UCSB takes 2 of 3 from Nevada on opening weekend at Caesar Uyesaka Stadium and after an outstanding performance on the mound Cory Lewis wins BigWest Pitcher of the Week!  6ip 0h 0r 11k. We are also joined by Kyle Johnson for the second week in a row after KJ went 5-15 with 2 doubles a homer and 4rbi.  Finally Spencer Stewart stops by to drop some numbers from the week and say his farewell before heading off to join the Boston Red Sox Organization, congrats Stew!

UCSB wins 2 of 3 in San Francisco this weekend with Nick Vogt and Mikey Gutierrez earning players of the week honors.  In this weeks recap we get our first highlights of the season followed by the pregame interviews with Coach Ferg, Gutierrez, and Kyle Johnson, then an in depth breakdown of the weekend from the host and a preview of the next 2 opponents, LMU & Nevada.

It's that time of year again, football is over and UCSB Baseball is ready to take center stage!  On this action packed season preview pod we breakdown the Gaucho's 2022 schedule (2:28) which features 4 Regional teams from 2021, then we talk to 5th year C Gianni Bloom (17:37) about the depth of the pitching staff and swing adjustments, finally we finish off with Head Coach Andrew Checketts (30:03) by making our best effort at comparing the potential of this 2022 team with that of the 2016 CWS team before they took the field for that magical season.

Opening day is less than 2 weeks away so we decided to bring on 3 first year Gauchos the gauge their excitement.  INF Zander Darby, OF LeTrey McCollum, and INF Justin Trimble are talented Freshman who will play important roles during the 2022 season.  In this hour long interview we get to know these young Gauchos and get a glimpse of how much they have already learned while at UCSB.

Gaucho Alumni Weekend is back!  Former Gauchos Tommy Jew and Jack Dashwood stop by to talk about their UCSB experiences and update us on their first full summers in professional baseball.  We look forward to seeing all the Gauchos young and old at Caesar Uyesaka Stadium AND the golf course this weekend.  Visit ucsbgauchos.com and head to the baseball page for details and tickets.

In this brief update, we stop by with Coach Checketts to preview whats on tap for the Gauchos in 2022

Before the Gauchos step aside for the Holiday's we had to visit with UCSB Baseball Analytics to check in on the player development progress from the Fall season.  We introduce Maxine Wang who interned for the Toronto Blue Jays over the summer and has been assisting on the pitching side with Sean Isaac.  If you were curious about negative induced break on a curveball, this is the podcast for you!  Happy Holidays from the Gauchos.

Michael McGreevy and Chris Troye were essential to UCSB Baseball's success over the past 3 seasons.  The 2 combined to throw over 200 innings and were leaders on a strong pitching staff that complimented the opportunistic and powerful Gaucho offense to the tune of a 99-33 record between 2019 and 2021.  They won a BigWest Championship in 2019 and competed in 2 NCAA Regionals at Stanford and Arizona and sit down today to talk about their UCSB experience.  

The Gaucho9 Podcast has reached 10,000 downloads and we couldn't be more stoked! Thank you to all the listeners and guests, it's been a fun ride.  This week we have a current Player and Coach together for the first time as Jason Willow and Donegal Fergus hash it out while covering a variety of topics from bicycle selection, passing a baserunner on a homer, and being a 5th year guy, plus I break down the top performers from this years Minor League season as 31 former Gauchos saw action in professional baseball in 2021.

Fall scrimmages are under way which means we have to sit down with UCSB Analytics.  Spencer Stewart is back as the Director of Analytics focusing on the hitting side of the cause, plus we introduce our new Director of Player Development, Sean Isaac who played 3 years in the Los Angeles Angels organization and comes to UCSB from Beimel Elite Athletics.  We cover some new technology as well as first impressions of the 2022 Gauchos.