Cajun Baseball Talk

[J-Town Cajun]

_ I keep score and check stats at the game and put it on a program when I get home. And something that struck me was the FAU line-up. All were men and average around 200 lbs. A couple were 215 and 230. All were seniors except the center fielder, Anthony Meso (Jr.) and short stop, Nick DelGuidice (So.) This is a team with talent on the field and bench. It showed at the plate. _

I have noticed the past couple of years that we are undersized when compared to most other teams. Other than Hawkins and Griffen we are pretty small in height, weight, and muscle definition. I really noticed this last year when teams like UNO an Lamar had some really nice looking players. Again this year Nebraska and SLU looked bigger than us and no surprise LSU look like men compared to us.

[cajunbaseball1]

_ Maybe ask how the coaching staff feels the team has come together. Obviously we are getting good production from the newcomers (Fuselier, Smith, etc), but do they feel like the upperclassmen are stepping up (leadership and production wise) or do they need to get better for this team to be consistent. It seems like there are a few guys that were here last year and before that aren't producing like before. _

Fuselier is batting .222 with 1 k every 3.75 ab's... and 4.6 ERA with batters batting 285 against him...how is that impressive????

Smith is batting 250 with a k every 6.4 ab's...

Just because our team hasn't pitched worth a damn or hit their weight in average doesn't mean someone having a below average year is impressive. No one on this team has shown me anything. I'll be impressed when someone bats 300 and has 10 homeruns and has a sub 3 ERA. And I like how people are still blaming a coach that isn't even here anymore...Ya'll sound like our President.

[raginsaints]

Keefer's "slow bat" has led him to a .328 batting average this year. He's by far our best hitter so far this year, I don't think the blame should be on placed on him. Guys like Matt Hicks, Chance Harst, and Dillon Guillory shouldn't be batting .000.

Oh sorry, Harst is batting .158


I'm glad that Greg Fontenot has put last season behind him and is off to a pretty decent start at the plate, one of our 3 hitters (pathetic) batting over .300.

[TuffGuy84]

_ Fuselier is batting .222 with 1 k every 3.75 ab's... and 4.6 ERA with batters batting 285 against him...how is that impressive????

fusilier has pitched very well this year and impressed me. against Nebraska, he held down a solid lineup and gave up 4 runs in just over 6 innings of work in a game 4 of a series. That is way more than I'd expect of a freshman in his first collegiate game. 7 innings of unearned runs against Houston was also nice.

Then came the game that shot up his ERA, against LSU he gave up 5 runs in 4.1 innings, what the stats don't show is that he had an hour long rain delay right in the middle of the game and had to come out and face one of if not the most dangerous hitting lineups in the country.

This is proof that in some cases, numbers can be deceiving. By the end of the season, the numbers can give a more accurate portrait of where he is as a player. As for me, I expect for his numbers to get progressively better.

[cajunbaseball1]

Houston 3-14... We could have pitched a fan and should have won. Nebraska has a better record at 11-5 but have had a creampuff schedule only playing 3 games against any competition (Texas Tech) and went 1-2. Go look at the tens they've played including us and you will see why they have won 11 and they will struggle in the big 12 this year. Once again he has done nothing but had a below average year and everyone thinks he's the savior to our season.

fusilier has pitched very well this year and impressed me. against Nebraska, he held down a solid lineup and gave up 4 runs in just over 6 innings of work in a game 4 of a series. That is way more than I'd expect of a freshman in his first collegiate game. 7 innings of unearned runs against Houston was also nice.

Then came the game that shot up his ERA, against LSU he gave up 5 runs in 4.1 innings, what the stats don't show is that he had an hour long rain delay right in the middle of the game and had to come out and face one of if not the most dangerous hitting lineups in the country.

This is proof that in some cases, numbers can be deceiving. By the end of the season, the numbers can give a more accurate portrait of where he is as a player. As for me, I expect for his numbers to get progressively better.

igeaux.mobi

[cajun2bag]

_ Houston 3-14... We could have pitched a fan and should have won. Nebraska has a better record at 11-5 but have had a creampuff schedule only playing 3 games against any competition (Texas Tech) and went 1-2. Go look at the tens they've played including us and you will see why they have won 11 and they will struggle in the big 12 this year. Once again he has done nothing but had a below average year and everyone thinks he's the savior to our season.
igeaux.mobi _

I agree! And Coach Szefc was a great coach and I enjoyed playing for him. We didn't have a problem hitting with his bad coaching. Everyone on our team hit over 300. Fact is you are only as good as the players on the field. We just don't have the talent that we used to have. I do believe we have good enough pitching to win, but you can't win with no runs. The Sunday game was my first game of the season and quite possible my last. It was boring the kids have no passion, they looked like they didn't want to be their, they looked like they were beat before they took the field.

Also Cook will be fine, he has had a couple of bad outings, but he will get fixed and be reliable as the season wears on. If I were pitching for this team I would be scared to give up a run because I would get tagged with the loss. We still don't have a SS Greg got off to a good start, but realistically he will hit 250-260 over the course of the season. Keefer can hit and his slow bat hit a lot harder pitching than he is seeing right. His power numbers will come as I expect him to hit around 6 bombs before the season is over. I think we have a good player in Alex but he needs time to improve as someone said earlier he is hitting 230 or so with a 4.6 era....those are not what I would call stellar numbers, but he will get better on the mound and be on of our go to guys. Whipple should never come out of the lineup he is one of our best hitters and we certainly would not want to pull him and hit someone like Harst against leftys!

until this teams believes that the belong they will not have good results!!

[cajunbaseball1]

Amen. I expect fuse to be one of the guys down the road, but as far as a Friday starter and top of the lineup guy as a freshman we may be asking too much. Moral of the story is we need the older guys we have to step up. Sometimes it takes someone who has played a day of college baseball in their life to truly understand what is going on. And I also don't agree sczefc is the reason we can't hit, can't pitch, and can't field today.

igeaux.mobi

[wcd35]

_ Fuselier is batting .222 with 1 k every 3.75 ab's... and 4.6 ERA with batters batting 285 against him...how is that impressive????

Smith is batting 250 with a k every 6.4 ab's...

Just because our team hasn't pitched worth a damn or hit their weight in average doesn't mean someone having a below average year is impressive. No one on this team has shown me anything. I'll be impressed when someone bats 300 and has 10 homeruns and has a sub 3 ERA. And I like how people are still blaming a coach that isn't even here anymore...Ya'll sound like our President. _

They started off hot, but I guess they've dropped off since. I can pick another newcomer like Keefer who's doing well. Overall, the team as a whole is cold at bat.

[cajun4life]

_ It may not be the age of Gorilla ball, at least not the way the roided up Tigers of the late 90's and early 00's did it, but you still need have power guys in the line up. I looked at last years Fresno team that won the CWS and they had 4 guys in their lineup with 10 bombs or more. We will be lucky to have 1 this year. (Hawkins should get 15 or so). Griffin has the power, but lacks the discipline and eye. Keifer has the size, but his bat is way to slow. This ain't JUCO anymore. I don't think i've seen him pull a ball yet this year.

Bottom line is, to win in today's college baseball you need some power. _

Oh no, you need great pitching to win in college baseball, not hitting. Well at least that is what they tell me every week about the Cajuns on this board. That and I don't know baseball or I want Robe fired.

You better be careful you might get lumped into the group with me.

[cajun2bag]

Don't get me wrong you can't win if you can keep the other team from scoring, but you also can't win if you cant score.

Our pitching is good enough to win! Our hitting is not!

[CajunProud]

_ Keefer's "slow bat" has led him to a .328 batting average this year. He's by far our best hitter so far this year, I don't think the blame should be on placed on him. Guys like Matt Hicks, Chance Harst, and Dillon Guillory shouldn't be batting .000.

Oh sorry, Harst is batting .158


I'm glad that Greg Fontenot has put last season behind him and is off to a pretty decent start at the plate, one of our 3 hitters (pathetic) batting over .300. _

I'm not saying he isn't a good hitter, and i'm glad he is doing well, but he was billed as a guy that would hit a lot of homers for us(at least that is what I heard from others). For a guy with his size, he should be producing more power numbers. Maybe he will come around in that category as the year progresses.

[cajunbaseball1]

Ok. Pick ONE more newcommer that is doing well. Better yet pick one guy period you can say is playing well. Fuse will get the start against UALR this weekend and we will see how he does. Buts let's remember cook and Osborne made Nebraska look like a sunbelt
team... They have had two bad starts against USM who is a great hitting team and FAU which is not a bad hitting team too. I'll see how he does against a team like troy and then I'll tell you what I think then about fuse but I'm not impressed with him at this point.

They started off hot, but I guess they've dropped off since. I can pick another newcomer like Keefer who's doing well. Overall, the team as a whole is cold at bat.

igeaux.mobi