- March 26th, 2010, 4:57 pm
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Series discussion on our site: http://www.uncafans.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=407
UNC Asheville stats: http://www.uncabulldogs.com/fls/19200/s ... AMCUME.HTM
http://www.libertyflames.com/baseball/xlive.htm
Asheville leads the first game 3-2 in the 6th.
I threw up a quick analysis on our site -- basically, i'd expect a sweep here...Would be thrilled if we could steal a game. We haven't proven we can get anyone out all year and we have a few guys that can hit -- but no one has shown consistent pop. Graham & McIntosh are our best hitters -- Justin Schumer probably has the most potential/pop but he's been up and down in all the years he's been at asheville. Very streaky fastball hitter that is capable of going on a tear or going 0'fer in a series. His career numbers bear this out but I'd say he's the one guy Liberty doesn't want to 'beat' them.
On our end we've got some below average arms in our weekend rotation that have pitched decently well. The kid we started today hasn't been in the top 3 -- its mostly been Dull, Wohlend & Schumer so expect at least one of those guys out of the pen instead. Really the only consistent "D1" arm we have is Schumer who had a good outting last weekend at Radford -- but has been inconsistent throughout his career. He'll throw sunday. Dan Weller is our best arm out of the pen .... He's got a great changeup and has been the only pitcher that has consistently gotten outs this year, but again, he tops out at around 84-85 mph so not a big time arm. As a whole it is hard not to have an 8-9 era (as a staff) when only one pitcher can come close to hitting 90mph.
Asheville is scrappy and will play hard, but, if you guys show up I don't see any reason this should be much of a series. The only thing I will say is just in looking at the stats for your weekend arms they haven't really faced any teams that are very good so far. Granted Asheville is awful -- but it *is* a lot different once you get in conference and start playing teams you see every year and are comfortable with.
UNC Asheville stats: http://www.uncabulldogs.com/fls/19200/s ... AMCUME.HTM
http://www.libertyflames.com/baseball/xlive.htm
Asheville leads the first game 3-2 in the 6th.
I threw up a quick analysis on our site -- basically, i'd expect a sweep here...Would be thrilled if we could steal a game. We haven't proven we can get anyone out all year and we have a few guys that can hit -- but no one has shown consistent pop. Graham & McIntosh are our best hitters -- Justin Schumer probably has the most potential/pop but he's been up and down in all the years he's been at asheville. Very streaky fastball hitter that is capable of going on a tear or going 0'fer in a series. His career numbers bear this out but I'd say he's the one guy Liberty doesn't want to 'beat' them.
On our end we've got some below average arms in our weekend rotation that have pitched decently well. The kid we started today hasn't been in the top 3 -- its mostly been Dull, Wohlend & Schumer so expect at least one of those guys out of the pen instead. Really the only consistent "D1" arm we have is Schumer who had a good outting last weekend at Radford -- but has been inconsistent throughout his career. He'll throw sunday. Dan Weller is our best arm out of the pen .... He's got a great changeup and has been the only pitcher that has consistently gotten outs this year, but again, he tops out at around 84-85 mph so not a big time arm. As a whole it is hard not to have an 8-9 era (as a staff) when only one pitcher can come close to hitting 90mph.
Asheville is scrappy and will play hard, but, if you guys show up I don't see any reason this should be much of a series. The only thing I will say is just in looking at the stats for your weekend arms they haven't really faced any teams that are very good so far. Granted Asheville is awful -- but it *is* a lot different once you get in conference and start playing teams you see every year and are comfortable with.
- By LU Armchair coach
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