We are 5-0 since MS State outscoring teams 45-11. Our RPI keeps slipping though. All we can do is keep winning and hopefully RPI gets better.
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We are 5-0 since MS State outscoring teams 45-11. Our RPI keeps slipping though. All we can do is keep winning and hopefully RPI gets better.
LeJeune looked good at the plate, gives us another option.
Conference play will help provided we keep winningQuote:
Originally Posted by Dad04
I think this is twice this season they got it wrong. It hasn’t cost us a game yet thankfully.Quote:
Originally Posted by lifetimecajun
Great start to 2023. 5W streak.
This team has a ton of flexibility, especially once CJ Willis is healthy again, their are so many players on this team that can play multiple positions, it is almost like a team of utility players. Guys like Marusak, Rocco, Lejuene, Willis, Amedee and others can play 4 or 5 positions including both infield and outfield in many cases.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peek a boo
The question is finding a time to get them all playing time, we are seeing the advantage of getting these guys in the lineup, guys like Robichaux, Zambo, Taylor, Higgs, Amedee, Yuhasz, Wilkerson and LeJuene are being successful the more AB's they get.
Following this Sunday in Mobile, we're off for 4 days, then App State @ Tigue.
Pull off great play in all phases this weekend and there will be a very healthy crowd next Friday when we're back.
Let's Geaux.
That is a great picture on how to square up on a baseball.Quote:
Originally Posted by Swamp
LeJeune looks to be a lefty killer.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peek a boo
If he can get rolling, 1B should be a platoon when everyone is healthy. Zambo/Lejeune. CJ and Taylor can split at 2B.Quote:
Originally Posted by ManAboutTown
I'm not even going to suggest we try someone else in LF or at 3B, I'll believe that when I see it.
I know what Max is capable of, but man how long will we ride a .164 and 25 strike out guy? Let someone else sniff the field.
Yes sir. Paused the High Point vid from CajunsBSB @.Quote:
Originally Posted by RaginDave
Great mktg coming from the Cajuns staff.
Gotta keep winning for sure because the RPI won't get any better playing the likes of Southeastern [above 100], S. Alabama [above 200], Tulane [above 150] ULM [above 150] and a host of others above 75 currently. In the end, the SOS will be the killer. Just don't want to go in the conference tournament having to win it like last year.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dad04
RPI will be fine if we keep winning. Need teams like BYU to get back to a winning record. Other big thing is so much of the schedule so far is at home so we've got discounted wins. If we do well on the road, it'll climb. Not to mention the conference as a whole did very well OOC, with almost all having winning records upon entering SBC play. I'm not worried about RPI if we keep doing what we do
Also, looking at opponent RPI ranking is still not as critical their record. Their ranking only matters for your quadrant records. A team like Jackson State may be 200+ but they have an 11-5 record, though you have to take a few non-D1s out. Not quite the poison pill you may expect. Also want to root for SBC West teams when they go h2h with the East teams we don't get to play, since not everyone plays each other any more.
It could be worse. You could be Tx State and have a nearly identical record as us but almost twice as bad RPI ranking bc they played 3x vs 1-14 Northwestern and 3x vs 3-17 NDSU. They'll have some hurdles to overcome that, but they're probably good enough to make up for it.
Like you said at first: just keep winning. Winning cures all. I'll worry about RPI in May.Quote:
Originally Posted by wcd35
SBC West got baptized this past weekend...Quote:
Originally Posted by wcd35
Take RPI with a grain of salt until GoneGolfin starts posting about it. Southeastern jumped 18 spots (into the top 100) after losing to us. Still too early to tell on any of this. Just win.
What Rage said. It is still early.Quote:
Originally Posted by CajunRage
Yeah, I rarely pay attention to it (ranking-wise) until after halfway. Only thing I pay attention to before is how our conference mates do OOC and what teams we played are generally doing.
I'd venture to guess Southeastern will be a very good RPI game come the end of the season. They will likely compete for a southland regular season title (wins) and 7 of the 9 southland teams are .500 or better going into conference.
This ^Quote:
Originally Posted by CajunRage
Right now, six Sun Belt Conference teams are in the top 75 of the RPI. But yes, in my opinion, it is way too early to be looking at RPI. Just win!
The more you can have "up there" when conference play starts the more of a "lock-in" you have.Quote:
Originally Posted by MelRock
Now that the conference as grown, 6 is probably not as good as it needs to be but still better than in the past.
We did see a kid that was in the battle for third at first last night go 2 for 4 with a walk. On base 3 of 4. Put him on 3rd and Zambo back at first?Quote:
Originally Posted by RAGINCAJUN11