BB: General New England Discussion

[ECSUalum]

Latest on Ryan DiPietro @ Shrieveport Captains:

Season                      Team                 W L ERA  G GS SHO SV   IP   SO   BB  H
2011
AA Reg Season  Shreveport-Bossier         9 5 4.71 19 19 1    0   114.2 93   37 136

and Shawn Gilblair @ Worcester Tornadoes

Season                   Team                     W L ERA  G GS SHO SV    IP  SO    BB  H

Regular 2011         Worcester                 5 5 3.99 16 16 1     0     97   80    26 92

[Hobbesy]

Hey all!

Happy New Year! Sorry for the long absence. I just posted a new story on the blog about some conference realignment this year. Feel free to check it out and comment!

Can't wait to get going again!

http://ned3baseball.wordpress.com/2012/01/11/conference-realignment-in-new-england/

[Hobbesy]

D3baseball Preseason All-American Team announced this afternoon.

Three players from New England earned recognition:

Dan Haugh (Wheaton)- First Team 3rd base

Mike Lawlor (Western New England)- Second Team pitcher

Mike Rubino (Western New England)- Honorable Mention second base

Full team here: http://www.d3baseball.com/awards/all-americans/d3baseball-preseason-allamericans-2012

[Hobbesy]

My New England preview has been released on d3baseball.com

Here is the link http://d3baseball.com/notables/2012/01/newengland-2012-preview

What are your thoughts?

[Rick Vaughn]

Just posted this on the NESCAC board, but seeing that this thread gets ten times more traffic, I wanted throw it out here too. 

Baseball America's Small Colleges preview. Not too sure about the validity of this ranking, but they should be pretty good.  BA just wanted to write about AmHerst's MLB pedigree.

http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/college/season-preview/2012/2612881.html

[ECSUalum]

I have a question.  ECSU has a 25 or so game sub varsity baseball schedule played usually from early March to early May vs  for example, UConn Avery point, and the Community Colleges in the area.  Do most other New England D-III schools have sub varsity schedules?  Is this one reason Coach Holowaty produces seasoned players every year? ie he run his own "ECSU minor league".

I really never thought about this before, but came across Easterns 2011 Sub varsity schedule,( However,do not know where the results are posted), and started to wonder.

[Hobbesy]

ECSU Alum-

Thomas just added a JV team for this spring. I think Springfield also has a junior varsity team. These teams are great for programs because it allows the freshmen and sophomores that may not see time on varsity to get at-bats and get innings on the mound. At Eastern, the JV program has been a feeder for the varsity team for a very long time. Coach says every year that kids will start on JV but could end up being a key member of the varsity team by the end of the season. Randy Re was a great example of that back in 2004. He played mostly JV and was on the roster when the starting centerfielder got hurt in the playoffs. He got the nod and ended up making the all-tournament team in the New England regional and World Series.

[ECSUalum]

ECSU Alum-

Thomas just added a JV team for this spring. I think Springfield also has a junior varsity team. These teams are great for programs because it allows the freshmen and sophomores that may not see time on varsity to get at-bats and get innings on the mound. At Eastern, the JV program has been a feeder for the varsity team for a very long time. Coach says every year that kids will start on JV but could end up being a key member of the varsity team by the end of the season. Randy Re was a great example of that back in 2004. He played mostly JV and was on the roster when the starting centerfielder got hurt in the playoffs. He got the nod and ended up making the all-tournament team in the New England regional and World Series.

Thanks Tristan, So I guess its the exception rather than the rule for most New England teams. In fact, I googled "USM, Keene and RIC sub varsity schedule" and come up with zilch.  Have to agree that this has to be a huge advantage for the Warriors, as Coach H can bring players "up from the minors" for, as you mentioned with Randy Re, injury purposes, or if he see a player who is generating outstanding JV stats.  Does Bob Molta ever post the JV results?  I can never find them!

[LEC Fan]

Keene does not have a JV team. I would imagine that when you start getting an influx of kids to your program, as well as have the cabailities to take on another team (facilities, coaches, time, money), that a JV program might make sense. As is the case with Eastern it would give the younger kids an opportunity to work on the things they need to be able to contribute on the varsity team.

[Hobbesy]

ECSU Alum-

I don't believe any results have been posted in the past. I know for sure that stats have not been posted in the time I have followed.

[wordsmith]

Keene does not have a JV team. I would imagine that when you start getting an influx of kids to your program, as well as have the cabailities to take on another team (facilities, coaches, time, money), that a JV program might make sense. As is the case with Eastern it would give the younger kids an opportunity to work on the things they need to be able to contribute on the varsity team.

Keene has experimented with a Sub-Varsity squad in years past (I am thinking 2003-2005 something like that). Played some games at Alumni Field in Keene. $$$, time, facilities, coaching, all difficult to pull off a successful venture with limited resources. What some schools do is run a larger roster of say 38 or so players and keep them engaged to see if they develop. Then pare it down come playoffs. But playing time is at a premium. After all you can only play 10 at a time.

[ECSUalum]

Thanks to all for the feedback +1K for all

[Wally]

So when can we expect roster's from those that haven't yet? And now that the LEC has picked the preseason favs. Any thoughts?

[LEC Fan]

I am interested to see what RIC comes back with...they had a strong year last year and should be able to compete at the top again this year (that seems to be there MO...get hot and win one year then gone the next). Keene and Eastern will probably be 1 and 1A throughout the season but as always its a battle in the LEC. When is the year that Plywood St. or Western makes the jump? Keene did it awhile back and got on the USM/Eastern level (IMO)...Boston has shown signs as has RIC but what about the bottom feeders...any chance we see one of them make a run whether it be in the regular season or playoffs?...just some thoughts until March!

[Hobbesy]

Trying this prognostication stuff. Here are my preseason New England rankings. More to come in the following days.

http://ned3baseball.wordpress.com/2012/02/07/prognostication-time/