Baseball Season Prediction Thread

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Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve

Well.....this time next week we will be gearing up so I figured it was time to get our prediction thread going:


Overall Record(for reference, the year we won it all we played 68 games): 50-15

SEC Record(30 games): 22-8(win the SEC Regular Season)

Regional Host: Y. #4 National Seed

Super Regional: Y

Omaha: Y

National Championship: N. I think we get to the semis and get put out.

Team MVP: Ace

Breakout Candidate: Charlie Foster

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22-8? Wow

17-13
39-16
Host
National seed idk
Super yes
Omaha yes

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Originally Posted by Homedawg

17-13
39-16
Host
National seed idk
Super yes
Omaha yes

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That’s solid.

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Originally Posted by Homedawg

17-13
39-16
Host
National seed idk
Super yes
Omaha yes

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39-16 is only 55 games (missing at least 10 more games), just sayin'

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Originally Posted by WSOPdawg

39-16 is only 55 games (missing at least 10 more games), just sayin'

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Yet did reg season

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Originally Posted by Homedawg

Yet did reg season

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One thing is for sure, the difficulty of our schedule will definitely have us top-8 overall if 17-13 / 39-16 occurs.

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Originally Posted by Todd4State

I remember losing to South Alabama there because Beans dropped a fly ball.

We always play like crap against SELU so it wouldn't surprise me if they did beat us. I can't figure SELU out. They could beat MSU, LSU, Ole Miss and USM in a season but they always get knocked out in their conference tournament it seems and they never make the regionals.

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Because whether we like it or not, our guys go through the motions sometimes in the midweek. They just do. It sucks but it's what happens. These teams that we play(SELA, Troy, South Al, UALR, etc.) treat those midweeks like the Super Bowl. I do think we'll be more focused in the midweek this year because UVA got left out of the tourney last year, in part, because they lost some bad mid weeks.

We did too, but we had an SEC schedule to help us out.

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Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve

Because whether we like it or not, our guys go through the motions sometimes in the midweek. They just do. It sucks but it's what happens. These teams that we play(SELA, Troy, South Al, UALR, etc.) treat those midweeks like the Super Bowl. I do think we'll be more focused in the midweek this year because UVA got left out of the tourney last year, in part, because they lost some bad mid weeks.

We did too, but we had an SEC schedule to help us out.

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We also have guys that need AB's that will be excited to play because of the fight for playing time. Wont really be much of a talent drop when we sub

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Originally Posted by Coach34

We also have guys that need AB's that will be excited to play because of the fight for playing time. Wont really be much of a talent drop when we sub

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I think you're right for this year. We essentially have, by my count, 5 outfielders fighting for 3 spots(Nunnalee, Teel, Chance, Parker, and Valincius). You could also probably throw Stallman in there as well although I think he's definitely on a lower tier. We also have 5 guys fighting for 2 MIF spots (Wyers, Woodson, Sanders, Frei, and James). Add that into having competition at Catcher and 1B and we should have some pretty good midweek games from an offensive perspective.

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Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve

Because whether we like it or not, our guys go through the motions sometimes in the midweek. They just do. It sucks but it's what happens. These teams that we play(SELA, Troy, South Al, UALR, etc.) treat those midweeks like the Super Bowl. I do think we'll be more focused in the midweek this year because UVA got left out of the tourney last year, in part, because they lost some bad mid weeks.

We did too, but we had an SEC schedule to help us out.

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That being said, I'd say the mere competition for at bats and innings will keep them hungry in any game...

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Originally Posted by DEDawg

Yall are way more confident than I am. That first midweek loss in Biloxi is gonna hit like crack

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Yup. lol. And Guaranteed there will be some ?O?Conner is awful? by midway point.

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Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve

Because whether we like it or not, our guys go through the motions sometimes in the midweek. They just do. It sucks but it's what happens. These teams that we play(SELA, Troy, South Al, UALR, etc.) treat those midweeks like the Super Bowl. I do think we'll be more focused in the midweek this year because UVA got left out of the tourney last year, in part, because they lost some bad mid weeks.

We did too, but we had an SEC schedule to help us out.

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It depends on the situation too. I've seen mid majors pitch one of their weekend guys and we aren't doing that against UAB- remember Graham Ashcraft?- or Troy and rightfully so. You are right that they treat those games like Game seven of the World Series. Plus, SEC teams are going to use midweek games to tinker with things some. We're probably not playing our A+ lineup unless it's the Governor's Cup.

We have so many guys we could literally have a new 9 out there in the midweek

Nope. Not gonna do it. Not gonna get sucked into the preseason hype/hope that typically crushes our soul in every sport.

Sunday line-up/Tuesday line-up (against average midweeks)

1. Teel......Beans CF
2. Frei.....Sanders 2B
3. Ace.....James 3B
4. Sully.... V. Val DH
5. Stallman....Bevis 1B
6. Beans....Parker LF
7. Seton Hall....Owen C
8. Woodson....Wyers SS
9. Nunn....Mershon RF