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Lance Roffers said:
California is sort of the hot bed for club teams. UCLA has a pretty famous club team that has some cache as part of their program to work your way onto real team. A few guys have moved from club team and made an impact in their bullpen. As college baseball has grown, the impact has dramatically lessened. Kids just go elsewhere.

It's sort of their version of the walk-on program at Nebraska football.

To me, I cannot imagine doing that when I could go Juco. In Juco, the scholarships are full-rides and then you can get a D1 offer a lot easier than the portal now because they are setup to do so. They have heavily attended scout days where you get real exposure and they're earlier in the year so D1 teams aren't in full-steam mode yet.

If I were a fringe P4 guy, I'm leaving after my freshman year with P4 on my resume, going to Juco to get playing time to get stats and eyes-on, no debt, then transferring to a high G5 or a P4 with an opening at my spot.
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Club ball still counts against eligibility in DI, doesn’t it? Unless that has changed with the JUCO rulings, etc.
 
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njsbshzvshsn said:
Did you forget we have Ogden, Vance, Gabe, AND Mario to battle it out? A lot of talent. Plus Degoti coming back.
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I didn’t forget anyone, that’s why I posed the question, who will lock down 2B??

Thank goodness for Ogden coming back, he’s got SS locked down

Vance Sheahan is hitting .162 (99Abs) in the Cape which is the worst among qualified ABs along with his Cape Cod worst OPS (.442), OBP (.220) , Slugging (.222) and Cape Cod high GO/AO (3.07)

28ks to only 5bbs

He’s destroyed any draft stock he had with MLB scouts by not being able to make adjustments playing every day

His approach at the plate have been horrific all summer. I’ve watched most of his games, He better learn what bunting is as well

Chris Dominguez has lot of work to do with him
 
I would caution anyone with extrapolating summer results onto the college season.

There are only a few things that show to be sticky (BB%, K%, HBP frequency for hitters).

Not to mention how worn down players who played every day in-season could be.

Cape is for scouts to get eyes on your tools (and other schools now in the portal era).
 
CANESCANES said:
I didn’t forget anyone, that’s why I posed the question, who will lock down 2B??

Thank goodness for Ogden coming back, he’s got SS locked down

Vance Sheahan is hitting .162 (99Abs) in the Cape which is the worst among qualified ABs along with his Cape Cod worst OPS (.442), OBP (.220) , Slugging (.222) and Cape Cod high GO/AO (3.07)

28ks to only 5bbs

He’s destroyed any draft stock he had with MLB scouts by not being able to make adjustments playing every day

His approach at the plate have been horrific all summer. I’ve watched most of his games, He better learn what bunting is as well

Chris Dominguez has lot of work to do with him
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He will be just fine in the ACC.
 
Cane44 said:
with vance disappointing summer, im rooting for gabe to take 2nd. Kids stats just look like a gamer to me like ogden, that just gets on base.
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Vance doesn’t play winning baseball

Saw him other night, hitting in the 9 hole, team is down 1-0 in the 8th, man on first and he’s swinging at a first pitch which resulted in a weak dribbler back to the pitcher instead of bunting the man over and letting the top of the order take over

His approach at the plate has been horrific all summer, and the numbers back it up
 
@ErickMarreroU Get Miami to check this guy out for next year

Christopher Ramirez he plays for Wareham, and he’s from Cal Baptist only 5’8 but he’s a great baseball player and fun to watch

plays great defense and great with the bat
 
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Lance Roffers said:
I would caution anyone with extrapolating summer results onto the college season.

There are only a few things that show to be sticky (BB%, K%, HBP frequency for hitters).

Not to mention how worn down players who played every day in-season could be.

Cape is for scouts to get eyes on your tools (and other schools now in the portal era).
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Very similar to the Arizona Fall League, don’t read much into the stat line.
 
Just some of the ELITE players that tore up the Cape Cod and played the full season (+100 ABs) last year and went 1st round this year

Ethan Conrad

Ike Irish

Aiva Arquette

Marek Houston

Scouts and coaches actually talk up guys that dominate in the Cape

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Lance Roffers said:
Yup. You're right. That wouldn't work in my scenario if the goal was to keep eligibility.

I was wrong there. Thanks for the callout.
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You’re still right though in that some schools used them as farm teams. I have no idea how prevalent it is or is not today.

Local jucos definitely don’t seem to feed the way they once did for major programs; Dade to Miami, Orange Coast to Fullerton, etc.
 
CANESCANES said:
Just some of the ELITE players that tore up the Cape Cod and played the full season (+100 ABs) last year and went 1st round this year

Ethan Conrad

Ike Irish

Aiva Arquette

Marek Houston

Scouts and coaches actually talk up guys that dominate in the Cape

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They do. For example, if you think the coaches won’t use what a guy like Evans did in the Cape for a possible thought in his role next year you’re wrong. He went up there and had 3 or 4 outings with 15 innings and less then 3 runs given up. Coaches look at that kind of stuff and say hmm, maybe that role is good for example. Another good example, Hugus. Was in a long relief in the Cape, showed he was better throughout longer stints pitching in games, got to Miami, earned more innings in outings in the fall, rest is history.
 
njsbshzvshsn said:
They do. For example, if you think the coaches won’t use what a guy like Evans did in the Cape for a possible thought in his role next year you’re wrong. He went up there and had 3 or 4 outings with 15 innings and less then 3 runs given up. Coaches look at that kind of stuff and say hmm, maybe that role is good for example. Another good example, Hugus. Was in a long relief in the Cape, showed he was better throughout longer stints pitching in games, got to Miami, earned more innings in outings in the fall, rest is history.
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This guy wrote his theses on how performance in the Cape can help predict if a player from the Cape will make it the Major Leagues, whether they will make it quickly and if they will have a successful career.

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An Analysis of How Performance in the Cape Cod Baseball League Predicts Success at the Major League Level of Baseball

Climbing through the various levels of amateur and professional baseball to reach the Major Leagues is a very challenging feat to accomplish, but it is equally as hard to predict who will do it successfully. This study aims to identify relationships between performance in the collegiate summer...
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Lance Roffers said:
I would caution anyone with extrapolating summer results onto the college season.

There are only a few things that show to be sticky (BB%, K%, HBP frequency for hitters).

Not to mention how worn down players who played every day in-season could be.

Cape is for scouts to get eyes on your tools (and other schools now in the portal era).
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To me it's less about the summer results and more about the issues i saw with his swing before the summer results. The summer results appear to confirm the issues i saw when stacked against better comp. His college stats looked really good, until i looked up his team and schedule. He was 5th on his own team in batting average (excludes 2 guys who had 50 or less ABs) against very weak comp. He batted .250 against ACC/SEC teams with 1 great game. Outside that one game, he hit .130 against those teams.

He's a Cane now so i'll be rooting for him to show my just how wrong i was!
 
CANESCANES said:
Vance doesn’t play winning baseball

Saw him other night, hitting in the 9 hole, team is down 1-0 in the 8th, man on first and he’s swinging at a first pitch which resulted in a weak dribbler back to the pitcher instead of bunting the man over and letting the top of the order take over

His approach at the plate has been horrific all summer, and the numbers back it up
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Not to beat a dead horse, but I much preferred Ty Lichtenberg from App St (Sunbelt Fr of the year). Ended up transferring to Clemson but was ours if we had wanted him. He’s from here in Boca.
 
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STG said:
Beyond false. We UNEQUIVOCALLY are not spending the 2nd or 3rd most on baseball in the ACC. Not even close.

And you really are clueless if you don't know about TTechs NIL. School yourself on The Matador Club led by Cody Campbell. I mean, they only gave $1M a year to Nijaree Candy, a SOFTBALL player. Cuvet a future 1st rounder isn't even sniffing that figure.

And shifted to softball? You actually pay attention to there portal class in football this year?
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I'm just checking to see if you'd like to give an update. I thought they were big spenders in baseball? Stick to what you know.... which is headlines and nothing. Football and Softball are all they care about. I'll wait for you to provide some proof on how much they spend on baseball... which is nothing

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ErickMarreroU said:
I'm just checking to see if you'd like to give an update. I thought they were big spenders in baseball? Stick to what you know.... which is headlines and nothing. Football and Softball are all they care about. I'll wait for you to provide some proof on how much they spend on baseball... which is nothing

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Your reading comprehension is next level retarded. Confirmed lack of a chromosome.

Never did I mention T Techs baseball spending was top tier. Actually, I never mentioned baseball period. You are the clown that implied that T Tech did not have a strong collective which is beyond false.

I specfically stated that they have a top collective period, proof by what they spent in football, basketball and softball. And by the evidence of who runs The Matador Club and the known funds they have. Just because they didn't land a top transfer portal class in baseball, means nothing in regards to whether they have the money.

We have a top collective for football, yet we did not land a top 10 class last year nor will we this year. That doesn't mean the money isn't their you dip****.
 
STG said:
Your reading comprehension is next level retarded. Confirmed lack of a chromosome.

Never did I mention T Techs baseball spending was top tier. Actually, I never mentioned baseball period. You are the clown that implied that T Tech did not have a strong collective which is beyond false.

I specfically stated that they have a top collective period, proof by what they spent in football, basketball and softball. And by the evidence of who runs The Matador Club and the known funds they have. Just because they didn't land a top transfer portal class in baseball, means nothing in regards to whether they have the money.

We have a top collective for football, yet we did not land a top 10 class last year nor will we this year. That doesn't mean the money isn't their you dip****.
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Your reading comprehension clearly isn’t there because I only talk about baseball. This is a baseball board………. and when it comes to baseball they are nothing more than broke and a joke! But keep deflecting and making excuses
 
Dudes….. this is the baseball board, we are more civilized and refined than the savages on fb board. Get back to hyping this squad and finding the 2-3 FR pitchers that will play a significant role this year!!!
 
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