Baseball rpi 3/28/22

[sportsfanatic21]

Every thread when something negative is said...here you come. And you aren't even correct. Never said the guy sucked. He was getting hit hard. Why does it hurt your feelings so much to hear that?

Nicholls made 2 errors and gave up 2 unearned runs. They gave us an opportunity to step on their neck with their sloppy play, and we didn't. We gave them the same opportunity, and they got it done. We lost. I'm not sure why it hurts your feelings so much to hear that we need to make less errors and walk less people to succeed at a high level. We are under .500 overall and in conference.

There’s a lot of games left to play.

And look, I agree that the defense has been shoddy at times. And the staff, as a whole, walks (and hits) way too many batters.

I’m also knowledgeable enough to know that this team is a good arm or two short of being pretty darn salty. Probably a bat too. So my expectations aren’t the same as some people’s. Yes, I expect the team to compete with whomever they play and to make the postseason every few years, but I know its not gonna happen every year. And I acknowledge that its been a little while now. I also think that this team is better than last year’s and looks like its best baseball may be ahead of it. Time will tell.

I’m also just as big of a fan as anyone else, and I want the team to win every game.

I just don’t feel the need, nor do I think its fair to the players and coaches, to bash them every time they don’t get a runner in from 3rd with less than 2 outs. Or don’t get a bunt down. Or make an error or walk in a run.

And I didnt intend to make it sound like YOU are the one and only poster that gets bent out of shape. I just happened to have replied to your post. There are some that are worse about it for sure. I was out there at one time, and I assure you, those guys aren’t trying to fail. I also have kids now that play high school sports and listen to the same things in the stands all the time, so I may have a different perspective than some of the other posters.

All of that said, this is a fan message board where people come to give their opinions (good or bad) and rant when they aren’t happy. So I will back off about it.

[zeppelincajun]

There’s a lot of games left to play.

And look, I agree that the defense has been shoddy at times. And the staff, as a whole, walks (and hits) way too many batters.

I’m also knowledgeable enough to know that this team is a good arm or two short of being pretty darn salty. Probably a bat too. So my expectations aren’t the same as some people’s. Yes, I expect the team to compete with whomever they play and to make the postseason every few years, but I know its not gonna happen every year. And I acknowledge that its been a little while now. I also think that this team is better than last year’s and looks like its best baseball may be ahead of it. Time will tell.

I’m also just as big of a fan as anyone else, and I want the team to win every game.

I just don’t feel the need, nor do I think its fair to the players and coaches, to bash them every time they don’t get a runner in from 3rd with less than 2 outs. Or don’t get a bunt down. Or make an error or walk in a run.

And I didnt intend to make it sound like YOU are the one and only poster that gets bent out of shape. I just happened to have replied to your post. There are some that are worse about it for sure. I was out there at one time, and I assure you, those guys aren’t trying to fail. I also have kids now that play high school sports and listen to the same things in the stands all the time, so I may have a different perspective than some of the other posters.

All of that said, this is a fan message board where people come to give their opinions (good or bad) and rant when they aren’t happy. So I will back off about it.

Surface level frustration in the way we pitch sometimes makes it seem really bad, but you really are correct about us being an arm or two off. It's just the damn freebies. Encouraging side there is that is in our control.

Pitching/defensive stats through 3/27:
Double plays: tied 175
ERA: 84
Field %: 171
Hit batters: tied 83 (This is given from most to least, so 83rd most in the country.)
Hits allowed/9: 76
Strikeouts to walk ratio: 93
Strikeouts/9: 52
WHIP: 91
Walks allowed/9: 147

Hitting on the other hand...yikes:
Walks: 265
BA: 243
Doubles: tied 252
Hit by Pitch: tied 119
Hits: tied 210
HRs: 151
OBP: 269
Runs/game: tied 240
Slugging: 198
Stolen bases: tied 20
Tripes: tied 8th

Just not getting on base enough to take advantage of our biggest asset (speed). We won't play the 4th best SoS the rest of the way out, so hopefully this improves just by the arms getting a little easier. The offensive output is honestly what concerns me the most with our pitching. High stress innings are gonna stack up, and we are thin to begin with. Need to break some games open and give these guys on the mound a second to breathe.

[Dad04]

This year there is no such thing as low stress, low leverage innings to develop arms. Hopefully the offense can give them a break or two soon.

[KajunKrazy]

Can anyone confirm that jack Clark has been kicked off the team? He would have been your other option at 2nd with Recones out.

[zeppelincajun]

Can anyone confirm that jack Clark has been kicked off the team? He would have been your other option at 2nd with Recones out.

Oh damn that’s weird. He got an at bat as recently as McNeese but is nowhere to be found on our website now.

[zeppelincajun]

Oh damn that’s weird. He got an at bat as recently as McNeese but is nowhere to be found on our website now.

Actually I forgot he started Troy Sunday.

[sportsfanatic21]

Surface level frustration in the way we pitch sometimes makes it seem really bad, but you really are correct about us being an arm or two off. It's just the damn freebies. Encouraging side there is that is in our control.

Pitching/defensive stats through 3/27:
Double plays: tied 175
ERA: 84
Field %: 171
Hit batters: tied 83 (This is given from most to least, so 83rd most in the country.)
Hits allowed/9: 76
Strikeouts to walk ratio: 93
Strikeouts/9: 52
WHIP: 91
Walks allowed/9: 147

Hitting on the other hand...yikes:
Walks: 265
BA: 243
Doubles: tied 252
Hit by Pitch: tied 119
Hits: tied 210
HRs: 151
OBP: 269
Runs/game: tied 240
Slugging: 198
Stolen bases: tied 20
Tripes: tied 8th

Just not getting on base enough to take advantage of our biggest asset (speed). We won't play the 4th best SoS the rest of the way out, so hopefully this improves just by the arms getting a little easier. The offensive output is honestly what concerns me the most with our pitching. High stress innings are gonna stack up, and we are thin to begin with. Need to break some games open and give these guys on the mound a second to breathe.

Those numbers certainly aren’t pretty. It’s actually a little hard to believe they’ve won 11 games looking at that.

I think, with Marusak back, and a few guys looking like they belong now after slow starts (Hood, Veillon, Rincones-hopefully he’s back this weekend) the offense will start to build a little bit of consistency.

I also think the coaching staff is starting to figure out the roles that the better arms fit into.

If they are still slugging along around .500 in a couple weeks my enthusiasm will wane a bit. But as of now, if they can stay healthy, I think we may see them on a nice run. Fingers crossed.

[CajunNation]

At the very least, we’re in position to make some noise. LFG!!!!!

[GeauxLA]

The Cajuns have played the 4th toughest schedule in the country so far.

It would be interesting to see how different the comments about the team and coach would be on here if they were 20-5 this season against the #182 schedule like conference mate Texas St currently is.

Hot take, but we had comments about a team with a weak schedule back in 2014. No one talks about the schedule that year, but it was a terrible schedule that year. Four games against the RPI top 50, 39 against teams ranked outside the top 100.

So yea, we’ve heard about how teams with gaudy records against weak competition before, but we turned a blind eye to it back then.

[Turbine]

Hot take, but we had comments about a team with a weak schedule back in 2014. No one talks about the schedule that year, but it was a terrible schedule that year. Four games against the RPI top 50, 39 against teams ranked outside the top 100.

So yea, we’ve heard about how teams with gaudy records against weak competition before, but we turned a blind eye to it back then.

Belive me, the poll voters took schedule into accoumt when polling Louisiana #1