Baseball polls

[lcitsh]

Here's the first one: Cajuns are #40 in College Sports Madness

https://www.collegesportsmadness.com/article/16973

Joel Welser
Sun, 01/06/2019

Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns

Overall Rank: #40
Conference Rank: #2 Sun Belt
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Louisiana won the Sun Belt West Division with an 18-12 conference mark, but that was not quite enough to reach the NCAA Tournament. This was the second year in a row the Ragin’ Cajuns missed out on the tournament after a four year streak of tournament appearances spanning from 2013 to 2016. Coach Tony Robichaux has done a superb job with this program and once again Louisiana should be right in the mix for a Sun Belt title and a trip to a Regional.

2018: 34-25, 18-12
2018 Postseason: None
Coach: Tony Robichaux

Key Departed Players:
Kennon Fontenot, OF, .284 BA, 5 HR, 42 RBI
Colten Schmidt, P, 2.45 ERA, 7-0 W/L, 106.1 IP, 90 SO
Nick Lee, P, 5.07 ERA, 3-7 W/L, 71.0 IP, 67 SO

Key Returning Players:
Daniel Lahare, OF, .321 BA, 4 HR, 21 RBI
Gavin Bourgeois, OF, .311 BA, 3 HR, 31 RBI, 22 SB
Hayden Cantrelle, IF, .287 BA, 4 HR, 22 RBI, 18 SB
Hunter Kasuls, IF, .250 BA, 5 HR, 49 RBI, 17 SB

Projection:
The big question for the Ragin’ Cajuns is on the mound where Colten Schmidt, Nick Lee and Hogan Harris need to be replaced. That leaves Jack Burk and Austin Perrin as the team’s top returning starting pitchers. Burk, a 6-2 junior, started 12 games with a 5.43 ERA. Perrin started eight games in 20 appearances and sported a 5.73 ERA. Those two will need to improve or Louisiana will have to find some younger pitchers who are ready to step into a much larger role this season. At the plate the Ragin’ Cajuns are set on speed. Gavin Bourgeois swiped 22 bases last season, while Hayden Cantrelle and Hunter Kasuls added 18 and 17 stolen bases, respectively. Those three, along with Daniel Lahare, can hit for power too. All four belted at least three homeruns. Kasuls led the way with five homeruns and added a team high 49 RBIs. This is a Louisiana team that should be able to score more runs than last year, but it will be up to the pitching to take this group back to the NCAA Tournament.

Projected Postseason: NCAA Baseball Tournament

[KACajun]

Don’t we have pitcher that transferred in from TCU...or somewhere in Texas and had to sit out last season? What’s his name?

[TuffGuy84]

If only we had a good pitcher who could help us, maybe a previous conference pitcher of the year.

[LaCajunsFan]

If only we had a good pitcher who could help us, maybe a previous conference pitcher of the year.

Is Lee really not coming back? I thought it was up in the air...although we all feared he would not return.

[RaginDave]

Lee is in minor league ball now

[wcd35]

This isnt the first poll. Collegiate Baseball posts theirs in December.

We're at 38

http://baseballnews.com/collegiate-b...poll-12-18-18/

[mxpxfr690]

I thought we had 3 good pitchers this year with Leger coming back

[CrazyCajun]

We are going to need some young pitchers to step up, gonna really need gunner to be gunner.

[CajunAmos]

Don't we have pitcher that transferred in from TCU...or somewhere in Texas and had to sit out last season? What's his name?

Dalton Horton was the transfer from TCU and will be a junior.

https://ragincajuns.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=6738

[CajunAmos]

I thought we had 3 good pitchers this year with Leger coming back

Leger and Horton for sure. I wouldn't have expected the third until getting close to the season, and even then (although not exactly optimal) may be a feeling out process pre-conference to see who winds up the mid-week and Sunday starters.

We still don't know the actual roster since the fall ball roster is still listed on the website.

[CrazyCajun]

Leger and Horton for sure. I wouldn't have expected the third until getting close to the season, and even then (although not exactly optimal) may be a feeling out process pre-conference to see who winds up the mid-week and Sunday starters.

We still don't know the actual roster since the fall ball roster is still listed on the website.

Nothing is for sure..that’s for sure

[ManAboutTown]

We said this at the end of last season, for the first time since 12/13, pitching is a major unknown. We literally have no sure fire answers right now. Middle relief is going to be a major question mark well into the season. Hopefully we can figure it out before conference play.

One thing I am confident in, the offense will produce