#13 in Baseball America

[57stratdawg]

This has been a crazy year. This team wins, that's about all you can say.

 

[MaroonNation]

Andy Cannazaro
Coach of the Year
Give it to him
Now

 

[57stratdawg]

#20 in Perfect Game

 

[BlueRidgeMtns]

but...but... he's going to be fired*

 

[RightOfCenter]

If we could make a run, of course we will need an assortment of pitching. Are there any guys with TJ that could possibly make it back or are they all on the shelf this year?

 

[Shmuley]

2 seed Chapel Hill.

 

[Hoover Dawg]

Actually from what I've seen in the past, if you are going to make a run, you usually do it with like 3 pitchers. A run is typically 3-0 in a regional and sweeping a Super. When you get to Omaha, the games are so spaced out you can make it even less. Or, you do like Arizona last year and run your guys into the dirt in the loser's bracket.

But to answer your question - no. I highly doubt any TJ arms help us unless you count Ford, who will only improve. I really hope they let Ford and Mahoney throw a good bit tomorrow against Valley.

 

[patdog]

Really, the regional is the only weekend you might need more than 3 starters. It's a crazy, 17ed up postseason format. You play with 3 weekend starters all season, then in the regional weekend you may need your #5 starter to win the most important game of the season. Then after that, it's back to just 3 starters again. Need to split the regional round into 2 rounds of best 2-of-3 series.

 

[Hoover Dawg]

While I agree that it's inconsistent, I would like to see it go the other way, and keep the regionals the same. At this point too, we have no other option except to play Supers unless they enlarged the tourney field. The big change would be in Omaha....condense that crap. They space it out for one reason and one reason only - MONEY. The CWS should be 2 weekends at the most. Essentially another regional round (same format) and then a best of 3 series. Start it on Friday and you're done on the next Sunday if it goes to 3 games.

The reason I say this is that you average 4-5 games per week all year.....why make the postseason only 3 games/week? I say extend a team out to 4-5 games in the regionals and CWS regionals. This way it gives your hitters a chance to shine in the back end when the pitching wears out. You get the best of both worlds - to advance, you have to have a 4th and 5th pitcher AND you have to excel in a 3 game format.

 

[patdog]

Agree about the CWS. The extended format is ridiculous. We had 3 days in a row off in 2013. The old 8-team true double elimination format was much better.