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Are the early predictions that we will be better this season? Compete for CUSA at least? Will be interesting to see if we do a lot better or a lot worse. How much was it WG losing his touch, how much was it other factors - we'll have a better idea after a season or two. But would imagine the expectation is to at least make the NCAA's again.
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I predict that we will be better this season.

I have no baseball chops so I base this prediction on two things:

1 - This team and coach have more to prove than any Rice team in my lifetime. Bragga has the fire in his belly and you will feel it when the the boys are out there on the field.

2 - I really really need this.
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(01-09-2019 04:05 PM)jellowl Wrote:  I predict that we will be better this season.

I have no baseball chops so I base this prediction on two things:

1 - This team and coach have more to prove than any Rice team in my lifetime. Bragga has the fire in his belly and you will feel it when the the boys are out there on the field.

2 - I really really need this.

I think we all really really need this. I think this board really really needs a good, competitive season and return to form from the baseball team. Frankly, I think the athletic department and school in general need this. Its our flagship program, and we need it to succeed.
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It's too early to tell how good we'll be, but I can't imagine we won't be better than last year's team. We endured a depleted pitching staff with no reliable bullpen arm other than Jefferies, and our corner outfield defense was atrocious. Our offense was not bad, and we'll certainly miss Proctor, Sarchet and Chandler, but in return we get DiCaprio (who missed virtually all of last year) and Edwards, and a more experienced Collins (who had a great Fall) and Cruz to go along with the proven Comeaux.

I really, really like out pitching staff provided we can stay healthy.

IN CUSA, Southern Miss returns most of it's offense (sans POY Reynolds), but losing it's entire weekend rotation. I'd put them as borderline Top 25. FIU and FAU continue to recruit well, and both should be Top 50 - 65 caliber.

And we have the opportunity to get off to a quick start as we don't leave the city of Houston for the first month of the season (19 games), with 15 of those games at Reckling. Yes, we play a large number of post-season teams during that stretch (UT, Arizona, UH, TCU, Baylor, Texas State x 2, SHS, Oklahoma x 3, UC-Irvine x 3), but having not to deal with the demands of travel is a big plus.
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(01-09-2019 04:59 PM)waltgreenberg Wrote:  It's too early to tell how good we'll be, but I can't imagine we won't be better than last year's team. We endured a depleted pitching staff with no reliable bullpen arm other than Jefferies, and our corner outfield defense was atrocious. Our offense was not bad, and we'll certainly miss Proctor, Sarchet and Chandler, but in return we get DiCaprio (who missed virtually all of last year) and Edwards, and a more experienced Collins (who had a great Fall) and Cruz to go along with the proven Comeaux.

I really, really like out pitching staff provided we can stay healthy.

IN CUSA, Southern Miss returns most of it's offense (sans POY Reynolds), but losing it's entire weekend rotation. I'd put them as borderline Top 25. FIU and FAU continue to recruit well, and both should be Top 50 - 65 caliber.

I think LaTech returns almost everyone on offense and they swept us last year. Just based on a tweet I haven’t actually compared the roster.

EDIT: looks like they only lost their starting SS and a part time 1B.
They had 3 sophomores only last year. Everyone else was from Juco or HS
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(01-09-2019 05:02 PM)cr11owl Wrote:  
(01-09-2019 04:59 PM)waltgreenberg Wrote:  It's too early to tell how good we'll be, but I can't imagine we won't be better than last year's team. We endured a depleted pitching staff with no reliable bullpen arm other than Jefferies, and our corner outfield defense was atrocious. Our offense was not bad, and we'll certainly miss Proctor, Sarchet and Chandler, but in return we get DiCaprio (who missed virtually all of last year) and Edwards, and a more experienced Collins (who had a great Fall) and Cruz to go along with the proven Comeaux.

I really, really like out pitching staff provided we can stay healthy.

IN CUSA, Southern Miss returns most of it's offense (sans POY Reynolds), but losing it's entire weekend rotation. I'd put them as borderline Top 25. FIU and FAU continue to recruit well, and both should be Top 50 - 65 caliber.

I think LaTech returns almost everyone on offense and they swept us last year. Just based on a tweet I haven’t actually compared the roster.

That may be true, but LaTech's strength last year was their pitching staff, and I believe they lost 3 or 4 of their top guys, as well as their pitching coach, who is now our pitching coach. BTW, didn't we beat LaTech in Biloxi?
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(01-09-2019 05:06 PM)waltgreenberg Wrote:  
(01-09-2019 05:02 PM)cr11owl Wrote:  
(01-09-2019 04:59 PM)waltgreenberg Wrote:  It's too early to tell how good we'll be, but I can't imagine we won't be better than last year's team. We endured a depleted pitching staff with no reliable bullpen arm other than Jefferies, and our corner outfield defense was atrocious. Our offense was not bad, and we'll certainly miss Proctor, Sarchet and Chandler, but in return we get DiCaprio (who missed virtually all of last year) and Edwards, and a more experienced Collins (who had a great Fall) and Cruz to go along with the proven Comeaux.

I really, really like out pitching staff provided we can stay healthy.

IN CUSA, Southern Miss returns most of it's offense (sans POY Reynolds), but losing it's entire weekend rotation. I'd put them as borderline Top 25. FIU and FAU continue to recruit well, and both should be Top 50 - 65 caliber.

I think LaTech returns almost everyone on offense and they swept us last year. Just based on a tweet I haven’t actually compared the roster.

That may be true, but LaTech's strength last year was their pitching staff, and I believe they lost 3 or 4 of their top guys, as well as their pitching coach, who is now our pitching coach. BTW, didn't we beat LaTech in Biloxi?

They beat us 8-2, 6-4, 7-3.

Their Friday starter returns. Their Saturday starter returns. Their Sunday starter returns.

The relief pitchers who got Saturday and Sunday saves return.
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(01-09-2019 05:06 PM)waltgreenberg Wrote:  
(01-09-2019 05:02 PM)cr11owl Wrote:  
(01-09-2019 04:59 PM)waltgreenberg Wrote:  It's too early to tell how good we'll be, but I can't imagine we won't be better than last year's team. We endured a depleted pitching staff with no reliable bullpen arm other than Jefferies, and our corner outfield defense was atrocious. Our offense was not bad, and we'll certainly miss Proctor, Sarchet and Chandler, but in return we get DiCaprio (who missed virtually all of last year) and Edwards, and a more experienced Collins (who had a great Fall) and Cruz to go along with the proven Comeaux.

I really, really like out pitching staff provided we can stay healthy.

IN CUSA, Southern Miss returns most of it's offense (sans POY Reynolds), but losing it's entire weekend rotation. I'd put them as borderline Top 25. FIU and FAU continue to recruit well, and both should be Top 50 - 65 caliber.

I think LaTech returns almost everyone on offense and they swept us last year. Just based on a tweet I haven’t actually compared the roster.

That may be true, but LaTech's strength last year was their pitching staff, and I believe they lost 3 or 4 of their top guys, as well as their pitching coach, who is now our pitching coach. BTW, didn't we beat LaTech in Biloxi?

The last few years LA Tech has owned us during the regular season and we have owned them in the postseason.

With regard to this season for Rice... I'd be happy with an at-large worthy resume (though hopefully we win the conference tournament).

I'd be fine if we win the conference tournament and make it in that way.

Anything less than the postseason I'll be disappointed by... Anything more than a regional is gravy.

Expectations will increase as the years move forward (unfortunately I don't think we'll be very good in 2020).
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New Coach. New philosophy. New era. Lots of potential but no performance to judge, yet.
Wishing for post-season, but really this year I'd be happy with a winning record.
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It's a few days old but Kendall Rogers tweeted out the Texas Rangers are hosting a college baseball tournament of their own starting in 2021. Rice isn't in the tournament but I'll assume that this tournament will affect the Astros tournament fields down the road.

(his tweet)

Here's a Saturday morning nugget for you:

The #Rangers will host a tournament at its new ballpark in 2021. The teams?

@TexasBaseball
@RazorbackBSB
@TTU_Baseball
@TCU_Baseball
@OleMissBSB
@HailStateBB.

Should be an amazing tourney.
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(01-09-2019 05:14 PM)ExcitedOwl18 Wrote:  
(01-09-2019 05:06 PM)waltgreenberg Wrote:  
(01-09-2019 05:02 PM)cr11owl Wrote:  I think LaTech returns almost everyone on offense and they swept us last year. Just based on a tweet I haven’t actually compared the roster.

That may be true, but LaTech's strength last year was their pitching staff, and I believe they lost 3 or 4 of their top guys, as well as their pitching coach, who is now our pitching coach. BTW, didn't we beat LaTech in Biloxi?

The last few years LA Tech has owned us during the regular season and we have owned them in the postseason.

Yes, we did beat LaTech, 6-2, in the C-USA tournament in May. (Our three losses to the Bulldogs came in mid-March.)
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(01-09-2019 07:20 PM)Fort Bend Owl Wrote:  It's a few days old but Kendall Rogers tweeted out the Texas Rangers are hosting a college baseball tournament of their own starting in 2021. Rice isn't in the tournament but I'll assume that this tournament will affect the Astros tournament fields down the road.

(his tweet)

Here's a Saturday morning nugget for you:

The #Rangers will host a tournament at its new ballpark in 2021. The teams?

@TexasBaseball
@RazorbackBSB
@TTU_Baseball
@TCU_Baseball
@OleMissBSB
@HailStateBB.

Should be an amazing tourney.

I know it's just SEC/XII, but that lineup looks like an alternate history where the SWC expanded instead of collapsing.
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Kinda strange so many Big XII schools want to play in the same tournament since they play each other during the season already.
(01-10-2019 09:20 PM)franklyconfused Wrote:  
(01-09-2019 07:20 PM)Fort Bend Owl Wrote:  It's a few days old but Kendall Rogers tweeted out the Texas Rangers are hosting a college baseball tournament of their own starting in 2021. Rice isn't in the tournament but I'll assume that this tournament will affect the Astros tournament fields down the road.

(his tweet)

Here's a Saturday morning nugget for you:

The #Rangers will host a tournament at its new ballpark in 2021. The teams?

@TexasBaseball
@RazorbackBSB
@TTU_Baseball
@TCU_Baseball
@OleMissBSB
@HailStateBB.

Should be an amazing tourney.

I know it's just SEC/XII, but that lineup looks like an alternate history where the SWC expanded instead of collapsing.
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(01-11-2019 12:53 AM)OldOwl Wrote:  Kinda strange so many Big XII schools want to play in the same tournament since they play each other during the season already.
(01-10-2019 09:20 PM)franklyconfused Wrote:  
(01-09-2019 07:20 PM)Fort Bend Owl Wrote:  It's a few days old but Kendall Rogers tweeted out the Texas Rangers are hosting a college baseball tournament of their own starting in 2021. Rice isn't in the tournament but I'll assume that this tournament will affect the Astros tournament fields down the road.

(his tweet)

Here's a Saturday morning nugget for you:

The #Rangers will host a tournament at its new ballpark in 2021. The teams?

@TexasBaseball
@RazorbackBSB
@TTU_Baseball
@TCU_Baseball
@OleMissBSB
@HailStateBB.

Should be an amazing tourney.

I know it's just SEC/XII, but that lineup looks like an alternate history where the SWC expanded instead of collapsing.

??? The 3 Big 12 teams will not play each other during the tournament; rather, they'll each play the 3 SEC teams. That's what happens at Minute Maid, as well. BTW, TCU walked out from our previously scheduled early season home mid-week game when they learned they played us at Minute Maid. We were fortunate to replace them with a game against Arizona.

BTW, though we get to stay in Houston the first 4+ weeks of the season, the schedule is brutal with 5 games each week and all by a small handful of those first 19 games against Top 35 - 40 opponents. FYI-- in additional to UT, TCU, Oklahoma, Arizona, UH, Sam and Texas State, Baylor was ranked #12 pre-season by Perfect Game and UC-Irvine #23.
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College Baseball Daily is the first to post their CUSA preview and, to know surprise, they did no research whatsoever; simply looked at last year's results and who's returning (with no factoring in of players returning from injury). The pick Rice to come in 5th, with Canterino, Moss and Cruz all selected as 1st team preseason all-conference, and Comeaux selected as honorable mention at 3B. No mention whatsoever of Collins, who most pundits (D1, BA) expect to have a breakout season after his impressive Fall, and everyone seems to forget than DiCaprio was a POY candidate before missing almost all of last season with injury...

http://www.collegebaseballdaily.com/2019...H9W7ej9EyM
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I agree the CBD does shoddy work but its not implausible to see us finishing 5th.
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(01-11-2019 05:49 PM)ExcitedOwl18 Wrote:  I agree the CBD does shoddy work but its not implausible to see us finishing 5th.

Yup, not debating that either. I do think we'll be considerably better, barring injury, but I think the conference has gotten stronger as a whole. USM is the clear favorite, though even they have questions given they lost their Friday night starter (Meidnick), as well as the conference Player of the Year (Reynolds) and Pitcher of the Year (first team all-american Sundlin).
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(01-11-2019 05:15 PM)waltgreenberg Wrote:  College Baseball Daily is the first to post their CUSA preview and, to know surprise, they did no research whatsoever; simply looked at last year's results and who's returning (with no factoring in of players returning from injury). The pick Rice to come in 5th, with Canterino, Moss and Cruz all selected as 1st team preseason all-conference, and Comeaux selected as honorable mention at 3B. No mention whatsoever of Collins, who most pundits (D1, BA) expect to have a breakout season after his impressive Fall, and everyone seems to forget than DiCaprio was a POY candidate before missing almost all of last season with injury...

http://www.collegebaseballdaily.com/2019...H9W7ej9EyM

Also, According to Berkman, He expects Cade Edwards to be one of the top hitters on the team and conference and thinks he and Cruz will be the best middle infielders in the conference
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(01-11-2019 05:15 PM)waltgreenberg Wrote:  College Baseball Daily is the first to post their CUSA preview and, to know surprise, they did no research whatsoever; simply looked at last year's results and who's returning (with no factoring in of players returning from injury). The pick Rice to come in 5th, with Canterino, Moss and Cruz all selected as 1st team preseason all-conference, and Comeaux selected as honorable mention at 3B. No mention whatsoever of Collins, who most pundits (D1, BA) expect to have a breakout season after his impressive Fall, and everyone seems to forget than DiCaprio was a POY candidate before missing almost all of last season with injury...

http://www.collegebaseballdaily.com/2019...H9W7ej9EyM

DiCapro will be ready to go when the season begins. This team is looking good. Our Pitching will be as good as anyone's in the conference. Expect big things from this team.
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(01-12-2019 01:06 AM)mysticman Wrote:  
(01-11-2019 05:15 PM)waltgreenberg Wrote:  College Baseball Daily is the first to post their CUSA preview and, to know surprise, they did no research whatsoever; simply looked at last year's results and who's returning (with no factoring in of players returning from injury). The pick Rice to come in 5th, with Canterino, Moss and Cruz all selected as 1st team preseason all-conference, and Comeaux selected as honorable mention at 3B. No mention whatsoever of Collins, who most pundits (D1, BA) expect to have a breakout season after his impressive Fall, and everyone seems to forget than DiCaprio was a POY candidate before missing almost all of last season with injury...

http://www.collegebaseballdaily.com/2019...H9W7ej9EyM

Also, According to Berkman, He expects Cade Edwards to be one of the top hitters on the team and conference and thinks he and Cruz will be the best middle infielders in the conference

Good to hear, I remember everyone was saying Edwards was great last spring. Hope we whoop TCU for not letting him play.
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