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re: *2023 ARKANSAS RAZORBACK SEC CHAMPION BASEBALL THREAD - End Season 43-18*
Posted on 5/7/23 at 4:10 pm to UltimateHog
Posted on 5/7/23 at 4:10 pm to UltimateHog
First place in overall SEC race with 6 games left.
Tied with Vandy and half game up on LSU.
Tied with Vandy and half game up on LSU.
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Posted on 5/7/23 at 8:04 pm to Hawgeye
Who goes to the bench when Wegner and Josenburger are heathy? Gonna be tough to bench McLaughin. Even though slavens had a great series I think McLaughin is better at the plate. Not sure about his defense though.
Posted on 5/7/23 at 9:08 pm to Poker_hog
McLaughlin will sit, unfortunately. No way DVH sits Slavens this late in the season. He's too loyal to his upperclassmen.
Posted on 5/7/23 at 9:23 pm to Pygthagorean Theorem
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McLaughlin will sit, unfortunately. No way DVH sits Slavens this late in the season. He's too loyal to his upperclassmen.
This is true. I hope it doesn't make McLaughlin seek greener pastures at season's end. With that said, Slavens is picking up the slack and has been hitting much better.
Posted on 5/7/23 at 9:38 pm to Pygthagorean Theorem
For all his faults at the plate, Slavens is a really good defensive first baseman.
I think McLaughlin is one of the best pure hitters on the team, but I’m not sure DVH sits Slavens given that he’s an upperclassman, his defensive ability, he’s been hitting fairly well lately, and DVH is fairly reticent to make big shakeups late in the season (as are all baseball coaches).
That said, I think they’ll find a way to get McLaughlin at bats. I can see him in the Charlie Welch pinch hitter role in late innings PHing for Rowland or Bolton.
It also wouldn’t shock me if he saw some 2B if Stovall’s shoulder doesn’t get better.
I think McLaughlin is one of the best pure hitters on the team, but I’m not sure DVH sits Slavens given that he’s an upperclassman, his defensive ability, he’s been hitting fairly well lately, and DVH is fairly reticent to make big shakeups late in the season (as are all baseball coaches).
That said, I think they’ll find a way to get McLaughlin at bats. I can see him in the Charlie Welch pinch hitter role in late innings PHing for Rowland or Bolton.
It also wouldn’t shock me if he saw some 2B if Stovall’s shoulder doesn’t get better.
Posted on 5/7/23 at 10:18 pm to Feral
It should also be noted that Morris pitched 3 clean innings today (2 of them perfect) and picked up the win. 0 hits, 0 runs, and only 1 walk.
I’ve been on record about Morris and how frustrated I was with his struggles this year because of how good he was last year and the fact we needed a senior arm in the pen, so it’s good to see him starting to (hopefully) pull out of this funk he’s been in nearly all season.
DVH mentioned last week that Morris met with the coaches and basically asked them not to give up on him, and DVH added that they’d probably left him in a batter too long in a few appearances.
I’ve been on record about Morris and how frustrated I was with his struggles this year because of how good he was last year and the fact we needed a senior arm in the pen, so it’s good to see him starting to (hopefully) pull out of this funk he’s been in nearly all season.
DVH mentioned last week that Morris met with the coaches and basically asked them not to give up on him, and DVH added that they’d probably left him in a batter too long in a few appearances.
Posted on 5/8/23 at 6:36 am to Arkapigdiesel
Pretty sure McLaughlin won the JUCO gold glove at 3rd last year. He might be our starting 3B next season if he stays. Or maybe we just stick him at first
Posted on 5/8/23 at 7:35 am to Feral
Losing Carter sucks but Morris was coming for a lot of his innings I think.
Posted on 5/8/23 at 7:51 am to beaverfever
Can McLaughlin play SS or C? 
Man I hope this Morris turnaround isn’t fools gold. He’s had back to back good outings but it’s been against Lipscomb and the last place team in the SEC.
Man I hope this Morris turnaround isn’t fools gold. He’s had back to back good outings but it’s been against Lipscomb and the last place team in the SEC.
Posted on 5/8/23 at 8:01 am to BallHawg10
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Man I hope this Morris turnaround isn’t fools gold. He’s had back to back good outings but it’s been against Lipscomb and the last place team in the SEC.
Same.
I’m cautiously optimistic, but I’m not betting the farm on it. He’s consistently had poor outings this season, and has spent the better part of the year with an ERA above 10.
I’m glad to see him start to pitch better, but he’s still got a long way to go to regain the coaches’ confidence before we see him in a high leverage spot in a big game.
Posted on 5/8/23 at 8:25 am to Hawgeye
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First place in overall SEC race with 6 games left.
Tied with Vandy and half game up on LSU.
If you had told me this after we had that outbreak of injuries awhile ago I'd have given you my drugs are bad speech. I tip my hat to DVH, he's turned what should have been a disaster into a solid season.
Posted on 5/8/23 at 9:53 am to Arksulli
Up to #3 in D1’s latest ranking.
RPI up to #5, compared to a regular season ending RPI of #41 last year.
RPI up to #5, compared to a regular season ending RPI of #41 last year.
Posted on 5/8/23 at 9:56 am to Arksulli
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If you had told me this after we had that outbreak of injuries awhile ago I'd have given you my drugs are bad speech. I tip my hat to DVH, he's turned what should have been a disaster into a solid season.
Drewbie touched on this last week, but our schedule actually set up quite nicely this year.
Auburn and A&M both made Omaha last year but were down this season. Swept both.
Tennessee was flat as hell coming off their gorilla ball season. Swept.
Ole Miss and Mississippi State both went into the gutter. Took 5 of 6.
Bama was a good team but had a wannabe Pete Rose as their skipper. Took 2 of 3.
LSU was as advertised but we still took game 1, which was a huge win in my book.
The only series where we didn’t show up and just shite the bed was Georgia.
Now we get a reeling South Carolina at Baum-Walker before heading into Vandy with (hopefully) most of our big bats back in the lineup.
Posted on 5/8/23 at 10:16 am to Feral
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Now we get a reeling South Carolina at Baum-Walker before heading into Vandy with (hopefully) most of our big bats back in the lineup.
I feel like we'll win the series at Baum and drop the series at Vandy.
Whatever happens DVH, has done his best work with this team.
Posted on 5/8/23 at 10:44 am to ArHog
I'm juiced for our starters to filter in these last couple series, get them a few reps in the SEC tournament and strap up the boot straps in Baum and send us to Omaha again.
Posted on 5/8/23 at 11:15 am to ArHog
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Whatever happens DVH, has done his best work with this team.
Amen to that.
He’s been pushing the right buttons and moving the chess pieces to the right places on the board with the lineup, with the rotation and the pen, and with situational baseball (Robinett’s PH at LSU, going small ball, bunting Bolton, etc).
What we’re doing is nothing short of a statistical anomaly. Just look at our conference rankings in several categories:
Offense
11th in team BA
9th in slugging %
7th in OBP
11th in hits
9th in homers
6th in walks
4th most strikeouts
Most GIDP
Pitching & Defense
7th in team ERA
5th highest opposing BA
13th in batters struck out
8th in walks allowed
10th in homers allowed
Most balks
6th in fielding %
Statically we should be a middle of the pack SEC team. Being tied for 1st overall in the SEC, 1st in the west, and ranked #3 in the country makes no statistical sense and is absolutely a testament to DVH.
This post was edited on 5/8/23 at 11:18 am
Posted on 5/8/23 at 12:45 pm to Feral
I'm pretty sure we lead the league in saves. Smith has been that dominate closer that DVH covets. It's a luxury to know that if you have the lead in the 6th inning that game is going in the win column.
Posted on 5/8/23 at 1:10 pm to RazorHawg
SEC only stats
Updated:
Bohrofen .353/.467/.647 - 30H, 7D, 6HR, 18RBI, 55TB, 12BB, 7HBP, 26K
Cali .353/.471/.676 - 24H, 4D, 6HR, 20RBI, 46TB, 15BB, 13K
Diggs .313/.463/.575 - 25H, 7D, 1T, 4HR, 29RBI, 46TB, 23BB, 23K
Josenberger .290/.388/.536 - 20H, 5D, 4HR, 10RBI, 37TB, 10BB, 18K
Wegner .286/.423/.571 - 12H, 4HR, 11RBI, 24TB, 8BB, 16K
Slavens .224/.310/.518 - 19H, 3D, 2T, 6HR, 21RBI, 44TB, 8BB, 20K in 85 at-bats
Stovall .193/.263/.277 - 16H, 1D, 2HR, 14RBI, 23TB, 7BB, 17K in 83 at-bats
Rowland .174/.260/.174 - 12H, 3RBI, 12TB, 8BB, 31K in 69 at-bats
Bolton .170/.357/.189 - 9H, 1D, 5RBI, 10TB, 13BB, 20K in 53 at-bats
McLaughlin .385/.520/.538 - 15H, 1D, 1T, 1HR, 8RBI, 21TB, 8BB, 7K in 39 at-bats
Polk .200/.188/.467 - 3H, 1D, 1HR, 2RBI, 7TB, 0BB, 8K in 15 at-bats
Coll .188/.278/.250 - 6H, 2D, 3RBI, 8TB, 4BB, 10K in 32 at-bats
Robinett .167/.167/.667 - 1H, 1HR, 4RBI, 4TB, 0BB, 4K in 6 at-bats
Holt .154/.214/.154 - 2H, 2RBI, 2TB, 0BB, 3K in 13 at-bats
Neville .125/.300/.250 - 1H, 1D, 2TB, 1BB, 7K in 8 at-bats
Grimes .083/.250/.083 - 1H, 2RBI, 1TB, 3BB, 9K in 12 at-bats
Updated:
Bohrofen .353/.467/.647 - 30H, 7D, 6HR, 18RBI, 55TB, 12BB, 7HBP, 26K
Cali .353/.471/.676 - 24H, 4D, 6HR, 20RBI, 46TB, 15BB, 13K
Diggs .313/.463/.575 - 25H, 7D, 1T, 4HR, 29RBI, 46TB, 23BB, 23K
Josenberger .290/.388/.536 - 20H, 5D, 4HR, 10RBI, 37TB, 10BB, 18K
Wegner .286/.423/.571 - 12H, 4HR, 11RBI, 24TB, 8BB, 16K
Slavens .224/.310/.518 - 19H, 3D, 2T, 6HR, 21RBI, 44TB, 8BB, 20K in 85 at-bats
Stovall .193/.263/.277 - 16H, 1D, 2HR, 14RBI, 23TB, 7BB, 17K in 83 at-bats
Rowland .174/.260/.174 - 12H, 3RBI, 12TB, 8BB, 31K in 69 at-bats
Bolton .170/.357/.189 - 9H, 1D, 5RBI, 10TB, 13BB, 20K in 53 at-bats
McLaughlin .385/.520/.538 - 15H, 1D, 1T, 1HR, 8RBI, 21TB, 8BB, 7K in 39 at-bats
Polk .200/.188/.467 - 3H, 1D, 1HR, 2RBI, 7TB, 0BB, 8K in 15 at-bats
Coll .188/.278/.250 - 6H, 2D, 3RBI, 8TB, 4BB, 10K in 32 at-bats
Robinett .167/.167/.667 - 1H, 1HR, 4RBI, 4TB, 0BB, 4K in 6 at-bats
Holt .154/.214/.154 - 2H, 2RBI, 2TB, 0BB, 3K in 13 at-bats
Neville .125/.300/.250 - 1H, 1D, 2TB, 1BB, 7K in 8 at-bats
Grimes .083/.250/.083 - 1H, 2RBI, 1TB, 3BB, 9K in 12 at-bats
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From 3 weeks ago
Josenberger .317/.419/.587 - 20H, 5D, 4HR, 10RBI, 37TB, 10BB, 16K
Diggs .308/.471/.577 - 16H, 6D, 1T, 2HR, 16RBI, 30TB, 14BB, 15K
Bohrofen .302/.456/.509 - 16H, 2D, 3HR, 6RBI, 27TB, 10BB, 16K
Wegner .286/.423/.571 - 12H, 4HR, 11RBI, 24TB, 8BB, 16K
Cali .275/.375/.575 - 11H, 3D, 3HR, 12RBI, 23TB, 6BB, 8K
Stovall .226/.296/.290 - 14H, 1D, 1HR, 9RBI, 18TB, 5BB, 12K in 62 at-bats
Slavens .200/.277/.382 - 11H, 2D, 1T, 2HR, 14RBI, 21TB, 3BB, 13K in 55 at-bats
Rowland .184/.216/.184 - 9H, 2RBI, 9TB, 2BB, 24K in 49 at-bats
Bolton .105/.239/.132 - 4H, 1D, 1RBI, 5TB, 4BB, 17K in 38 at-bats
McLaughlin .600/.692/.800 - 6H, 1T, 2RBI, 8TB, 1BB, 2K in 10 at-bats
Grimes .500/.500/.500 - 1H, 1RBI, 1TB, 0BB, 1K in 2 at-bats
Robinett .167/.167/.667 - 1H, 4RBI, 4TB, 0BB, 4K in 6 at-bats
Coll .143/.250/.179 - 4H, 1D, 3RBI, 5TB, 4BB, 9K in 28 at-bats
Polk .111/.111/.111 - 1H, 1TB, 0BB, 6K in 9 at-bats
Posted on 5/8/23 at 2:35 pm to RazorHawg
Posted on 5/8/23 at 3:30 pm to Poker_hog
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I'm pretty sure we lead the league in saves. Smith has been that dominate closer that DVH covets. It's a luxury to know that if you have the lead in the 6th inning that game is going in the win column.
Wood, too
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