The Gaucho9 Podcast

Ep96: Riverside Week, Matt Ager, Pro Ball Report

Gauchos split the week 2-2 against Cal Baptist and UC Riverside, move to 30-14 (15-6 BigWest) with 3 weeks to play in the regular season.  UCSB sits 2 games behind 1at place Cal State Fullerton with 9 conference games remaining.  Jonah Sebring earned BigWest Player of the Week after an outstanding week hitting .444 with 2HR 9RBI 4SB, Matt Ager and JD Callahan each set career highs in K's, and Broc Mortensen hit his 41st career home run and is now 1 away from tying the school record.  Today we have Matt Ager interviewing the host (apologies for the faulty audio), a report on current Gauchos in the Pros, and our week 12 draft with Gaucho Analytics and Gianni Bloom.

Ep95: Chex 400th Win, JD Callahan, Week 11 Draft

The Gauchos sweep UC Davis at home over the weekend to move into sole possession of 2nd place in the BigWest at 13-5, 28-12 overall.  Friday's walkoff win was the 400th career victory at UCSB for Head Coach Andrew Checketts.  Gauchos RPI sits at 32 as they get ready for 4 road games this week at Cal Baptist and UC Riverside.  This week is a road pod production as we talked to resurgent starter JD Callahan about his starting role and draft our players of the week with Gianni Bloom and Gaucho Analytics.

Ep94: Trolley Power, LeTrey McCollum, Week 10 Draft

The Gauchos complete the sweep against UCSD over the weekend to jump back in the BigWest title race, now 25-12 (10-5).  This week Gaucho Analytics and Gianni Bloom share their experience of Jared Sundstrom's home run that struck a moving trolley beyond the left field fence, plus we draft our players of the week.  We also have game highlights, an interview with LeTrey McCollum, and I asked the players who their favorite players are.

Hudson Barrett's 0.72 ERA ranks #1 in NCAA D1

Broc Mortensen hits career homer #40, 3 away from breaking Matt Wilkerson's school record of 42

Ep93: Christian Kirtley, Matt Ager & Michael Marsh

This week we have 3 separate interviews with some outstanding Gauchos, 5th year Senior OF Christian Kirtley who earned Collegiate Baseball Newspaper's National Player of the Week honors, Matt Ager who took home BigWest Pitcher of the Week honors last week after his performance against Cal State Fullerton, and Michael Marsh who's dominating the 1st base coaching box as well as the Jiu Jitsu competition.

Ep92 Player Groceries, Fullerton & San Jose St, Week 8 Draft

Gauchos go 3-2 over the long weekend against Cal St Fullerton and San Jose St to move to 21-9 (6-3 BigWest) on the season.  This week I asked a variety of players one question; what did you buy at the grocery store for the road trip? Gianni Bloom and UCSB Analytics also stop by for an in-person version of our players of the week draft.  Go vote on twitter @SBBaseballData.

Ep91: Corey Nunez, Josh Williams, Week 7 Draft

UCSB has an off week going 1-3 on the weekend v Fresno St and Santa Clara but still sit in great position at 18-7 (5-1) as we approach the half way mark of the season.  This week we have interviews with Freshman SS Corey Nunez and Soph OF Josh Williams plus our week 7 players of the week draft with Gianni Bloom and Gaucho Analytics.  UCSB travels to Fullerton to resume BigWest play this weekend Thursday/Friday 6p and Saturday at 1p before returning home for 2 midweeks Monday/Tuesday v San Jose St.  Follow UCSB Analytics on Twitter @SBBaseballData

Ep90: Gianni Bloom, Week 6 Series Win v CSUN

Gauchos take 2 of 3 from CSUN at home over the weekend to improve to 5-1 in the BigWest Conference, 17-4 overall.  This week UCSB enters the Top 25 in the Coaches Poll for the first time checking in at #24.  Gianni Bloom joins the podcast along with Gaucho Analytics to draft our players of the week and chat about the weekend as a whole.  Schedule update: game at St Mary's on March 28 has been cancelled, reminder of a new game at home vs Santa Clara on Monday April 3rd.

Ep89: Gerry Fall, Gauchos Sweep CSUB in 1st BigWest Series

Gerry Fall makes his annual appearance on the pod to talk about the Gaucho's sweep of Bakersfield.  We also cover the impressive start by the UCSB pitching staff, Light Tower Power, and Fall Productions.  Then we draft our week 5 players of the week with Gaucho Analytics; current standings: Isaiah 9, Kevin 8, Devon 7.  Go vote on the analytics Twitter page @SBBaseballData.

Ep88: Coach Jones, Ivan Brethowr, Broc Mortensen, Week 4 Draft

Gauchos sweep the week against Pepperdine, Seton Hall, Cal Poly, and LMU going 5-0 to improve to 12-3 on the season.  Today we talk about the strong start to the season for the pitching staff with Coach Dylan Jones; then draft our players of the week with UCSB Analytics, plus a bit with Isaiah Ochoa who went to the World Baseball Classic in Phoenix over the weekend.

Ep87: Donegal Fergus Week 3 Recap, Gaucho Analytics Draft

Gauchos win their first home series with 2 wins over the weekend vs Xavier to move to 7-3 on the young season.  The sophomore class continues to flex its muscle so we brought on Associate Head Coach Donegal Fergus to talk about their transformation, the weekend and the first few weeks in general.  We round out the pod with Gaucho Analytics and the week 3 players of the week draft, go vote on twitter, @SBBaseballData