re: **OFFICIAL 2022 ARKANSAS RAZORBACK BASEBALL SEASON THREAD - 3rd Place CWS**

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Not with Noland struggling right now and if you lose on Friday then it is very possible.

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I figure we’ll start McEntire game one of the regionals.

As we’ve seen this weekend there are several dangerous 2 seeds. Vandy and Texas are national title threats and are projected 2 seeds.

I know but we are talking about Noland who could turn back to bad Noland anytime. This is his best year but these last two weekends looked like the bad Noland of last year.

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No way DVH does this

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Yeah I’ll bet you my paycheck next week that he ain’t starting McEntire game 1 lol

Nothing against the kid. He’s looked great lately. But DVH ain’t gonna do that. Most exotic he may get is to throw Hagen game 1

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Yeah I’ll bet you my paycheck next week that he ain’t starting McEntire game 1 lol Nothing against the kid. He’s looked great lately. But DVH ain’t gonna do that. Most exotic he may get is to throw Hagen game 1

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Last year he started Caleb Bolden game 1. I think it’s pretty standard to throw your midweek starter against a 4 seed.

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Team looks tired, disinterested and are bottom of the SEC in hitting.

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Holy shite you’re right.

I didn’t realize our team BA had tanked as much as it has, but I just checked and indeed we’re tied with South Carolina for bottom of the SEC with a crisp .272 team average. We’re 6th or 7th in almost every other offensive category, but hits and BA we’re near the bottom.

Conversely, in terms of pitching stats, we’re 3rd in ERA, opponents’ BA, and K’s.

Hobbs has earned his pay this year. Too bad he’s getting zero run support.

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I know but we are talking about Noland who could turn back to bad Noland anytime. This is his best year but these last two weekends looked like the bad Noland of last year.

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I said this last night, but IMO Noland overachieved most of this year and is simply regressing back to the mean.

He was basically a non-factor in our bullpen last year and had a 6+ ERA on just 9 appearances. It’s not out of there realm possibility that he’s simply been playing over his head for most of the season.

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Moore struggling to stay above the Mendoza line is just part of the issue at the plate.

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Moore is trying to do to much. He thinks he’s a switch hitting home run guy. I wish he’d pick a side and try to hit for average.

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I said this last night, but IMO Noland overachieved most of this year and is simply regressing back to the mean.

He was basically a non-factor in our bullpen last year and had a 6+ ERA on just 9 appearances. It’s not out of there realm possibility that he’s simply been playing over his head for most of the season.

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I disagree. Last year Noland came back from injury before he was ready. This year, he has been a very solid Friday night guy. He has had a rough couple of weeks but is still doing fine locating his pitches and with his velo. I believe he will be fine going forward. Leads the team in K’s, has the lowest ERA of the weekend staff, and has only given up 3 homers all season.

He is a ground ball, pitch to contact guy and the last couple of weeks our shift has bitten him and a few other of our pitchers in the arse.

I went back and looked at stats and results and this team feels a lot like the 2017 team. Similar in BA, HR numbers, and SEC series record. Lost a couple scrappy games in the regional to Missouri state and was done.

One thing that stood out to me was that C-SPAN finished with 20 dingers that year. I remember he went on a tear in the postseason (in Hoover especially) but I would not have guessed he had that many.

Who knows how we finish but this team doesn't scream great or have that it factor all year. But I also didn't think Miss State did last year either.

OP Updated

Hogs in the Polls
D1 Baseball: #7
USA Today/Coaches: #5
Baseball America: #7
NCBWA: #9
Perfect Game: #8
Collegiate Baseball: #6
College Baseball Nation: #11

2022 Bottom Line
Record: 37-14
SEC Record: 17-10
SEC Series Record: 6-3
RPI: 29
ELO: 8
SOS: 48
Home Record: 27-6
Road Record: 6-6
Neutral Record 3-1
vs. RPI Group 1: 10-9
vs. RPI Group 2: 6-1
vs. RPI Group 3: 5-3
vs. RPI Group 4: 16-1
Team BA: .272
Team ERA: 3.57
Team HR's: 77
Field Pct.: .983
Errors: 32

The Top Hogs
Starters ERA: Noland (3.38), Smith (4.34)
Overall ERA: Morris (1.12), McEntire (1.96)
K's: Noland (86), Wiggins (73)
Batting Average: Turner (.310), Wallace (.307)
Homeruns: Slavens (13), Webb (12)
RBI's: Slavens (46), Wallace (43)
Saves: Tygart (7), Ramage (3)

SEC Standings
SEC WEST
Arkansas 17-10 37-14
Texas A&M 17-10 33-16
Auburn 15-11 35-16
LSU 14-13 33-18
Ole Miss 13-14 31-19
Alabama 10-16 27-24
Mississippi State 9-18 25-27


SEC EAST
*^Tennessee 22-5 45-7
Vanderbilt 14-13 34-16
Georgia 14-13 33-18
Florida 13-14 32-19
South Carolina 12-15 26-24
Kentucky 10-17 27-23
Missouri 8-19 26-22

^ - Division Champion
* - Overall Conference Champion
$ - Conference Tournament Champion