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OFFICIAL 2021 ARKANSAS RAZORBACK BASEBALL SEASON THREAD
Posted on 1/19/21 at 12:40 pm
Posted on 1/19/21 at 12:40 pm
HISTORICAL Program Capsule
Total Years of Program: 98
All Time Record: 2,299-1,419(.618)
Conference Titles: 5(1989, 1990, 1999, 2004, 2021)
Division Titles: 7(1999, 2004, 2007, 2011, 2018, 2019, 2021)
Conference Tournament Titles: 2(1985, 2021)
NCAA Appearances: 31
Highest Finish: National Runner Up(1979, 2018)
Regional Titles: 14
Super Regional Appearances: 9
NCAA Tourney Record: 89-69
NCAA CWS Appearances: 10
CWS Record: 15-20
The Bottom Line
Record: 50-13
SEC Record: 22-8
SEC Series Record: 10-0
RPI: 1
SOS: 1
Home Record: 30-8
Road Record: 13-5
Neutral Record 7-0
vs. RPI Group 1: 30-10
vs. RPI Group 2: 6-2
vs. RPI Group 3: 6-1
vs. RPI Group 4: 8-0
Team BA: .272
Team ERA: 3.74
Team HR's: 106
Field Pct.: .980
Errors: 45
Hogs in the Polls
USA Today: #1
Perfect Game: #1
D1 Baseball: #1
College Baseball Nation #1
NCBWA: #1
Collegiate Baseball #1
Baseball America: #1
The Top Hogs
Starters ERA: Wicklander(2.11), Pallette(4.02)
Overall ERA: Kopps(0.68)
K's: Kopps(120), Wicklander(85)
Batting Average: Moore(.293), Slavens(.289)
Homeruns: Moore(16), Slavens/Franklin/Wallace/Goodheart(13)
RBI's: Slavens(62), Franklin(54)
Saves: Kopps(11)
Statistics & SEC Rankings
Batting Average: 9th
Team Slugging3rd
On Base %1st
Team ERA: 3rd
Home Runs: 1st
Team Walks by: 7th
Team Walks Received: 1st
Field Pct.:1st
SEC Final Standings
SEC WEST
1. *^$ Arkansas 46-10(22-8)
2. State 40-15(20-10)
3. Ole Miss 41-19(18-12)
4. LSU 34-22(13-17)
5. Alabama 31-24(12-17)
6. Auburn 25-27(10-20)
7. aTm 29-27(9-21)
SEC EAST
1. ^Tennessee 45-16(20-10)
2. Vanderbilt 40-15(19-10)
3. Florida 38-20(17-13)
4. South Carolina 33-21(16-14)
5. Georgia 31-25(13-17)
6. Kentucky 29-23(12-18)
7. Missouri 15-36(8-22)
^ - Division Champion
* - Overall Conference Champion
$ - Conference Tournament Champion
The Schedule
February
20th #5 TexasTech (Arlington, TX) W
21st #2 Texas (Arlington, TX) W
22nd #12 TCU(Arlington, TX) W
25-28th SE Missouri State W, W, W, W
March
5-7th Murray State W, W, W
12-14th @ #14 Louisiana Tech W, W, L
16th Oklahoma L
19-21st Alabama L, W, W
23-24th Memphis W, W
26-28th @ #10 Mississippi State W, W, W
30th UCA W
April
1-3rd Auburn L, W, W
6-7th UALR W, W
9-11th @ #13 Ole Miss W, L, W
13-14th UAPB W, W
16-18th Texas A&M W, W, L
20th Grambling State Canceled
23-25th @ #21 South Carolina W, L, W
27th Missouri State Canceled
30th @ LSU W
May
1-2nd @ LSU W, L
7-9th Georgia W, L, W
11th Arkansas State W
14-16th @ #4 Tennessee W, L, W
20-22nd #9 Florida W, W, W
SEC Tournament(Hoover, AL)
26th vs. Georgia W
27th vs. Vanderbilt W
29th vs. Ole Miss W
30th vs. Tennessee W
June
NCAA Fayetteville Regional
4th vs. NJIT W
5th vs. Nebraska W
6th vs. Nebraska L
7th vs. Nebraska W
11th-13th NCAA Fayetteville Super Regional
vs. NC State W
vs. NC State L
vs. NC State L
Total Years of Program: 98
All Time Record: 2,299-1,419(.618)
Conference Titles: 5(1989, 1990, 1999, 2004, 2021)
Division Titles: 7(1999, 2004, 2007, 2011, 2018, 2019, 2021)
Conference Tournament Titles: 2(1985, 2021)
NCAA Appearances: 31
Highest Finish: National Runner Up(1979, 2018)
Regional Titles: 14
Super Regional Appearances: 9
NCAA Tourney Record: 89-69
NCAA CWS Appearances: 10
CWS Record: 15-20
The Bottom Line
Record: 50-13
SEC Record: 22-8
SEC Series Record: 10-0
RPI: 1
SOS: 1
Home Record: 30-8
Road Record: 13-5
Neutral Record 7-0
vs. RPI Group 1: 30-10
vs. RPI Group 2: 6-2
vs. RPI Group 3: 6-1
vs. RPI Group 4: 8-0
Team BA: .272
Team ERA: 3.74
Team HR's: 106
Field Pct.: .980
Errors: 45
Hogs in the Polls
USA Today: #1
Perfect Game: #1
D1 Baseball: #1
College Baseball Nation #1
NCBWA: #1
Collegiate Baseball #1
Baseball America: #1
The Top Hogs
Starters ERA: Wicklander(2.11), Pallette(4.02)
Overall ERA: Kopps(0.68)
K's: Kopps(120), Wicklander(85)
Batting Average: Moore(.293), Slavens(.289)
Homeruns: Moore(16), Slavens/Franklin/Wallace/Goodheart(13)
RBI's: Slavens(62), Franklin(54)
Saves: Kopps(11)
Statistics & SEC Rankings
Batting Average: 9th
Team Slugging3rd
On Base %1st
Team ERA: 3rd
Home Runs: 1st
Team Walks by: 7th
Team Walks Received: 1st
Field Pct.:1st
SEC Final Standings
SEC WEST
1. *^$ Arkansas 46-10(22-8)
2. State 40-15(20-10)
3. Ole Miss 41-19(18-12)
4. LSU 34-22(13-17)
5. Alabama 31-24(12-17)
6. Auburn 25-27(10-20)
7. aTm 29-27(9-21)
SEC EAST
1. ^Tennessee 45-16(20-10)
2. Vanderbilt 40-15(19-10)
3. Florida 38-20(17-13)
4. South Carolina 33-21(16-14)
5. Georgia 31-25(13-17)
6. Kentucky 29-23(12-18)
7. Missouri 15-36(8-22)
^ - Division Champion
* - Overall Conference Champion
$ - Conference Tournament Champion
The Schedule
February
20th #5 TexasTech (Arlington, TX) W
21st #2 Texas (Arlington, TX) W
22nd #12 TCU(Arlington, TX) W
25-28th SE Missouri State W, W, W, W
March
5-7th Murray State W, W, W
12-14th @ #14 Louisiana Tech W, W, L
16th Oklahoma L
19-21st Alabama L, W, W
23-24th Memphis W, W
26-28th @ #10 Mississippi State W, W, W
30th UCA W
April
1-3rd Auburn L, W, W
6-7th UALR W, W
9-11th @ #13 Ole Miss W, L, W
13-14th UAPB W, W
16-18th Texas A&M W, W, L
20th Grambling State Canceled
23-25th @ #21 South Carolina W, L, W
27th Missouri State Canceled
30th @ LSU W
May
1-2nd @ LSU W, L
7-9th Georgia W, L, W
11th Arkansas State W
14-16th @ #4 Tennessee W, L, W
20-22nd #9 Florida W, W, W
SEC Tournament(Hoover, AL)
26th vs. Georgia W
27th vs. Vanderbilt W
29th vs. Ole Miss W
30th vs. Tennessee W
June
NCAA Fayetteville Regional
4th vs. NJIT W
5th vs. Nebraska W
6th vs. Nebraska L
7th vs. Nebraska W
11th-13th NCAA Fayetteville Super Regional
vs. NC State W
vs. NC State L
vs. NC State L
This post was edited on 6/13/21 at 8:14 pm
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Posted on 1/19/21 at 12:40 pm to Hawgeye
Fayetteville NCAA Regional Capsule
1) Arkansas Razorbacks
Record: 46-10
Conference Record: 22-8
Quad 1 Record: 27-7
Home Record: 26-5
Road Record: 13-5
Accolades: SEC Champions, SEC Tournament Champions
2) Nebraska Cornhuskers
Record: 31-12
Conference Record: 31-12
Quad 1 Record: 0-0
Home Record: 10-5
Road Record: 13-3
Accolades: Big 10 Champions
3) Northeastern Huskies
Record: 36-10
Conference Record: 20-3
Quad 1 Record: 1-2
Home Record: 21-2
Road Record: 13-8
Accolades: Colonial Champions, Colonial Tournament Champions
4) NJIT Highlanders
Record: 26-22
Conference Record: 23-17
Quad 1 Record: 0-0
Home Record: 10-8
Road Record: 14-14
Accolades: America East Tournament Champions
1) Arkansas Razorbacks
Record: 46-10
Conference Record: 22-8
Quad 1 Record: 27-7
Home Record: 26-5
Road Record: 13-5
Accolades: SEC Champions, SEC Tournament Champions
2) Nebraska Cornhuskers
Record: 31-12
Conference Record: 31-12
Quad 1 Record: 0-0
Home Record: 10-5
Road Record: 13-3
Accolades: Big 10 Champions
3) Northeastern Huskies
Record: 36-10
Conference Record: 20-3
Quad 1 Record: 1-2
Home Record: 21-2
Road Record: 13-8
Accolades: Colonial Champions, Colonial Tournament Champions
4) NJIT Highlanders
Record: 26-22
Conference Record: 23-17
Quad 1 Record: 0-0
Home Record: 10-8
Road Record: 14-14
Accolades: America East Tournament Champions
This post was edited on 6/4/21 at 7:05 am
Posted on 1/19/21 at 2:16 pm to Hawgeye
Posted on 1/19/21 at 2:27 pm to Maytheporkbewithyou
Posted on 1/19/21 at 3:16 pm to Hawgeye
This post was edited on 1/19/21 at 3:17 pm
Posted on 1/19/21 at 3:41 pm to Hawgeye
You, sir, are a steely eyed missile man. 
Posted on 1/19/21 at 3:50 pm to Arksulli
Posted on 1/19/21 at 3:54 pm to UltimateHog
I love the hype D1 is giving us, but I seriously question if we are a top 10 to 15 club at the moment due to the questionable starting rotation. Wick and Noland were not looking very good last year in the limited amount of time. Hopefully, D1 knows some things we don't know.
Posted on 1/19/21 at 3:58 pm to UltimateHog
Can't read the whole thing but interesting to me they have Slavens starting at 1B over Smith
Posted on 1/19/21 at 4:02 pm to Pygthagorean Theorem
Depends on development. A lot can happen in an extended offseason like that. I stopped doubting after seeing Campbell go from barely able to find the zone to one of the best pitchers in the country.
Fant was a guaranteed dumpster fire anytime he was on the mound until all of a sudden he was the rock solid Sunday guy for the lowest team ERA in the nation.
I've gotten accustomed to just hitting reset on pitching expectations from year to year.
Fant was a guaranteed dumpster fire anytime he was on the mound until all of a sudden he was the rock solid Sunday guy for the lowest team ERA in the nation.
I've gotten accustomed to just hitting reset on pitching expectations from year to year.
Posted on 1/19/21 at 4:08 pm to Drewbie
Yes, but you could tell Campbell had the stuff. Noland nor Wick has shown that kind of potential.
Posted on 1/19/21 at 4:21 pm to Pygthagorean Theorem
They have Bolden as our ace and top 10 P prospect in the conference. Vermillion and Wick the other 2 weekend starters.
Arkansas' Projected Lineup
Pos. Name, Yr. AVG/OBP/SLG HR RBI SB
C Casey Opitz, 4YR JR .302/.400/.509 1 11 1
1B Brady Slavens, SO Transfer--Johnson County (Kan.) College
2B Robert Moore, 2YR FR .317/.403/.444 2 17 3
3B Jacob Nesbit, 2YR SO .259/.348/.397 1 9 0
SS Jalen Battles, SO Transfer--McLennan (Texas) College
LF Brayden Webb, 2YR JR .340/.452/.400 1 6 2
CF Christian Franklin, 2YR SO .381/.467/.619 3 11 3
RF Cayden Wallace, FR Freshman--Greenbrier, Ark. (HS)
DH Matt Goodheart, 2YR JR .302/.400/.492 3 18 1
Pos. Name, Yr. W-L ERA IP SO BB SV
LHP Caleb Bolden, 3YR SO 1-0 1.12 16 15 3 0
RHP Zebulon Vermillion, 3YR JR 0-0 0.00 7.1 12 0 1
RHP Patrick Wicklander, 2YR SO 2-2 6.32 15.2 17 19 0
RP Elijah Trest, 2YR SO 0-0 1.93 9.1 10 3 0
Arkansas' Projected Lineup
Pos. Name, Yr. AVG/OBP/SLG HR RBI SB
C Casey Opitz, 4YR JR .302/.400/.509 1 11 1
1B Brady Slavens, SO Transfer--Johnson County (Kan.) College
2B Robert Moore, 2YR FR .317/.403/.444 2 17 3
3B Jacob Nesbit, 2YR SO .259/.348/.397 1 9 0
SS Jalen Battles, SO Transfer--McLennan (Texas) College
LF Brayden Webb, 2YR JR .340/.452/.400 1 6 2
CF Christian Franklin, 2YR SO .381/.467/.619 3 11 3
RF Cayden Wallace, FR Freshman--Greenbrier, Ark. (HS)
DH Matt Goodheart, 2YR JR .302/.400/.492 3 18 1
Pos. Name, Yr. W-L ERA IP SO BB SV
LHP Caleb Bolden, 3YR SO 1-0 1.12 16 15 3 0
RHP Zebulon Vermillion, 3YR JR 0-0 0.00 7.1 12 0 1
RHP Patrick Wicklander, 2YR SO 2-2 6.32 15.2 17 19 0
RP Elijah Trest, 2YR SO 0-0 1.93 9.1 10 3 0
This post was edited on 1/19/21 at 4:23 pm
Posted on 1/19/21 at 4:22 pm to Pygthagorean Theorem
Noland is what he is. If he's missing his spots consistently he's gonna get killed. If he's spotting his stuff, he's effective. I think Wicklander has more upside to see.
I'm also mostly thinking of guys like Ramage, Trest, Zebulon, Bolden, Monke, etc. The big arms with good stuff that were still dialing it in. I'm not saying all of our pitching problems disappeared in the offseason. There's plenty of reason to have concerns about the weekend rotation to be sure. What I am saying is I've seen enough in the past to expect meaningful improvement in developing arms from one year to the next. There's a ton of talented arms on the roster for sure, the question is if a couple of them have put it together in time for this year.
I'm also mostly thinking of guys like Ramage, Trest, Zebulon, Bolden, Monke, etc. The big arms with good stuff that were still dialing it in. I'm not saying all of our pitching problems disappeared in the offseason. There's plenty of reason to have concerns about the weekend rotation to be sure. What I am saying is I've seen enough in the past to expect meaningful improvement in developing arms from one year to the next. There's a ton of talented arms on the roster for sure, the question is if a couple of them have put it together in time for this year.
Posted on 1/19/21 at 4:27 pm to UltimateHog
quote:
They have Bolden as our ace and top 10 P prospect in the conference
I thought Bolden looked the best out of all our starting pitchers last year. He was more consistent and seemed more comfortable than Noland or Wick were.
Posted on 1/19/21 at 4:29 pm to V Bainbridge
I like Trest being listed as the closer, too. Fell in love with his stuff the first time he stepped on the mound. He'll be amazing if he can stay in and around the zone.
Posted on 1/19/21 at 5:13 pm to Hawgeye
I'm booking rooms in Omaha
Posted on 1/19/21 at 6:47 pm to Hawgeye
OP updated for pre-season. Countdown to 2-19-21 now begins!
Posted on 1/19/21 at 6:48 pm to Hawgeye
I can do the the gamethreads if you guys want.
Posted on 1/19/21 at 7:53 pm to Hawgeye
Tuck Fexas
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