Former Cajuns - Baseball

[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.

[RaginDave]

So we have 7 seniors gone and 1 probably drafted and those are:

Kasuls/Veillon/Monica/Lahare/McKinnon/Leger and Cox and the one draftee in Lott.

Here are the guys that will be back for sure barring injury and/or there choice:

Cantrelle/Breaux/Spears/Perrin/Savoy/Schultz and Young

The following have a chance, but they are all coming back from injury so it is a big ?.

Bradford/Burk/Bourgeois/Toro and Windham


Some question marks

Armstrong/Wiley/Leaumont/Hannie/Lochridge

This last group are probably all gone unless they have huge off season improvements:

Camp/B-Schultz/Cooke/Horton/Mitchell/Batty/Frank/Dupuy.Joffoin/Stone

Thoughts and am I missing anyone?

[zeppelincajun]

So we have 7 seniors gone and 1 probably drafted and those are:

Kasuls/Veillon/Monica/Lahare/McKinnon/Leger and Cox and the one draftee in Lott.

Here are the guys that will be back for sure barring injury and/or there choice:

Cantrelle/Breaux/Spears/Perrin/Savoy/Schultz and Young

The following have a chance, but they are all coming back from injury so it is a big ?.

Bradford/Burk/Bourgeois/Toro and Windham


Some question marks

Armstrong/Wiley/Leaumont/Hannie/Lochridge

This last group are probably all gone unless they have huge off season improvements:

Camp/B-Schultz/Cooke/Horton/Mitchell/Batty/Frank/Dupuy.Joffoin/Stone

Thoughts and am I missing anyone?

I would think that entire injured group you mentioned would be back. Bradford, Bourgeois, Toro, and Windham I’m pretty sure were mentioned by Robe in his last interview with Auzene.

Lochridge being gone is a done deal I think. I don’t think your list of guys most likely gone is necessarily wrong, but that would sad if that comes to pass. That would be 8 out of those 10 that came from the high school ranks. In addition, that would mean every single Freshman from the 2019 roster would be gone. This rebuild with a bunch of JCs coming in to give us some age next year sounds fun, but at some point, we have got to do better recruiting at the HS level or at least give those guys the proper amount of time and opportunities to prove themselves. It’s confusing to push out a guy like Coker who showed flashes as a Freshman in favor of someone like Lochridge who wound up making the 2nd most errors on the team, hit for the lowest batting average among starters by almost .100, and is leaving baseball after this year.

[RaginDave]

I would think that entire injured group you mentioned would be back. Bradford, Bourgeois, Toro, and Windham I’m pretty sure were mentioned by Robe in his last interview with Auzene.

Lochridge being gone is a done deal I think. I don’t think your list of guys most likely gone is necessarily wrong, but that would sad if that comes to pass. That would be 8 out of those 10 that came from the high school ranks. This rebuild with a bunch of JCs coming in to give us some age next year sounds fun, but at some point, we have got to do better recruiting at the HS level or at least give those guys the proper amount of time and opportunities to prove themselves. It’s confusing to push out a guy like Coker who showed flashes as a Freshman in favor of someone like Lochridge who wound up making the 2nd most errors on the team, hit for the lowest batting average among starters by almost .100, and is leaving baseball after this year.

I think not having Windham this year was huge......Windham defensively was unreal in 2018 and although no, question Lochridge was our best defensive option this year at 3rd, Windham was a game changer. not only that but he would have given us a guy at the bottom of the lineup that would have hit much better than Loch and would have solidified the infield. At worst I think Windham would have been a .240 hitter.

Also, losing Gavin for the entire season and Lahare for a huge chunck of it hurt allot.

[zeppelincajun]

I think not having Windham this year was huge......Windham defensively was unreal in 2018 and although no, question Lochridge was our best defensive option this year at 3rd, Windham was a game changer. not only that but he would have given us a guy at the bottom of the lineup that would have hit much better than Loch and would have solidified the infield. At worst I think Windham would have been a .240 hitter.

Also, losing Gavin for the entire season and Lahare for a huge chunck of it hurt allot.

It’s hard to say the biggest injury wasn’t someone on the pitching staff with how bad and depleted that group was, but losing Windham, like you said, was just devastating. The drop off between starter and 2nd team was steep.