(06-12-2016 09:11 AM)cr11owl Wrote:  I'm not really sure how you can spin this other than our team has less talent than it used to. We had quite a few draft eligible players that weren't selected and if you say the "young guys" are more talented then why weren't they starting?

Bailiff must have influenced Graham not to play the younger guys ....

(06-12-2016 10:42 AM)WRCisforgotten79 Wrote:  

(06-12-2016 09:11 AM)cr11owl Wrote:  I'm not really sure how you can spin this other than our team has less talent than it used to. We had quite a few draft eligible players that weren't selected and if you say the "young guys" are more talented then why weren't they starting?

Bailiff must have influenced Graham not to play the younger guys ....

all of our players who made the regional all tourney team were draft eligible, and all but one a senior. So we may have some talent left, but...

Otto wasn't draft eligible. He made the all-regional team. DiCaprio made the all-regional team too.

(06-12-2016 10:42 AM)WRCisforgotten79 Wrote:  

(06-12-2016 09:11 AM)cr11owl Wrote:  I'm not really sure how you can spin this other than our team has less talent than it used to. We had quite a few draft eligible players that weren't selected and if you say the "young guys" are more talented then why weren't they starting?

Bailiff must have influenced Graham not to play the younger guys ....

Don't know how I missed those guys, but the fact remains that 4/6 are reportedly leaving, so the young team thing may or may not pan out for next year. But glad to see DiCaprio on there

(06-12-2016 09:01 AM)westsidewolf1989 Wrote:  

(06-12-2016 12:03 AM)waltgreenberg Wrote:  

(06-11-2016 11:04 PM)westsidewolf1989 Wrote:  So we literally had only three players drafted, including one signee? Wow, that says a lot.

Not really, as we had a relatively young team. The majority of our best players were underclassmen.

(06-06-2016 12:09 PM)waltgreenberg Wrote:  3. Where was I making excuses for the baseball team?

You just made one. Half of our infield, our starting catcher and two of our starting outfielders (at least including Wunderlich for part of the season). There's a reason why 2 of 3 draft eligible pitchers were drafted and none of our five position players were.

Love how you cut and paste a quote of mine from a week ago and an entirely different thread to serve your purpose. Classy.

(06-12-2016 11:38 AM)HawaiiOwl Wrote:  

(06-12-2016 10:42 AM)WRCisforgotten79 Wrote:  

(06-12-2016 09:11 AM)cr11owl Wrote:  I'm not really sure how you can spin this other than our team has less talent than it used to. We had quite a few draft eligible players that weren't selected and if you say the "young guys" are more talented then why weren't they starting?

Bailiff must have influenced Graham not to play the younger guys ....

Don't know how I missed those guys, but the fact remains that 4/6 are reportedly leaving, so the young team thing may or may not pan out for next year. But glad to see DiCaprio on there

??? Otto, Proctor and DiCaprio are all returning, and now likely Warren, as well, as a transfer would require him to sit out a year (unless he goes JUCO). Proctor may not have made the all-regional team, but he certainly deserved to be.

(06-12-2016 04:19 PM)waltgreenberg Wrote:  

(06-12-2016 11:38 AM)HawaiiOwl Wrote:  

(06-12-2016 10:42 AM)WRCisforgotten79 Wrote:  

(06-12-2016 09:11 AM)cr11owl Wrote:  I'm not really sure how you can spin this other than our team has less talent than it used to. We had quite a few draft eligible players that weren't selected and if you say the "young guys" are more talented then why weren't they starting?

Bailiff must have influenced Graham not to play the younger guys ....

Don't know how I missed those guys, but the fact remains that 4/6 are reportedly leaving, so the young team thing may or may not pan out for next year. But glad to see DiCaprio on there

??? Otto, Proctor and DiCaprio are all returning, and now likely Warren, as well, as a transfer would require him to sit out a year (unless he goes JUCO). Proctor may not have made the all-regional team, but he certainly deserved to be.

How does that make us young? LSU was much younger than us. I think westside was just pointing out you DO make excuses for baseball.

(06-12-2016 04:22 PM)cr11owl Wrote:  

(06-12-2016 04:19 PM)waltgreenberg Wrote:  

(06-12-2016 11:38 AM)HawaiiOwl Wrote:  

(06-12-2016 10:42 AM)WRCisforgotten79 Wrote:  

(06-12-2016 09:11 AM)cr11owl Wrote:  I'm not really sure how you can spin this other than our team has less talent than it used to. We had quite a few draft eligible players that weren't selected and if you say the "young guys" are more talented then why weren't they starting?

Bailiff must have influenced Graham not to play the younger guys ....

Don't know how I missed those guys, but the fact remains that 4/6 are reportedly leaving, so the young team thing may or may not pan out for next year. But glad to see DiCaprio on there

??? Otto, Proctor and DiCaprio are all returning, and now likely Warren, as well, as a transfer would require him to sit out a year (unless he goes JUCO). Proctor may not have made the all-regional team, but he certainly deserved to be.

How does that make us young? LSU was much younger than us. I think westside was just pointing out you DO make excuses for baseball.

LSU was not MUCH younger than us. During the year, 5 of our 9 starting position players were underclassmen (Myers, Chandler, Proctor, DiCaprio, Gray), and two were true Freshmen. Yes, we had more Seniors than usual, but they were not the stars of the team. As for the pitching staff, yes, our Friday and Saturday starters were upperclassmen, but virtually everybody else was an underclassman (Solecitto the lone exception, and he hardly contributed).

Baseball America's 2016 Draft Database says that Duplantier has signed with the Diamondbacks for $686.6K.

(06-12-2016 04:19 PM)waltgreenberg Wrote:  

(06-12-2016 11:38 AM)HawaiiOwl Wrote:  

(06-12-2016 10:42 AM)WRCisforgotten79 Wrote:  

(06-12-2016 09:11 AM)cr11owl Wrote:  I'm not really sure how you can spin this other than our team has less talent than it used to. We had quite a few draft eligible players that weren't selected and if you say the "young guys" are more talented then why weren't they starting?

Bailiff must have influenced Graham not to play the younger guys ....

Don't know how I missed those guys, but the fact remains that 4/6 are reportedly leaving, so the young team thing may or may not pan out for next year. But glad to see DiCaprio on there

??? Otto, Proctor and DiCaprio are all returning, and now likely Warren, as well, as a transfer would require him to sit out a year (unless he goes JUCO). Proctor may not have made the all-regional team, but he certainly deserved to be.

Well why don't you just pick the team, and save the people who did the effort? . 4/6 guys who did are reportedly leaving, as it has been reported here several times Warren is going.

(06-14-2016 10:35 AM)ColOwl Wrote:  Baseball America's 2016 Draft Database says that Duplantier has signed with the Diamondbacks for $686.6K.

I wonder if that first inning against LSU cost him...

(06-14-2016 11:04 AM)grol Wrote:  

(06-14-2016 10:35 AM)ColOwl Wrote:  Baseball America's 2016 Draft Database says that Duplantier has signed with the Diamondbacks for $686.6K.

I wonder if that first inning against LSU cost him...

I doubt it, given how strong he bounced back and pitched the subsequent 4.1 innings before the rain delayed things. He pretty much got slot money for mid-third round.

That was probably not the only game he was scouted in. There are scouts in the stands for most games at Reckling.

(06-14-2016 11:28 AM)waltgreenberg Wrote:  

(06-14-2016 11:04 AM)grol Wrote:  

(06-14-2016 10:35 AM)ColOwl Wrote:  Baseball America's 2016 Draft Database says that Duplantier has signed with the Diamondbacks for $686.6K.

I wonder if that first inning against LSU cost him...

I doubt it, given how strong he bounced back and pitched the subsequent 4.1 innings before the rain delayed things. He pretty much got slot money for mid-third round.

Duplantier pitched his first inning tonight for the Hillsboro Hops. He had three strikeouts. Nice start to his professional career.