And btw oldskool...I base my early rankings on returning talent and not what a team did the previous year. Caravel lost Juhl, Adams and Jones. All four year starters or major contributors. They also lost Nelson to Friends. No way I think they should be 1 right now strictly based on what they lost. Maybe at the end. Who knows. I already mentioned St. Mark’s. Both Cape and MTown have a few four year starters and didn’t lose nearly as much. Well, at least we have some debate going. Keep it up.
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Mtown may have the deepest staff if all healthy, once you get down to actual pitching , aka throwing strikes. Caravel also has three very good pitchers. On paper , nod probably goes to Cape H., but that was said by many this time last year also, and then actual games were played/coached. Lots of good players throughout, some develop and mature more than others from last year to this year. good job oldskool, got lots of interest
One thing that we can all agree on is they all play each other minus Cape/Caravel and it will all come out in the end !
I don’t know I’m going to say Cape has best arms when they’re on. Middletown is solid but I wouldn’t want to see any of Cape’s pitchers on a good day. Yeah
Lot of facts and opinions in your words. I have very little to dispute BUT I think you are being too hard on Sussex Tech not considering them even a “decent” win for Cape. I’d say Tech is a likely tournament team and sit at 2-1 outside their loss to Cape with wins over Newark & William Penn. (Tied 2-2 in halted game with Smyrna) Cape's only 1 unearned and no earned runs allowed in 3 games, with 2 no hitters using 3 different starting pitchers ... I think that’s a little bit more than just potential & warrants your original assessment of Cape over Mtown. Maybe ...Maybe Caravel's #2 & #3 arms could pitch no hitters against Laurel and Lake BUT that is the true potential isn't it? If you are factoring it all in ... and take in consideration everything you can’t discount a team doing it with one pitcher (Caravel) and one doing it with 3 when the end rankings require to win 4 games in 7 days. For now Caravel has history of winning, are defending champ and have excellent coaching with 2 good wins .. so sure again no issue with them as your one for NOW.
Appo is not over ranked. They are a top 5 level team and will be a tough win for any team in the state. Davis has demonstrated he is a solid #1 and Appo's lineup compares favorably with your top 5 teams. (2 of top 3 batters are D1 bats and production has been coming from the bottom as well.)
Hodgson (at least on GC) looked like a bad little league team yesterday giving up 16 walks and committing 7 errors to hold on an beat CR in extras 12-11. In the end as a Sussex guy it hurts to see their bottom-line two wins over Henlopen teams BUT others can spare me the talk that they should be ranked higher off that game.
I go back to my view that with 2 wins this week (Middletown & Milford) by Cape or with a Mtown win over Cape ... the winner of the Cape v Middletown game takes over even your #1 next week ??
Edit wait does St. Marks have Archmere, Appo & IR ... Wed, Thurs Friday ? ... I’ll stick with my assessment Cape v Mtown but I guess that could make for a compelling case with 3 wins. We just need to wait and see what’s next from these teams and oldskool.
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Again...Back it up with facts. Averaged 8 runs a game last year with 6 out of 8 returning starters. Have scored 20 runs in three games so far and the team overall isn’t hitting well yet. McClendon and Weber have started strong. McClendon, Weber and Netsch have each hit a HR. The rest will come along I believe. You don’t bring much truth...truthaboutsports.
So all three teams that played Middletown in their second games of the year pitched their 3rd or 4th starters against them? You are a troll.