Let's talk about Gary Henderson...
What was he thinking bringing Cole Gordon in to pitch and then leaving him out there like he did?
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Let's talk about Gary Henderson...
What was he thinking bringing Cole Gordon in to pitch and then leaving him out there like he did?
We should be more upset about his pitch calling. Throw a damn slider after you just threw one that got pulled for a homerun 40 feet foul. That pitch gets hammered 425 feet. I'm not going to say that I have as much experience calling pitches as he does, but I've called pitches in 7A high school ball and there's no way in hell that kid should have seen that same pitch.
I was not happy with the pitch sequencing from the 6th on.
What grips me is the only high fast ball we throw is one the catcher is standing up for before it is thrown and no one one God's green earth would swing at.
Is Henderson still a candidate for the head job?
#Hendersoning
He wanted to outdo B Snikter.
I think his biggest problem is he has worse roster management skills than Dan Mullen.
I'm filing playing Cole Gordon and pretty much any of the JUCO outfielders as poor roster management.
It makes zero sense as far as who he decides to play. Especially since we have better options in Keegan James and Blake Smith.
Henderson is as much to blame for this season as Cann is.
The only thing that would give me pause about that is the fact that Bake Smith is coming off of Tommy John. So, honestly if it were me I would have brought Keegan James or Neff in and then gone to Smith in the 9th. Either way I wouldn't have gone with Cole Gordon.
Why was the site down?
How did we get to Cole Gordon pitching in the SEC?
(1) Ashcraft bad hip
(2) Self has a shoulder
(3) Hughes never the same after TJ
(4) Ford did not recover from TJ
(5) Breaux is still in TJ recovery
(6) Padgett not the same after TJ
(7) Price is a current TJ
(8) Cyr decided to party in Kansas
(9) plumlee was taking some form of PEDs that probably didn't work
(10) Barton was a bust
(11) James is still in TJ recovery
(12) Mangum doesn't want to pitch anymore
That's how we end up with Cole Gordon even being a pitcher at MSU
I figured Cole pitching was the reason the site got blown off the internet.
I am happy to have Keegan James back and contributing, but I think if Keegan were 100% recovered, he would be an SEC starter on his way to 100 innings this year like Ethan Small. Yes, he is a better bet than CG in game situations where both are fresh. We had France, Neff, James, and Smith available to close-out the game.
At Hinds, Noah Hughes is having an ok season, ERA of 5.92 and 32 hits in 24 innings - means he gets slaughtered in SEC play.
At Chipolla, Jared Padgett is having a recovery season, ERA of 5.23 in 10 innings with 12 walks and 9 hits. Translates into slaughter against marquee D1 opposition in the SEC
Ford threw upper 90's (max 97) at the end of summer ball and was virtually unhittable through 4 innings in his last start.
This kid is still on campus and counting toward the 11.7 because Cann was an idiot and didn't handle the situation right.
Also, I think Hughes is ok too. I think his issues might be mental at this point. Cann jerked these guys around pretty good at the end of last year. Told them they were in good standing, and to go finish recovery over the summer then called them two weeks later and suggested they go Juco...or comeback and try to walk on. Wouldnt do it in person...all the while he was looking for their replacements.
Cann's off field issues were a blessing in disguise for us.