Team ERA keeps dropping.

This staff is getting stronger as the season goes on. three straight conference complete games. I have been a fan of Texas baseball since the early 80's and am struggling to remember when the last time that happened if ever.
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Anyone else feel sorry for Frank's Squad? Remember last Sunday when B Work felt he had to one up Cole? NOW, Cole is going to be setting the bar even higher as he is going after Taylor.

Glad I'm wearing burnt orange.
 
I do think there is healthy competition going on between Taylor, Cole and Brandon as each week rolls by. If the offense continues to get better then this is a team nobody will want to face regardless of who's on the mound.
 
Don't feel sorry for Frank or any other coach or team. This team has done very well so far. Let's don't jinx them....
 
There's no pity in baseball. If the situation were reversed, do you think Frank and the Pokes would pity us?

We're kicking ***, we're taking names. It's the way it's
supposed to be.
 
so where will this team end up?

Check this out:

Lowest earned run avg.
1. 1.88 (378.0 IP) - 1970
2. 1.92 (506.1 IP) - 1975
3. 2.12 (403.2 IP) - 1972
4. 2.12 (467.0 IP) - 1973
5. 2.12 (505.0 IP) - 1977
6. 2.18 (338.0 IP) - 1969
7. 2.28 (296.2 IP) - 1968
8. 2.37 (467.2 IP) - 1976
9. 2.41 (339.2 IP) - 1971
10. 2.53 (213.1 IP) - 1964
 
don't have the gross statistics, but I'm guessing we are now between 2.18 and 2.28? Anybody have the actual stats?

Imo, we have a real shot at getting below 2.00, which would be probably the lowest ever since aluminum bats came into existence.

edit, did they have aluminum bats in 1970?, 1975?
 
well I think it is 2.22 now.

top 4:
0.96 Ruffin
1.62 Green
2.30 Jungmann
3.00 Workman


Really like what I am seeing out of this Milner kid.
 
Here is a link with some historical information regarding bats. In short, they went metal in 1974. BAs climbed from mean 260s to 280s and leveled off some after weight limits were imposed.
 
As per my quick mental calculation, the ERA during the 20 game win streak is 1.47 .. During the last 10 games, it is actually 0.95 .. Are you kidding me?

For the year, all 11 guys who have pitched more than 3 innings for us, have batting averages of .250 or less against them with five of them showing .180 or less. I remember some pretty good Texas pitching staffs with nobody under .200 and only 3 or 4 under .250 ..

10 of those 11 guys have ERAs at 3.31 or less with 7 of them showing 2.77 or less. Again, there were many salty Texas staffs with no more than a couple of guys under 2.75 and no more than 3 or 4 under 3.30 ...

These guys have been everything that we expected of them in preseason - and more. Plus, no arm seems to be overly taxed at this point either (in terms of pitches thrown).

Touchwood, as always. We shouldn't jinx them. They have not achieved anything just yet. Do this job from game #55 onwards - and that is really all that counts from here on out.

R.J.
 
It's an amazing run of great pitching, but remember that ERAs, especially team ERAs, climb in the postseason. In the conference tournament there are a lot of games in a few days, meaning you are working deeper into your staff (though not as bad now since the change to round robin). If you get into the loser's bracket in the regional, a similar issue. And then hitter-friendly Rosenblatt almost always jacks up ERAs. (Our 2005 team, IIRC, was notable for being an amazing exception to the rule.)

And as Keith often says HRs increase with the warmer weather; we were fortunate to have unseasonable north winds all three games this weekend, or the team ERA likely would have gone the other direction.

Love what the kids are doing, but with what lies ahead...breaking into the list posted above is probably still a long shot.

BTW...I seem to recall there used to be a time when postseason didn't count in the stats. But maybe I'm thinking of a different sport.

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That is absolutely correct. The team ERAs tend to go up 0.25 to 0.50 during the postseason. Depth is what really helps avoid problems in the postseason. That is why I was happy to see Hoby, Stayton etc come through well for us.

An extra starter is always needed. The only thing about this year (really from late last year) that has not gone as I had hoped was Dicharry's numbers. Not that he is terrible or anything, but compared to how he started off last year, he had regressed. But he had a couple of good outings later this year and is well-rested now to help.

The rise in ERAs in the postseason often gets countered by our bats usually coming alive too, especially at Rosenblatt. That is the usual experience. But then again, all it takes is two good pitchers bottling up our bats in a super regional or something for everything to go down the tubes in a hurry. Will never forget my UC Irvine anteaters a couple of years back against my Horns.

R.J.
 
Our team batting average is historically lower than many of the Omaha competition. I don't know what they are for the presumptive participants, like Ariz St.
 
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