BB: Top Teams in West Region

[108 Stitches]

Thanks Jim that explains it. So a team like MIT coming in to play Trinity will not help their regional ranking once it comes out?

[Bmo]

My read is that if MIT were to come to Texas and play Trinity (or any other western team) twice (two separate trips) then those second set of games wouldn't count as regional games.  If a game is not counted as a regional game, then it's not part of the SOS calculation and not considered as part of the primary regional ranking criteria.

[Pirat]

California leading the region in winning percentage and strength of schedule.

My top teams
Redlands
Chapman
Trinity(Texas)
Concordia(Texas)
Texas-Tyler
Texas Lutheran
Pomona-Pitzer
California Lutheran
Pacific Lutheran
Whitworth

Acknowledgements
Jonathon Bigley  SR  RF  Sul Ross St   leading hitter (min 18 starts) 1.346 OPS.  Regional average .838  OPS

RBI guys (min 18 starts)
Nathan Patton  SO  3B  Dallas
Tyler Cauley    SO   RF  Texas Lutheran
Sam Swenson  SO   1B  George Fox
All over 1.2 RBIs per game.  Regional average .634 RBIs per game

Aaron Singh  JR   SS  Redlands  118 Total Chances    2 ERRORS  PDG for a shortstop. (NCAA stats 3/20)

ERAs under 2 with min 5 starts 
Ryan Cheatham  SR   Tyler   1.05 ERA
Matt Mogollon   JR   Chapman  1.57 ERA
Dylan Drgac   SR  Texas Lutheran  1.82 ERA
Blaine Parker  FR  East Texas Baptist  1.99 ERA
Regional average 4.47  ERA

[Bmo]

Thanks Pirat.  Good summary.

I do think you might have missed Nittoli from Trinity, with a .68 ERA.  Also, Malinovsky from TLU deserves some acknowledgement, even though he doesn't meet the 5 start threshold.  He has logged 40 innings so far, which is more than most with 5 starts.

Not sure I would feel good about including a sub 500 as a top team, but I certainly understand loyalty.

[Teddy_Ballgame]

California leading the region in winning percentage and strength of schedule.

My top teams
Redlands
Chapman
Trinity(Texas)
Concordia(Texas)
Texas-Tyler
Texas Lutheran
Pomona-Pitzer
California Lutheran
Pacific Lutheran
Whitworth

Acknowledgements
Jonathon Bigley  SR  RF  Sul Ross St   leading hitter (min 18 starts) 1.346 OPS.  Regional average .838  OPS

RBI guys (min 18 starts)
Nathan Patton  SO  3B  Dallas
Tyler Cauley    SO   RF  Texas Lutheran
Sam Swenson  SO   1B  George Fox
All over 1.2 RBIs per game.  Regional average .634 RBIs per game

Aaron Singh  JR   SS  Redlands  118 Total Chances    2 ERRORS  PDG for a shortstop. (NCAA stats 3/20)

ERAs under 2 with min 5 starts 
Ryan Cheatham  SR   Tyler   1.05 ERA
Matt Mogollon   JR   Chapman  1.57 ERA
Dylan Drgac   SR  Texas Lutheran  1.82 ERA
Blaine Parker  FR  East Texas Baptist  1.99 ERA
Regional average 4.47  ERA

I certainly believe Chapman and Cal Lu are talented, and they've played well in non-con, but both are sitting at 3-6 in SCIAC play (Chapman having lost all three series so far). This weekend's upcoming CLU-PP series should be telling, and Chapman has four games against some good non-con opponents before they meet CLU themselves.

Interesting snap shot of some impressive individual years around the region, though. Crazy that we're about halfway through already for most west region teams. 

[Mike Lehman]

California leading the region in winning percentage and strength of schedule.

My top teams
Redlands
Chapman
Trinity(Texas)
Concordia(Texas)
Texas-Tyler
Texas Lutheran
Pomona-Pitzer
California Lutheran
Pacific Lutheran
Whitworth

Acknowledgements
Jonathon Bigley  SR  RF  Sul Ross St   leading hitter (min 18 starts) 1.346 OPS.  Regional average .838  OPS

RBI guys (min 18 starts)
Nathan Patton  SO  3B  Dallas
Tyler Cauley    SO   RF  Texas Lutheran
Sam Swenson  SO   1B  George Fox
All over 1.2 RBIs per game.  Regional average .634 RBIs per game

Aaron Singh  JR   SS  Redlands  118 Total Chances    2 ERRORS  PDG for a shortstop. (NCAA stats 3/20)

ERAs under 2 with min 5 starts 
Ryan Cheatham  SR   Tyler   1.05 ERA
Matt Mogollon   JR   Chapman  1.57 ERA
Dylan Drgac   SR  Texas Lutheran  1.82 ERA
Blaine Parker  FR  East Texas Baptist  1.99 ERA
Regional average 4.47  ERA

I certainly believe Chapman and Cal Lu are talented, and they've played well in non-con, but both are sitting at 3-6 in SCIAC play (Chapman having lost all three series so far). This weekend's upcoming CLU-PP series should be telling, and Chapman has four games against some good non-con opponents before they meet CLU themselves.

Interesting snap shot of some impressive individual years around the region, though. Crazy that we're about halfway through already for most west region teams.

MARCH 21, 2018
TOP TEAMS
ASC - Concordia 14-7
NWC - Pacific Lutheran 13-8
SCAC - Trinity Texas 14-1 Texas Lutheran 17-4
SCIAC - Redlands 18-6 Pomona-Pitzer 13-6

[Pirat]

Thanks Pirat.  Good summary.

I do think you might have missed Nittoli from Trinity, with a .68 ERA.  Also, Malinovsky from TLU deserves some acknowledgement, even though he doesn't meet the 5 start threshold.  He has logged 40 innings so far, which is more than most with 5 starts.

Not sure I would feel good about including a sub 500 as a top team, but I certainly understand loyalty.

All of this was based on NCAA information gathered on Monday. Next weeks gathering could produce different results depending on how the weekend goes especially with regards to the sub .500 team.  Nittoli wasn't on the list because Trinity is over a week behind in posting their stats to the NCAA site. Agreed on Malinovsky, 40 innings is significant but I had to draw an arbitrary line somewhere. Thanks for the feedback

[Pirat]

California leading the region in winning percentage and strength of schedule.

My top teams
Redlands
Chapman
Trinity(Texas)
Concordia(Texas)
Texas-Tyler
Texas Lutheran
Pomona-Pitzer
California Lutheran
Pacific Lutheran
Whitworth

Acknowledgements
Jonathon Bigley  SR  RF  Sul Ross St   leading hitter (min 18 starts) 1.346 OPS.  Regional average .838  OPS

RBI guys (min 18 starts)
Nathan Patton  SO  3B  Dallas
Tyler Cauley    SO   RF  Texas Lutheran
Sam Swenson  SO   1B  George Fox
All over 1.2 RBIs per game.  Regional average .634 RBIs per game

Aaron Singh  JR   SS  Redlands  118 Total Chances    2 ERRORS  PDG for a shortstop. (NCAA stats 3/20)

ERAs under 2 with min 5 starts 
Ryan Cheatham  SR   Tyler   1.05 ERA
Matt Mogollon   JR   Chapman  1.57 ERA
Dylan Drgac   SR  Texas Lutheran  1.82 ERA
Blaine Parker  FR  East Texas Baptist  1.99 ERA
Regional average 4.47  ERA

I certainly believe Chapman and Cal Lu are talented, and they've played well in non-con, but both are sitting at 3-6 in SCIAC play (Chapman having lost all three series so far). This weekend's upcoming CLU-PP series should be telling, and Chapman has four games against some good non-con opponents before they meet CLU themselves.

Interesting snap shot of some impressive individual years around the region, though. Crazy that we're about halfway through already for most west region teams.

Teddy, I was trying to take a more entire approach to the region rather than by individual conferences.  I would agree that right now the SCIAC belongs to Redlands.  This may say more about how "strong and balacnced" things are in the SCIAC.  Thanks for your insight.

[108 Stitches]

Any news on West Regional location?

As far as the West region this year being "strong and balanced". I would agree with the balanced aspect, not having seen many of the teams play it is hard to asses the strong part, but it seems to me there is a lacking of really dominant teams like there were in the past from Linfield, Chapman, CLU, etc... with maybe the exception for Trinity this year. I certainly would not have CLU on my top teams in the West list, they are having a down year, which is natural loosing so many Sr's, much like Trinity was last year. The only conference I see having a chance of getting two teams in the West is the SCAC if for some reason Trinity does not win it. (which is a real possibility given the TLU and Centenary teams)

It will be interesting to see if PLU and Redlands can solidify their leads in their conferences the next couple of weeks. The SCAC really won't be decided until the end due to TLU/Centenary/Trinity match ups.

[Bmo]

Thanks Pirat,

I certainly understand. "The report's only as good as the data!"

I am curious where you are pulling your data from as there are so many NCAA reporting dashboards, some working, some not.  I hadn't looked in a while and stumbled upon a new one, to me, (I assume you are using, but if not, may be helpful for your weekly summary), see link.

https://stats.ncaa.org/rankings?sport_code=MBA&division=3

The rankings summary tab lets you sort by western region or create a set of custom "West Region Teams to Beat".  It also seems to respect the 2.5 at bats per/game, inning per game qualification rules.  It doesn't have OPS, which I assume you are compiling yourself unless you are pulling your data from somewhere I haven't run across yet..

[Ralph Turner]

Friends, I am doing some background work for Jim Dixon.

On March 20, Finlandia played Alma in a DH at Klenk Park, Alma MI before an attendance of 85.

The weather was 33 degrees with 18 MPH wind!

[Bmo]

Would it be correct to assume this background work has something to do with the poll question regarding fall baseball?

[108 Stitches]

Nice at least there was a baseball game to watch!

Coldest game I attended was at Concordia TX, in February 2012. It was in the mid-low 30's with 20ish wind. All of the non local fans were going back to their hotels to get their bed comforters, and a few enterprising cowboys went and got butane warmers from their trucks. (plus some other warming refreshments, its Texas you know)

I believe this was the year Concordia had a closer who was a UT drop down who threw in the 90's and no one from Trinity wanted to face him at the end of the game since they could not feel their hands.

[Ralph Turner]

Would it be correct to assume this background work has something to do with the poll question regarding fall baseball?

No...

just some reconciling schedules and records...

[Pirat]

Thanks Pirat,

I certainly understand. "The report's only as good as the data!"

I am curious where you are pulling your data from as there are so many NCAA reporting dashboards, some working, some not.  I hadn't looked in a while and stumbled upon a new one, to me, (I assume you are using, but if not, may be helpful for your weekly summary), see link.

https://stats.ncaa.org/rankings?sport_code=MBA&division=3



The rankings summary tab lets you sort by western region or create a set of custom "West Region Teams to Beat".  It also seems to respect the 2.5 at bats per/game, inning per game qualification rules.  It doesn't have OPS, which I assume you are compiling yourself unless you are pulling your data from somewhere I haven't run across yet..

I am pulling all of my data from the individual team stat sites on the NCAA website.  For the most part, individual player stats for hitting, pitching and fielding are up to date.  There are a few of them that are running a little behind. I download all of those stats plus team stats onto a spreadsheet which makes it fairly easy to come up with odd ball stats like OPS.  I also include team winning percentage, SOS, and run differential which makes it fairly easy to compare team across the region.