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02-15-2015, 09:51 PM
Offensively- Bless their hearts, but Cincy has one of the worst pitching staffs I've ever seen from a "biggish" school. Just too many freshmen for them to have success this year... But we did what we should have done to them and Miami OH. We will no doubt score more runs and have more pop this year- the amount of doubles was very encouraging and we are clearly a much bigger, more physical team this year. I can't wait to see what we look like when Collins, Rea, and especially Smith all come back fully healthy. Robson is finally healthy and showing out. I'm looking forward to seeing separation between who can really hit good pitching and who was feasting off inferior arms. Our lineup will definitely be much more settled this year as well.
Defensively- We will be outstanding, as expected. No real surprise there.
Pitching- We were so-so on the mound, IMO. I will say, Cincy does have a few good hitters and are better at the plate than they are on the mound. The bright side is that the veterans we'll rely on were pretty solid, and our bullpen will be extremely deep if Sexton or McCord step up and we can keep Mitchell, Tatum, and Brown in the pen. We allowed 15 ER in the four games on the weekend, but 10 of those came in two innings against true freshmen making their debut. Man, McCord is going to be so good for us- his stuff is just outstanding. Hopefully it was just jitters, because I really like some of what I saw out of him. I still think he can help us this year.
All in all, we did what we should have done to inferior teams. The next six games will probably be more of the same. We should be 10-0 when Arizona comes to town, and we'll probably learn a little more then.
Defensively- We will be outstanding, as expected. No real surprise there.
Pitching- We were so-so on the mound, IMO. I will say, Cincy does have a few good hitters and are better at the plate than they are on the mound. The bright side is that the veterans we'll rely on were pretty solid, and our bullpen will be extremely deep if Sexton or McCord step up and we can keep Mitchell, Tatum, and Brown in the pen. We allowed 15 ER in the four games on the weekend, but 10 of those came in two innings against true freshmen making their debut. Man, McCord is going to be so good for us- his stuff is just outstanding. Hopefully it was just jitters, because I really like some of what I saw out of him. I still think he can help us this year.
All in all, we did what we should have done to inferior teams. The next six games will probably be more of the same. We should be 10-0 when Arizona comes to town, and we'll probably learn a little more then.