[quote=“919R, post:40, topic:31111”][quote=“Mr. Bojangles, post:39, topic:31111”][quote=“BigE3, post:38, topic:31111”]They have a few good Lefty bats. A couple freshmen are lefty bats. I’m sure coach Robinson is working his tail off to get them as ready as can be.
Looking forward to seeing these guys develop!!![/quote]
From only seeing a few scrimmages and the Czech game, looks like we have some good young bats to work with. Excited to see how they develop and where they fit in this year and in the future. The facility improvements are big time for player development.[/quote]
[quote=“Mr. Bojangles, post:41, topic:31111”][quote=“919R, post:40, topic:31111”][quote=“Mr. Bojangles, post:39, topic:31111”][quote=“BigE3, post:38, topic:31111”]They have a few good Lefty bats. A couple freshmen are lefty bats. I’m sure coach Robinson is working his tail off to get them as ready as can be.
Looking forward to seeing these guys develop!!![/quote]
From only seeing a few scrimmages and the Czech game, looks like we have some good young bats to work with. Excited to see how they develop and where they fit in this year and in the future. The facility improvements are big time for player development.[/quote]
[quote=“ImfromClayton, post:42, topic:31111”][quote=“Mr. Bojangles, post:41, topic:31111”][quote=“919R, post:40, topic:31111”][quote=“Mr. Bojangles, post:39, topic:31111”][quote=“BigE3, post:38, topic:31111”]They have a few good Lefty bats. A couple freshmen are lefty bats. I’m sure coach Robinson is working his tail off to get them as ready as can be.
Looking forward to seeing these guys develop!!![/quote]
From only seeing a few scrimmages and the Czech game, looks like we have some good young bats to work with. Excited to see how they develop and where they fit in this year and in the future. The facility improvements are big time for player development.[/quote]
The season previews are starting to come out from all the different college baseball publications. College Baseball Daily predicts the Niners to finish 3rd in C-USA. Matt Brooks picked to be all conference and Mims an Honorable Mention.
The 49ers had a very good 2017 regular season, but like a lot of other very good Conference USA teams, they were left out of the postseason. They may have had the best case with wins over Wake Forest and NC State, and two wins in the Conference USA Baseball Tournament, but alas, they didn’t make the cut.
Lineup:
Charlotte brings back several key contributors from last year’s team, including third baseman Jackson Mims, shortstop Hunter Jones and center fielder Reece Hampton. Mims hit .319 with 47 runs scored, 20 doubles, 6 home runs and 39 RBI. Jones hit .312 with 35 runs scored, while Hampton hit .264 with 31 runs scored. Drew Ober should be a big part of the lineup as well in 2018. He was hitting .354 last year before going down with an injury. Junior college transfers Tommy Bullock and Dominick Cammarata should have an immediate impact on the infield.
Pitching:
Matt Brooks was named to the All-CUSA Freshman team last year after posting a 3.14 ERA in 63 innings pitched with 58 strikeouts and 2 saves. Left-handed pitcher Josh Maciejewski had a 5.35 ERA in 77.1 innings pitched last year with 59 strikeouts. Jonah Patten saved seven games for Charlotte last year with a 4.54 ERA in 33.2 innings pitched with 40 strikeouts. How the pitching staff comes together will determine whether Charlotte is an NCAA Tournament team or not in 2018.
2018 Outlook:
“We were a ‘bubble NCAA team last year’ and look to compete for a spot in the tournament this year,” said Head Coach Loren Hibbs. “We have another challenging schedule that should be top-50 (minimum) in the country, and have 30 games in the always tough Conference USA.”
[quote=“Mr. Bojangles, post:47, topic:31111”]The season previews are starting to come out from all the different college baseball publications. College Baseball Daily predicts the Niners to finish 3rd in C-USA. Matt Brooks picked to be all conference and Mims an Honorable Mention.
The 49ers had a very good 2017 regular season, but like a lot of other very good Conference USA teams, they were left out of the postseason. They may have had the best case with wins over Wake Forest and NC State, and two wins in the Conference USA Baseball Tournament, but alas, they didn’t make the cut.
Lineup:
Charlotte brings back several key contributors from last year’s team, including third baseman Jackson Mims, shortstop Hunter Jones and center fielder Reece Hampton. Mims hit .319 with 47 runs scored, 20 doubles, 6 home runs and 39 RBI. Jones hit .312 with 35 runs scored, while Hampton hit .264 with 31 runs scored. Drew Ober should be a big part of the lineup as well in 2018. He was hitting .354 last year before going down with an injury. Junior college transfers Tommy Bullock and Dominick Cammarata should have an immediate impact on the infield.
Pitching:
Matt Brooks was named to the All-CUSA Freshman team last year after posting a 3.14 ERA in 63 innings pitched with 58 strikeouts and 2 saves. Left-handed pitcher Josh Maciejewski had a 5.35 ERA in 77.1 innings pitched last year with 59 strikeouts. Jonah Patten saved seven games for Charlotte last year with a 4.54 ERA in 33.2 innings pitched with 40 strikeouts. How the pitching staff comes together will determine whether Charlotte is an NCAA Tournament team or not in 2018.
2018 Outlook:
“We were a ‘bubble NCAA team last year’ and look to compete for a spot in the tournament this year,” said Head Coach Loren Hibbs. “We have another challenging schedule that should be top-50 (minimum) in the country, and have 30 games in the always tough Conference USA.”
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I am not a big baseball fan, but I am a Loren Hibbs fan. This checks all the expectation boxes for me:
[ul][li]Finish top 3 in conference[/li]
[li]Looking to compete for a spot in the tournament[/li]
[li]top 50 schedule[/li][/ul]
Every coach at Charlotte should have some version of these goals each year.
[quote=“Mr. Bojangles, post:47, topic:31111”]The season previews are starting to come out from all the different college baseball publications. College Baseball Daily predicts the Niners to finish 3rd in C-USA. Matt Brooks picked to be all conference and Mims an Honorable Mention.
The 49ers had a very good 2017 regular season, but like a lot of other very good Conference USA teams, they were left out of the postseason. They may have had the best case with wins over Wake Forest and NC State, and two wins in the Conference USA Baseball Tournament, but alas, they didn’t make the cut.
Lineup:
Charlotte brings back several key contributors from last year’s team, including third baseman Jackson Mims, shortstop Hunter Jones and center fielder Reece Hampton. Mims hit .319 with 47 runs scored, 20 doubles, 6 home runs and 39 RBI. Jones hit .312 with 35 runs scored, while Hampton hit .264 with 31 runs scored. Drew Ober should be a big part of the lineup as well in 2018. He was hitting .354 last year before going down with an injury. Junior college transfers Tommy Bullock and Dominick Cammarata should have an immediate impact on the infield.
Pitching:
Matt Brooks was named to the All-CUSA Freshman team last year after posting a 3.14 ERA in 63 innings pitched with 58 strikeouts and 2 saves. Left-handed pitcher Josh Maciejewski had a 5.35 ERA in 77.1 innings pitched last year with 59 strikeouts. Jonah Patten saved seven games for Charlotte last year with a 4.54 ERA in 33.2 innings pitched with 40 strikeouts. How the pitching staff comes together will determine whether Charlotte is an NCAA Tournament team or not in 2018.
2018 Outlook:
“We were a ‘bubble NCAA team last year’ and look to compete for a spot in the tournament this year,” said Head Coach Loren Hibbs. “We have another challenging schedule that should be top-50 (minimum) in the country, and have 30 games in the always tough Conference USA.”
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Our baseball team can realistically be the only Niner team to go to post season in Judy’s final year and a half.
[quote=“4ever niner, post:56, topic:31111”]We haven’t replaced the scoreboard over the off season? WTF?
The Belk Tower was in much better shape than that thing is.[/quote]
We need to get us an old fashioned scoreboard that requires someone to manually change the number of runs scored each half inning. That way, the Uh-Huh guy will have something to keep him busy when he is not chasing foul balls.
[quote=“49r9r, post:57, topic:31111”][quote=“4ever niner, post:56, topic:31111”]We haven’t replaced the scoreboard over the off season? WTF?
The Belk Tower was in much better shape than that thing is.[/quote]
We need to get us an old fashioned scoreboard that requires someone to manually change the number of runs scored each half inning. That way, the Uh-Huh guy will have something to keep him busy when he is not chasing foul balls.[/quote] Fenway!
[quote=“49erAlumnus, post:59, topic:31111”]I found this article on USM baseball ticket prices over at the C-USA board. Those guys are serious about rounders.
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