Former Cajuns - Baseball

[wcd35]

Erbe had to get innings this year per the staff so he went out to Juco. Ironic that he could've had plenty of innings here

[Dad04]

This is interesting:

Blake couldn't hit the broad side of a barn at UL, he went to Blinn JUCO and hit .282 with 6 HR's. Be interesting to see how he does at SHSU.

Luke was a guy who in limited opportunities showed some promise at UL, but only played in 13 games with 6 starts. He went to Pensacola State JUCO and it .302 with 2 HR's and 22 RBI.

Haden pitched in only 3 games at UL in 2017 with a 3.38 ERA, if I am not mistaken he suffered through injuries while at UL. I know he was a guy that UL was really hoping could help in 17 and 18. He ended up at Seminole State and he went 8-3 with 1 save and a 4.40 ERA. He started 13 of the 14 games he pitched in and was 2nd on the team in innings pitched with 77.2 innings pitched in 14 games.

The other player that I was surprised to see not back this year was another injury plagued guy in Jacob Norman who will be playing for the Acadiana Cane Cutters this season who pitched for LSUA in 2019, Brett Williams who pitched for McLennan JUCO this season and Jimmy Dobrash who pitched for Smith Mountain Community College this season.

I guess we have proven that until this year we had the worst hitting coach in the history of history. Maybe our recruiting has been ok, big maybe, but our evaluation of talent once here has been nearly as bad as our offensive coaching, until this year.

Only the good Lord know how many baseball careers we have torpedoed in the last three years.

[Dad04]

Erbe had to get innings this year per the staff so he went out to Juco. Ironic that he could've had plenty of innings here

Ironically idiotic, I guess. We have more coaches than ever and we can't stop doing stupid ____. We have been told since day one the problems are injuries, injuries, injuries, the draft, too many games, scary home crowds and injuries.

[zeppelincajun]

I posted this elsewhere but I think it’s fitting to put things into perspective.

35 man roster. We are losing 7 seniors and 1 guy to the draft. That leaves 27 players remaining with eligibility. To make room for the 27 newcomers, 19 guys with eligibility remaining have to leave. 19 of 27 is over 70% leaving. Even if 5 stay and beat out the newcomers, that’s over half of the guys we have left with eligibility leaving. That’s mind boggling bad recruiting.

[ManAboutTown]

I posted this elsewhere but I think it’s fitting to put things into perspective.

35 man roster. We are losing 7 seniors and 1 guy to the draft. That leaves 27 players remaining with eligibility. To make room for the 27 newcomers, 19 guys with eligibility remaining have to leave. 19 of 27 is over 70% leaving. Even if 5 stay and beat out the newcomers, that’s over half of the guys we have left with eligibility leaving. That’s mind boggling bad recruiting.

It's an overhaul. It's a rebuild. Almost from scratch. IMO, it's MINIMUM a 2 year job. Hope I'm wrong.

[CajunT]

I posted this elsewhere but I think it's fitting to put things into perspective.

35 man roster. We are losing 7 seniors and 1 guy to the draft. That leaves 27 players remaining with eligibility. To make room for the 27 newcomers, 19 guys with eligibility remaining have to leave. 19 of 27 is over 70% leaving. Even if 5 stay and beat out the newcomers, that's over half of the guys we have left with eligibility leaving. That's mind boggling bad recruiting.

If he does it, then he has been given the okay for such a large roster change. This many changes will affect the program APR in some manner.

[Dad04]

I posted this elsewhere but I think it's fitting to put things into perspective.

35 man roster. We are losing 7 seniors and 1 guy to the draft. That leaves 27 players remaining with eligibility. To make room for the 27 newcomers, 19 guys with eligibility remaining have to leave. 19 of 27 is over 70% leaving. Even if 5 stay and beat out the newcomers, that's over half of the guys we have left with eligibility leaving. That's mind boggling bad recruiting.

Anything more than 30% roster turnover is bad bad. 50% to 70% is stupefying futility. However, none of these new guys are guaranteed roster spots. We still have a huge opportunity to cut the WRONG players AGAIN. Until it is fixed, it's not fixed and we won't know until next March.

[Turbine]

There was a time, when "former Cajuns" meant we were talking Ragin' Cajuns who were now Pro Rank ball players.

[Dad04]

It's an overhaul. It's a rebuild. Almost from scratch. IMO, it's MINIMUM a 2 year job. Hope I'm wrong.

Fixing a pitching staff takes time. I don't think you are wrong. Hoping for .500 or better in 2020.

[zeppelincajun]

It's an overhaul. It's a rebuild. Almost from scratch. IMO, it's MINIMUM a 2 year job. Hope I'm wrong.

I ageee that it’s a 2 year job. It’s just crazy we are talking about a rebuild coming on the heels of the most successful run in program history AND a new stadium, but that’s where we are. I’m hoping for visible improvements next year and a return to the postseason in 2021. I’m along for the ride regardless.