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QCP OP
Mar 25, 2025 at 02:32 PM ET
VT Baseball Player In-Conference Hitting & Pitching Visuals…
With 9 games of ACC play under our belts, I thought it would be interesting to see where are hitters and pitchers stack up in comparison to ACC averages for SLG/OBP for hitters and ERA/WHIP for pitchers. The visuals below provide a view of the comparisons with the red lines representing the ACC in-conference averages for each metric. Based on the information, here are a few observations. Hitting (among hitters with at least 10 at-bats in conference play) • Sam Tackett is #1 in conference play in both SLG and OBP. Jackson Cherry isn’t too far behind him in OBP while also showing good SLG (.750). • The only other hitters who are above ACC average in both SLG and OBP are Henry Cooke, Ben Watson and Hudson Lutterman. • Jared Davis is above average in SLG but below average in OBP while Cam Pittman is the opposite. • We have four hitters that are below average in both categories: Clay Grady, David McCann, Garrett Michel, David Lewis with Lewis at the bottom in both SLG and OBP. Pitching (among pitchers with at least 1 inning in conference play) • We have only two pitchers who are better than average in both ERA and WHIP: Brett Renfrow, Andrew Sentlinger. • Cameron LeJeune has a worse than average ERA but better than average WHIP while Preston Crowl is the opposite. • Jake Marciano and Luke Craytor are slightly worse than average in both ERA and WHIP with Mathieu Curtis being a little worse in ERA. • Our lowest performing pitchers in-conference have been Grant Manning, Logan Eisenreich, Luke Jackman and Jacob Exum

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hokiepaul
That upper right quadrant for pitching isn’t surprising.
Not too optimistic it will turnaround as league play gets more difficult
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QCP OP
We'll see. A lot will depend on Manning and Exum...
both of them were pretty effective in ACC play last year (Exum with a 3.68 ERA in 14.2 innings; Manning with a 5.40 ERA in 23.1 innings) so they have both previously been viable weekend arms. Manning has been slightly better after struggling as a starter this year so hopefully he can stay in a relief role and get more quality appearances. Exum has been a head-scratcher. He's been really good for two years but has struggled with his command this year and generally been ineffective. I noticed he asked for someone on the staff to trim his fingernail during the game so not sure if maybe he has been dealing with a hand issue. In any case, if they can round into form, that would be a big boost for our bullpen.
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La Gargola
Appreciate it