Baseball Rankings - 4/14

[ulXrunner]

Quite a bit of comments about our Cajuns on baseball American.. Interesting!

[ulXrunner]

USA today has us listed as Louisiana!

Hey buddy glad you on RP.

[RoarMan]

The softball polls come out tomorrow. I doubt we'll be top 10 based just off of the weekend series win.

RPI maybe?

It wasn't "just a weekend series win." It was a win against a legitimate top 20 team, with one of the best, if not the best pitching tandem in the country. Farish had a .062 era and Campbell had a .082 era coming in to the series. UL hit 5 home runs off of them. That's as many as they have given up all year. Wake up, man.

[wcd35]

It wasn't "just a weekend series win." It was a win against a legitimate top 20 team, with one of the best, if not the best pitching tandem in the country. Farish had a .062 era and Campbell had a .082 era coming in to the series. UL hit 5 home runs off of them. That's as many as they have given up all year. Wake up, man.

Give me a break. I know full well the stakes of the weekend series. You dont jump 10 spots in a poll for going 2-1 at home. That's not how polls work. Even if we swept we wouldnt have jumped that much. We didnt go up that much for beating Oklahoma either. I'd love that to be the case though

The poster was referencing the RPI ranking that is listed on NCAA.com's ranking page.

[ZoomZoom]

Someone...somewhere...is ____ed and is making a few phone calls.

Ah, I hope it's our friend in the Alice Shoe AD office. Keep it up, nothing like big brother looking petty on a national stage, and in the end, work for our good.

[jllanclos]

God help them if Virginia tanks this weekend...I think that site would break if they had to rank us #1.

We are #1 in America. Que 5 more posts that say what LSU thinks of that.

Then let's add another thread or two about LSU "not caring" about us.

We really are small time until we get past this, fellas. It's not hard.

[cajunhawk]

We are #1 in America. Que 5 more posts that say what LSU thinks of that.

Then let's add another thread or two about LSU "not caring" about us.

We really are small time until we get past this, fellas. It's not hard.

Sauce for the goose...stop wasting keyboard strokes.

[barchief]

Hey buddy glad you on RP.

Glad to be here, my friend!

[CajunAlum10]

Anyway, what I was coming here to post was the link to the weekly chat with Aaron Fitt of Baseball America. The first 2 questions posted were already about UL and he answered them quite convincingly. I guarantee you there will be more questions in regards to the Cajuns. http://www.baseballamerica.com/chat/?1397494646

[CajunJack55]

So much respect


Aaron Fitt: Good afternoon, everybody. Let's dive right in.




Jeff (DC): What makes you believe ULL’s offense is elite? I hope you can answer with something other than “I really believe in their talent.” That team has some really awful losses. Did they not have a huge year last year before managing 3 runs total against SHSU’s ace and LSU’s #4 in a regional?

Aaron Fitt: Well I'll start by acknowledging that John Manuel made a fine point in today's podcast: some scouts question Louisiana-Lafayette's ability to hit premium velocity, which is something they have seen very little of this year. That lineup is filled with guys who take big hacks, and they aren't afraid to strike out, but they get rewarded with a lot of extra-base hits. I don't see a ton of major league-caliber talents in the lineup, the way Virginia has, so I think a truly elite pitching staff could shut down the Cajuns (good pitching does have a way of beating good hitting anyway, as we all know). That said, ULL's offense has an uncommonly deep collection of very experienced, physical and versatile players. I like the fact that they have multiple guys—Jace Conrad, Ryan Leonards, Seth Harrison, Blake Trahan—who combine both power and speed, and can hurt you a variety of ways. And I like the fact that there isn't any let-up in the lineup. There's no section of the lineup where a pitcher can just cruise for a couple of batters. Are the numbers inflated because of the level of competition and the friendly hitting conditions? Sure. But they are also genuinely very good.




Curtis (Orlando): Group A: ULL, Cal Poly, Washington, Alabama, Houston Group B: Vanderbilt, LSU, Fullerton, NC State, Miss St Which group will have more teams in Omaha?

Aaron Fitt: Hmm... great question. I think ULL and Cal Poly are Omaha teams, especially the Cajuns. I have some serious concerns about Fullerton, NC State and Miss State. I think Alabama, Vandy and LSU are all in the same pool of teams that are good enough to get to Omaha, but all three have warts, like everybody in the SEC. Washington is a great story, but I'm still not buying the Huskies as an Omaha team, and ditto for Houston. But, I think I'm still going to lean toward Group A, because I have more conviction about ULL than any of these teams, and Cal Poly would probably be next for me.