Beaver Baseball will be going to postseason

Here's my bold prediction: The OSU Beavers baseball team will be going to post-season. And we don't need to win our next two series to do it.

And here's why:

* This isn't 2004. We are a national story. Even if we lose the next two series and are squarely on the bubble don't you think the committee would have a hard time NOT putting the defending national champs into the playoffs?

* We played a tough preseason schedule and breezed through it. We were 23-3 in out of conference play. If we go 2-4 the rest of the way then we will be 38-17 overall. That's a postseason-type record.

* Our RPI will get better merely for the fact that we're playing the top two teams in our conference in the next two series. Especially ASU who is #7 in the RPI.


There's quite a discussion about this over at the Baseball America Podcast - Top 25 Talk. Listen to the first 10 minutes and you'll get a good view of how the national media see Oregon State.


But I think we will bounce back and I'm encouraged by stories like this one in the Trib that talk about winning the next two series.

Beavers may be down, but they're not out yet - Portland Tribune

The Beavers could just as easily go 5-1 or 4-2 and well as 2-4 or go forbid 1-5.


So cheer up Mike Parker and the rest of the Beaver fans! We will be going to the postseason this year. And we will be the most dangerous 2 or 3 seed in the country.


More Beaver Stories Here:

Three Strikes: May 14 - Baseball America College Blog

Vandy clinches division, keeps top spot in poll - ESPN.com