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Rice Baseball: 2020 MLB Owls update – August 20

August 21, 2020 By Matthew Bartlett

The 2020 MLB season is in full swing and Rice baseball alums are having great years. Here’s the latest from the MLB Owls from this week.

Jon Duplantier is in the Arizona Diamondbacks’ player pool but is currently rehabbing. There hasn’t been a clear indication yet as to when he might rejoin the team. Here are updates on the three former Rice baseball alums currently active.

Anthony Rendon – Los Angeles Angels

It took Rendon a while to get going, but once he was on, the balls went flying off his bat. From August 10 to August 16, a span of six games, Rendon launched five home runs and tallied seven RBI. His OPS during that stretch was an unbelievable 1.738. Somehow the Angels managed to go 2-4 during those games, but his work with the bat was not to blame.

Anthony Rendon homered against Clayton Kershaw. Sounds familiar. pic.twitter.com/tkt9yKYm0Z

— Brent Maguire (@bmags94) August 15, 2020

Through August 20, Rendon is hitting .289 with 10 extra-base hits, 20 walks and 18 strikeouts. His OPS is 1.028.

Tyler Duffey – Minnesota Twins

It’s been a phenomenal start to the 2920 season for Tyler Duffey, and his rapid ascent has not gone unnoticed. National outlets are picking up his feel-good story, including The Athletic ($) who published an excellent feature on the former Rice baseball hurler’s journey up til now.

The story is worth reading, but this quote from manager Rocco Baldelli sums it up quite nicely:

“He went out there and made incredible adjustments … and turned himself into one of the best relievers in the game.”

This week, Duffey gave up his first run in his tenth inning of work.

Through August 20, Duffey has a 0.90 ERA with a .500 WHIP. He’s averaging 10.8 strikeouts per nine innings.

Brock Holt – Milwaukee Brewers

Widely regarded as the kind of guy you want to have in your clubhouse, Holt seems to be making the best of a tough start at the plate. So far this season there have been snippets of him lifting up his teammates and having a good laugh in the midst of the challenging first few weeks.

For one, here’s his reaction after grounding into a double play this past week.

Brock Holt, martial arts champion (r @Adam_J_Tweets) pic.twitter.com/akj1oRZZXO

— Superdrunkmark69 (@cjzer0) August 14, 2020

Through August 20, Holt has three hits in 27 at bats. He has three walks and nine strikeouts.

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Rice Baseball: 2020 Summer Ball mid-August Update

August 18, 2020 By Matthew Bartlett

Current, former and incoming Rice baseball players are participating in Summer Ball leagues around the country. Here’s the latest on those Owls.

Summer seasons are winding down. Once everything is set in stone we’ll put together a quick wrap up piece with some notes from the summer as a whole. From what I can tell, the only league still in action with Rice baseball players that are posting stats is the Premier League in Texas. The final games in that league are set for next weekend.

Hitters

The updated stats from the Premier league we did get included further impressive numbers from the incoming Owls. It was a huge week for Nathan Becker, who kept his summer average above .400. Becker went 4-for-10 in three games, striking out once and hitting a double.

Also in action were Cullen Hannigan, Dominic Cox, Eric Benitez and Guy Garibay. All four of those saw their averages dip this week. Garibay is still slugging a comfortable .614.

Hitting Stats

Pitchers

Ben Content through his 20th scoreless inning of the summer this week. He did not allow a hit in three frames this week, striking out three and walking one. He hasn’t announced his future destination after entering the transfer portal prior to the summer.

Meanwhile, Brandon Deskins faced two batters this week, and struck out both. AC Plum got roughed up a bit in the final appearance of his summer season, taking his only loss in nine appearances.

Pitching Stats

We’ll be back next week with some end of summer thoughts on the Owls as a whole. Many have wrapped up their seasons. Only a handful of stat lines are expected to change.

*All stats as of Aug 15 taken from league and team websites. Not all participating players have complete stats and some have no official stats listed at all.

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Rice Baseball: 2020 MLB Owls update – August 13

August 13, 2020 By Matthew Bartlett

All three active MLB Owls saw action with their big league clubs this week. Here’s the latest on the Rice Baseball alums in the pros.

Tyler Duffey was the only former Rice baseball player to make his debut in his team’s opening series. Since then, both Anthony Rendon and Brock Holt have made their 2020 debuts, each with a new team.

Jon Duplantier is in the Arizona Diamondbacks’ player pool but is currently rehabbing. There hasn’t been a clear indication yet as to when he might rejoin the team.

Anthony Rendon – Los Angeles Angels

It’s been a slower start for Rendon and the Angels. Rendon sent his first hit with Los Angeles over the fence for a home run, but it took him 14 games before his first multi-hit game. He accomplished that feat 55 times last season.

That hasn’t kept him from maintaining his usual sure-handedness in the field. Check out this slide grab on a Daniel Vogelbach foul ball.

Holy moly, Anthony Rendon. pic.twitter.com/RbhzhTA7Cr

— Brent Maguire (@bmags94) August 6, 2020

Through August 12, Rendon is hitting .180 with five extra-base hits, 17 walks and 13 strikeouts. His OPS is .846.

Tyler Duffey – Minnesota Twins

It’s been all roses for Tyler Duffey this season. He’s kept his streak of seamless outings alive, and has yet to allow a run in any of his five appearances this season. A Fangraphs piece on his stellar start summed it up quite nicely: “By pretty much any conceivable measure, he’s the best reliever in baseball so far this year.” Not bad Mr. Duffey, not bad.

Through August 12, Duffey has a perfect 0.00 ERA. He’s averaging 12.9 strikeouts per nine innings.

Brock Holt – Milwaukee Brewers

Like Rendon, it took Holt a while to get things going with the bat with his new club. Holt picked up his first hit with the Brewers on August 7. His first RBI came a day later on August 8. So far, he’s started and finished just three of the eight games he’s appeared in.

Through August 12, Holt has two hits in 18 at bats. He has three walks, a hit-by-pitch and eight strikeouts.

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Rice Athletics: Extended offseason showcase series

August 7, 2020 By Matthew Bartlett

Showcasing a variety of Rice Athletics programs who don’t always get the spotlight was a focal point of the 2020 Extended Offseason. Check out key storylines across many Owls’ sports.

When sports were canceled in March the offseason calendar was more than doubled almost overnight. The silver lining in the midst of the heavy situation was additional time to shed some light on a few Rice Athletics programs that hadn’t been given as much of a spotlight on the site before. Over the span of the last few months, we’ve run weekly series on other programs beyond the revenue sports that typically get the most attention (although we wrote about those too). Here’s a summary of those series, all in one place:

Volleyball

  • Owls soar to new heights in 2019 season
  • Senior sendoff: Owls must replace important pieces next season
  • Up next, the Owls seek to continue building from within
  • From good to great: The ascent of Rice Volleyball’s Nicole Lennon
  • Raising the bar for 2020 and beyond

Soccer

  • Coach Brian Lee confident move to Rice soccer will bear fruit
  • Outgoing seniors leave big roles to fill
  • Navigating the Transfer Portal: How Rice soccer found a recruiting edge
  • “She’s Good”: Rice soccer has high hopes for senior Haley Kostyshyn
  • Rice soccer sets big goals for the future

Swimming

  • Rice Swimming: The last Owls standing this spring
  • Owls say goodbye to faithful senior class
  • The Next Wave: Rice swimmers ready to step up next season
  • Marta Cano-Minarro surges toward success
  • Owls chart course for greater consistency 

Tennis

  • The Zoom call heard ’round the world
  • Tough injury luck has Owls’ looking for 2019 mulligan
  • Trial by fire sets stage for Rice in 2020
  • Sumit Sarkar resilient through adversity
  • Culture the tone-setter for Owls post-pandemic

Baseball

  • Gleanings from a quarter season
  • What’s next for Roel Garcia?
  • New faces give hope for the future
  • Adding talent to a strong culture the key for 2021
  • Owls make progress on the recruiting front

Men’s Basketball

  • Making sense of an up and down season
  • Owls bid goodbye to pair of senior leaders
  • Young talent the backbone for future success
  • How Robert Martin found a home as Owls’ sixth man
  • Transfers plunge promising offseason into uncertainty

Women’s Basketball

  • ’19-’20 Season a reminder there are no sure things
  • Lauren Schwartz shines in debut season
  • Owls are still built to win now
  • Tina Langley’s program continues to climb
  • Rice stocked with plenty of young talent

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Rice Baseball: 2020 Summer Ball August 5 Update

August 5, 2020 By Matthew Bartlett

Current, former and incoming Rice baseball players are participating in Summer Ball leagues around the country. Here’s the latest on those Owls.

First a quick note on rosters. I’ve tracked down all players that I could find with listed statistics, but I know there are others playing ball this summer. If you come across information on anyone else associated with Rice baseball playing summer ball, please send it my way. You can leave it in the comments or send it to me some other way. Thanks!

Hitters

It seems like most of the summer leagues are starting to wind down as the calendar meanders into August. Playoff brackets have been announced and started with Owls mixed in the various championship hunts.

There wasn’t much in the form of updated stats from the plate. Cullen Hannigan saw action in four more games, failing to register a hit but walking six times in 17 plate appearances. His OBP is up to .394 for the summer.

Hitting Stats

Pitchers

Rice baseball will have some decisions to make in the weekend rotation this coming season. Mitch Holcomb has done all he can this summer to warrant inclusion in those conversations. He’s been strong through five outings, going six scoreless innings his last time out for the Round Rock Hairy Men.

Rice needs arms that can pitch deep into games. Holcomb, a grad transfer from Penn and a Texas native, should be one of those guys the Owls can rely on in some fashion next spring.

https://twitter.com/RRHairyMen/status/1288654502036475905

Pitching Stats

*All stats as of Aug 5 taken from league and team websites. Not all players listed have complete stats and some have no official stats listed at all.

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