There is no doubt that Dunlap is having a heck of season, but lets face it, he is no spring chicken.

MLB teams love upside and youth and unfortunately Dunlap misses on one of those.

(04-01-2019 08:57 AM)Throwing Chade Wrote:  

(04-01-2019 08:47 AM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  

(04-01-2019 08:26 AM)esposito Wrote:  

(03-31-2019 07:36 PM)waltgreenberg Wrote:  Don't look now, but Andrew Dunlap is currently 2nd in the conference in HRs and RBIs (behind WKU's Sanford) and 4th in OBP. He's also hitting .333.

Interestingly, looking at the updated CUSA stats...
http://conferenceusa.com/stats.aspx?path...&year=2019
...despite UAB's 1-8 conference record, they have the two leading basestealers-- with 28 and 20 SBs already. There are only 3 others with at least 10.

It's a shame that he is almost 30 years old. If he were younger, he would definitely be a pretty high draft pick with the numbers he is putting up.

Andrew Bellows Dunlap. Born: May 4, 1994

So almost 26 with a wife, kids , mortgage

25, I think, this May. Still a bit older than the pros would like.

His Rice baseball bio shows him as married but does not mention kids.

(04-01-2019 09:17 AM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  

(04-01-2019 08:57 AM)Throwing Chade Wrote:  

(04-01-2019 08:47 AM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  

(04-01-2019 08:26 AM)esposito Wrote:  

(03-31-2019 07:36 PM)waltgreenberg Wrote:  Don't look now, but Andrew Dunlap is currently 2nd in the conference in HRs and RBIs (behind WKU's Sanford) and 4th in OBP. He's also hitting .333.

Interestingly, looking at the updated CUSA stats...
http://conferenceusa.com/stats.aspx?path...&year=2019
...despite UAB's 1-8 conference record, they have the two leading basestealers-- with 28 and 20 SBs already. There are only 3 others with at least 10.

It's a shame that he is almost 30 years old. If he were younger, he would definitely be a pretty high draft pick with the numbers he is putting up.

Andrew Bellows Dunlap. Born: May 4, 1994

So almost 26 with a wife, kids , mortgage

25, I think, this May. Still a bit older than the pros would like.

His Rice baseball bio shows him as married but does not mention kids.

25 that's right. Yes I know of one kid. Dare I say 25 year old Dunlap is > Jr year Rendon?

(04-01-2019 09:23 AM)Throwing Chade Wrote:  

(04-01-2019 09:17 AM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  

(04-01-2019 08:57 AM)Throwing Chade Wrote:  

(04-01-2019 08:47 AM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  

(04-01-2019 08:26 AM)esposito Wrote:  It's a shame that he is almost 30 years old. If he were younger, he would definitely be a pretty high draft pick with the numbers he is putting up.

Andrew Bellows Dunlap. Born: May 4, 1994

So almost 26 with a wife, kids , mortgage

25, I think, this May. Still a bit older than the pros would like.

His Rice baseball bio shows him as married but does not mention kids.

25 that's right. Yes I know of one kid. Dare I say 25 year old Dunlap is > Jr year Rendon?

No sir, you dare not.

Without question "Andrew Bellows Dunlap" has the most power a Rice team has seen since Lance Berkman. With the numbers he has been putting up with the bats that are being produced to say the season he is having is spectacular would be an understatement. Yes, he is old but I think he has the potential to be in the big leagues and his power/strength is what this team needs, who cares if he is as old as one of our coaches.

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(04-01-2019 09:28 AM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  

(04-01-2019 09:23 AM)Throwing Chade Wrote:  

(04-01-2019 09:17 AM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  

(04-01-2019 08:57 AM)Throwing Chade Wrote:  

(04-01-2019 08:47 AM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  Andrew Bellows Dunlap. Born: May 4, 1994

So almost 26 with a wife, kids , mortgage

25, I think, this May. Still a bit older than the pros would like.

His Rice baseball bio shows him as married but does not mention kids.

25 that's right. Yes I know of one kid. Dare I say 25 year old Dunlap is > Jr year Rendon?

No sir, you dare not.

Classic gender assumption. Did you put your MAGA hat on backwards to type that?

What graduate program did Dunlap get into again? I would think that has some bearing on his future after this year.

(04-01-2019 09:30 AM)Throwing Chade Wrote:  

(04-01-2019 09:28 AM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  

(04-01-2019 09:23 AM)Throwing Chade Wrote:  

(04-01-2019 09:17 AM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  

(04-01-2019 08:57 AM)Throwing Chade Wrote:  So almost 26 with a wife, kids , mortgage

25, I think, this May. Still a bit older than the pros would like.

His Rice baseball bio shows him as married but does not mention kids.

25 that's right. Yes I know of one kid. Dare I say 25 year old Dunlap is > Jr year Rendon?

No sir, you dare not.

Classic gender assumption. Did you put your MAGA hat on backwards to type that?

Just playing the odds. Love your stereotyping of me with a backwards hat.

Sorry we could not have a nice discussion.

Anecdote: A friend of mine, upon meeting a young man with his hat on backwards: "I looked all over town for a hat like that but all I could find was the kind with the bill in the front".

Enjoy the day.

(04-01-2019 09:42 AM)RiceOwl Wrote:  What graduate program did Dunlap get into again? I would think that has some bearing on his future after this year.

He is getting an MBA through the Jones School per LinkedIn.

(04-01-2019 09:53 AM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  

(04-01-2019 09:30 AM)Throwing Chade Wrote:  

(04-01-2019 09:28 AM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  

(04-01-2019 09:23 AM)Throwing Chade Wrote:  

(04-01-2019 09:17 AM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  25, I think, this May. Still a bit older than the pros would like.

His Rice baseball bio shows him as married but does not mention kids.

25 that's right. Yes I know of one kid. Dare I say 25 year old Dunlap is > Jr year Rendon?

No sir, you dare not.

Classic gender assumption. Did you put your MAGA hat on backwards to type that?

Just playing the odds. Love your stereotyping of me with a backwards hat.

Sorry we could not have a nice discussion.

Anecdote: A friend of mine, upon meeting a young man with his hat on backwards: "I looked all over town for a hat like that but all I could find was the kind with the bill in the front".

Enjoy the day.

Does your friend have any jokes worse than that?

(04-01-2019 09:59 AM)RiceLad15 Wrote:  

(04-01-2019 09:42 AM)RiceOwl Wrote:  What graduate program did Dunlap get into again? I would think that has some bearing on his future after this year.

He is getting an MBA through the Jones School per LinkedIn.

Blasphemy! So it’s all online! How did he swing that gig? We haven’t had a player playing while in the MBA program since I can remember.

Thanks for the info.

Seeing as he is pursuing an MBA at a top 25 business school, I hope he sees it through and graduates. Age and talent aside, it seems like it would be difficult to an MBA on hold and pursue pro ball.

Comparison of stats: Rendon through 63 games Dunlap through 30.
Rendon Dunlap
Avg .327 .333
Ab 214 96
R 58 24
H 70 32
2b 20 5
3b 2 1
Hr 6 9
RBI 37 37
Slg% .523 .688
SO 33 30

(04-01-2019 10:42 AM)Throwing Chade Wrote:  Comparison of stats: Rendon through 63 games Dunlap through 30.
Rendon Dunlap
Avg .327 .333
Ab 214 96
R 58 24
H 70 32
2b 20 5
3b 2 1
Hr 6 9
RBI 37 37
Slg% .523 .688
SO 33 30

Woah.

(04-01-2019 10:36 AM)RiceOwl Wrote:  Thanks for the info.

Seeing as he is pursuing an MBA at a top 25 business school, I hope he sees it through and graduates. Age and talent aside, it seems like it would be difficult to an MBA on hold and pursue pro ball.

Not if you have the Power of Sampson. HE is a Beast and as far as these blue eyes, orange skin, and blonde hair go I think he has the opportunity to "Make the Marlins Great Again"

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No preview and we raze ODU! Perhaps we should keep this trend going

(04-01-2019 10:44 AM)esposito Wrote:  

(04-01-2019 10:42 AM)Throwing Chade Wrote:  Comparison of stats: Rendon through 63 games Dunlap through 30.
Rendon Dunlap
Avg .327 .333
Ab 214 96
R 58 24
H 70 32
2b 20 5
3b 2 1
Hr 6 9
RBI 37 37
Slg% .523 .688
SO 33 30

Woah.

I think Rendon was injured that year, and I think his draft status was determined more by his overall career.

BUT, if Andrew can have as much success in the pros as Rendon, I am all in favor of it. I hope he does.

After quite a few google searches, I have been unable to find the ages of the oldest MLB draft picks in history. I imagine Dunlap would have a shot at that record at 25 (note, FA deals are a whole different ball game).

This article from Fangraphs is dated (2012), but the information is interesting nonetheless. Dunlap is very talented but averages would say he has a ton of catching up to do in the event he pursues a professional career.

Level Average Age
AAA 28.2
AA 23.8
A+ 22.4
A 21.2
A- 20.9
R 19.4

Not that it is entirely relevant, but Brandon Weeden is still the oldest NFL draft pick in history, as he was 28 on draft day.

I don't know how many times one person can respond to themselves before they're caught.

But to set the record straight....

(A) Rendon had 20 homers as a freshman and 26 as a sophomore (with 85 RBI). Rice hit .326 as a team in 2010 - AR had plenty of help in the lineup so they couldn't pitch around him all the time (although he still had 65 walks).
(B) Rice hit .286 as a team with 23 homers total in 2011 (his junior year). Rendon also was hurt part of the year (he mostly played DH, so it's also probably the case he wasn't 100 percent at the plate). Plus, perhaps the ball and bats weren't as lively, and perhaps Rice's lineup just wasn't as strong. Rendon had 80 walks his junior year (the next nearest Owl was walked 31 times). He absolutely was pitched around that season.
© Comparisons between Dunlap and Rendon are silly. Dunlap is having a great year and is posting the best power numbers since Rendon as a freshman and sophomore. But he's not going to be the #6 overall pick in the draft (and that was a heck of a 2011 draft with Gerritt Cole, Trevor Bauer, Francisco Lindor, Javier Baez, George Springer, and the late Jose Fernandez all selected in the upper half of the first round).

(04-01-2019 11:26 AM)Fort Bend Owl Wrote:  I don't know how many times one person can respond to themselves before they're caught.

But to set the record straight....

(A) Rendon had 20 homers as a freshman and 26 as a sophomore (with 85 RBI). Rice hit .326 as a team in 2010 - AR had plenty of help in the lineup so they couldn't pitch around him all the time (although he still had 65 walks).
(B) Rice hit .286 as a team with 23 homers total in 2011 (his junior year). Rendon also was hurt part of the year (he mostly played DH, so it's also probably the case he wasn't 100 percent at the plate). Plus, perhaps the ball and bats weren't as lively, and perhaps Rice's lineup just wasn't as strong. Rendon had 80 walks his junior year (the next nearest Owl was walked 31 times). He absolutely was pitched around that season.
© Comparisons between Dunlap and Rendon are silly. Dunlap is having a great year and is posting the best power numbers since Rendon as a freshman and sophomore. But he's not going to be the #6 overall pick in the draft (and that was a heck of a 2011 draft with Gerritt Cole, Trevor Bauer, Francisco Lindor, Javier Baez, George Springer, and the late Jose Fernandez all selected in the upper half of the first round).

Weird power move to copyright your last point but you do you. There was no need to look at his freshman and sophomore year. I said Rendon's Jr year. No one said Dunlap is a better player. He is putting up better numbers that's all.