M Baseball takes on the #2, #7 teams this weekend in Texas
Michigan Baseball continues its season at Globe Life Field this weekend, playing some pretty good teams. Oregon State is ranked at 7 and Arkansas is #2. Today's game is against Oklahoma State, 4 PM EST.
February 23rd, 2024 at 9:17 AM ^
ND is on the top of my hate watch list. Ohio is second. Texas will forever be on the Mt. Rushmore of hate for a few reasons this being one of them.
February 23rd, 2024 at 9:21 AM ^
Is baseball projected to be any good this year? Obviously last year was a letdown from where Bakich had us, hopefully they can rebound...
February 23rd, 2024 at 10:41 AM ^
They are picked mid-pack in the Big Ten--6th of 13 in the one projection I saw, I think from Baseball America. They didn't even look like a mid-pack B1G team last week, splitting a 4-game series with Western Michigan with a couple of brutal blown leads leading to high-scoring extra inning losses.
Short summary: the hitting is good enough to compete with the best in the Big Ten, the pitching is...not.
February 23rd, 2024 at 10:46 AM ^
Michigan's pitching staff is a huge problem, giving up double-digit runs to a bottom dweller of the MAC WMU team in multiple games.
Oklahoma State is no slouch either and are right on the fringe of Top 25 status.
I'm afraid this weekend is probably going to be pretty ugly. If you're a gambling man/woman, try and take every over run total Michigan is involved in.
February 23rd, 2024 at 11:08 AM ^
Michigan is taking their annual Spring Break road trip this upcoming week, playing 8 games in Texas and California in the next 10 days, including games in 2 different MLB parks (Globe Life Field and Dodger Stadium).
Fri 2/23 vs Oklahoma State, 4:00 (Globe Life Field)
Sat 2/24 vs Oregon State, 4:00 (Globe Life Field)
Sun 2/25 vs Arkansas, 2:00 (Globe Life Field)
Tue 2/27 at USC, 9:00
Wed 2/28 at Loyola Marymount, 9:00
Fri 3/1 at UCLA, 8:00
Sat 3/2 at UC Irvine, 4:00
Sun 3/3 vs San Diego, 1:30 (Dodger Stadium)
(All times Eastern).
Michigan is probably favored in 1 of those 8 games--the LMU game Wednesday night. A 3-5 record for the trip would have to be considered a success.
Michigan's first home game is Wednesday March 6 against Oakland University, weather permitting.
February 23rd, 2024 at 12:18 PM ^
I assume the eight games will only be available on a streaming service I do not subscribe to.
Long range forecast for March 6 is partly cloudy with a high of 52 degrees. Not bad for early March but why they play baseball in winter is still stupefying to me.
February 23rd, 2024 at 1:34 PM ^
Because the south loves it this way!
February 23rd, 2024 at 1:48 PM ^
Globe Life Field is a beautifully done indoor stadium where the World Series winner Texas Rangers play in Arlington, TX, which is part of the Dallas Metroplex. There is also the old Rangers stadium close by.
The weather should be beautiful although if they are indoors, it won't matter. 70's and 80's which is only 20+ degrees above normal for this time of year.
February 23rd, 2024 at 12:41 PM ^
Thank goodness we let Bakich walk. At least we have more money now.
February 23rd, 2024 at 8:34 PM ^
GO BLUE!!!!!!!!
February 23rd, 2024 at 10:58 PM ^
15 parents and a few stats nerds at home games. Break the bank /s
February 26th, 2024 at 12:02 AM ^
While I'm guessing this is true for the midweek games vs average big ten opponents like Rutgers or Illinois, the games I went to on weekends as a student vs Ohio State, MSU, and Indiana were always packed.
5-10 with several bad losses and no power and no depth on the mound.