2005Ragin' Cajuns Baseball RPI

[Dad04]

Next year may be more of rebuilding. Six position players and several Sr pitchers who will probably account for 75% or more of the cajuns wins is alot to overcome.

You are right. Its all going down the tubes.

[Maverick]

WE MAY NOT BE AS SHORT ON PITCHING AS YOU SEEM TO THINK. GLASS, MOODY, AND BLUE ARE JUST FRESHMAN AND WILL ALL END UP HAVING STELLER YEARS IN THE FUTURE. THEY WILL PAY THERE DUES THIS YEAR AND LEARN BOTH ALL THREE WILL BE EVEN BETTER WITH A YEAR UNDER ROBE SYSTEM.

I think this program has some very good freshman pitchers who have a lot of potential. What makes me a little nervous is that none of them has really stepped up and pitched to their potential. No one has grabbed the Sunday spot and next year these guys could be the Friday, Saturday, Sunday Starters. Over the last five or six years the Cajuns have always had at least one "Ace" return each year. (Dohman, Gabriel, Gros, both Templets, Ramone, Ardoin, Faught). All three freshman will have to improve dramatically to be as good as any one of these pitchers next year. Another thing to think about is that although the 3 freshman have pitched well (not great) the sophmore slump is a reality for college pitchers. Gros was pretty bad his so. year. I think Faught transferred after a sub-par so. effort. Decarlo was an All American at FIU his fr year and wasn't very good the next year. There are many other examples. I think it is highly unlikely that all three will make major improvements over the next year. Also, all three are pitching worse now than they were at the beginning of the season.

[Maverick]

You are right. Its all going down the tubes.

Hey Dad - Please save all of my posts so you can rub it my face next year. I am a huge Cajun baseball fan but I guess I'm still mad that the 2001 team didn't make it back to the CWS like I told everyone they would. (Same for 2003)

[JMV JustMyView]

First Off Not Many Freshman At Any College Are In The Weekend Starting Rotation. We Have Enough Upperclassmen That Should Have Stepped Up By Now And Has Not, Shame On Them For Not Leading By Example, Some Of The Guys Have Been In Robe System For A While And Should Be Contributing. Maverick You Must Not Have Every Played Ball Before Because If You Have You Would Know That Pitchers Are Always Ahead Of Batters And Batters Will Catch Up Latter In The Year. Also We Have Made Quiet A Few Errors Behind Some Of These Freshman That Has Made Them Have To Fine Pitch.

[JMV JustMyView]

We Lost 8 Players To The Draft And 3 More Sign Free Agents Contract Who Ever Though That We Had The Talent To Go Back To Omaha Was A Fool. The Talent That Is Comeing Back After 16 Seniors Are Gone Is Better Than What We Had In 2001. Just Because 16 Seniors Will Leave Doesn't Mean You Cannot Compete. I Know First Hand That Coach Szelf Is A Better Hitting Coach And Recruiter That Coach Simoneaux Was.(not Knocking Sim). Better Fan Attendance, Facilities Will All Add Up To Better Players Comeing Aboard In The Future.

[Dad04]

Decarlo was an All American at FIU his fr year and wasn't very good the next year.

Well, actually DeCarlo was a Sunbelt Freshman of the Year in 2002, 6-0 in 2003 with a 3.3 ERA as a sophomore, then 3-9 with 5.5 ERA last year before he was drafted.

[cajun1300]

Yep. All very talented especially Tatford and Lucroy. But those are the easy three. Lets see you name the other three. How about the weekend rotation and closers? I'm not that worried about the position players, I think that will work itself out. The pitching has me a little worried. This will probably be the first time in a very long time that Cajuns won't be returning an ALL Conference caliber pitcher.

C - Lucroy, Hawkins, and a JC transfer
1B - Tatford (or LF), Casbon
2B - Hicks, Derouen, Craig, or Long (possible CF)
3B - Santiago, Van de Keere
SS - Parker, Bourque
OF - Landry, McCarthy, Bounds, Martin, Preciado, Rasmussen, or Tatford

SP - Blue, Glass, Moody, Sanders
Bullpen - Cottrell, Beasley, ???

[Maverick]

What position does the other Lucroy play?

[BirdofParadise]

What position does the other Lucroy play?

He's a pitcher. And a damn good one.

[Clutch0364]

he is a pitcher i believe

[Dad04]

What position does the other Lucroy play?

RHP. Hopefully Major League Baseball doesn't like him more than the Cajuns.

I almost forgot about Hawkins. Baseball America has him in the top HS 100 players. Casbon was one of the toughest outs all fall.

Alot of incoming freshman play very competitve travel schedules in the summer and falls seasons in high school, against other topshelf players headed to D1 programs. The adjustment they make in college is mostly mental. They get to school with plenty of game.

The cupboard is far from bare.

[Digger]

According the the National Collegiate Baseball Writers (NCBWA) poll the Cajuns are listed at fourteen (14) for the week of Apr. 6. Last week they were 15 while the previous week the Cajuns were listed at 17. The NCBWA poll is posted on Wed. of each week.