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I just looked at the standings and realized how bad the rest of the Valley is looking this year.

The good news is that I like our chances of 3peating as regular season champs, the bad news is that leaves little margin for error in dropping Valley games and going 2-1 or 1-2 in the occasional series, with the conference RPI absolutely going to be significantly lower than last season. The conference is currently 15-43 overall.

4-3 currently puts us second behind Murray State, 2-0 with several weather cancelations/delays. I was expecting Evansville, UIC, and Belmont to be good this year and they are 1-5, 1-7, and 0-7. I feel like that's a big enough sample size to say it's going to be a long year for each of them.
 

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MovingScreenOfDeath said:
I just looked at the standings and realized how bad the rest of the Valley is looking this year.

The good news is that I like our chances of 3peating as regular season champs, the bad news is that leaves little margin for error in dropping Valley games and going 2-1 or 1-2 in the occasional series, with the conference RPI absolutely going to be significantly lower than last season. The conference is currently 15-43 overall.

4-3 currently puts us second behind Murray State, 2-0 with several weather cancelations/delays. I was expecting Evansville, UIC, and Belmont to be good this year and they are 1-5, 1-7, and 0-7. I feel like that's a big enough sample size to say it's going to be a long year for each of them.
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I can only assume teams had their best players leave in masse, like we did. That could explain poor starts....but again I am just assuming. I haven't researched any other team's roster turnover.
 
OX 92 said:
Looks like the Valley may be breeding ground for the P5 as all RPI's have a low value.
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Technically in baseball there is no "P5", the Power Conferences, for lack of a better term, are the SEC, ACC, Sun Belt, and defunct Pac12.

The B1G has historically been a mid-major in baseball, though USC, UCLA, and Oregon may change that (or simple take bids away from teams like Iowa and Illinois). The Big XII has been carried on the diamond by Texas and Oklahoma, both of whom are now SEC.
 

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Bethune was threatening in bottom 1st with bases loaded and 2 outs. Full count on the batter when he was penalized a strike because he didn't get in the box in time. Sycamores catch a huge break getting out of the inning without giving up a run.
 
Sycamores get five runs on four hits and a few walks in the top of the fourth.

Bethune-Cookman already on their 4th pitcher.

5-0 Trees heading to the bottom of the 4th.
 
Sycamores give two back in the bottom of the fourth and two more in the bottom of the fifth.

Sycamore pitchers have walked 8 batters so far.

5-4 Trees in the top of the 6th
 

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3 big ones coming up now with ECU, Virginia Tech, and Purdue. I’m expecting 1-2, 2-1 I would be thrilled, and 3-0 we’re going to Omaha baby.
 
Oh boy. Virginia Tech is batting .363 as a team with a 3.25 era. Opponents are batting .195 against.

Could be a long day. Or a short one if the run-rule is in place.
 
Scouting Kent State
Kent State enters the weekend with a 1-5 mark overall after picking up their lone win of the 2025 campaign on opening day against Eastern Kentucky. The Golden Flashes are on a five-game losing streak including getting swept this past weekend in a three-game series at Mercer.

The Golden Flashes have been picked second in the Mid-American Conference pre-season coaches' poll. The Flashes took home 84 points and two first place votes putting them behind Ball State who received 95 points and six first place votes.

Early offensive leaders for Kent State include Jake Casey (.474, 2 2B, 1 HR) and Sawyer Solitaria (.304, 2 HR) in pacing a Flashes offense that is hitting .276 as a team at the plate. Kent State's pitching has featured 13 different players combining for a team 6.80 ERA over 49.0 innings. Opponents are hitting .337 with a 43:16 strikeout-to-walk ratio.

Scouting Virginia Tech
Virginia Tech heads into the weekend with a 5-2 overall record after playing all seven opening games in Blacksburg, Va. The Hokies took the opening two series against Bucknell and UNC Greensboro, and added a midweek win against ETSU to their credit heading into the weekend.

The Hokies were selected 12th overall in the Atlantic Coast Conference's preseason poll receiving 85 total points overall as voted on by the league's head coaches.

Early offensive leaders for Virginia Tech include David McCann (.480, 6 2B, 2 HR), and Sam Tackett (.455, 4 HR, 11 RBI), while Jared Davis is also hitting .478 from the plate. Overall, the Hokies are hitting .363 as a team with a .450 on-base percentage. Fifteen different VT pitchers have seen time on the mound with Logan Eisenreich, Brett Renfrow, and Grant Manning all posting at least two starts on the season. The Hokies are allowing opponents to hit .195 from the plate with an 89:33 strikeout-to-walk ratio.

Scouting East Carolina

Tournament host East Carolina is in action on Wednesday afternoon against Old Dominion prior to this weekend's contests at Lewis Field at Clark-LeClair Stadium. The Pirates have posted a 2-5 record overall and enter the week after getting swept by then-No. 6 North Carolina this past weekend in a series split between Durham, Chapel Hill, and Greenville, N.C.

The Pirates were tabbed first in the American Athletic Conference preseason poll for the seventh consecutive season and eight overall since joining the conference prior to the 2015 campaign. ECU collected 80 points and eight out of 10 first place votes while Wichita State and Tulane were second and third with 72 and 63 points respectively. Wichita State was awarded the other two first-place votes. Senior outfielder Ryley Johnson and sophomore LHP Ethan Norby were also selected to the Preseason All-Conference Team after earning postseason recognition on the circuit last year.

Early offensive leaders for ECU include Alex Peltier (.280, 2 2Bs), and Alex Bouche (.208, 2 HR), with the Pirates hitting a combined .208 from the plate on the season. The pitching staff has utilized 13 different arms on the year with Sean Jenkins, Norby, and Bradley Zayac all earning multiple starts. ECU has posted a combined 4.57 ERA with a 63:41 strikeout-to-walk ratio.
 

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4-0 Virginia Tech, end of the 2nd.

I'm losing interest in keeping up with the updates.
 
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