BB: USAC: USA South Athletic Conference

[PNeal7]

I agree Boysofsummer21. In no way trying to start an argument, but Catfish is a great source of accurate info. I suspect once the weather warms up and Chrismon gets a few more starts under his belt we will see his velocity increase. From what I hear, none of his three starts have been in weather a pitcher would like to throw in.

Emerson has been a great pick up for CNU. Clearly 10 BB on 10 IP is awful, but it doesn't seem to be hurting him as his ERA is still low due to opposing players are hitting .108 against him. Weaver has also been a great pickup, currently leading CNU in hitting (.383) and tied for RBI's (14).

On another note, does anyone know much about Averett? They seem to be off to a hot start, and Andrew Kirks seems to be putting up POY number early in the season (.380 BA, 1 HR, 9 RBI's, 7 2B's, 1-0 in 3 starts, 21 IP, 0 ER's, 0.00 ERA). I'm curious as to if they are legit, and if Kirks is as well. From my playing days a few years back, Averett would always finish with a decent number of wins (I think one year they were even over 30) but it was usually due to extremely weak non-conference games. The year they finished with over 30 wins they didn't get a sniff at regionals due to the weak schedule. Jason Carter is also hitting over .500 (45 AB's, 23 hits) for Averett. Any info anyone has would be great.

[Spence]

I agree Boysofsummer21. In no way trying to start an argument, but Catfish is a great source of accurate info. I suspect once the weather warms up and Chrismon gets a few more starts under his belt we will see his velocity increase. From what I hear, none of his three starts have been in weather a pitcher would like to throw in.

I just remember boysofsummer going down this road before...and he and I have some history in that regard.

[rolln2]

Boy speaking of the CNU pitching staff.  I looked up the weekend starters combined numbers and it goes like this.  61IP 44h 11er 15 bb 86 so and about a .200 batting avg. against.  Not shabby.

[Boysofsummer21]

I am waiting about a week and a half as Averett is just now getting into their schedule. Their overall hitting numbers look good but their conference numbers are not so hot ( BA .226
OBP .300 SLG .283) So if their pitching keeps up the good work and they can win a few more then I think they are one of the big surprise this year. They do have Ferrum this weekend (another one of the big surprises this year in the wrong way) and then Lynchburg. So we will see.

[narch]

mu gets a 6-3 win over immaculata - barger throws a nice game, going 5, giving up 4 hits, 1 er and striking out 6 - kirby goes 4-5 with 2 rbi's and a run scored - hsc up next

[Catfishncwc]

Any idea what his fastball velocity is these days? I know in high school was sitting around 90 and was drafted out of high school.

Spence - From what I've heard (as I have not seen him throw in person) is that he sits 90-92 consistently and can run it up to 94. I've also heard is offspeed stuff is a plus pitch for him.

I saw him pitch vs Ferrum and never got him above 88 on the gun.  I will probably see him pitch one more time this year.  He was 86-87 most of the game.  That is about here he was in HS expect he would ring it up to 90-91 on occasion but mostly sat at 87ish in HS.
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Thanks for the info Catfish. What are your thoughts on his offspeed stuff? He's coming to throw for us this summer, and as you know, a fastball alone (especially 88) won't get it done in the VBL without other plus pitches. Also, have you seen Alex Tucci throw from VWC at all?
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His offspeed stuff was decent.  It was the 1st game of the year and cold so I will not judge him to harsh on that day. 

[Catfishncwc]

Any idea what his fastball velocity is these days? I know in high school was sitting around 90 and was drafted out of high school.

Spence - From what I've heard (as I have not seen him throw in person) is that he sits 90-92 consistently and can run it up to 94. I've also heard is offspeed stuff is a plus pitch for him.

I saw him pitch vs Ferrum and never got him above 88 on the gun.  I will probably see him pitch one more time this year.  He was 86-87 most of the game.  That is about here he was in HS expect he would ring it up to 90-91 on occasion but mostly sat at 87ish in HS.
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Perfect Game's site had him at 91 in high school. Maybe your gun is slow, or maybe being early season he wasn't throwing as hard as he can. He's been pretty effective though, to say the least.
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Their were about 5 guns on him on that day and nobody got anything above 88.  In HS I had around 90. 

[Boysofsummer21]

Catfish - Thanks for the info, I did see him against Ferrum and then Greensboro and to the naked eye his velocity did look better but not sure if that is really because you are so much closer to the field and his control was better.

On another note you would not happen to know how Chris Perry is doing would you?

[narch]

On another note you would not happen to know how Chris Perry is doing would you?

perry didn't pitch at all last year due to a back injury and minor league players are not in camp yet, from what i understand

[Boysofsummer21]

Narch - Thanks for the update, if you hear anything lets us know please.

What are your thoughts about this weekend?

[narch]

Narch - Thanks for the update, if you hear anything lets us know please.

What are your thoughts about this weekend?

i think mu better play better than they did tonight, or they'll get swept...

hsc beats the monarchs 8-6 for their second ever win (in 22 games) over the monarchs...wow

[Spence]

Any idea what his fastball velocity is these days? I know in high school was sitting around 90 and was drafted out of high school.

Spence - From what I've heard (as I have not seen him throw in person) is that he sits 90-92 consistently and can run it up to 94. I've also heard is offspeed stuff is a plus pitch for him.

I saw him pitch vs Ferrum and never got him above 88 on the gun.  I will probably see him pitch one more time this year.  He was 86-87 most of the game.  That is about here he was in HS expect he would ring it up to 90-91 on occasion but mostly sat at 87ish in HS.

Perfect Game's site had him at 91 in high school. Maybe your gun is slow, or maybe being early season he wasn't throwing as hard as he can. He's been pretty effective though, to say the least.
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Their were about 5 guns on him on that day and nobody got anything above 88.  In HS I had around 90.
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Fair enough. Maybe chalk it up to the unseasonable cold for baseball in that part of the world. Does that mean he gets better? That would be a little scary haha.

Thanks for the info.

[LTBB1971]

NCWC lost at home to Lynchburg 3-1.  Again, I can't say enough about the Bishops pitching...stellar would be a good word as team ERA now drops to 3.06

20 errors in 13 games continues to concern me as well as hitting.  With weekend series vs Piedmont College (7-6) coming up this weekend, Bishops will need to find some offense.

Team BA - .252
Runs p/ game - 3.4
runner on base - .239
bases loaded - .150
RISP - .233
2 outs - .198

The encouraging news is 1B J.J. Rodriguez (.333), OF J. DiSanto (.279), OF S. Machin (.231) are heating up of late and may be ready to contribute.   

[Boysofsummer21]

Ok so after last weekend where I got 2 out 4 series right here are my perdictions for this weekend.

Ferrum VS Averett = Ferrum 2-1
Methodist VS CNU = CNU 3-0
NCWC VS Piedmont = Piedmont 2-1
Greensboro VS Lagrange = Greensboro 3-0

Took a step out a little bit with Ferrum but figure they have to get on track and this series features the best conference BA (Ferrum as Averett's Conference BA is not good) VS 2nd best ERA. I do think that LaGrange could win 1 vs Greensboro but they did a good job for the most part against CNU so giving them the big MOE on this pick. If Piedmont can sweep NCWC this weekend it will really help them position themselves for the conference but going up against a improving pitching staff that has done a good job in conference. I beleive they are better than their record.

[WHEELIN WES]

LTHS, what is the deal with Tyler Clark not playing for NCWC; is he injured or what?