toughD wrote:Does the Midco ranking have any criteria to it, or is it just opinion?
NDPREP wrote:The best part of this poll as compared to other sports local media polls is these guys probably never see any of these teams play, its basically checking this site for scores and picking the teams who win all their second games (Not like polls matter at all) just interesting.
Flip wrote:toughD wrote:Does the Midco ranking have any criteria to it, or is it just opinion?
how many polls have you seen that actually have a criteria too it?
toughD wrote:I agree, but I don't think this is a poll. To be more specific, I was wondering if they compiled this ranking by using things like SOS and run differential to determine who the best team might be, or are they just cruising a few sports pages and throwing guesses out there.
NDPREP wrote:There really isn't , baseball doesn't do coaches polls until seeding for the state tournament. Right now it looks like the top teams in the east are head and shoulders better than the rest of their region foes and out west there seems to be some more parity.
I would also really only look at first games as there is a differing strategy between coaches on second games. I know when seeding comes into play they look at both but in reality a lot of coaches use that second game to see younger guys play and give them a shot to impress, while others use it to get their number 1's extra at bats.
madseason wrote:NDPREP wrote:There really isn't , baseball doesn't do coaches polls until seeding for the state tournament. Right now it looks like the top teams in the east are head and shoulders better than the rest of their region foes and out west there seems to be some more parity.
I would also really only look at first games as there is a differing strategy between coaches on second games. I know when seeding comes into play they look at both but in reality a lot of coaches use that second game to see younger guys play and give them a shot to impress, while others use it to get their number 1's extra at bats.
I'm pretty sure the first game is varsity 7 innings and counts in the standings, and the second game is the jv 5 innings? Doesn't count in the standings. I could be wrong. Yes, with the smaller schools the varsity players will get extra reps due to low numbers. Good! Maybe slightly even the playing field?
The Schwab wrote:madseason wrote:NDPREP wrote:There really isn't , baseball doesn't do coaches polls until seeding for the state tournament. Right now it looks like the top teams in the east are head and shoulders better than the rest of their region foes and out west there seems to be some more parity.
I would also really only look at first games as there is a differing strategy between coaches on second games. I know when seeding comes into play they look at both but in reality a lot of coaches use that second game to see younger guys play and give them a shot to impress, while others use it to get their number 1's extra at bats.
I'm pretty sure the first game is varsity 7 innings and counts in the standings, and the second game is the jv 5 innings? Doesn't count in the standings. I could be wrong. Yes, with the smaller schools the varsity players will get extra reps due to low numbers. Good! Maybe slightly even the playing field?
All depends on, I've seen some larger class B schools who play a different JV schedule so they play both games with their top kids, which leads to even larger run differential when playing small schools who treat the second game as a JV game.
Rivershark wrote:https://www.midcosn.com/blog/2017/05/nd-hs-baseball--softball-power-rankings/
Thompson is getting the spotlight on this week’s episode of Varsity Sports on MidcoSN (airs every Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. CT). Marty Mueller from our staff put together a cool feature profiling the emerging dynasty in the small town. Thompson is the defending baseball state champs and also took home the football state title this past fall. The Tommies play four home games over the next week. #2 Kindred-Richland needed extra innings to beat rival Central Cass, 2-1 in 8 innings on Tuesday. #3 Park River-Fordville-Lankin got the win of the week by edging #5 Grafton 3-2 on Tuesday. Meanwhile, #4 Des Lacs-Burlington is just humming along on the opposite side of the state, allowing a state best 0.8 runs/game. If the Lakers have another perfect week, I might have to consider moving them up. The question would be who moves down? The margin for error is small.
1.Thompson (8-0)
2.Kindred-Richland (13-0)
3.Park River-Fordville-Lankin (11-0)
4.Des Lacs-Burlington (14-0)
5.Grafton (7-2)
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