WF Baseball Off-season Thread

[WRS]

Surprised not to see King on this list considering the rave reviews and draft hype for him. Understand they need to represent some other teams though but having projected POY, RHP of the year and 3 first teasers is a haul.

 

[Seeya]

Surprised not to see King on this list considering the rave reviews and draft hype for him. Understand they need to represent some other teams though but having projected POY, RHP of the year and 3 first teasers is a haul.

No way is Cozart for NC State a 1st team AA catcher....at least not from a defensive perspective.

 

[Deacfreak07]

Surprised not to see King on this list considering the rave reviews and draft hype for him. Understand they need to represent some other teams though but having projected POY, RHP of the year and 3 first teasers is a haul.

Ugh, only 2/3 SP on 1st Team. TJDK

 

[1976Deac]

ESPN secures rights to CWS and bunch of other NCAA Championships for the next 8 years

Sucks

 

[deacdixieboy]

I just have to say how thrilled I am that a baseball offseason thread is at 134 pages and there is still a month before the season starts. I bet our previous high on pages is 10-20.

 

[PhDeac]

All that speculation that they'd break up the rights and they just signed a bigger version of the same deal. But it's hard to call these "non-revenue" sports if they're part of a $115M rights deal (the previous deal was $41.7M a year).

 

[Mt. Olive]

I just have to say how thrilled I am that a baseball offseason thread is at 134 pages and there is still a month before the season starts. I bet our previous high on pages is 10-20.

I still get excited when there is a new post on here.

 

[DeacsOrDie]

I really thought we'd go Burns-Hartle. Hartle seems to be a natural Saturday pitcher...obviously contingent on Burns becoming more consistent.

I’m only quoting your post but just trying to respond to others too. Burns is very inconsistent. You get a Friday night win with Hartle and a Meh from Burns then follow up with a more consistent Massey and you win 2/3 and the series. You get a good Saturday Burns and you sweep. Having a lefty, period, in a rotation and you are “mixing it up”

 

[mersk862]

Besties,

A mere six weeks from today is Josh Hartle Day.

 

[mersk862]

I just have to say how thrilled I am that a baseball offseason thread is at 134 pages and there is still a month before the season starts. I bet our previous high on pages is 10-20.

#BaseballSchool

 

[TheIshThatSaved WakeForest]

Josh Hartle just called Cole Roland the Tweakin’ Deacon on a podcast. This may have been thrown around before but I haven’t heard it and I love it.

 

[deacdixieboy]

Game changer. Try stopping Nicky Nukes at home now.

 

[Deac6]

Besties,

A mere six weeks from today is Josh Hartle Day.

Going to have to drill this into my lexicon over the next 6 weeks as "Rhett Lowder Day" is still very much stuck in my brain.

 

[IAppreciateIt]

Rhett Lowder Day feat. Josh Hartle

 

[deacon14]

I’m only quoting your post but just trying to respond to others too. Burns is very inconsistent.

Burns has been in the pitching lab with Muscara since the Fall at least. I don't think it's correct to assume that he's going to come out this Spring looking like the same pitcher he was with Tennessee last year.

 

[LCDeacon]

Interesting webinar from the pitchLogic folks, with lots of Muscara/Sorensen/Hobbs (talks about Dunshee some) if you are into pitching analysis.

Video

 

[IamThunderbolt]

Burns has been in the pitching lab with Muscara since the Fall at least. I don't think it's correct to assume that he's going to come out this Spring looking like the same pitcher he was with Tennessee last year.

My impression was from Fall Ball at Wake, but he has had a few more months of work.

 

[CONeill]

Obligatory mention that I hate how many college baseball polls there are ... here's Perfect Game's poll, with Wake Forest at No. 1:

 

[TheIshThatSaved WakeForest]

It’s fun that we have the preseason pitcher of the year and I’m pretty sure he’s not the best pitcher on the team overall

 

[deacon14]

It’s fun that we have the preseason pitcher of the year and I’m pretty sure he’s not the best pitcher on the team overall

I mean Joe Ariola is pretty good but I don’t know if he’s THAT good