Quote Originally Posted by the_real_MSU_is_us View Post
So Pilk showed 0 improvement in his 2 weakest areas (keeping ABs short and going above 80 pitches before he loses it), and gives up a bunch of runs. We bring in possible Sunday/midweek starter Keegan James, who got hit hard. Then we bring in a counted on JuCo newcommer Leibelt that we're supposedly going to rely on, and he can't throw a strike. Hatcher is used to save the pen. Saturday starter Ethan "will be really good" Small gets hit hard, gives up walks, and even when he settles in he wasn't dominant. He gets replaced by McQuary, who was supposed to be one of the best middle relievers on the team, and he craps the bed with control issues.

Yeah, 0/4 on the unknowns (all of whom we were told would be good), and the one proven guy didn't look improved. And as I type this we go down in order -again- to a team with significantly below SEC average pitching
And yet when I said this team was a bad match up for us starting the season, some people balked at that notion. People need to temper their aspirations for this team. We aren't terrible, but those that were dreaming of sweeping or winning this series was fool's gold. We are still breaking in too many pieces.