Our bats -- OPS (as of 4/27/2023) There are seven different categories for classification by OPS used by Bill James (the inventor of "Moneyball). Here they are with our guys put in these categories based on their OPS as of 4/27/2023: We have: 5 Great Batters 2 Above Average Batters 4 Average Batters 1. Category A: Great. 0.9000 or higher Powell 1.028 Guillemette 1.014 Brown 1.010 Campbell 0.992 Kennedy 0.948 2. Category B: Very good, in the range between .8334 and .8999. Nobody for now 3. Category C: Above average, in the range between .7667 and .8333. Thomas 0.821 (may move into the Very Good category before long) Galvan 0.771 4. Category D: Average in the range between .7000 and .7666. Daly 0.759 J. DuPlantier 0.711 O'Dowd 0.707 Carlson 0.701 5. Category E: Below Average in the range between .6334 and .6999. Belyeu 0.686 6. Category F: Poor in the range between .5667 and .6333. Nobody for now 7. Category G: Very poor in the range between .5666 and lower. (all guys who haven't gotten many at bats) Flores 0.494 Whitehead 0.466 Constantine 0.422 Hoffart 0.250 O'Hara 0.000 2023 Baseball Cumulative Statistics - University of Texas Athletics
Big 12 Conference We're up to #4 in the Big 12 in batting. We're closing in on Oklahoma State and West Virginia. As a team, we're now batting 0.289. Tech's batting lineup is still tops in the conference, and by a large margin. This guy at Tech, Gavin Kash, he's pretty good...
Daly's batting around 0.250 Jack's a bit North of that Thomas is distancing himself above the rest of the bottom of the lineup. Galvan could improve his plate discipline and not swing at bad pitches so much, but that power is worth seeing him in the lineup often. Belyeu might get some more chances at DH. This guy has a lot of promise. Same with Carlson. We might see Carlson some more at 2nd, 3rd, and/or SS as well. Flores hasn't broken out yet. Maybe wait til next year. He has talent.
Thomas is now batting over 0.300 with an on base % near 0.400. Another fantastic example of Pierce’s player development skills.
CONGRATS TO OUR NEW TEXAS LONGHORN ALL-TIME HITTING STREAK RECORD HOLDER: DYLAN CAMPBELL 26 GAME HITTING STREAK
Thomas is now batting 0.314. We've got 6 players now batting North of 0.300: 1. Powell 2. Guillemette 3. Campbell 4. Brown 5. Kennedy 6. Thomas 7. Carlson is up to 0.280 (he's finally getting plenty of at-bats) 8. O'Dowd is up to 0.271 (Jack goes back and forth between 0.250 and 0.300; not great, but not bad) So there's 8 guys who are not a weak link at the plate. 9. Galvan is up to 0.230 (There's nothing "weak" about this big power hitter. He's in the lineup for his power, not his batting avg. But he does need to keep boosting his batting average up to a more respectable level--probably somewhere around 0.250+. It keeps inching North week-by-week, so he's on the right track.) 10. Daly is down to 0.226 (his slump just won't end... Daly does have the knack of the occasional homerun at just the right moment) 2023 Baseball Cumulative Statistics - University of Texas Athletics
Rolls eyes. Rolls eyes again. It's residue from Tulo. Remember how great our lineup was last year under Tulo! Best in the nation.
Uh, yeah. It don't work like that. If that was true, we would have not started the year with a team batting avg. around .225 and that average would be going down as the "residue" wore off.
Maybe he'll make a better hitting coach than a head coach. Could be a Peter principle thing, and working with batters might be his thing. Let's hope so. As for Tulo, I don't ever remember a batting lineup in the Burnt Orange as good as last year, and I've been watching UT baseball since 1988. That was incredible.
I'd love to have Campbell back for another year, but with his power and speed, and his hitting consistency, the MLB will likely place a high $$$ value on his abilities... Who knows, maybe if the $$$ isn't good enough, he'll opt for 1 more year in college instead of signing with the Pros and going on the road to crappy motels, and eating cold hot dogs, in the Minor Leagues.
Our bats -- OPS (as of 5/8/2023) 2023 Baseball Cumulative Statistics - University of Texas Athletics There are seven different categories for classification by OPS used by Bill James (the inventor of "Moneyball). Here they are with our guys put in these categories based on their OPS as of 5/8/2023: We have: 5 Great Batters (all in starting lineup) 1 Very Good Batter (in starting lineup) 2 Above Average Batters (both sometimes in starting lineup) 2 Average Batters (1 in starting lineup) 2 Below Average Batters (1 in starting lineup) 1. Category A: Great. 0.9000 or higher Guillemette 1.040 Powell 1.018 Kennedy 0.988 Campbell 0.979 Brown 0.933 2. Category B: Very good, in the range between .8334 and .8999. Thomas 0.867 (very high OB %--gets better and better) 3. Category C: Above average, in the range between .7667 and .8333. Carlson 0.787 (this is a nice development) Galvan 0.777 4. Category D: Average in the range between .7000 and .7666. O'Dowd 0.730 (still Average Jack) J. DuPlantier 0.708 5. Category E: Below Average in the range between .6334 and .6999. Daly 0.698 (this is disturbing) Belyeu 0.686 6. Category F: Poor in the range between .5667 and .6333. Nobody for now 7. Category G: Very poor in the range between .5666 and lower. (all guys who haven't gotten many at bats) Whitehead 0.466 Flores 0.464 Constantine 0.403 Hoffart 0.250 O'Hara 0.000
It's about time Carlson is getting plenty of at-bats. The dude hit around 0.330 or so (maybe higher?) at Long Beach. We're just now seeing what he can do.
As a team, we're now batting 0.290. That's good. 2023 Baseball Cumulative Statistics - University of Texas Athletics
And we have 63 homeruns, or 1.265 homeruns per game played. If the remainder of the Regular season games, the conference tournament, and the Regionals are factored in, that's going to be around another 13 or so games. 13 x 1.265 = 16.445 more homeruns expected. Round down to 16, and we can expect around 79 homeruns on the year (63+16). If we make the Supers and/or the CWS, we should be North of 80 homeruns on the year. That's noticeably more power than we usually bring to the plate. Nothing can compare to last year--that was an anomaly.
Chop, Choppy, Chopper, Campbell is 5 toolish player. His defense has come on. Runs balls down. Arm is strong and accurate. He needs to go hitless versus SJSU just to get that out of the way. He should be drafted relatively high and gone. But we will see. Regarding Daly, he needs a full day or two of rest. He is making some good swings. Three balls to the warning track this weekend. If the win was blowing the other way, you might feel differently about his performance. Obviously the conference batting average is pitiful, but he really hasn’t cost us any games. And ask yourself this. If he’s that terrible in conference, he must be good out of conference. Who do we play come tourney time? That’s right non-Big 12 foes. He has even had games in which he was our best offensive player - OU game, TX St game. He got pulled after as bad a strike 3 call that you’ll see. Relax and regroup is what he needs. Pierce likes power. He has more than the alternatives. He’s solid defensively. Those are reasons he plays. Teams don’t lose because their worst hitter is not playing well. They lose because their best hitters aren’t performing.
Daly maintains his starting position based on his defense. At SS it really matters. We were kind of spoiled having Faltine—a SS that hit around 15 homers on the year. And he was top 2 defensively in the Big12 at SS. Some alternatives kind of screwed themselves early on by horrendous defensive performances in that Arlington tournament.
And J DuPlantier would probably have more homeruns than Daly if he had started all year. J DuP should be a good one for us. He just came out of the gate making errors early on this year. As should Flores. He will be good.
I suppose it depends on how much $$$ they dangle before them. I think the pro scouts will like Campbell more than they like Powell. Although Powell was basically as good at the college level this year.
Anything is possible but JD only has 3 XBH in 37 ABs with no homers. That’s a small sample to make any declaration, but I don’t remember any close ones for him either. Daly is a frustrating one no doubt. I’d guess conversion to SS has impacted his offense. Maybe trying to get more power has as well. And you have to adjust but the cooler spring weather and winds blowing in have impacted him negatively. He had one homer snagged, hit one high off the center field wall at BU that’s gone many other places then there was one or two this weekend that are likely out if the winds blowing the other direction. As a team, we had several that probably go out. The KU announcers said that’s the first time either all year or maybe even years that they’ve had a series with it blowing in all weekend. Ironically his 2 RBI hit was less well hit than a number of his. Just right place.
Campbell has more speed. His arm strength and accuracy have been on point and probably has more power. Contributions and impact to this team are similar. I’d like both back but would take one. We will see how strong NIL becomes at the college level.
He's in a deep hitting slump that he can't seem to snap out of. He will make the occasional big hit. His glove is above average. It may simply be that he's the best we've got. Jack, on the other hand, ain't bad at all. He won't be on anyone's all-conference list, but he's an average major college baseball player.
Thomas is batting 0.312 now. We have 6 starters batting over 0.300. 2023 Baseball Cumulative Statistics - University of Texas Athletics
