Charles Fischer Administrator No. 1 Share Posted March 7 How can that be? You only start nine, but Waz now has built a DEEP bench, and on a given day--we get explosions from a new player. You can look at the stats right here, and it is pretty darn interesting with a ton of side-stories that I do not have time for at the moment. A Team Winning 75% of Their Games? Oregon is 9-3, and before you poo-poo Grand Canyon University, please know that we lost to them in a mid-week game a few years ago, and they won the WAC conference the last two years. These two mid-week games demonstrated the depth that Oregon is developing, as new players and their stories emerge. Pac-12 play begins on Friday at Arizona State, and I can't wait! So cool to see linebacker/safety Bryce Boettcher (below) hitting .342 and Sacramento State transfer Jeffrey Heard just killing-it at .447 as Coach Waz is identifying tremendous talent in the portal from unlikely places. It's exciting to see off-injured Anson Aroz now healthy, and playing so well at the infield, outfield and batting .571 thus far. This team is not a finished product yet, as a ton is yet to be figured out, but the upside is huge. It was so cool to see pitcher Ian Umlandt, from Sherwood Oregon, enter the game with the Ducks down 4-2 and he closed out four scoreless innings as the Oregon bats came alive for a 13-5 victory. You can watch the games this weekend on computer for free; just go to GoDucks.com and go to Baseball, the schedule, and click on the link to the live-stream. Oregon has deeper hitting, and a deeper pool of pitchers than any team I recall. We do not have the elite top-end guys yet, but they may develop over the season, and the quality talent across the board is evident. 1 4 Mr. FishDuck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave23 No. 2 Share Posted March 8 Great state to the season with only 3 losses all to top 25 teams. If this team stays health and figures it out it's rotations it's going to be a fun year. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Joseph Moderator No. 3 Share Posted March 8 A Puddles B1G baseball field day? Rutgers baseball: No Big Ten baseball teams ranked in this week’s top 25 SPORTS.YAHOO.COM The Big Ten is unranked in this week's top 25. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Fischer Author Administrator No. 4 Share Posted March 8 On 3/8/2024 at 9:08 AM, Jon Joseph said: A Puddles B1G baseball field day? Absolutely, in 2025. The SEC has an incredible SIX of the top ten teams in this week's D1 poll, while there is huge opportunity in the B1G in Baseball for Oregon to be a dominant player over time. My prediction was that starting next year--the B1G Baseball title would be ruled by Oregon or UCLA The Ducks fit in so well as a "cold-weather" team who can flourish regardless of the climate. By our move to the B1G....we will no longer have to play Pac-12 Baseball mainstays such as Oregon State, Arizona and Stanford. Sub into the schedule the B1G teams, and you have a TON of winning for our Ducks! 1 Mr. FishDuck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Joseph Moderator No. 5 Share Posted March 8 On 3/8/2024 at 12:58 PM, Charles Fischer said: Absolutely, in 2025. The SEC has an incredible SIX of the top ten teams in this week's D1 poll, while there is huge opportunity in the B1G in Baseball for Oregon to be a dominant player over time. My prediction was that starting next year--the B1G Baseball title would be ruled by Oregon or UCLA The Ducks fit in so well as a "cold-weather" team who can flourish regardless of the climate. By our move to the B1G....we will no longer have to play Pac-12 Baseball mainstays such as Oregon State, Arizona and Stanford. Sub into the schedule the B1G teams, and you have a TON of winning for our Ducks! Love the take. Whatever happened to USC baseball? Used to be the kings of the diamond. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Washington Waddler Moderator No. 6 Share Posted March 8 On 3/8/2024 at 10:42 AM, Jon Joseph said: Whatever happened to USC baseball? Used to be the kings of the diamond. Seems they went extinct around the same time their head coach Rod ‘Dodo’ Dedeaux stepped down. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Fischer Author Administrator No. 7 Share Posted March 8 On 3/8/2024 at 11:39 AM, Washington Waddler said: Seems they went extinct around the same time their head coach Rod ‘Dodo’ Dedeaux stepped down. Yep, but last year they moved back up to the middle of the conference with their new coach, yet are at the bottom of the conference at the end of non-conference games this season. Injuries perhaps? 1 Mr. FishDuck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave23 No. 8 Share Posted March 8 On 3/8/2024 at 11:42 AM, Jon Joseph said: Whatever happened to USC baseball? Used to be the kings of the diamond. The same thing that's happened to most it sports teams, bad leadership from the AD on down. Plus now all the other teams can get away with paying off players as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
