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D1 baseball projection D1Baseball's Projected Field of 64: May 21 GAINESVILLE GREENVILLE 1 Florida* (1) 1 East Carolina (16) 4 Hartford* 4 UNC Greensboro* 3 UCF 3 Ohio State 2 Jacksonville 2 Coastal Carolina* STANFORD NORWICH 1 Stanford* (2) 1 UConn (15) 4 Canisius* 4 Bryant* 3 Northeastern* 3 St. John's* 2 Oklahoma State 2 Vanderbilt CORVALLIS RALEIGH 1 Oregon State (3) 1 NC State (14) 4 Nevada* 4 Campbell* 3 Texas A&M 3 Illinois 2 Indiana 2 South Carolina ATHENS MINNEAPOLIS 1 Georgia* (4) 1 Minnesota (13) 4 Wright State* 4 Kent State* 3 Purdue 3 Washington 2 Duke 2 Louisville FAYETTEVILLE AUSTIN 1 Arkansas (5) 1 Texas* (12) 4 Oral Roberts* 4 Pepperdine* 3 Missouri State* 3 Cal State Fullerton* 2 Oklahoma 2 Houston* CHAPEL HILL DELAND 1 North Carolina* (6) 1 Stetson* (11) 4 North Carolina A&T* 4 Yale* 3 Kentucky 3 LSU 2 Tennessee Tech* 2 South Florida OXFORD TALLAHASSEE 1 Ole Miss (7) 1 Florida State (10) 4 Army* 4 Saint Louis* 3 Baylor 3 Florida Atlantic 2 Southern Miss* 2 Mississippi State LUBBOCK CLEMSON 1 Texas Tech (8) 1 Clemson (9) 4 Texas Southern* 4 Grand Canyon* 3 Dallas Baptist 3 Sam Houston State* 2 UCLA 2 Auburn

Very true, his injury history doesn't favor that type of use. It's would also suggest that hasn't built the type of stamina to do that either. Has he ever thrown this many innings before? Update: Answer, yes last season he threw ten more innings than he has to this point, I think CBM just considered everything and decided SM would best if he rested.

https://gousfbulls.com/news/2018/5/21/baseball-six-bulls-garner-all-american-athletic-conference-accolades.aspx PROVIDENCE, R.I., MAY 21, 2018 – Having secured the No. 2 seed in the upcoming American Athletic Conference Championship in Clearwater, the USF baseball team was honored with six all-conference selections, the league announced Monday.For the first time in five years spent in The American, USF saw six players earn all-conference nods. Junior third baseman David Villar (Pembroke Pines, Fla.) was named to the first team. A slew of Bulls were named to the second team, as pitchers Peter Strzelecki (Lake Worth, Fla.) and Andrew Perez (Orlando) were joined by outfielder Duke Stunkel Jr. (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.), shortstop Coco Montes (Miami) and first baseman Joe Genord (Lake Worth, Fla.).

http://theamerican.org/news/2018/5/21/baseball-ecus-packard-named-player-of-the-year.aspx 2018 AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE BASEBALL AWARDS AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE PLAYER OF THE YEARBryant Packard, OF, ECU (So., Greenville, N.C.) AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE PITCHER OF THE YEARAaron Fletcher, LHP, Houston (Jr., Cypress, Texas) AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE ROOKIE POSITION PLAYER OF THE YEARChristian Fedko, IF, UConn (Fr., Gibsonia, Pa.) AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE ROOKIE PITCHER OF THE YEARAlec Burleson, LHP, ECU (Fr., Denver, N.C.) * AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE COACH OF THE YEARTodd Whitting, Houston AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE TEAM ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AWARDECU All-Conference Team First Team Pos Name School Cl Hometown 2018 Statistics P J.T. Perez Cincinnati Sr. Orrville, Ohio 6-3, 2.68 ERA, 87.1 IP, 66 K P Mason Feole 1 UConn So. Wakefield, R.I. 8-1, 2.49 ERA, 86.2 IP, 103 K P Chris Holba ECU Jr. O’Fallon, Ill. 9-1, 2.08 ERA, 73.2 IP, 55 K P Aaron Fletcher * Houston Jr. Cypress, Texas 6-2, 1.82 ERA, 84.0 IP, 75 K RP Thad Ward UCF Jr. Fort Myers, Fla. 5-3, 2.51 ERA, 2 SV, 57.1 IP, 81 K C Gunnar Troutwine Wichita State Sr. Fairway, Kan. .318, 7 HR, 48 RBI, .532 SLG 1B Rylan Thomas 2 UCF So. Winter Garden, Fla. .362, 13 HR, 54 RBI, .618 SLG 2B Brady Lloyd ECU Jr. Mifflinburg, Pa. .328, 2 HR, 21 RBI, 15 SB SS Manny Rodriguez Cincinnati Sr. Brooklyn, N.Y. .296, 12 HR, 38 RBI, .598 SLG 3B David Villar USF Jr. Pembroke Pines, Calif. .380, 12 HR, 52 RBI, .684 SLG OF Isaac Feldstein UConn Sr. Palo Alto, Calif. .287, 13 HR, 37 RBI, .579 SLG OF Bryant Packard * ECU So. Greenville, N.C. .418, 14 HR, 48 RBI, .714 SLG OF Grant Witherspoon Tulane Jr. Lakewood, Colo. .324, 10 HR, 46 RBI, .560 SLG DH Spencer Brickhouse ECU So. Zebulon, N.C. .285, 10 HR, 43 RBI, .498 SLG UTY Luke Ritter Wichita State Jr. Overland Park, Kan. .341, 6 HR, 29 RBI, .493 SLG Second Team Pos Name School Cl Hometown 2018 Statistics P Cam Alldred Cincinnati Jr. Batavia, Ohio 5-2, 3.68 ERA, 73.1 IP, 78 K, .228 OBA P Tyler Smith ECU So. Pilot Mountain N.C. 7-1, 1.85 ERA, 58.1 IP, 34 K P Trey Cumbie 1 Houston So. Lufkin, Texas 6-3, 3.46 ERA, 91.0 IP, 97 K P Peter Strzelecki 2 USF Sr. Lake Worth, Fla. 8-3, 3.79 ERA, 80.2 IP, 90 K RP P.J. Poulin UConn Jr. Marion, Mass. 5-2, 3.32 ERA, 15 SV, 40.2 IP, 52 K RP Andrew Perez USF Jr. Orlando, Fla. 5-2, 2.65 ERA, 11 SV, 34.0 IP, 43 K C Zac Susi UConn Jr. Southington, Conn. .330, 1 HR, 32 RBI 1B Joe Genord USF Jr. Lake Worth, Fla. .315, 12 HR, 44 RBI, .631 SLG 2B Matthew Mika 2 UCF Jr. Lake Worth, Fla. .284, 4 HR, 29 RBI, 26 SB SS Coco Montes USF Jr. Miami, Fla. .323, 3 HR, 34 RBI, 6 SB 3B Alec Bohm Wichita State Jr. Omaha, Neb. .332, 15 HR, 52 RBI, .616 SLG, 8 SB OF Ray Alejo UCF So. Orlando, Fla. .304, 0 HR, 23 RBI, 14 2B, 32 SB OF Tyler Osik UCF Jr. Shoreham, N.Y. .314, 9 HR, 54 RBI, .503 SLG OF Dwanya Williams-Sutton 1 ECU Jr. Wilson, N.C. .343, 7 HR, 18 RBI, 16 SB OF Duke Stunkel Jr. 2 USF Jr. Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. .347, 2 HR, 23 RBI DH Joe Davis 1 2 Houston Jr. Austin, Texas .296, 7 HR, 40 RBI, .466 SLG UTY Dallas Beaver UCF So. Kissimmee, Fla. .279, 6 HR, 29 RBI UTY Lael Lockhart Jr. Houston So. Friendswood, Texas .295, 2 HR, 39 RBI * unanimous selection 1 2 indicates previous selections to the all-conference first or second team

That's a good point. I haven't followed WSU close enough to know what kind of pitcher Heuer is but they certainly didn't mind sending him out there. I would have liked to have seen shane go and get around 12 outs or so this weekend but sometimes he has to work really hard to get 12 outs. Do they choose the teams based on conference numbers?

yeah, we don't have the luxury of an ace.

its a little rough considering a deep run would could call for him to go twice this week. We struggled to get six per week out of him on seven days rest, much less trying to go into the tournament on short rest.

Rk Prev Team Record Week 1 1 Florida 41-15 0-3 2 2 Oregon State 42-9-1 4-1 3 4 Stanford 43-8 4-0 4 5 Clemson 43-13 4-0 5 6 Mississippi 42-14 3-1 6 10 Texas Tech 38-15 3-0 7 11 North Carolina 37-17 3-1 8 20 Georgia 37-17 2-1 9 3 NC State 40-14 1-2 10 7 Arkansas 37-17 1-2 11 12 Minnesota 37-13 3-0 12 13 Southern Miss 39-15 3-1 13 14 Texas 37-18 4-0 14 15 Florida State 39-17 2-1 15 9 East Carolina 39-15 2-2 16 8 Duke 39-14 1-2 17 17 Stetson 41-11 1-0 18 18 Tennessee Tech 46-7 2-1 19 19 Indiana 37-15 4-0 20 25 UConn 32-18-1 2-2 21 16 Kentucky 34-21 1-3 22 22 Auburn 37-19 2-2 23 23 UCLA 35-17 4-0 24 24 South Florida 32-18-1 2-1 25 NR Coastal Carolina 38-17 2-1 Perfect game has us in but I don't think they ever dropped us, Baseball America could have ranked as well but I don't subscribe.

yeah, I don't think any number 1s went this week. Especially those that aren't considered workhorses.

Taking 2 of 3 this weekend didn't get us back in d1's poll.

D 1 Baseball final poll 1 Florida 41-15 0-3 1 2 Oregon State 42-9-1 4-1 2 3 Stanford 43-8 4-0 3 4 Ole Miss 42-14 3-1 5 5 North Carolina 37-17 3-1 7 6 Clemson 43-13 4-0 8 7 Georgia 37-17 2-1 16 8 Arkansas 37-17 1-2 6 9 Florida State 39-17 2-1 11 10 NC State 40-14 1-2 4 11 Minnesota 37-13 3-0 12 12 Texas 37-18 4-0 17 13 Stetson 41-11 1-0 13 14 Southern Miss 39-15 3-1 14 15 Texas Tech 38-15 3-0 15 16 East Carolina 39-15 2-2 9 17 Duke 39-14 1-2 10 18 UCLA 35-17 4-1 18 19 Tennessee Tech 46-7 2-1 20 20 Coastal Carolina 38-17 2-1 21 21 Houston 33-21 2-1 22 22 Connecticut 32-18-1 2-2 23 23 South Carolina 32-22 2-1 25 24 Auburn 37-19 2-2 NR 25 Vanderbilt 31-24 4-0 NR Dropped Out Kentucky 34-21 1-3 19 Oklahoma State 29-22-1 0-3 24

With the Rays planning to start Sergio Romo, a former closer, analysts such as Ken Rosenthal are bringing up Brian Kenny's theoretical "Opener". The idea is the opener is used like the closer except he just starts the game and someone else takes over in the second in a long relief role. The belief being the first inning is guaranteed to see the other teams best hitters. A large scale shift to this model would call for all kinds of change to a traditional game, including the creation of a stat for a perfect 1st inning. I do like it however, I just wonder what kind of rotation there would be. One guy can't start all 162, would you have two or three "openers", and how would the rest of the pen look?

I'll take the open spot if its up for grabs.

After an Exciting Win Over Bethune-Cookman, Bulls’ Season Ends with Loss to Ohio State

Let’s hope we found some off speed command. They are good FB hitters

If they did that Tulane would be the 8th seed with a WSU win.

Can they? It's not like the game doesn't matter, it will possibly seed two teams.

Yeah, the link takes you back to yesterdays game for right now. i imagine when they get going it will switch over. Doesn't seem like anywhere in the east is safe from the rain this week.

I don't think they have started yet.

Johnny Manziel signs with CFL's Hamilton Tiger-Cats

It is on the schedule for ESPN 3 http://www.espn.com/watch/schedule/?type=upcoming

If you want to follow today action to see who we will be playing *1 PM Eastern Wichita St info to come