Best guess Baseball Dallas weekend

[Coach34]

Do we go with our regular Fri/Sat/Sun plan out there? Or do we save Val or McPh for Game 3 vs UCLA with it being such a big game come seeding time for the Tourney?

[Homedawg]

Reg Friday sat Sunday

[StarkVegasSteve]

Do we go with our regular Fri/Sat/Sun plan out there? Or do we save Val or McPh for Game 3 vs UCLA with it being such a big game come seeding time for the Tourney?

It's probably going to be a match what they do situation. If I had to just guess what we do:

Fri: McPherson
Sat: Valincius
Sun: Foster/Pitzer

I doubt we change it up for one game the first weekend. Also, Charlie or Pitzer would still give us plenty of talent on the mound. We also would probably have a pretty full bullpen if we threw Ryan and Tomas the first two days.

[Coach34]

It's probably going to be a match what they do situation. If I had to just guess what we do:

Fri: McPherson
Sat: Valincius
Sun: Foster/Pitzer

I doubt we change it up for one game the first weekend.

The Dallas series is the 3rd weekend. Agreed that throwing our #3 gives us plenty of talent on the mound buttttttt- you would only have to switch one day for us to throw Mc or Val- and we get another weekend after before the SEC to correct it. If it's me- I'm winning that damn game and am going to throw my 1 or 2 against them. Statement game that will weigh fairly big come June when the Committee makes decisions

[Todd4State]

Keep the rotation the same. It's one game and it's early. We have a SEC schedule. If we beat UCLA we'll make some noise early but losing the game won't hurt us. Beating Arizona State could be a big win too. Not sure about Virginia Tech but they're probably easily top 100 RPI and I'm being conservative here.

[The Federalist Engineer]

Friday- Arizona State (Pitzer)
Saturday- Virginia Tech (McP)
Sunday- UCLA (Valincius)
Tuesday- USM (Ben Davis)

I don't know who the Ace really is. Charlie Foster, Duke Stone, and Ben Davis could be weekend guys. McP might be a closer again. Pitzer might be long relief. Like Vals experience on Sunday. UCLA will save their Ace for MSU.

In 2021, the first rotation was McLeod, Harding, Fristoe ... then McLeod, Cerantola, Fristoe .... finally Bednar, Harding, McLeod by CWS Fristoe and Cerantola were not competing and McLeod was busted.

[The Federalist Engineer]

If UCLA throws their ace Logan Reddemann. RHP.

Good time to put 7 or 8 lefties on him.

Teel, Frei, Nunnallee, Ace, Stallman, Raymond, Parker, Sanders

[Coach34]

It's one game and it's early.

I disagree. I think it's huge come June when they will be deciding the top 4 seeds

[Homedawg]

It's probably going to be a match what they do situation. If I had to just guess what we do:

Fri: McPherson
Sat: Valincius
Sun: Foster/Pitzer

I doubt we change it up for one game the first weekend. Also, Charlie or Pitzer would still give us plenty of talent on the mound. We also would probably have a pretty full bullpen if we threw Ryan and Tomas the first two days.

Stone is the better option than pitzer on Sunday.

[Coach34]

We got 6 options for 3 weekend spots. 1985 is very jealous.

[Homedawg]

We got 6 options for 3 weekend spots. 1985 is very jealous.

Amen

[Todd4State]

I disagree. I think it's huge come June when they will be deciding the top 4 seeds

It won't be any different than beating LSU in the grand scheme of things. It's a no lose situation for us really. But who knows what UCLA's RPI actually is going to be since they play in the Big 10 now? They're a bad weekend against Indiana from tumbling.

[Todd4State]

Friday- Arizona State (Pitzer)
Saturday- Virginia Tech (McP)
Sunday- UCLA (Valincius)
Tuesday- USM (Ben Davis)

I don't know who the Ace really is. Charlie Foster, Duke Stone, and Ben Davis could be weekend guys. McP might be a closer again. Pitzer might be long relief. Like Vals experience on Sunday. UCLA will save their Ace for MSU.

In 2021, the first rotation was McLeod, Harding, Fristoe ... then McLeod, Cerantola, Fristoe .... finally Bednar, Harding, McLeod by CWS Fristoe and Cerantola were not competing and McLeod was busted.

I don't think you can really compare a staff under Foxhall and Parker.

Ben Davis is much more likely to close against USM than start.

On paper our rotation is better than 2021. Valinicus and McPherson are fighting for one and two. Foster and Stone are competing for Sunday. Pitzker is probably the relief ace. Ben Davis has been mentioned potentially as the closer. Dane Burns in the darkhorse here. Those are probably our primary guys unless Kirk, Bauer, Rhodes or Miller step up.

[99jc]

i don't care who we throw just win baby!

[StarkVegasSteve]

The Dallas series is the 3rd weekend. Agreed that throwing our #3 gives us plenty of talent on the mound buttttttt- you would only have to switch one day for us to throw Mc or Val- and we get another weekend after before the SEC to correct it. If it's me- I'm winning that damn game and am going to throw my 1 or 2 against them. Statement game that will weigh fairly big come June when the Committee makes decisions

That's actually probably worse that it's the 3rd weekend, for some reason I had the first weekend on my mind. The day we play UCLA, March 1, will be 12 days from when we start our first conference series in Fayetteville. I don't know that the best idea is change up the rotation at that point. Now if UCLA was to throw their ace that may change things, but I imagine we'll play the long game.

[MStateDawg]

If UCLA throws their ace Logan Reddemann. RHP.

Good time to put 7 or 8 lefties on him.

Teel, Frei, Nunnallee, Ace, Stallman, Raymond, Parker, Sanders

UCLA plays Tennessee, Texas A&M & State that weekend. They aren't going to save their Ace for Sunday. They'll stick with their normal rotation, as should we.

[Coursesuper]

Do we go with our regular Fri/Sat/Sun plan out there? Or do we save Val or McPh for Game 3 vs UCLA with it being such a big game come seeding time for the Tourney?

It will be interesting to watch what happens here. This staff will not be as unsettled on a lineup or roles as the last one, once roles are defined they might not want to shake it up much. You know that routine and mindset are so important especially on the bump, if they don't feel comfortable I feel like they will stay with the defined roles.

[AlSwearengen]

Stone is the better option than pitzer on Sunday.

I heard an interview with Parker a few days ago and he talked about Pitzer and the Cape. He mentioned that the Cape has a bigger strike zone and hitters are using wood bats and that success there doesn't necessarily translate equally to the SEC. He said Pitzer had some things to work on coming out of the fall, but I didn't get impression that he won't contribute. I did get the impression that as things stand now, he won't be starting on the weekends.

ETA: It sounds like Kirk has made some strides. Parker talked like he may be close to working himself into the mix as a contributor.

[The Federalist Engineer]

Even BOC had multiple rotations last year. After Evan Blanco, Woolfork and another dude struggled, he adjusted to a new group. Valincius became his ace. Friday was supposed to be Evan Blanco. The Woolfork guy struggled and never pitched like he did against MSU in the charlotte regional, he was also expected to be excellent.

Yeah, he did not bring his last UVA Pitching Coach to Starkville

[Todd4State]

I heard an interview with Parker a few days ago and he talked about Pitzer and the Cape. He mentioned that the Cape has a bigger strike zone and hitters are using wood bats and that success there doesn't necessarily translate equally to the SEC. He said Pitzer had some things to work on coming out of the fall, but I didn't get impression that he won't contribute. I did get the impression that as things stand now, he won't be starting on the weekends.

ETA: It sounds like Kirk has made some strides. Parker talked like he may be close to working himself into the mix as a contributor.

It's relative to me. Yes, the strike zone is larger and they use wood bats and yes, the Cape isn't what it used to be since the portal became a thing. But that said, Pitzker was still the most dominant guy there and the video I saw of him pitching definitely plays up in the SEC. He's a two pitch guy to me so I would be very surprised if MSU starts him. I think he will be our relief ace and maybe end up as our closer though. I was a little surprised when I heard that Ben Davis is the front runner for the closer role.

Kirk is interesting because he has as high an upside as any of the other pitchers but he had a leg injury that caused him to sit out last year. It's going to be interesting to see how BOC manages Foster, Stone, and Kirk. There are a ton of creative options we could go with. I could definitely see Kirk being the midweek starter though.

[Todd4State]

Even BOC had multiple rotations last year. After Evan Blanco, Woolfork and another dude struggled, he adjusted to a new group. Valincius became his ace. Friday was supposed to be Evan Blanco. The Woolfork guy struggled and never pitched like he did against MSU in the charlotte regional, he was also expected to be excellent.

Yeah, he did not bring his last UVA Pitching Coach to Starkville

I'm sure if there are issues with the rotation we will make adjustments as we need to.

If you believe the rumors we were getting Muscara to be our pitching coach but then Duke needed a head coach in part because Virginia took Pollard, who went there because we took BOC.

I'm glad we kept Parker though. I don't think there was a better option given the circumstances.

[Todd4State]

It will be interesting to watch what happens here. This staff will not be as unsettled on a lineup or roles as the last one, once roles are defined they might not want to shake it up much. You know that routine and mindset are so important especially on the bump, if they don't feel comfortable I feel like they will stay with the defined roles.

To me, Lemonis had the lineup almost too settled in pre-SEC play and then he would make changes too late.

Gehrig Frei and Joe Powell were good examples last year.

To your point though the pitching staff felt like no one really had a defined role other than Pico and maybe Ligon. Of course after awhile Siary had a role.

[somebodyshotmypaw]

I disagree. I think it's huge come June when they will be deciding the top 4 seeds

Seeds will be announced in late May.

[preachermatt83]

Guys… I’m just throwing this out there…. Noah Sullivan can flat out pitch. I’m wondering if he in the discussion?

[Todd4State]

Guys… I’m just throwing this out there…. Noah Sullivan can flat out pitch. I’m wondering if he in the discussion?

No. He's OK at pitching. We have better options on the mound.

[Coursesuper]

Guys… I’m just throwing this out there…. Noah Sullivan can flat out pitch. I’m wondering if he in the discussion?

Very simply, no. He’s not even close to the talent we have in the others on the staff. We will only be as good as the Soph pitchers can be this season. We will hit, but the season rest solely on the young arms.

[Rawdawg]

Anyone here going? Direct flight out of GTR is cheap.

[Coach34]

Anyone here going? Direct flight out of GTR is cheap.

I was until our HC informed me I was going to a coaching clinic that weekend

[The Federalist Engineer]

Guys… I’m just throwing this out there…. Noah Sullivan can flat out pitch. I’m wondering if he in the discussion?

He was the best midweek pitcher last year. When Pruitt and Black busted, Sullivan performed in ball games that saved innings for the weekend staff. 1.96 ERA and he was clean 15 k to 3 walks.

[Coach34]

And he will be midweek again. There is simply too much talent ahead of him for weekends unless its a 1 inning sit

[cheewgumm]

I?d throw whoever is the beat pitcher is againstUCLA.

What that does for our program to start things off like that

Fans passionate
Tons of people at game
Confidence that you are the best team
Seeding

[DawgNsuds]

Anyone here going? Direct flight out of GTR is cheap.

we have 4 going, driving from the Reservoir area

[StarkVegasSteve]

Anyone here going? Direct flight out of GTR is cheap.

I live out here so I'll definitely be there.

I'd suggest staying closer to Dallas or Ft Worth and Ubering to the stadium. Outside of Texas Live, there's not much to do out there and it's an easy Uber to the stadium from Ft Worth or Dallas, probably 20 minutes and will run you about $35 dollars.

[TStationDawg]

Anyone here going? Direct flight out of GTR is cheap.

Not flying out of MS, but heck yeah- I have 4 going. Wouldn't miss it this time around. More excited about this team, and program as a whole, than I have been in a while including '21. Excited to see the other teams there just as much. I will not be missing a game. Can't wait. Should be high level baseball all the way around.

[Todd4State]

Not flying out of MS, but heck yeah- I have 4 going. Wouldn't miss it this time around. More excited about this team, and program as a whole, than I have been in a while including '21. Excited to see the other teams there just as much. I will not be missing a game. Can't wait. Should be high level baseball all the way around.

Tennessee is going to be interesting. I think they take a big step back.

[StarkVegasSteve]

Tennessee is going to be interesting. I think they take a big step back.

I don't think it'll be an A&M sized step back because I think Elander is MILES better than Earley. But I do think Tennessee will take a small step back. I think they'll probably host a regional but not as a top 8.

[The Federalist Engineer]

Flying from Colorado direct flight to DFW makes it easy. I wish MSU played some California games. I get super easy flights to LA and SD.