Baseball Season Comes To A Close
by Akula Wolf on Jun 5, 2011 5:18 PM EDT
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PrintState's lack of reliable pitching was evident today as Stetson had the edge in talent on the mound pretty much from start to finish. Rob Chamra's house of cards took a bit of a tumble, though it wasn't so much the hits as all the walks. For whatever it's worth, little-used Nick Rice and Rey Cotilla did good work in spelling Chamra and helped State avoid giving up a big number early.
Brett Williams got NC State on the board with a home run to left field, and the guys had several opportunities with runners in scoring position after that but never could cash in. Twice Danny Canela crushed the ball to center with a pair of runners aboard, and twice the ball died at the track. The last one came with two outs in the bottom of the ninth. Canela looked like the best hitter on the team all weekend; he was clearly locked in and seeing the ball well. The kid has never lacked for power and I hope this weekend is something he can build on after a relatively blah season.
Shame it had to end on a sloppy note, losing to a stupid school named after headwear that doesn't even have a mascot. You're on my list, Stetson.
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can't add any to what you wrote.
well stated.
but i would like to write that the Washington Nats drafted Mazzoni out of high school. here’s hoping they again draft him.
Disappointed...
in Maynard and Riggins in that last game vs. Stetson. I was really hoping for more out of our two consistent hitters in quite possibly their final collegiate games. Both are eligible for the draft this year, and while I hope they return, one never knows.
Maynard's gone. i read were catchers who can hit are
in great demand this year. i also read that Maynard might even go in the second round of this year’s draft.
i was impressed (for the first time) with Canela’s hitting in the regional. he should be State’s catcher next year.
as to Riggins, i think he will be drafted late, but i see him at this point as being unable to move beyond Class A. so, i hope he stays. same for Ciencin.
Even with Mazz and Maynard leaving early
we look very impressive on paper with what’s returning. That said, if what you want is to see a deep experienced ACC squad and peg them into 7th in the leauge, bubble NCAA- then I have just the skipper for you.
by Sportin'L.A.Gear on Jun 6, 2011 12:23 PM EDT reply actions
I seem to remember
just about every season, people saying, “on paper this team should be stacked for next year” but it never comes to fruition. I do not watch college baseball, so I could not tell you what Avent is doing wrong, but it is obvious that something is wrong.
by PACKHOOLIGAN on Jun 6, 2011 12:28 PM EDT up reply actions
one issue i have with Avent is his past decisions on whom to pitch
in the old format ACC tournament/NCAA tournament and the current NCAA tournament format. too many times he “outsmarts himself” by trying to save his best pitcher for a particular match-up which did not materialize becasue State fell into the loser bracket.
that said, Avent’s major issue is in recruiting. i think he is an average recruiter. i have written this before, and it may just be an incorrect perception by me: i feel that State’s players as a whole are smaller than the players of most of the other good teams that State plays. i thought that only Miami was in the same category with State size wise. State’s fielding up until the games against Stetson was pretty good, but State’s hitting was dismal. State just didn’t have a hitter this year who hit a good number of home runs: no Poulk cousins or Kyle Wilson. add to that Riggins hitting only 3 homeruns up until the regional. State had a real power outage.
there is no doubt that at this time Avent is Sendekian. the interesting thing is Tanner didn’t do significatnly better when he was State’s coach. Tanner didn’t blossom until he went to South Carolina.
everyone had a power outage
They were showing stats during last night’s regional games on ESPNU…I think runs/game numbers dropped like 1.3 across I-A. Batting average down 20-25 points.
And as for his recruiting, aren’t his classes generally well-regarded most years? Seems like we sign top 25 classes more often than not. Perhaps the issue is talent development, or just poor identification of who will translate to the college level. And injuries.
Avent/Tanner
And even when Tanner left, it took him a number of years to really build a decent program. Clemson was outclassing them for a very long time and the Cocks, much like their football team, has only recently started to accomplish a lot.
I would say Avent is not very good at developing talent. Our class rankings have been pretty good for the past 5 years, and I think each of them have been in the top 25 without a lot of matriculation to the draft (Upton brothers (both had committed to State); Hamilton probably would have committed to State (wishful dreaming)). Colt Morton comes to mind. That kid, with his power in an SEC program or FSU, Clemson is probably a top 5 round draft pick, and playing AAA ball. I think if he’s still playing is stuck in the AA system now.
Scratch some of that
Tanner did take the cocks to the CWS ‘02 – ’04… should be his 5th thru 7th season there, then there was a 6 season layoff, that’s what I was thinking about…apologies.
Are class rankings based on
who actually matriculates? What good does it do to sign an Upton or Trot Nixon, when you no there is no chance in hell they step foot on the diamond in a college uniform?
No
Rankings are based on who you sign. I agree, it doesn’t help much, but until people actually sign the contract and start playing baseball (that’s what your suppose to do Russell), they don’t know who is going to matriculate.
The Cole kid was drafted in the first round out of high school and the Yankees couldn’t sign him away, so its a hard game to predict.
i did some research on the rankings of State
classes in baseball from 2007-2010. its hard to do without subscribing to insiders or baseballamerica. note that the rankings come out in the fall as sites that do the rankings wait to see which player actually enrolls.
in 2010 baseball america did not have State in their top 25.
in 2010 baseball news did not have State in their top 40, but did give them mention.
in 2009 baseball america had State 11th.
in 2008 baseball america had State 23rd.
in 2007 college baseball did not have State in their top 25.
I'm tired of the Avent/Sendek comparison
I don’t think it’s particularly fair to either man; it’s lazy, it’s mean-spirited, and it glosses over context.
that wasn't directed at you specifically
I don’t think you mean it that way, but a lot of people do.
i took it with a sense of humor. but
i was thinking i should have used/modified the Howard Cosell “Fraizer goes down! Fraizer goes down!” lines.
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