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Another season, another excuse. It's a shame ASU couldn't win when it counted.
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ASU baseball, which had the most All-Pac-12 position players, the Pac-12 Freshman of the Year and a top-15 batting average nationally, will very likely miss a third consecutive NCAA Tournament for the first time since it went without a berth in its first five years as a varsity program from 1959-1963.
The Sun Devils finished with an ERA above 6.00 for only the fourth time in their varsity history — and the second time in head coach Willie Bloomquist and pitching coach Sam Peraza’s three seasons.
The first was their debut campaign, when they had to put together a rather makeshift staff upon losing two starters and two other potential starters to the draft. And ahead of this season, the Sun Devils had to replace three starters, two relievers and their closer in addition to a junior college standout who would have likely been a weekend starter.
NIL is a factor, as we @SunDevilSource have reported.
But for ASU to have one of the best offenses in the country and still be outside the apparent bubble, even after having won 15 of its final 18 regular-season games, is a result of rather staggering failures with its pitching.
1:02 PM · May 23, 2024
Blake Niemann reposted
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Noah Furtado
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@_noahfurtado
ASU baseball, which had the most All-Pac-12 position players, the Pac-12 Freshman of the Year and a top-15 batting average nationally, will very likely miss a third consecutive NCAA Tournament for the first time since it went without a berth in its first five years as a varsity program from 1959-1963.
The Sun Devils finished with an ERA above 6.00 for only the fourth time in their varsity history — and the second time in head coach Willie Bloomquist and pitching coach Sam Peraza’s three seasons.
The first was their debut campaign, when they had to put together a rather makeshift staff upon losing two starters and two other potential starters to the draft. And ahead of this season, the Sun Devils had to replace three starters, two relievers and their closer in addition to a junior college standout who would have likely been a weekend starter.
NIL is a factor, as we @SunDevilSource have reported.
But for ASU to have one of the best offenses in the country and still be outside the apparent bubble, even after having won 15 of its final 18 regular-season games, is a result of rather staggering failures with its pitching.
1:02 PM · May 23, 2024
