The Gaucho9 Podcast

Gauchos continue to be road warriors splitting their 4 games with Sacramento St and Pepperdine to go to 3-4 on the young season.  The offense is beginning to show its teeth and we welcomed Ryan Gallagher back to the mound over the weekend in his 1st appearance since the 2022 Stanford Regional.  We have pregame interviews with Brendan Durfee and Jackson Flora from Sacramento and then Aaron Parker g...

UCSB returns to California following a Week 1 dual with a quality opponent in Campbell having lost 2 of 3.  The Gauchos did make a big splash on Opening Day however, posting a 20-8 win and belting 3 home runs.  The weekend games were entertaining back and forth affairs that fell in favor of the home side.  This week we start out with game highlights, followed by our pregame interview from Saturday...

The 2024 College Baseball Season is finally upon us as the Gauchos travel to North Carolina to take on the Campbell Fighting Camels to kick off the year on Friday.  We begin with Head Coach Andrew Checketts breaking down the construction at Caesar Uyesaka Stadium as well as the '24 schedule and depth chart.  Next (45:45) we run it back with the Junior Trio of Zander Darby, LeTrey McCollum & Ju...

To celebrate the upcoming 2024 UCSB Baseball Alumni Weekend we brought in 3 personalities to discuss the famous Hammerheads.  Coach Al Ferrer, All-American Bill Geivett, and Hammerhead Leader Casey Gorman join the pod to reminisce and tell the stories.  The Hammerheads were a student run group of super fans who began attending Gaucho Baseball games down the stretch of the 1983 Conference Champions...

On today's episode we introduce 3 new Gauchos; 4th year transfer C/1b Brendan Durfee, Fr. OF/1b Rex Deangelis, and Fr. RHP Jackson Flora.  The trio, who are coincidentally roommates, have been displaying their talent on the diamond this Fall and were excited to sit down and showcase their personalities for this episode.  Durfee comes to UCSB after 3 years and 2 regional appearances for Cal Luthera...

Twins minor leaguer and former Gaucho standout RHP Cory Lewis joins the podcast this week carrying some impressive hardware after an outstanding 1st year of pro ball.  Lewis was named the Twins Minor League Pitcher of the Year after helping to lead the Cedar Rapids Kernels to a Midwest League Championship in 2023.  Our conversation revolves around his success this summer, the 5 pitch arsenal, and...

Marcos Castanon just finished up his 2nd full year of pro ball playing in the San Diego Padres organization.  Marcos was one of the Gauchos best hitters in his time at UCSB and this year hammered 39 doubles between High A and AA which was 4th among all Minor League players in 2023.  Castanon helped the Lake Elsinore Storm win the 2022 California League Title and hit in the middle of the order for...

Former 1st Round Pick Michael McGreevy hops on the podcast this week to talk about his summer pitching in AA Springfield and AAA Memphis.  McGreevy has been quickly climbing the ranks within the St. Louis Cardinals organization and has become one of their top prospects.  After setting multiple career bests this summer, McGreevy enters a critical off-season with hopes of making the big club out of...

This week we break down the phenomenon of digital influence with Red Sox minor leaguer Christopher Troye.  Troye spent the majority of the summer in AA with the Portland Sea Dogs and was selected to represent the Sox on the Glendale Desert Dogs in the Arizona Fall League.  The right hander has turned up the heat across his social media pages (Instagram @christophertroye and X @christophtroye) and...

The Gaucho9 Pod is back celebrating our 100th episode!  And kicking off the fall slate with a big pod featuring the return of Associate Head Coach Matt Fonteno as well as a very candid interview (32:54) with 2 stars of the summer in Jr RHP Matt Ager and Jr 3b Zander Darby.  Coach Fonteno returns to the Gaucho coaching staff after spending the last 2 years at USC and Cal Poly, we talk recruiting st...

It's your Gaucho9 Podcast Summer Special featuring MLB All-Star, World Series Champ & Cy Young award winner, Barry Zito!  Barry recalls his time at UCSB playing with Coach Brontsema and breaks down some marquis moments in his MLB career and even gives a shoutout to fellow Gaucho Jim Rome.  Plus we finally conclude the players of the week draft season with UCSB Analytics, it was a close race to...

The final week of the regular season is upon us as the Gauchos head to the Islands for a 3 game set with Hawaii.  The BigWest title is up in the air and UCSB continues to push for a postseason bid so we brought in former Gaucho HC Bob Brontsema to try and read the tea leaves for the upcoming week and share some memories about the 1983 Regional Team, the Hammerheads, and Gauchos on Fire.  Check out...

It was a busy week for the Gauchos who went 3-2 vs LMU, Long Beach St and Cal Baptist, Corey Nunez capped off the week with walk off single in the 10th inning on Monday night against the Lancers.  On this week's episode we ask a number of players about their favorite animated movies, we sit down with Pitching Coach Dylan Jones and the players say hi to their Mom's on Mother's Day.  We finish the p...

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...

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...

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 play...

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 competi...

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.

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 Th...

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 canc...

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.

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.

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 twitt...

Gauchos go to Oregon and sweep the Ducks in convincing fashion to move to 5-2 and pick up 3 valuable road wins.  We have game highlights plus pre/between game interviews with Gianni Bloom, Zander Darby, Jared Sundstrom, and Alex Schrier.  Then our host and UCSB Analytics draft their players and moments of the week, be sure to go on twitter to SBBaseballData and vote for the draft winner!

Emergency Pod!  Updating info relayed in Ep84, UCSB is not traveling back to Arizona this weekend.  It has been a challenging 24 hours for Gaucho Ops and DBO Justin Jacome, but this weekends games vs Oregon have been moved to Eugene.  4p first pitch Friday and double header starting at 11a on Saturday from PK Park.