Lots of changes in the Top 10 this week as 5 of the teams lost at least once.
St. Joseph drops out of the Top 10 after being swept by Portage Northern. East Grand Rapids drops out after splitting with Grand Rapids Catholic Central for their 7th loss. Grand Rapids Christian drops out after losing 2 of 3 at the Jon Hooker Memorial this weekend.
Here’s our latest rankings of the top teams in West Michigan High School Baseball!
1. Portage Northern
25-0-1 and continuing to roll over their opponents
2. Grand Ledge
23-0 after sweeping Williamston on Saturday
3. Portage Central
Fell to 20-2 with a split on Friday with Lakeshore
4. Hamilton
19-2 with a possible tie with Unity Christian in a game that may be completed later
5. Forest Hills Central
17-2 flat in the Jon Hooker Memorial after they’re idle for 8 days
6. Forest Hills Eastern
19-2 and in control of the OK Gold
7. Hudsonville
15-4 and they are always ready to compete with anyone
8. Kenowa Hills
18-3 with only losses to FHC (twice) and Hudsonville
9. West Catholic
17-2 with sweep of OK Blue rival Forest Hills Northern
10. Climax-Scotts
23-0 and ranked #1 in the D4 Coaches poll
forest hills northern may have lost two one run ball games to west but raped unity christian in the freemont tourney 12-2 and unity beat egr and tied hamilton….. im confused how two losses puts fhn out of the top ten but egr has 6 losses and were ranked higher…………..
We can’t base rankings on “this team beat that team who beat this team” alone. We take into account many things including:
our opinion when watching the teams play
pitching and pitching depth
consistency of hitting
quality of schedule
opinions of coaches and opposing coaches
opinions of trusted associates
The rankings are nothing more than our opinion. We have now seen every team in the Top 10 play or have trusted associates (summer coaches, college coaches, opposing coaches) who have seen them play. Most we have seen multiple times.
The #1 question we ask when considering two teams for a spot (and ranking the teams in order) is:
“Who would win a 3 out of 5 game series between this team and that team”. That’s where depth of pitching really comes into play.
But, there is more to it than that.
It isn’t a science, it’s more of an art – with some guessing and opinion thrown in the mix. As I said – it all boils down to our opinion.
Also, FHC plays FHN at 11AM at Gainey Field this Saturday.
That could be an ideal time to compare the two. It looks like FHN will be throwing their #1 Phil Haywood. FHC will likely throw #1 or #2 or #3 in that game.
If they get these match ups, it may be a good indicator of how good FHN is in comparison to a top D1 team.
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Hudsonville is so over rated..
they should have lost to byron center but byrons soph. reliever came in to blow the 10-2 lead in the 6th inning..
Who do they have for pitching? Not a dominant force, anyone with a good fastball can shut them down as byron centers matt slotman dominated the hudsonville lineup through 5 innings with no offspead at all.
Jerry Ferris has a pretty dang good fastball and some good offspeed to go with it and hudsonville rocked him joey.
Joey,
Slot didn’t dominate anyone there were guys all over the bases and a shady ump. Byron Center Soph came in at 10 – 5 and gave up 3. Patterson gave up the final 2 runs. Side note: Hudsonville fans both parents and students are the whiniest bunch of babies I’ve ever seen. Crying the entire game.
Well they just won the OK- Red championship so I’d say they’re a pretty dang good team.
It doesnt mean they aren’t whiny..the ok red isnt that good anyway
hudsonville is a good team. and the ok red is a very good conference.
they aren’t that good..byron center went 2-2 against the ok red and shouldve beaten hudsonville..their two wins were against jenison and west ottawa who are good teams..therefore completely overrated!