Charles Fischer Administrator No. 1 Share Posted 6 hours ago I will begin to gather information about the B1G Baseball Tournament this week. They created "Pool" play, where you win your pool and advance further. The Ducks have Michigan State, who they play on Thursday at 4:00 PM, and Nebraska on Friday at 4:00 PM. The bad news? Michigan State has the only pitcher that I fear...but will they play him against Oregon? I doubt it, as the Spartans play the Cornhuskers on Tuesday first. And...the rules state that if there is a tie, that the higher seed moves forward in the tournament. Thus some media entities report that OBD only has to win one of the two games to advance. I will be adding a ton more to this thread, and everyone is welcome to contribute information and their thoughts as well. We see a breakdown by 247 Duck Territory right here about it...and there is more from the B1G site right here... and this page shows who is in the Pools. If the Ducks win Pool A, then we face the winner of Pool D, which consists of Washington, USC and Penn State. Lovely. The Pools... If all followed chalk...Our Beloved Ducks would meet UCLA in the final on Sunday, May 25th. This means we need four pitchers, without enough rest for Grayson Grinsell to pitch more than once. At the present...we don't really have a starting fourth pitcher, unless you run Ian Umlandt, (Would not be available for relief) or do it by committee as we did by starting Julian Hernandez for three innings against St. Mary's a few weeks ago. For tournaments...nobody has deep pitching, and to give the other pitchers experience in advance of this...you risk losing games you needed to win to get to a No. 7 Seed in the nation...my "cope" with this is that everyone will be short of good, experienced pitchers, and I'd like to think our batting lineup can get to their pitchers better than they can to us? Mr. FishDuck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Fischer Author Administrator No. 2 Share Posted 6 hours ago BTW...the B1G Baseball Tournament is played at the same stadium of the College World Series, Charles Schwab Field in Omaha! Mr. FishDuck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
30Duck Moderator No. 3 Share Posted 6 hours ago On 5/18/2025 at 12:35 PM, Charles Fischer said: For tournaments...nobody has deep pitching, and to give the other pitchers experience in advance of this...you risk losing games you needed to win to get to a No. 7 Seed in the nation...my "cope" with this is that everyone will be short of good, experienced pitchers, and I'd like to think our batting lineup can get to their pitchers better than they can to us? I agree with this!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sports fan No. 4 Share Posted 4 hours ago I checked out the schedule and bracket and our Ducks are the last team to play. This gives our guys a couple of days rest while everyone else is battling it out. But this scenario also could be an issue as Oregon would play four games in four days. Will the pitching hold up? I did a deep dive into Oregon's pitching depth. These results are based on the last 15 games, when Oregon won 14 out of 15. I have to admit I didn't know the Ducks have 19 pitchers on their roster! Besides our starting pitchers, Coach Waz relies on only six relievers. Grayson Grinsell, Collin Clarke and Jason Reitz each had four starts. Relievers and appearances Cole Stokes 10 Seth Mattox 8 Santiago Garcia 6 Ian Umlandt 6 Ryan Featherstone 5 Jaxon Jordan 4 Pitchers who have made a brief appearance in the last 15 games. Toby Twist 3 St. Mary's - Washington - Iowa Sam Boyle 2 Tanner Bradley 1 Julien Hernandez 1 Will Sanford 1 Last pitched against Oregon St. on April 29th. Started and pitched two innings. Is he recovering from an injury?) This is going to be a challenge for all teams, not just Oregon. I'm sure we're going to see some pitchers who normally don't play. Keep the bats boomin', Ducks! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
30Duck Moderator No. 5 Share Posted 4 hours ago On 5/18/2025 at 12:35 PM, Charles Fischer said: The bad news? Michigan State has the only pitcher that I fear...but will they play him against Oregon? I doubt it, as the Spartans play the Cornhuskers on Tuesday first. But. What if the Michigan St. Coach does a Lanning...and goes for it, believing that they can get by Nebraska with their No.2, but need No.1 to beat Oregon? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Fischer Author Administrator No. 6 Share Posted 4 hours ago On 5/18/2025 at 2:24 PM, sports fan said: I'm sure we're going to see some pitchers who normally don't play. Keep the bats boomin', Ducks! GREAT research, and thank you! I am expecting to see most of the pitchers you mentioned as brief appearances, and yes...I think something is up with Sanford. But I could also see other freshman pitchers, such as Michael Meckna, and Gabe Howard make brief appearances for an inning at a time? Oregon does not have enough proven, quality pitchers for four games in four days...but UCLA has a HUGE break...where they play on Tuesday and Wednesday...thus their Tuesday pitchers (Starting and Relief) could be called on for--the Sunday Championship! We just got hosed... Mr. FishDuck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
30Duck Moderator No. 7 Share Posted 4 hours ago On 5/18/2025 at 2:46 PM, Charles Fischer said: We just got hosed... What is it with formats and OBD when they get the No.1 Seed???? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
