Todd4State
04-17-2022, 02:18 AM
First of all Christ is Risen and we should all be thankful for that first and foremost.
This team if it is at all possible frustrates me and at the same time encourages me somehow.
First of all- because I've seen fans talk about it on social media- Cheesebrough made the right decision to send Corder. Auburn had to make a perfect play to get that out and they did to their credit. We did have a baserunning error earlier in the game and Hines made a baserunning mistake in game or two and we have to clean that up a little bit. Those kinds of mistakes loom large in a one run game. Hasn't been an issue most of the year though.
The most frustrating thing to me is how Foxhall handled the staff. We did get three quality starts from Brandon, Preston, and Cade. Which is great because we have no margin for error. I did not like how Foxhall handled Friday night at all. There was no reason to send Preston back out for the eighth inning. And then to use Talley for what was then his third game in a row in a week? Really? I mean I know we have bullpen issues but being up 9-1 is the perfect time to get guys like Fristoe and Tepper work. So of course Foxhall's plan blows up in his face and we had to use KC to win the game. Which made him unavailable for today's game. And lo and behold we have a situation where we really needed KC and had to put Fristoe in another high leverage situation. And it blew up in his face again. It really feels like he just throws people out there and expects them to just figure it out or something. I don't know if it's overthinking or what- but we had a sweep teed up almost and he decided to do some really weird things.
And yeah I know it wasn't all Fristoe's fault today. Defense let him down a little. He does tend to leave pitches up some- Foxhall has to fix that.
We'll see what Auger and Stinnett's status is for the rest of the year. I'm hearing Stinnett is done for the year too- no idea when that happened or even what the issue is.
Our offense wasn't great Saturday. But for the weekend I saw improvement in our approach overall. Much, much better. I'm seeing guys be more patient and starting to use the entire field more. Kellum Clark hitting a home run to left center was great. Guys not expanding the zone as much although we still do that sometimes- but progress. And as I said we got a hit to give us a chance to tie the game and Auburn made a perfect play to beat us. I can't really ask for much more than that. Slowly we're going away from being a dead pull hitting team to a more complete hitting team. Just have to keep working.
We've got Jackson State next. I'm hoping to see us get some pitchers back on track and our offense continuing to make some adjustments. We've got a lot of work to do we'll see if the pitching injuries kill us or not but this team will keep fighting. Just have to keep it up.
This team if it is at all possible frustrates me and at the same time encourages me somehow.
First of all- because I've seen fans talk about it on social media- Cheesebrough made the right decision to send Corder. Auburn had to make a perfect play to get that out and they did to their credit. We did have a baserunning error earlier in the game and Hines made a baserunning mistake in game or two and we have to clean that up a little bit. Those kinds of mistakes loom large in a one run game. Hasn't been an issue most of the year though.
The most frustrating thing to me is how Foxhall handled the staff. We did get three quality starts from Brandon, Preston, and Cade. Which is great because we have no margin for error. I did not like how Foxhall handled Friday night at all. There was no reason to send Preston back out for the eighth inning. And then to use Talley for what was then his third game in a row in a week? Really? I mean I know we have bullpen issues but being up 9-1 is the perfect time to get guys like Fristoe and Tepper work. So of course Foxhall's plan blows up in his face and we had to use KC to win the game. Which made him unavailable for today's game. And lo and behold we have a situation where we really needed KC and had to put Fristoe in another high leverage situation. And it blew up in his face again. It really feels like he just throws people out there and expects them to just figure it out or something. I don't know if it's overthinking or what- but we had a sweep teed up almost and he decided to do some really weird things.
And yeah I know it wasn't all Fristoe's fault today. Defense let him down a little. He does tend to leave pitches up some- Foxhall has to fix that.
We'll see what Auger and Stinnett's status is for the rest of the year. I'm hearing Stinnett is done for the year too- no idea when that happened or even what the issue is.
Our offense wasn't great Saturday. But for the weekend I saw improvement in our approach overall. Much, much better. I'm seeing guys be more patient and starting to use the entire field more. Kellum Clark hitting a home run to left center was great. Guys not expanding the zone as much although we still do that sometimes- but progress. And as I said we got a hit to give us a chance to tie the game and Auburn made a perfect play to beat us. I can't really ask for much more than that. Slowly we're going away from being a dead pull hitting team to a more complete hitting team. Just have to keep working.
We've got Jackson State next. I'm hoping to see us get some pitchers back on track and our offense continuing to make some adjustments. We've got a lot of work to do we'll see if the pitching injuries kill us or not but this team will keep fighting. Just have to keep it up.