfect.
|
|
|
Post by purplehaze on Feb 27, 2023 21:53:54 GMT -5
.842 fielding pct ? He should be a DH
|
|
dutton09
Climbing Mt. St. James
Posts: 80
|
Post by dutton09 on Feb 27, 2023 22:11:57 GMT -5
Very rough weekend. Maybe it was my fault for going into it optimistically. There were at least a few positive takeaways: Chris Benton is batting ~.300 and appears to be one of the stronger hitters on the team. McElroy and Egrie also appear to be good bat-to-ball guys with decent averages and few Ks. Overall, the team is batting .261 which is really solid, especially at this time of the year. We're slugging .365...not so solid. We have 66 hits and only 96 total bases. Hopefully the XBH will come as the season progresses, I'd give the offense a solid B at this point; averaging almost 5 runs a game should be enough to earn a good amount of wins with a pitching staff and defense worth their salt. I'll address HC's fielding with one stat: .939 fielding percentage. I will recognize, however, that it is going to take some time to adjust after only taking ground balls in the luth and not seeing anything in the air since October. This will likely improve with time and outdoor reps. Obviously, though, the real limiting factor of this team is the pitching staff: Through 8 games, our staff's ERA is 10.86, our WHIP 2.10. We've given up 102 hits (an astronomical .385 BAA), 27 doubles, and 15 home runs. Our 3 main starters have not been able to set the tone on the mound: Fox: 4.0 IP across 2 starts, 6.75 ERA, .333 BAA Chudy: 5.1 IP across 2 starts, 16.88 ERA, .500 BAA DiLauro: 5.2 IP across 2 starts, 20.65 ERA, .483 BAA Of course it's still early and the team will have a great chance to right the ship vs beatable squads in Dartmouth and Wagner to kick off next weekend. It's too early to hit the panic button completely at this point, but the pitching/defensive side of the club is going to need to figure it out soon. Did Benton just learn how to his this past summer? If not, why didn't he get any AB's last season? Not sure why he didn't get ABs last season for the Crusaders. He was a two-way at Hamilton College where he hit .352 with a 1.150 OPS at the DIII level in 2019.
|
|
|
Post by hcbball on Feb 28, 2023 18:52:59 GMT -5
[/quote]Not sure why he didn't get ABs last season for the Crusaders. He was a two-way at Hamilton College where he hit .352 with a 1.150 OPS at the DIII level in 2019.[/quote] I’m not sure if this is accurate. If he’s a true senior, then he would have been in high school in 2019. Looks like 2020 was first year on a roster.
|
|
|
Post by snapper on Feb 28, 2023 19:02:50 GMT -5
VMI lost 3-0 to Virginia. Maybe they are better then thought and we are not that bad.
|
|
|
Post by purplehaze on Feb 28, 2023 21:22:59 GMT -5
Benton's first year was last season after playing 2 yrs at Hamilton - he was exclusively a pitcher in '22 but only appeared in 5 games and 4 1/3 total innings Good move to move him to 1b
|
|
|
Post by bison137 on Mar 1, 2023 1:02:25 GMT -5
Did Benton just learn how to his this past summer? If not, why didn't he get any AB's last season? Not sure why he didn't get ABs last season for the Crusaders. He was a two-way at Hamilton College where he hit .352 with a 1.150 OPS at the DIII level in 2019. Those were his stats his senior year in high school in Fairfield CT. He played only a couple of games for Hamilton due to Covid and never had an AB.
|
|