Greetings, Baseball Caniacs:
I hope U are having a great week.
Since we have no midweek game(s) this week, I thought this would be a great opportunity to once again check under the hood and look at our numbers to see how we are doing 45 games into the season with just 10 games remaining, 6 in the ACC.
As we head into the weekend series vs non-conference opponent Bethune-Cookman Wildcats, let's take a look at our record to date:
SEASON RECORD
Overall Record: 31-14 (.689%)
ACC Record: 14-10 (.583%)
Winning Streak: 4
Home: 20-7
Away: 11-7
So, we are 3-14 overall and 14-10/ACC. For comparison, here's our record through 45 games in the last 3 years + overall, give or take a couple of days and games (my math).
Note how bad our out-of-conference (OOC) records were in 2017 & 2018. That kept us out of the post-season because we didn't win enough of the games we were supposed to win.
2016:
Through this date: 35-7 overall (3 games canceled),
Finished 51-15, (21-7/ACC - 30-8 OOC) Went to Omaha
2017:
22-22 overall (2 games canceled), no post-season
Finished 32-27 (16-13/ACC - 16/14 OOC)
2018:
Through this date: 17-25 overall, no post-season
Finished 28-26, (16-13/ACC - 12/13 OOC)
2019:
Through this date: 31-14 (14-10/ACC - 18/6 OOC)
POLLS
For the first time since 2016, your Miami Hurricanes are ranked in all 5 major polls.
Baseball Continues Climbing in Top 25 (UM Link)
CORAL GABLES, Fla. – The University of Miami baseball program climbed in the rankings in four polls and entered the top 25 in another, securing a third consecutive week ranked in polls released Monday. (Read More)
RPI
We are No. 11 this week and even though we swept No. 45 Virginia Tech, we didn't move up or down. The Hokies dropped only 1 place to No. 46.
No. 7: Louisville (no change from last week, even though they swamped (and swept) Ala.A&M.
No. 8 Georgia Tech, up from No. 9. Taking 2-3 from them are our best Ws to date. (BTW, the SEC has 4 of the top 5 RPIs, 5 in the Top 10 (vs our 3) and 10 in the Top 25 vs the ACC's 4..
Unfortunately for us, we have Bethune-Cookman this weekend and they have an RPI of 268. With a record of 16-30, 9-12 MEAC, our RPI may take a good hit. Almost every ACC school plays a lower-level school this weekend except for 4 schools who are in conference: FSU hosts Pitt and Louisville travels to Notre Dame.
UPDATE: STRENGTH OF SCHEDULE (Courtesy: warrennolan.com Link)
This week we moved up 2 places to No. 8! The only other ACC team in the Top 10 is GT and they moved to No. 3; in Top 20, VT up 1 No. 19. The best team in the ACC, record-wise is Louisville and they are a surprising No. 35! The SEC still as 7 teams in the Top 10 including Florida who moved up 1 to No. 6, after taking 2-3 at home to ranked UK. Their conference record is 11-13. They have a very tough series this weekend at Top 10 UGA.
ACC STANDINGS (the acc.com Link)
We are 2nd at 14-10 behind GT and UNC who are tied for 1st one game ahead at 15-9. Duke, a team we see at the end of the regular season is 1 game behind us at 13-11.
In other words...
No. 1/Tie GT/UNC: 15/9
No. 2 (or is it 3?) UM: 14/10
No. 3 (or 4) Duke: 13/11
ACC HITTING/TEAM - Out of 14 (theacc.com Link)
It wasn't all that long ago that we led the conference in hitting at just over .300. As of today, we have slipped to 3rd at .288 tied with Wake Forest. VT did a great job shutting down our offense. After scoring 45 runs in the previous 4 games, the Hokies held us to just 7 runs on a total of 16 hits (6,5 & 5). Our staff wasn't shabby We held VT to only 15 hits( 6,4 & 5).
No. 1 Louisville: .301
No. 2/Tie: UVA/BC: .289
No. 3/Tie UM/WF .288
ACC HITTING/INDIVIDUAL - Out of 142 (Select Hitting on theacc.com Link)
Overall, we have hit a slump, again, thanks in part to VT, as we used to have 2 batters in the Top 10:
No. 13: Raymond Gil .342
No. 18: Adrian Del Castillo .331
No.. 23: J.P. Gates .321
ACC HITTING LEADERS (Click Hitting theacc.com Link)
Top 3 out of 18 Categories:
HRs: No. 1 SO Alex Toral 17 (tied with Kyle McCann/GT)
RBIs No. 2: FR Adrian Del Castillo 55 (Wake's Bobby Seymour has 70!)
Stolen Bases: No. 3 Jordan Lala 19
Power Surge Pushes Canes Baseball Back to Prominence (UM Link)
CORAL GABLES, Fla. – Few sports provide flukier results than baseball. Sample sizes matter in this sport more than maybe any other. So, if you were hesitant to buy into Miami's offensive resurgence after the first game of the season, no one could blame you.
Here's the thing, though—if you didn't believe it, well, you were wrong. It turns out, what Miami displayed to open first-year head coach Gino DiMare's tenure was no lucky break.
These Canes, folks, they can flat-out rake. (Read More)
ACC PITCHING/TEAM - Out of 14 (Scroll Down - the acc.com)
Miami is a very respectable 4th in the conference with a staff ERA of .388. Pretty darn good considering we have been without our 2 top weekend starters McKendry (Fri.) and McMahon (Sat.) for the last 2 weekends.
No. 1 Louisville 3.43 ERA
No. 2 Duke 3.77 ERA
No. 3 VT 3.87 ERA
No. 4 Miami 3.88 ERA
ACC PITCHING/INDIVIDUAL- Out of 174 (Select Pitching on theacc.com Link)
Out of 174 pitchers listed, we have only 1 pitcher in the Top 10 and a total of 3 in the Top 25 and they're all relievers: :
RELIEVERS
No. 7: Mark Mixon 1.33.
No. 21: Daniel Federman 2.57 ERA.
No. 24 Gregory Veliz (Closer) 2.70.
No. 88 Tyler Keysor 4.28
No. 91 Slade Cecconi 4.26
No, 125 Bailey Mantilla 5.23
No. 145 Albert Maury, Jr. 6.52
Not Listed: J.P. Gates (started as our closer, now mainly our DH)
Here's where our Starters are listed (keep in mind McKendry & McMahon have been out 2 weeks):
STARTERS
No. 42: Sunday Brian Van Belle 3.32 ERA
No. 80: Saturday Chris McMahon 4.10 ERA
No. 102: Fri. Evan McKendry 4.53 ERA
ACC PITCHING LEADERS (Click Pitching theacc.com Link)
No one listed in top 3 out of 21 categories listed
ACC FIELDING/TEAM - Out of 14 (Scroll Down - theacc.com Link)
Surprise, surprise, we are ranked 12th out of 14 teams ahead of FSU and Pitt. We've committed 58 E, tied with FSU, while Pitt brings up the read with 68. Last week, we were hovering around No. 200. I hate to say it but having Freddy Zamora out of the lineup has helped. Against VT, we committed only 2 Es in 1 game each.
NATIONAL FIELDING - Out of 297 (ncaa.com Link)
Heads Up: this site is 8 total games behind showing 37 games vs our current total of 45. We are tied for 180th with Arkansas St out of 297 teams. We've committed 48 Es in 37 games( BCC is N. 221) We are ahead of Duke (No. 214), Pitt (No. 259) and
ACC FIELDING/INDIVIDUAL - Out of 110 (Select Fielding on theacc.com link)
No. 2: FR RF/C/IF Adrian Del Castillo 1.000) Simply amazing for an FR
No. 21: SO 1B Alex Toral 0.991
No. 35 RES SO C Michael Amditis (0.988)
No. 56 FR OF Joran Lala (0.978)
No. 62 SO OF Tony Jenkins (0.970)
No. 67 FR 2B Anthony Vilar (0.966)
No. 105 SO SS Freddy Zamora (.887)
No. 107 SO 3B Raymond Gill (.882)
ACC FIELDING LEADERS (Click Pitching theacc.com Link)
In the top 10 of 10 categories listed, we are ranked in only 1:
Errors:
No. 2 SO Freddy Zamora 18 he (hasn't played in 2 weeks)
No. 10 SO Raymond Gil 11
(No. 1: David Yanni 21 (Pitt)
REMAINING SCHEDULE (thesacc.com Link)
No Midweek Game this week
Fri 5/3, Sat. 5/4 & Sun 5/5: Host Bethune-Cookman 16-31, 9-12/MEAC (7 pm, 7 pm & 1 pm)
Midweek Game: Wed 5/8: Host UCF 27-18, 7-11/AAC (7 pm)
Fri 5/10, Sat. 5/11 & Mon 5/13* @ Wake Forest 27-17, 12-12/ACC (6 pm, 4 pm & 7 pm*) *ESPN/ACC Game of the Week
No Midweek Game Week of 5/12
Fri. 5/17, Sat. 5/18 & Sun. 5/19: Host Duke 27-17, 13-11/ACC (7 pm, 7 pm & 1 pm)
ACC Tournament (Durham, NC): Tues. 5/21 - Sun. 5/26
NCAA Regionals: Fri. 5/31 - Sun. 6/3
NCAA Super Regionals: Fri. 6/7 - Mon, 6/10)
College World Series (Omaha, NE): Sat. 6/15 - Mon. 6/26
I think that's it, Caniacs. Please let me know if I muffed anything. Hope U enjoyed reading this post. I hope to be back with U Friday night.
Until then, it's great to be...
Go Canes!
I hope U are having a great week.
Since we have no midweek game(s) this week, I thought this would be a great opportunity to once again check under the hood and look at our numbers to see how we are doing 45 games into the season with just 10 games remaining, 6 in the ACC.
As we head into the weekend series vs non-conference opponent Bethune-Cookman Wildcats, let's take a look at our record to date:
SEASON RECORD
Overall Record: 31-14 (.689%)
ACC Record: 14-10 (.583%)
Winning Streak: 4
Home: 20-7
Away: 11-7
So, we are 3-14 overall and 14-10/ACC. For comparison, here's our record through 45 games in the last 3 years + overall, give or take a couple of days and games (my math).
Note how bad our out-of-conference (OOC) records were in 2017 & 2018. That kept us out of the post-season because we didn't win enough of the games we were supposed to win.
2016:
Through this date: 35-7 overall (3 games canceled),
Finished 51-15, (21-7/ACC - 30-8 OOC) Went to Omaha
2017:
22-22 overall (2 games canceled), no post-season
Finished 32-27 (16-13/ACC - 16/14 OOC)
2018:
Through this date: 17-25 overall, no post-season
Finished 28-26, (16-13/ACC - 12/13 OOC)
2019:
Through this date: 31-14 (14-10/ACC - 18/6 OOC)
POLLS
For the first time since 2016, your Miami Hurricanes are ranked in all 5 major polls.
Baseball Continues Climbing in Top 25 (UM Link)
CORAL GABLES, Fla. – The University of Miami baseball program climbed in the rankings in four polls and entered the top 25 in another, securing a third consecutive week ranked in polls released Monday. (Read More)
RPI
We are No. 11 this week and even though we swept No. 45 Virginia Tech, we didn't move up or down. The Hokies dropped only 1 place to No. 46.
No. 7: Louisville (no change from last week, even though they swamped (and swept) Ala.A&M.
No. 8 Georgia Tech, up from No. 9. Taking 2-3 from them are our best Ws to date. (BTW, the SEC has 4 of the top 5 RPIs, 5 in the Top 10 (vs our 3) and 10 in the Top 25 vs the ACC's 4..
Unfortunately for us, we have Bethune-Cookman this weekend and they have an RPI of 268. With a record of 16-30, 9-12 MEAC, our RPI may take a good hit. Almost every ACC school plays a lower-level school this weekend except for 4 schools who are in conference: FSU hosts Pitt and Louisville travels to Notre Dame.
UPDATE: STRENGTH OF SCHEDULE (Courtesy: warrennolan.com Link)
This week we moved up 2 places to No. 8! The only other ACC team in the Top 10 is GT and they moved to No. 3; in Top 20, VT up 1 No. 19. The best team in the ACC, record-wise is Louisville and they are a surprising No. 35! The SEC still as 7 teams in the Top 10 including Florida who moved up 1 to No. 6, after taking 2-3 at home to ranked UK. Their conference record is 11-13. They have a very tough series this weekend at Top 10 UGA.
ACC STANDINGS (the acc.com Link)
We are 2nd at 14-10 behind GT and UNC who are tied for 1st one game ahead at 15-9. Duke, a team we see at the end of the regular season is 1 game behind us at 13-11.
In other words...
No. 1/Tie GT/UNC: 15/9
No. 2 (or is it 3?) UM: 14/10
No. 3 (or 4) Duke: 13/11
ACC HITTING/TEAM - Out of 14 (theacc.com Link)
It wasn't all that long ago that we led the conference in hitting at just over .300. As of today, we have slipped to 3rd at .288 tied with Wake Forest. VT did a great job shutting down our offense. After scoring 45 runs in the previous 4 games, the Hokies held us to just 7 runs on a total of 16 hits (6,5 & 5). Our staff wasn't shabby We held VT to only 15 hits( 6,4 & 5).
No. 1 Louisville: .301
No. 2/Tie: UVA/BC: .289
No. 3/Tie UM/WF .288
ACC HITTING/INDIVIDUAL - Out of 142 (Select Hitting on theacc.com Link)
Overall, we have hit a slump, again, thanks in part to VT, as we used to have 2 batters in the Top 10:
No. 13: Raymond Gil .342
No. 18: Adrian Del Castillo .331
No.. 23: J.P. Gates .321
ACC HITTING LEADERS (Click Hitting theacc.com Link)
Top 3 out of 18 Categories:
HRs: No. 1 SO Alex Toral 17 (tied with Kyle McCann/GT)
RBIs No. 2: FR Adrian Del Castillo 55 (Wake's Bobby Seymour has 70!)
Stolen Bases: No. 3 Jordan Lala 19
Power Surge Pushes Canes Baseball Back to Prominence (UM Link)
CORAL GABLES, Fla. – Few sports provide flukier results than baseball. Sample sizes matter in this sport more than maybe any other. So, if you were hesitant to buy into Miami's offensive resurgence after the first game of the season, no one could blame you.
Here's the thing, though—if you didn't believe it, well, you were wrong. It turns out, what Miami displayed to open first-year head coach Gino DiMare's tenure was no lucky break.
These Canes, folks, they can flat-out rake. (Read More)
ACC PITCHING/TEAM - Out of 14 (Scroll Down - the acc.com)
Miami is a very respectable 4th in the conference with a staff ERA of .388. Pretty darn good considering we have been without our 2 top weekend starters McKendry (Fri.) and McMahon (Sat.) for the last 2 weekends.
No. 1 Louisville 3.43 ERA
No. 2 Duke 3.77 ERA
No. 3 VT 3.87 ERA
No. 4 Miami 3.88 ERA
ACC PITCHING/INDIVIDUAL- Out of 174 (Select Pitching on theacc.com Link)
Out of 174 pitchers listed, we have only 1 pitcher in the Top 10 and a total of 3 in the Top 25 and they're all relievers: :
RELIEVERS
No. 7: Mark Mixon 1.33.
No. 21: Daniel Federman 2.57 ERA.
No. 24 Gregory Veliz (Closer) 2.70.
No. 88 Tyler Keysor 4.28
No. 91 Slade Cecconi 4.26
No, 125 Bailey Mantilla 5.23
No. 145 Albert Maury, Jr. 6.52
Not Listed: J.P. Gates (started as our closer, now mainly our DH)
Here's where our Starters are listed (keep in mind McKendry & McMahon have been out 2 weeks):
STARTERS
No. 42: Sunday Brian Van Belle 3.32 ERA
No. 80: Saturday Chris McMahon 4.10 ERA
No. 102: Fri. Evan McKendry 4.53 ERA
ACC PITCHING LEADERS (Click Pitching theacc.com Link)
No one listed in top 3 out of 21 categories listed
ACC FIELDING/TEAM - Out of 14 (Scroll Down - theacc.com Link)
Surprise, surprise, we are ranked 12th out of 14 teams ahead of FSU and Pitt. We've committed 58 E, tied with FSU, while Pitt brings up the read with 68. Last week, we were hovering around No. 200. I hate to say it but having Freddy Zamora out of the lineup has helped. Against VT, we committed only 2 Es in 1 game each.
NATIONAL FIELDING - Out of 297 (ncaa.com Link)
Heads Up: this site is 8 total games behind showing 37 games vs our current total of 45. We are tied for 180th with Arkansas St out of 297 teams. We've committed 48 Es in 37 games( BCC is N. 221) We are ahead of Duke (No. 214), Pitt (No. 259) and
ACC FIELDING/INDIVIDUAL - Out of 110 (Select Fielding on theacc.com link)
No. 2: FR RF/C/IF Adrian Del Castillo 1.000) Simply amazing for an FR
No. 21: SO 1B Alex Toral 0.991
No. 35 RES SO C Michael Amditis (0.988)
No. 56 FR OF Joran Lala (0.978)
No. 62 SO OF Tony Jenkins (0.970)
No. 67 FR 2B Anthony Vilar (0.966)
No. 105 SO SS Freddy Zamora (.887)
No. 107 SO 3B Raymond Gill (.882)
ACC FIELDING LEADERS (Click Pitching theacc.com Link)
In the top 10 of 10 categories listed, we are ranked in only 1:
Errors:
No. 2 SO Freddy Zamora 18 he (hasn't played in 2 weeks)
No. 10 SO Raymond Gil 11
(No. 1: David Yanni 21 (Pitt)
REMAINING SCHEDULE (thesacc.com Link)
No Midweek Game this week
Fri 5/3, Sat. 5/4 & Sun 5/5: Host Bethune-Cookman 16-31, 9-12/MEAC (7 pm, 7 pm & 1 pm)
Midweek Game: Wed 5/8: Host UCF 27-18, 7-11/AAC (7 pm)
Fri 5/10, Sat. 5/11 & Mon 5/13* @ Wake Forest 27-17, 12-12/ACC (6 pm, 4 pm & 7 pm*) *ESPN/ACC Game of the Week
No Midweek Game Week of 5/12
Fri. 5/17, Sat. 5/18 & Sun. 5/19: Host Duke 27-17, 13-11/ACC (7 pm, 7 pm & 1 pm)
ACC Tournament (Durham, NC): Tues. 5/21 - Sun. 5/26
NCAA Regionals: Fri. 5/31 - Sun. 6/3
NCAA Super Regionals: Fri. 6/7 - Mon, 6/10)
College World Series (Omaha, NE): Sat. 6/15 - Mon. 6/26
I think that's it, Caniacs. Please let me know if I muffed anything. Hope U enjoyed reading this post. I hope to be back with U Friday night.
Until then, it's great to be...
Go Canes!
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