[TonyLima]

That should seal us as a top-8 seed for the tournament, win or lose tomorrow.

That was pretty much sealed by the sweep of U$C. That got the RPI up to #6 and made us champs of the Pac 12. 
One win was some insurance. 

Of interest, Stanford is now up to #3 in the RPI, behind Tennessee and Oregon State. Stanford could end up as high as the #2 overall seed for the tournament, though I don't think it matters much where among the top 8 they end up. 

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I still don't know what I think about the move of Matthews to the bullpen. 

On the one hand he doesn't really seem to be a closer/bullpen type. While he has a good arm overall, it's not overwhelming velocity.  He walks a lot of guys, almost 1/2 per inning - not good when you come in to get your team out of a jam. It also often seems like it takes a little while to get going [e.g. he came in against OSU he walked three in a row and a wild pitch to let in 4 runs, then blanked them the rest of the way.]
And it's certainly not that he can't start and go along way - he's had 7 outings over 100 pitches. 

However, much more importantly, it's worked. Since he's moved to the bullpen, Stanford has been on a tear. 
The key thing seems to be flexibility. He's in the bullpen if needed for Friday/Saturday, but if not he's available to start or at least pitch most of the game on Sunday.

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This is crazy! They are playing again, hopefully another 4 hour game. Haha

OSU is starting Kmatz. He's their #2 (Saturday) starter who hadn't pitched in the tournament so far. Presumably, without UCLA's crazy comeback, we would have seen Kmatz tomorrow.

Exactly. Stanford should send bouquets to UCLA.

[TonyLima]

That should seal us as a top-8 seed for the tournament, win or lose tomorrow.

That was pretty much sealed by the sweep of U$C. That got the RPI up to #6 and made us champs of the Pac 12. 
One win was some insurance. 

Of interest, Stanford is now up to #3 in the RPI, behind Tennessee and Oregon State. Stanford could end up as high as the #2 overall seed for the tournament, though I don't think it matters much where among the top 8 they end up. 

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I still don't know what I think about the move of Matthews to the bullpen. 

On the one hand he doesn't really seem to be a closer/bullpen type. While he has a good arm overall, it's not overwhelming velocity.  He walks a lot of guys, almost 1/2 per inning - not good when you come in to get your team out of a jam. It also often seems like it takes a little while to get going [e.g. he came in against OSU he walked three in a row and a wild pitch to let in 4 runs, then blanked them the rest of the way.]
And it's certainly not that he can't start and go along way - he's had 7 outings over 100 pitches. 

However, much more importantly, it's worked. Since he's moved to the bullpen, Stanford has been on a tear. 
The key thing seems to be flexibility. He's in the bullpen if needed for Friday/Saturday, but if not he's available to start or at least pitch most of the game on Sunday.

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This is crazy! They are playing again, hopefully another 4 hour game. Haha

OSU is starting Kmatz. He's their #2 (Saturday) starter who hadn't pitched in the tournament so far. Presumably, without UCLA's crazy comeback, we would have seen Kmatz tomorrow.

Exactly. Stanford should send bouquets to UCLA.