WF Baseball Off-season Thread

[Wakelaw2006]

Coach on live (I think) now

 

[Pilchard]

Seems like there's an intentional push to get Moose more exposure. Wonder if there's an option for a HC in waiting situation? Is he in his 60s yet? I wonder what Cilento's HC aspirations are? 15 years is a long time at one place.

Not sure who "he" is in your question: "is he in his 60s yet", but:

Muscara graduated from college (Franklin Pearce) in 2009; so, Corey is in his 30s.
Cliento graduated from college (Siena) in 2003; so, he is around 40.
Walter graduated from college (Georgetown) in 1991; so, he is in his mid-50s.

 

[vtwhat etc]

24  days until WF Baseball.

24: the number of nukes blasted by Nick Kurtz in just 190 ABs last season.

 

[TheIshThatSaved WakeForest]

Really good D1 Baseball interview with Walter on Twitter today. He talks so openly for those of us looking for details on the season. A couple notes: Nick hit a nuke that went 475(!) yesterday against one of our better arms.

Walter’s top of the batting order after much thought this Fall:
Marek
Hawke/Tellier
Nukes
King
Rhino

Seaver King is helluva protector to get Nick pitched to.

 

[Pilchard]

A little worried about the depth of the lineup. Need Rhino to have a major bounce back.

 

[TheIshThatSaved WakeForest]

A little worried about the depth of the lineup. Need Rhino to have a major bounce back.

From listening to a lot of Moose and Walter the last couple days it seems they are pretty confident in getting better ABs throughout the whole lineup as compared with last year. On the flip side, Walter is concerned about our bench depth if we get injured as compared to last season. Mostly because a good portion of those guys are freshmen.

 

[IAppreciateIt]

 

[CONeill]

Coincidentally, finished the pitching portion in my season preview series.

A whole lot of Corey Muscara in this piece.

(and some saved bullets for in-season features, he talks a lot)

 

[vtwhat etc]

A little worried about the depth of the lineup. Need Rhino to have a major bounce back.

lowf translation: 8 of our hitters aren't the best bat in the nation. panic.

 

[vtwhat etc]

23  days until WF Baseball.

23: The number worn by our ace, Josh Hartle.

'23: The year that laid the foundation for WF's Natty in '24

 

[vtwhat etc]

22  days until WF Baseball.

22: Wake's record number of ACC wins in the 2023 season, while winning all 10 of our conference series.

22:

 

[RollTheQuadNIL]

Wake Forest baseball fans will want to make sure they are coming to the Syracuse basketball game on 2/3

 

[Vegas Jethro]

Wake Forest baseball fans will want to make sure they are coming to the Syracuse basketball game on 2/3

Is Cole Roland the halftime show?

 

[Mt. Olive]

Is Cole Roland the halftime show?

That’s not possible Concession sales would take a hit.

 

[Haros]

Just have pop up stands after his show where you can buy your very own Cole Roland smelling salts - and support NIL.

 

[Pilchard]

Fan Duel CWS Championship odds:

• WF +750
• LSU +800
• Florida +1000
• Arkansas +1100
• Oregon State +1800
• A&M +1800
• TCU +1800
• TN +1900
• Vandy +1900
• Stanford +2800
• ECU +30000
• Texas +3100
• Clemson +3200
• UNC +3500
• Auburn +4000
• S. Carolina +4000
• Duke +4800

UVA is not listed because in VA, and there are no bets on teams situated within the Commonwealth.

 

[CONeill]

Part 5 of the season preview series.

(this one is free, focuses on the improvements around the program)

 

[rawarr]

CBS local news in Durham ran a story on UNC baseball copying our pitching lab. pretty sure it said "Steve Forbes" when their coach was talking

 

[tsywake]

Huge news!

 

[vtwhat etc]

21  days until WF Baseball.

21: The number of runs scored by Wake Forest against Maryland in the 2023 Winston-Salem Regional.