So who starts Tuesday?

[bigbub50]

Pruitt looked shaky in one inning on Friday. Black mysteriously did not pitch this weekend. Gotta think it?s probably one of those two. What yal think?

[Todd4State]

I'd be surprised if Black starts. Unless they use him as an opener. Would be weird.

I think they will likely start Pruitt. Could be Foster or Grant though. Going to be a bullpen game regardless.

Maybe JT Schnoor if he made the roster.

[BigDawg81]

Evan Siary

[Homedawg]

I'd be surprised if Black starts. Unless they use him as an opener. Would be weird.

I think they will likely start Pruitt. Could be Foster or Grant though. Going to be a bullpen game regardless.

Maybe JT Schnoor if he made the roster.
I can't see grant starting. He's gonna be a pen guy this year. Foster maybe. Gonna see lots of arms Tuesday though no matter who

[The Federalist Engineer]

Black is my thought.

Pruitt looked shaky but maybe just first game jitters. Even if his role is long relief, that's still a key role. This is just the very beginning. Even Stone Simmons had a non-crisp first inning. Had two-on and then picked a dude off.

[Todd4State]

Evan Siary

That would be a good choice. Veteran who has done it before.

[Todd4State]

I can't see grant starting. He's gonna be a pen guy this year. Foster maybe. Gonna see lots of arms Tuesday though no matter who

I don't see too much difference between Foster and Grant honestly. To me, the biggest difference is Grant is a little bit older and has been with the program a little longer and with freshmen out of high school I worry about them hitting a wall at some point during the season if they are a pitcher due to the adjustment from high school to college plus the length of the season being a little longer than most high schools.

We'll see how it plays out this year though as this team evolves.

[Todd4State]

Black is my thought.

Pruitt looked shaky but maybe just first game jitters. Even if his role is long relief, that's still a key role. This is just the very beginning. Even Stone Simmons had a non-crisp first inning. Had two-on and then picked a dude off.

Pruitt was also coming out of the bullpen and he typically has been a starter. I would not be surprised if he is better in a starting role.

[MStateDawg]

I think it'll be Pruitt or Siary. I doubt they start Foster as a true freshman in a sold out hostile environment that'll be his first ever collegiate road game.

[StarkVegasSteve]

If it was a normal mid week game against [insert directional or SWAC school], then you could start a Freshman or a guy who has never started. Due to it being USM and any time they play us or OM it's their Super Bowl, you need to start someone with some experience. My guess is that it's Pruitt. I think that's why we held him off from starting this weekend and went with Stone.

[The Federalist Engineer]

Last year, started Ligon and he was ripped for 4 runs in a single inning of work.

Over the next 8 innings, they got 0 runs on 3 hits from Nolan Stevens, Siary, Hardin, Davis, and Auger.

Siary and Stevens did well. Ligon was not ready at that moment. USM was tee-ing off him. I think you use an array of dudes. Siary, Black, Hungate, Pruett, Fortenberry, Schnoor.

Only had 14 innings on Friday. Everyone but starters should be ready to go.

[MaroonFlounder]

Siary throws strikes. Problem is, some of those end up going out of the park.

[Todd4State]

Siary throws strikes. Problem is, some of those end up going out of the park.

In the past we would usually leave him in too long. He's the guy that eats innings.

[BigDawg81]

Siary throws strikes. Problem is, some of those end up going out of the park.
Make them earn it. Maybe I have PTSD from all the free passes that was under Foxhall and should not expect that under Parker but I like to seeing pitchers attack the zone.

[StarkVegasSteve]

It will be Charlie Foster.

[MStateDawg]

Official: https://x.com/HailStateBB/status/1891593495829201242

[Pancho]

my man Charlie. Good choice

[bigbub50]

I bet he’s nervous. Risky going with a true fresh but I’m excited for him.

[State82]

Hmmm. Not sure about this but I do not get paid for these decisions. Time to get it on.

[The Federalist Engineer]

I bet he’s nervous. Risky going with a true fresh but I’m excited for him.

Should be alright. Many guys that have the ability seem to have it from day one. Siary started at LSU as a Freshman, did alright. Many times MSU has pitched freshmen even bigger roles. Konor Pilkington, JT Ginn, and Chris George were Starters on top MSU teams. Cijntje was a Starter. Fristoe. Cade Smith.

Other teams: Florida won a NC with a Freshman in Omaha. Hunter Elliott (who pitched and won this weekend versus) was the OM Saturday in 2022. Kevin Able for Oregon State in 2018.

[bigbub50]

Looks like usm is starting Starkville Academy product Colby Allen. Pre season AA. Went 10-2 last year in only 2 starts. 7 saves. Trying to see if we faced him last year but not finding that information. He pitched 3 innings over this past wkend giving up 2 earned runs.

I’m sure this guy will be motivated. Could be a situation where he didn’t have an offer from the dawgs.

[bigbub50]

Going to be really interesting to see how true freshman Foster handles being on the road in front of a sell out crowd in one of the biggest if not the biggest regular season game for the buzzards.

[Todd4State]

Going to be really interesting to see how true freshman Foster handles being on the road in front of a sell out crowd in one of the biggest if not the biggest regular season game for the buzzards.

It will pay off down the road. He has a lot of talent and I think he will be fine. Probably will go 2-3 innings max anyway.

[ZedFedder]

Lemonis has said this will be a staff game, so we will throw 4-5 arms more than likely.

[parabrave]

Better see what the weather will be tomorrow.

[Interpolation_Dawg_EX]

Going to be really interesting to see how true freshman Foster handles being on the road in front of a sell out crowd in one of the biggest if not the biggest regular season game for the buzzards.

All the reports say he's legit. If he is successful, might be the 3rd day starter by the end of the year.

[Coach34]

Charlie has performed in the Fall and this Spring. Giddyup

Let’s go Rookie. U claim to be a badass? Let’s see it. I’m all for it. Show everybody you belong

[Cooterpoot]

Another Lemonis lemon team. This team has a long way to go to finish in the top 8 in the SEC. A pretty average USM team looks better so far. Maybe this pitching injury gives us a break

[msstate7]

Maybe a lot of unproven guys shouldn't be hitting above Hines

[StarkVegasSteve]

Another Lemonis lemon team. This team has a long way to go to finish in the top 8 in the SEC. A pretty average USM team looks better so far. Maybe this pitching injury gives us a break

It is a midweek game on the road in February against a team who treats playing us like the Super Bowl. It is a nothing burger.

[Cooterpoot]

Maybe a lot of unproven guys shouldn't be hitting above Hines

Maybe we have a lot of guys that just aren't good enough to play here.

[Cooterpoot]

It is a midweek game on the road in February against a team who treats playing us like the Super Bowl. It is a nothing burger.

LOL, it's a loss to an instate rival. You act like they threw the weekend guys and we played our scrubs. It's a Lemonis team. And we know all he has to do to keep his job is make post season. They may make it but that's what this program is now.

[HoopsDawg]

It is a midweek game on the road in February against a team who treats playing us like the Super Bowl. It is a nothing burger.

No need to panic. But as I've been saying for months, it's silly to think we can replace Mershon, Hugesack, and DJ and not suffer at the plate.

[EdwardDrayton]

It is a midweek game on the road in February against a team who treats playing us like the Super Bowl. It is a nothing burger.

Agree. Midweek and very early in the season. But did not expect four errors and no run production. That's on us.

[Santiago]

Agree. Midweek and very early in the season. But did not expect four errors and no run production. That's on us.

Agree. Even in February as a competitor this pisses me off to see a loss in this fashion. On to the next game, but dang clean it up.

[StateDawg44]

Wonder why we didn?t host a regional last year?

Couldn?t have been because of dumb midweek losses, right?

[HoopsDawg]

Agree. Even in February as a competitor this pisses me off to see a loss in this fashion. On to the next game, but dang clean it up.

I'm surprised Downs didn't start. He's been swinging a good bat.

[Coach34]

We werent going to go 60-0. We will be alright.

True freshman got his cherry busted tonight in a big game. It happens.

It was 3-0 after 2. Ended 3-0. Thats what these games are for in cold Feb

[Coach34]

I'm surprised Downs didn't start. He's been swinging a good bat.

I think he and Stallman will platoon-especially early on

[Santiago]

We werent going to go 60-0. We will be alright.

True freshman got his cherry busted tonight in a big game. It happens.

It was 3-0 after 2. Ended 3-0. Thats what these games are for in cold Feb

No but you have to take some of these pre(SEC) season games when you can to build a resume. One loss, but we also looked off on Sunday against a bad team also.
Next game, next play.

[Coach34]

We played an NCAA Tourney team today. Wont be a bad loss.

Was very important to get Charlie a big start early on. He needs to grow as a pitcher to be a guy ready to help us in big situations from April on. Got to throw these talented freshmen in and make them swim

[Todd4State]

We played an NCAA Tourney team today. Wont be a bad loss.

Was very important to get Charlie a big start early on. He needs to grow as a pitcher to be a guy ready to help us in big situations from April on. Got to throw these talented freshmen in and make them swim

It was also in the road. Unless USM unexpectedly collapses this isn't a bad loss in terms of RPI.

Lots of fly balls and strike outs tells me we were likely trying to do too much at the plate. Four errors is not good but they replaced the guy who made two of them and Buckner played very well.

[StarkVegasSteve]

It was also in the road. Unless USM unexpectedly collapses this isn't a bad loss in terms of RPI.

Lots of fly balls and strike outs tells me we were likely trying to do too much at the plate. Four errors is not good but they replaced the guy who made two of them and Buckner played very well.

The errors are not good. But people are having some extreme overreactions on this one. We lost to USM last year and were fine. Losses to USM in February in the midweek on the road do not kill you. Losses to Central Arkansas in the midweek, or Austin Peay in the midweek, or Ga Southern on the weekend, or multiple blown late innings leads in conference play kill you and cause you to play on the road in a regional.

[Santiago]

The errors are not good. But people are having some extreme overreactions on this one. We lost to USM last year and were fine. Losses to USM in February in the midweek on the road do not kill you. Losses to Central Arkansas in the midweek, or Austin Peay in the midweek, or Ga Southern on the weekend, or multiple blown late innings leads in conference play kill you and cause you to play on the road in a regional.

I never liked losing a game no matter what month I played it in.

[Coach34]

I never liked losing a game no matter what month I played it in.

Yet a 38-22 team come May is usually among the Top 20 in the country

[The Federalist Engineer]

We played an NCAA Tourney team today. Wont be a bad loss.

Was very important to get Charlie a big start early on. He needs to grow as a pitcher to be a guy ready to help us in big situations from April on. Got to throw these talented freshmen in and make them swim

The pitching did a alright job today. 1 earned run. Fields was touched up, for sure.

Ben Davis cooled down the USM bats. Good to see Booneville have a player.

The offense needs a spark. Last year Mershon was a creator and Dakota was always one AB from a potential run. Someone has to emerge to fill the huge shoes left by these guys.

Any time you get shutout it's a bad loss.

[Todd4State]

The errors are not good. But people are having some extreme overreactions on this one. We lost to USM last year and were fine. Losses to USM in February in the midweek on the road do not kill you. Losses to Central Arkansas in the midweek, or Austin Peay in the midweek, or Ga Southern on the weekend, or multiple blown late innings leads in conference play kill you and cause you to play on the road in a regional.

Errors are not good but in total we had four tonight. Reeves committed two and he was pulled from the game. Our pitcher who is a freshman had one and then Highfill had the other. This loss won't kill us but I do wish that we hadn't started a freshman in his first start on the road. Especially with Siary and Pruitt on the roster and knowing that Pruitt pitched really well against USM last year. That said, no matter who we pitch zero runs is never going to win games. We struck out 10 times and only had 1 walk. To me, that is as bad as the errors. Even though two players had 5 of the ten K's between the two of them. We have to do a better job of getting guys to adjust sooner and we have to do a better job of getting guys to focus on our hitting philosophy of hitting line drives and going gap to gap and not worry about doing too much at the plate.

That said, we only allowed 1 earned run tonight and if we can find a way to get even a few runs we're going to win a lot of games if we keep pitching it like we did tonight.

[Todd4State]

The pitching did a alright job today. 1 earned run. Fields was touched up, for sure.

Ben Davis cooled down the USM bats. Good to see Booneville have a player.

The offense needs a spark. Last year Mershon was a creator and Dakota was always one AB from a potential run. Someone has to emerge to fill the huge shoes left by these guys.

Any time you get shutout it's a bad loss.

Ben Davis looks like he is really going to help us out on the mound this year. Biggest surprise of the season thus far.

I fully suspect that Buckner will start at second base on Friday. He has earned it for now. He has the skill set to lead off and if he can do that we will be in good shape with the rest of the lineup.

[basedog]

Errors are not good but in total we had four tonight. Reeves committed two and he was pulled from the game. Our pitcher who is a freshman had one and then Highfill had the other. This loss won't kill us but I do wish that we hadn't started a freshman in his first start on the road. Especially with Siary and Pruitt on the roster and knowing that Pruitt pitched really well against USM last year. That said, no matter who we pitch zero runs is never going to win games. We struck out 10 times and only had 1 walk. To me, that is as bad as the errors. Even though two players had 5 of the ten K's between the two of them. We have to do a better job of getting guys to adjust sooner and we have to do a better job of getting guys to focus on our hitting philosophy of hitting line drives and going gap to gap and not worry about doing too much at the plate.

That said, we only allowed 1 earned run tonight and if we can find a way to get even a few runs we're going to win a lot of games if we keep pitching it like we did tonight.

I'd pump the brakes just a little Todd. I think you got to excited pre-season, as Homedog stated in another post, things will play out one way or another. We may be middle of the pack in Sec but I don't think we are say 1-6 team. Hope I'm wrong, but over the years I still some "lazy coaching". I'm not gonna bash Lemonis all year, I'm gonna pull for Msu to win and, just venting frustrations from what I know.

[3dawgnight15]

Genuinely curious to know what the mood is in the clubhouse. It is baseball and sometimes the ball bounces the other way but there has been pattern of fundamental failures. I hope they are fired up because it surely didn?t look like they gave a shit last night.

[Pinto]

Genuinely curious to know what the mood is in the clubhouse. It is baseball and sometimes the ball bounces the other way but there has been pattern of fundamental failures. I hope they are fired up because it surely didn?t look like they gave a shit last night.

Attitude reflects leadership

[Pancho]

Pitching wasn't the issue, good at bats were more the issue.

[BankerDog]

We spend $5MM/year in baseball and it only generates $2.5MM in revenue. When you are spending that much in something that generates a loss-people need to ask questions. We are spending to be a top 10 team but coaching has got to be there. Hines is still rolling ball over like he has the past three years. It?s getting frustrating to watch guys leave Go-Tro and figure it out (Slate Alford, Hatcher).

[Pancho]

how is slate doing at UGA?

[The Federalist Engineer]

Thinking about the hitting.

It was curious that Aaron Downs did not at-least pinch hit versus USM. He's been the hottest hitter and is one of the most veteran guys.

Gherig Frei is a Switch Hitter and hit for average at his previous school.

Jackson Owen was someone that Lemonis raved about in the Fall, but just one AB on the season. Homerun threat. Even Joe Powell.

Not hayting, but definitely, on a weird night of sickly hitting, could have popped-in some pinch-hitters to spark something.

[Pancho]

maybe in the heat of battle, gotro and lemo simply forgot these pertinent facts?

[Coach34]

how is slate doing at UGA?

Hitting .250 5 games in and already has an error