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RE: Stanford Baseball 2023 - StanfordMatt - 06-06-2023
(06-06-2023, 08:07 AM)terry Wrote:(06-06-2023, 07:46 AM)Baller4 Wrote:(06-04-2023, 01:30 PM)StanfordMatt Wrote: Tom Emanski would have a heart attack watching this team. Just terrible fundamental baseball all year long. Terrible defense, poor base running and too many free passes from the pitching staff. It’s a shame that such a potent offense was wasted by these factors.
Eager has gotta go and Esquer needs to find a way to clean things up.
StanfordMatt, are you sure you are not trolling over here from the Bearinsider message board. You sound a lot like all the Esquer haters that were on that board who were talking trash, even during the 2011 season!
Let me guess, you probably thought Rusty Filter should have been handed the keys to the car! Better yet, Stanford could have hired Mike Neu! I come from that board, only because my faith in what Esquer was doing at Cal, and now my complaints on where the Cal program is going today. Had someone on that board accuse me of being someone with Ballbuster as their handle.
Stanford has hosted 5 out of the last 6 years with 2 CWS appearances and 3 Pac conference titles, and you think Esquer needs to go???
I wonder what your assessment is this morning??
I understood StanfordMatt to be saying that Eager needs to go, not Esquer. Given the spotty performance of Stanford's pitching this year, I think it's fair to question whether the pitching coach is doing a good job. Stanford's team ERA ranks something like 140th nationally and 8th in the Pac-11. To be fair, the pitching did rise to the occasion against Texas A&M.
Thanks, Terry. Yes, to confirm, I never meant to suggest that Esquer needed to go. Agreed with Bob that the pitching was fantastic over the last three games of the regional. In the big picture, the numbers don't lie and they show a pitching staff ranked 142nd in ERA, 189th in BB/9 and one that has steadily been declining in recent years but those are topics I'm not going to dwell on today. Eager gets a reprieve from me - at least for another week!
I mentioned to a friend yesterday afternoon that I thought we had a chance to win but I thought it would be a 20-18 type ball game. When it was clear from the 1st inning that Dettmer was on his A game, I thought we were doomed. Never did I expect our staff to shut down the Aggies the way they did. Simply phenomenal.
Looking ahead to the Supers, I am fascinated by what Esquer is going to do with the lineup. Based on reports of Sapien's facial fractures (get well soon, Jake!), I assume his season is over. I also assume that Montgomery won't be called on to pitch in a best-of-three series so I imagine he goes back to manning RF. I recognize Cobb is persona non grata on this board and his days playing SS are surely over but he's still a .325/.370/.476 hitter. Does he slot in at DH or does Esquer ride the hot hand with Campbell and look past his .205/.271/.250 line for the season?
And for the record Baller4, I advocated for neither Rusty Filter nor Neu when Marquess stepped down. My hope was for Garko. Best crow I've ever tasted!
RE: Stanford Baseball 2023 - CTcard - 06-06-2023
(06-06-2023, 10:48 AM)StanfordMatt Wrote: Looking ahead to the Supers, I am fascinated by what Esquer is going to do with the lineup. Based on reports of Sapien's facial fractures (get well soon, Jake!), I assume his season is over. I also assume that Montgomery won't be called on to pitch in a best-of-three series so I imagine he goes back to manning RF. I recognize Cobb is persona non grata on this board and his days playing SS are surely over but he's still a .325/.370/.476 hitter. Does he slot in at DH or does Esquer ride the hot hand with Campbell and look past his .205/.271/.250 line for the season?
Interesting questions.
I do wonder if Montgomery might play at least one game as DH. Firstly, he pitched very well for two innings on Sunday and I could see it being very appealing to have him available for a short stint - and not lose the DH position because he pitches. Secondly, Montgomery looked more comfortable at the plate Monday than he seems to have been lately, his three hits off of Detmber were all solid. Wonder if that had anything to do with resting.
I don't think we've seen Becera enough at shortstop to be sure he's better in the field than Cobb, but I suspect that once things got bad enough to pull Cobb, Becera would have to similarly mess up to get pulled in turn.
If Montgomery is in right field, I think Cobb remains the best option for DH. While Campbell brings a lot to the base paths and went 3-4 yesterday, two of those hits were a swinging bunt where the pitcher fell down (why wasn't that an error?) and a pop-up that the third baseman lost in the lights (and I am used to those plays not being an error, though sure seems like they should be). Campbell looked overmatched on fastballs.
On the mound, it would seem we'd have a rotation of Dixon, Matthews, Dugan - with Dugan coming out of the pen if necessary for a chance to win games 1 or 2; figuring out game 3 if we get there.
RE: Stanford Baseball 2023 - MiniBlueHawkCard - 06-06-2023
Survive and advance is the catch phrase of March Madness but Stanford baseball team has made that an early June tradition during the Esquer era! In terms of pitching during the Super Regionals am I the only one who had pleasant flashbacks seeing Mathews come out of the pen? I would not be opposed to Quinn slotting back into last year's role for the Super Regionals. He is such a valuable weapon with unique experience in the role (I certainly do not expect this to happen in reality).
While on the topic, Mathews might be my favorite Stanford pitcher in recent memory. From struggling early in his career to giving up his spot in the rotation to do whatever it took last year to coming back for a senior season, it has been so much fun rooting for him. Seeing the emotion he had coming off the mound in the 8th, after gutting through the most important innings of the season, was special!
RE: Stanford Baseball 2023 - TonyLima - 06-06-2023
(06-06-2023, 09:35 AM)Maple Leaf Wrote:(06-06-2023, 08:37 AM)BobK Wrote: The pitching yesterday was awesome. The biggest game of the year and the pitching awesome
The pitching and the general overall performance of the team improved after the loss to Texas A&M.
I know nothing about coaching pitchers, but if the Stanford pitching coach was that bad then why did Mathews come back for his Senior year, or that Dugan has improved so much during the course of the season?
And why have Dixon and Dowd improved so much? Nickname suggestion: the Killer D’s.
(06-06-2023, 01:17 PM)MiniBlueHawkCard Wrote: Survive and advance is the catch phrase of March Madness but Stanford baseball team has made that an early June tradition during the Esquer era! In terms of pitching during the Super Regionals am I the only one who had pleasant flashbacks seeing Mathews come out of the pen? I would not be opposed to Quinn slotting back into last year's role for the Super Regionals. He is such a valuable weapon with unique experience in the role (I certainly do not expect this to happen in reality).
While on the topic, Mathews might be my favorite Stanford pitcher in recent memory. From struggling early in his career to giving up his spot in the rotation to do whatever it took last year to coming back for a senior season, it has been so much fun rooting for him. Seeing the emotion he had coming off the mound in the 8th, after gutting through the most important innings of the season, was special!
Agree on all counts. Quinn started with a square mile of talen that was 2 inches deep. Between his soph and jr years he got some kind of help. So did Dixon and Dowd. Bottle that and give it to the other pitchers!
RE: Stanford Baseball 2023 - CTcard - 06-06-2023
(06-06-2023, 04:12 PM)TonyLima Wrote:(06-06-2023, 01:17 PM)MiniBlueHawkCard Wrote: While on the topic, Mathews might be my favorite Stanford pitcher in recent memory. From struggling early in his career to giving up his spot in the rotation to do whatever it took last year to coming back for a senior season, it has been so much fun rooting for him. Seeing the emotion he had coming off the mound in the 8th, after gutting through the most important innings of the season, was special!Agree on all counts. Quinn started with a square mile of talen that was 2 inches deep. Between his soph and jr years he got some kind of help. So did Dixon and Dowd. Bottle that and give it to the other pitchers!
Matthews is a nice story and there's good reason to have him a favorite.
He developed pretty well at Stanford, especially in overcoming some control struggles over the second half of his sophomore year.
In particular, his role on the team took on more and more of a load year to year.
Dowd and Dixon are a more complicated story. They didn't come out this season with as much improvement as I had hoped. They have remained more inconsistent than one would like but have come through with a lot of key moments.
Year to year development
Dowd: Fr, So, Jr
ERA: 6.99, 4.54, 4.81
WHIP: 1.82, 1.47, 1.45
IP: 37.1, 75.1, 58.0
Dixon
ERA: 3.28, 3.96, 4.99
WHIP: 1.21, 1.35, 1.42
IP: 35.2, 63.2, 74.0
RE: Stanford Baseball 2023 - TonyLima - 06-06-2023
(06-06-2023, 06:35 PM)CTcard Wrote:(06-06-2023, 04:12 PM)TonyLima Wrote:(06-06-2023, 01:17 PM)MiniBlueHawkCard Wrote: While on the topic, Mathews might be my favorite Stanford pitcher in recent memory. From struggling early in his career to giving up his spot in the rotation to do whatever it took last year to coming back for a senior season, it has been so much fun rooting for him. Seeing the emotion he had coming off the mound in the 8th, after gutting through the most important innings of the season, was special!Agree on all counts. Quinn started with a square mile of talen that was 2 inches deep. Between his soph and jr years he got some kind of help. So did Dixon and Dowd. Bottle that and give it to the other pitchers!
Matthews is a nice story and there's good reason to have him a favorite.
He developed pretty well at Stanford, especially in overcoming some control struggles over the second half of his sophomore year.
In particular, his role on the team took on more and more of a load year to year.
Dowd and Dixon are a more complicated story. They didn't come out this season with as much improvement as I had hoped. They have remained more inconsistent than one would like but have come through with a lot of key moments.
Year to year development
Dowd: Fr, So, Jr
ERA: 6.99, 4.54, 4.81
WHIP: 1.82, 1.47, 1.45
IP: 37.1, 75.1, 58.0
Dixon
ERA: 3.28, 3.96, 4.99
WHIP: 1.21, 1.35, 1.42
IP: 35.2, 63.2, 74.0
Re Dowd, I was thinking about his fr-so improvement. Apparently my failing memory kicked in re Dixon.
(06-06-2023, 11:08 AM)CTcard Wrote:(06-06-2023, 10:48 AM)StanfordMatt Wrote: Looking ahead to the Supers, I am fascinated by what Esquer is going to do with the lineup. Based on reports of Sapien's facial fractures (get well soon, Jake!), I assume his season is over. I also assume that Montgomery won't be called on to pitch in a best-of-three series so I imagine he goes back to manning RF. I recognize Cobb is persona non grata on this board and his days playing SS are surely over but he's still a .325/.370/.476 hitter. Does he slot in at DH or does Esquer ride the hot hand with Campbell and look past his .205/.271/.250 line for the season?
Interesting questions.
I do wonder if Montgomery might play at least one game as DH. Firstly, he pitched very well for two innings on Sunday and I could see it being very appealing to have him available for a short stint - and not lose the DH position because he pitches. Secondly, Montgomery looked more comfortable at the plate Monday than he seems to have been lately, his three hits off of Detmber were all solid. Wonder if that had anything to do with resting.
I don't think we've seen Becera enough at shortstop to be sure he's better in the field than Cobb, but I suspect that once things got bad enough to pull Cobb, Becera would have to similarly mess up to get pulled in turn.
If Montgomery is in right field, I think Cobb remains the best option for DH. While Campbell brings a lot to the base paths and went 3-4 yesterday, two of those hits were a swinging bunt where the pitcher fell down (why wasn't that an error?) and a pop-up that the third baseman lost in the lights (and I am used to those plays not being an error, though sure seems like they should be). Campbell looked overmatched on fastballs.
On the mound, it would seem we'd have a rotation of Dixon, Matthews, Dugan - with Dugan coming out of the pen if necessary for a chance to win games 1 or 2; figuring out game 3 if we get there.
Re Cambell’s popup, I scored that as E6. I know, didn’t touch the ball, it’s my scorecard. And the crowd played a role in it. There was a roar that increased in volume as the ball descended. I’d like to think we had some small impact.
Maybe Saborn should start actually bunting for hits. He has the wheels.
RE: Stanford Baseball 2023 - terry - 06-07-2023
A brief statistical comparison of Stanford and Texas --
..........................Stanford.........Texas
W/L record.......... 42-17 ......... 41-20
Batting avg.......... .318 .......... .295
OPS.................... .953 .......... .889
Runs/game........... 8.6 ........... 7.2
Home runs........... 113 ........... 89
ERA.................... 5.83 .......... 4.07
WHIP.................. 1.56 .......... 1.37
Opp. bat. avg...... .257 .......... .240
Opp. runs/game.... 6.5 .......... 4.5
Fielding pct......... .972 ......... .979
RE: Stanford Baseball 2023 - TonyLima - 06-07-2023
Texas roster oddities.
Three players’ last names start with O’
A LHP named David Shaw.
RE: Stanford Baseball 2023 - TonyLima - 06-08-2023
Are the Sunday and Minday games really starting at 11:37 am? My baseball calendar subscription says that. NCAA is a criminal enterprise.
RE: Stanford Baseball 2023 - M T - 06-08-2023
(06-08-2023, 07:36 PM)TonyLima Wrote: Are the Sunday and Minday games really starting at 11:37 am? My baseball calendar subscription says that. NCAA is a criminal enterprise.As of 8PM Thursday, none of GoStanford.com, NCAA.com Baseball bracket page, or Espn.com schedule give a time for Sunday's game.
The ESPN schedule shows 3 entries for NCAA playoff games at 9AM, 2 entries at noon, 2 entries at 3PM, 1 entry at 6PM (all Pacific time).
RE: Stanford Baseball 2023 - TonyLima - 06-08-2023
(06-08-2023, 08:13 PM)M T Wrote:(06-08-2023, 07:36 PM)TonyLima Wrote: Are the Sunday and Minday games really starting at 11:37 am? My baseball calendar subscription says that. NCAA is a criminal enterprise.As of 8PM Thursday, none of GoStanford.com, NCAA.com Baseball bracket page, or Espn.com schedule give a time for Sunday's game.
The ESPN schedule shows 3 entries for NCAA playoff games at 9AM, 2 entries at noon, 2 entries at 3PM, 1 entry at 6PM (all Pacific time).
Thank you for accomodating my laziness!
RE: Stanford Baseball 2023 - JJJ - 06-09-2023
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RE: Stanford Baseball 2023 - cardfan77 - 06-09-2023
Mike Monaco and Kyle Peterson will call Stanford’s Super regional. I am shocked that they didn’t send Kyle Peterson, the Son of SEC to a SEC supers.
RE: Stanford Baseball 2023 - CTcard - 06-09-2023
The official Stanford Super Regional web page does list Dixon as game 1 starter and Matthews as game 2 starter. No one listed for game 3.
RE: Stanford Baseball 2023 - BobK - 06-09-2023
Why is former Stanford pitcher Kyle Peterson son of SEC
RE: Stanford Baseball 2023 - CTcard - 06-09-2023
(06-09-2023, 06:31 PM)BobK Wrote: Why is former Stanford pitcher Kyle Peterson son of SEC
Presumably because he works for the SEC Networks
RE: Stanford Baseball 2023 - BobK - 06-09-2023
Well Peterson had breakfast at the Creamery this morning. That’s a Stanford man :)
RE: Stanford Baseball 2023 - TonyLima - 06-10-2023
(06-09-2023, 07:25 PM)BobK Wrote: Well Peterson had breakfast at the Creamery this morning. That’s a Stanford man :)
Good enough for me. Sadly, the Oasis is no longer available for post-game dinner.
RE: Stanford Baseball 2023 - BobK - 06-10-2023
Try the Goose
RE: Stanford Baseball 2023 - Goose - 06-10-2023
(06-10-2023, 10:49 AM)BobK Wrote: Try the GooseI go to the Goose pretty regularly, but the food was never as good as the O, and it still isn't :-).