2024 Baseball Mega Thread

[311neers]

Well, what happened? Lost the feed. Did we tie?!

[T-Dog]

Stat cast shows a double play ended the inning, so it ends in a 12-12 tie.

[BUTCH1991]

Tommy Walker was playing 3rd and started the 5-4-3 double play to end it in a tie.

[311neers]

Valiant comeback boys and good series! Safe travels home and get some much needed rest.

Go Apps!

[BambooRdApp]

Nice comeback. Fat lady is stuck in perpetuity just warming up...will never sing..

[Stonewall]

Pseudosweep.

[T-Dog]

We stay 9th. Only 2.5 games out of 2nd place while two losses away from potentially out of the Sun Belt Tournament in 11th.

[BambooRdApp]

Stink, Gawga St. and ODU right near us in standings...and we play all 3 down the stretch

[JTApps1]

Our bullpen has to figure something out in a hurry. We're right in the battle for a top six position. Our offense is top three but pitching is dead last.

[311neers]

Remaining schedule and their current RPI:

App RPI 82

Team RPI
ETSU 47
Ga St 66
Wake 9
SAla 68
ODU 60
Stink 67

Going to be a wild finish with a strong remaining schedule, we have a chance to shock the belt!

[T-Dog]

Our bullpen has to figure something out in a hurry. We're right in the battle for a top six position. Our offense is top three but pitching is dead last.

We have the 2nd most RBIs in the Sun Belt.

If the team ERA was 5.0 instead of 7.0+, we'd be in 2nd place nipping at Louisiana's heels right now.

[311neers]

Our bullpen has to figure something out in a hurry. We're right in the battle for a top six position. Our offense is top three but pitching is dead last.

We have the 2nd most RBIs in the Sun Belt.

If the team ERA was 5.0 instead of 7.0+, we'd be in 2nd place nipping at Louisiana's heels right now.

Wow, UL with a 3.69- that is impressive.
Coastal with a 5.60- we contributed to this!
I’d take a 5.60 in a heart beat. Maybe even a 6.00-6.50 ERA.

[hapapp]

You should win a game when you score twelve runs, unless you give up 12. The one thing you can say about this team, you can never count them out with their ability to score runs. Of course, with only one reliable starting pitcher, it's hard to think we can last long against the top of the league.

[AppSt94]

I have a couple of questions for you guys that played and possibly coached at the college level. At this point in the season, how difficult would it be to move Steensma to your Friday starter over Wilson? He seems to give us the best chance to start the series off right. Per statistics, he only goes a half inning longer than Wilson, but he has half the earned runs and his WHIP is much better. (1.15/1.8) Why not move him up? What am I missing?

[Appmountaineers19]

You should win a game when you score twelve runs, unless you give up 12. The one thing you can say about this team, you can never count them out with their ability to score runs. Of course, with only one reliable starting pitcher, it's hard to think we can last long against the top of the league.

While I agree will the statement - 6 more wins probably gets you into the top six. Then it's literally 1 game at a time and anything can happen. Get hot (be average/above average) at the right time pitching and stay consistent hitting.

[AppSt94]

“ You should win a game when you score twelve runs, unless you give up 12.”

Hey man. I thought Yogi Berra was dead.

[JTApps1]

It is worth pointing out that we're currently at 22 wins with 14 games to play. Last year we finished the regular season with 27 wins before hitting 30 in the SBC Tournament. The league is rated even higher than last year, and this weekend was the first time we've not lost a road conference game since 2018. It wasn't a sweep, but it's clear road sweeps are very hard to come by. All of this just reinforces the point that we can beat anyone in the conference if pitching can improve a bit.

[311neers]

It is worth pointing out that we're currently at 22 wins with 14 games to play. Last year we finished the regular season with 27 wins before hitting 30 in the SBC Tournament. The league is rated even higher than last year, and this weekend was the first time we've not lost a road conference game since 2018. It wasn't a sweep, but it's clear road sweeps are very hard to come by. All of this just reinforces the point that we can beat anyone in the conference if pitching can improve a bit.

Excellent analysis. I think we can break the 27 wins, the goal should be 30+! Also have to take games played into account...not sure how many we played last year at this point, but this year it looks like we're only going to play 51 total regular season games. The maximum a team can play is 56. Maybe we make up some of those cancelled games, but I doubt it. Going to be a fun last 2.5 weeks! That series finale against Stink in Boone could be another attendance record setter if we're hot and the weather is good.

Just go 1-0. #BeatETSU

[JTApps1]

It is worth pointing out that we're currently at 22 wins with 14 games to play. Last year we finished the regular season with 27 wins before hitting 30 in the SBC Tournament. The league is rated even higher than last year, and this weekend was the first time we've not lost a road conference game since 2018. It wasn't a sweep, but it's clear road sweeps are very hard to come by. All of this just reinforces the point that we can beat anyone in the conference if pitching can improve a bit.

Excellent analysis. I think we can break the 27 wins, the goal should be 30+! Also have to take games played into account...not sure how many we played last year at this point, but this year it looks like we're only going to play 51 total regular season games. The maximum a team can play is 56. Maybe we make up some of those cancelled games, but I doubt it. Going to be a fun last 2.5 weeks! That series finale against Stink in Boone could be another attendance record setter if we're hot and the weather is good.

Just go 1-0. #BeatETSU

We had many of the same pitching issues last year prior to getting hot down the stretch so it's not unrealistic to think we could improve there. As good as our offense has been this year (possibly best ever) we still haven't had everyone hitting well at the same time. That 1 through 9 depth is what made last May so special.

[AppinVA]

This is slightly off-topic, but I enjoy when the cameras show the "chainsaw starting" motion when our kids hit doubles.