Nationals Arm Race

Ole Miss wins! Photo via Getty Here’s how the finals between Ole Miss and Oklahoma played out: Game 1 Ole Miss opted to go with a “bullpen game” instead of putting out their predicted starter on shorter rest, and it ended up paying off in spades. Reliever Jack Dougherty got the call. And he delivered, throwing 5 perfect innings to start the game before tiring in the … [Read more...] about 2022 CWS Finals: Ole Miss Wins!

We’re to the final of the 2022 CWS tournament; here’s a recap of group play in Omaha. Resources/links I use heavily during CWS time: D1baseball’s tournament central page, which has all the games in one place.Top 25 lists according to d1baseball, baseballamerica, and usatoday Coaches poll. WarrenNolan’s RPI rankings Full Field of 64 at d1baseball.com Full field of 64 … [Read more...] about 2022 CWS Group Play Recap

Thanks to Covid and to life, I havn’t covered High School baseball in this space in a while. We moved out of the DC area ahead of the 2019 season and we kind of lost track of the sport, especially when Covid basically cancelled the 2020 prep season. However, I was spurred into action when I saw some coverage on Facebook about the HS tournament in Virginia, so I thought i’d … [Read more...] about 2022 Prep Baseball Wrap: Virginia State Champs

Reminder, here’s my set of CWS resources: Resources/links I use heavily during CWS time: D1baseball’s tournament central page, which has all the games in one place.Top 25 lists according to d1baseball, baseballamerica, and usatoday Coaches poll. WarrenNolan’s RPI rankings Full Field of 64 at d1baseball.com Full field of 64 with some great data points at NCAA.com CWS … [Read more...] about CWS 2022: Super Regional recap and CWS Preview

Here’s the first collection of this year’s Mock Drafts.  We usually see the first crazy-early mock just after the 2021 draft (from Baseball America), then again after the end of the 2021 season when the draft order is more or less determined, then it really starts to heat up in April/May. I’ll keep adding to this list as Mocks come in; they’re generated all the way up to the … [Read more...] about 2022 Draft Coverage: Early Mock Drafts