Charles Fischer Administrator No. 1 Share Posted Monday at 05:02 PM There are like five Baseball polls out there, and the Baseball America rankings had the Ducks the lowest last week among them at No. 15, but has moved them up to No. 12 this week. Oregon is right on the heels of Beavis, who are at No. 11. The rankings I consistently follow whether good or bad for us is D1Baseball, who have Oregon at No. 9 for this week, up from No. 10 last week. Of course Beavis is a nose ahead at No. 8, and the teams meet in a four-game series in late April. Oregon has NEVER swept USC in Los Angeles, so this was pretty noteworthy. Yet I will say that they were not quite as tough as I anticipated. Yes, we barely won some games, but the Trojans made some errors that were the difference in the game, and frankly--we won't see that against teams that will be in Omaha. Bottom line is we need to improve and there IS upside--a lot left. The two pitching concerns I had were primarily with Grayson Grinsell and Ryan Featherston. Both pitched well this weekend, as Grinsell only gave up two runs in five innings, and frankly--not his fault as there were fielding errors that day due to the slick surface. Ryan Featherston saved a bases-loaded situation yesterday, and was actually the closer for the ninth inning. It was a fantastic gut-call, and Coach Waz has bigger stones than I do--putting him in with the game on the line. Tremendous for him and for the team... The offense was not as strong as prior weekends because again....it is better competition. But I feel that our pitching is improving, as one example Jason Reitz, got over his initial jitters from prior series, and pitched four scoreless innings on Friday. Collin Clarke on Saturday, and Will Sanford on Sunday gave us great starting pitching....and they look to have more upside. We have a shot at Omaha! Will Sanford getting a big stop... 4 1 Mr. FishDuck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDuck No. 2 Share Posted Monday at 05:50 PM No. 9 Oregon is currently the only B1G team in the top 25 at D1baseball. In the same ranking, same week, last year there were no B1G teams. The second week of April, Nebraska was the last B1G team to appear in a weekly ranking at No. 23 before dropping out. The final 2024 ranking had Oregon St, Oregon and Arizona from the Pac. None from the B1G. As I noted elsewhere, of the West Four that joined the B1G, Oregon is the only one of four that has a record in B1G conference play above .500 in football, men’s basketball, women’s basketball this season. Will Oregon baseball join that list? The Ducks will still play Grand Canyon, Kent State, Portland, Georgetown, Oregon State, St Mary’s in non-conference. When it comes to tournament seeding, I imagine the Ducks are going to have to be dominant in those non-conference games as well as playing well in the B1G? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Fischer Author Administrator No. 3 Share Posted Monday at 06:25 PM On 3/10/2025 at 10:50 AM, HDuck said: As I noted elsewhere, of the West Four that joined the B1G, Oregon is the only one of four that has a record in B1G conference play above .500 in football, men’s basketball, women’s basketball this season. Will Oregon baseball join that list? The Ducks will still play Grand Canyon, Kent State, Portland, Georgetown, Oregon State, St Mary’s in non-conference. When it comes to tournament seeding, I imagine the Ducks are going to have to be dominant in those non-conference games as well as playing well in the B1G? First question...I certainly think so, as right now Oregon leads the B1G Conference standings after the first weekend, and I believe we will be a 40 game winner this year--or much better. Second question...I agree that they have to be dominant, but the good news is that although we are in a weak conference....both Oregon and Oregon State enjoy a national respect from how we did in the Pac-12. Even if we have a weak RPI later--as long as we perform in the Playoffs later--we will continue to receive that respect. Coach Waz's goal has always been Omaha, and winning a 'Natty. We have been getting better each year, and have deserved the national respect after finishing No. 12 in the nation the last two years. So if we do well in winning, I believe we will get a mulligan with the weak conference. But we have to confirm it in the Playoffs... Anson Aroz 1 Mr. FishDuck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDuck No. 4 Share Posted Monday at 06:50 PM Just win baby. Last season the Ducks were a 3 seed which meant a minimum of 32 teams were seeded above them in the 16 regionals. But, the Ducks won their regional Santa Barbara which fortunately was in the Pacific Time Zone. Home teams were 10-6 in the regionals. Of the 6, 5 were 3's, and 1 was a 4 seed. Home teams were 6-2 in the Super Regionals. One of the 2 was Oregon losing at Tex A&M. Seeding that allows home games are impactful, as is the SEC bias in seeding. The last B1G team with a home regional was Minnesota in 2018. They won, then got swept by Oregon State in the Super. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Fischer Author Administrator No. 5 Share Posted Monday at 07:54 PM On 3/10/2025 at 11:50 AM, HDuck said: Seeding that allows home games are impactful, Thus why we need to end up in the top eight to get both a Regional and Super-Regional at home. Yep, it is a tall order but... Mr. FishDuck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Joseph Moderator No. 6 Share Posted Monday at 08:21 PM OBD is Looking Good Across the Board. https://athlonsports.com/college/oregon-ducks/ducks-culture-of-winning-extends-to-all-sports 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
