Massive draft risk. I expect that he ends up signing.Quote:
Originally Posted by BigDawg81
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Massive draft risk. I expect that he ends up signing.Quote:
Originally Posted by BigDawg81
What are the odds Cade, Conrad, Dante or Charlie make it to campus?
We should be good with everyone except Nori. And his odds have gone up dramatically. He's already 19 and he'd only have to stay for two years if he came.Quote:
Originally Posted by 3dawgnight15
There is a very real chance that we get them all. I feel like we have about a 75% chance of getting Nori to campus.Quote:
Originally Posted by 3dawgnight15
Really the biggest draft risk actually might be Kevin Mannell. He's a JUCO recruit.
I concur on this based on what I've heard, but as the man said money changes everything, but we're in good have with all right now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Todd4State
Colby Holcombe into the portal. Looks to be another case of hedging his bets if he doesn't get the number he wants from the MLB. Hate to see him and I guess technically he could still come back, but I imagine we have seen the last of Holcombe
To kind of reset the board a bit, it seems like we are still after one more position player and a few pitchers.
The position player looks to come down to Nolan McCarthy from Kentucky and Mitchell Sanford from UNO.
The pitchers we are most heavily after are Cade Fisher from Florida, Chase Hungate from UVA, and Jacob Pruitt from Indiana St. Jacob Pruitt could be a plug and play Friday night guy for us.
Pruitt would be a huge addition for us. If we could add Hungate and Fisher and one more bat, things would be looking up. We've got some good young arms coming in with the hs guys too.Quote:
Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve
If you add all 3 pitchers then we have a hell of a staff. That'd be a staff of Pruitt, Hungate, Fisher, Mikhai Grant, Pico, Gavin Black, Ligon, Siary, Loftin(if he's right), and the incoming freshman arms.Quote:
Originally Posted by Commercecomet24
Right, it would give us some serious depth and talent and you can always win with pitching. I honestly believe what I saw out of Black at the end of the year and the reports I've heard from this summer that he can be our closer. There's some really good arms coming in with the hs class too and i look forward to seeing them this fall.Quote:
Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve
Black has the look of a closer. I cannot explain it, but he just looks like a typical closer.Quote:
Originally Posted by Commercecomet24
I also think that Mikhai Grant is the wild card in all of this. I mean he was probably the 2nd or 3rd most impressive arm last fall before he got injured.
Dude, I'll eat 1,000 crows if Lemonis can land Mitch Sanford. That dude completely changes the outlook of the lineup.
I know it's a lot to ask for a guy coming off Tommy John, but Grant has the stuff to be a shutdown ace in the SEC. He had the surgery last October, so he should be ready for the season, it'll just be a matter of if he's up to speed or notQuote:
Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve
Black has a mean streak too, which makes him a good fit for that role as well as his stuff. Grant would've been in the weekend rotation this past year without the injury, imo.Quote:
Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve
BOOM.
Who?Quote:
Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve
PruittQuote:
Originally Posted by DEDawg
Jacob Pruitt. Pitcher from Indiana St. Will be a Friday night candidate for us.Quote:
Originally Posted by DEDawg
PruittQuote:
Originally Posted by DEDawg
I’ll say this, even without anything else as far as a legit starter, you have to like where our rotation is at. Pruitt, Pico, and Grant (if Grants is as advertised). That’s legit there… Need a couple more bullpen arms to make sure on the back end.
If Lemonis could land just one BIG bay for the middle of the order I would feel Much better. We don’t have that one guy who can change the game with one swing.
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Originally Posted by TNDawg35
We're on the Sanford kid from UNO. He would be that. We're also still heavily on Chase Hungate and Cade Fisher. Both of those guys could also factor into the weekend rotation
Huge get right there. Weekend starter and big arm.Quote:
Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve
The needle is moving.
Finally getting some momentum
Now the question is what will you do with that momentum. I would say the last two days have been the best two days of the portal era from a perception standpoint for Lemonis and Co. Now you have to capitalize on that perception. You need a Fisher, Hungate, Sanford type player to kick the hype into overdrive.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cowbell
Not sure he can handle the load of Friday, although his stuff is Friday good. Friday is a long innings guy and that's not what Pruitt really is. But he can chunk it! I think our Friday starter is still in the portal.Quote:
Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve
Where's all your gloom cooter?? Ha shocked lem got off the couch w his lays chips to get some players???Quote:
Originally Posted by Cooterpoot
Lemonis's beach trip ended.**Quote:
Originally Posted by Homedawg
Solid get is a solid get. I still want to win. I heard pitching was picking up and Pruitt isn't even the one I heard, so I don't think we're done. I could see three more arms if we hit on the best ones. I was surprised we couldn't pull some guys with what Parker did.Quote:
Originally Posted by Homedawg
Yeah Pruitt is just the first, couple of others on the way.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cooterpoot
Cooter is giving up, he's surrendering, co'mon man.Quote:
Originally Posted by Homedawg
This dude is not Friday night. 13 appearance, only 5 starts and only 41 innings this past year. Seems like a #3 or Long Relief.
Nothing wrong with getting a good Long-Relief guy, just seems like a leap to say Friday night or even Saturday night. He was neither at Indiana State. He was their 1st bullpen guy. Was shaky in his two last outings in the regionals.
Nuance (Edit): He was their Saturday guy for the first three weeks. Good starts.
I believe he was their numbers two and then he had an injury. That's why he was our seven weeks and then came back for bullpen only duty.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Federalist Engineer
This is correct. The kid has elite stuffQuote:
Originally Posted by Todd4State
He was their Friday night guy before injury. He was giving them 6 innings and around 10 Ks. That is exactly what Cjintje gave you this year and he would have been the Friday guy without the emergence of Stephen.Quote:
Originally Posted by Todd4State
And we are not done.
The injuries are the issue. He's had a couple and that's why I said being a Friday guy could be a problem, Stuff is good, can he consistently give you 5 or 6 innings is the question. There are still some arms out there. I don't think Fisher is the answer for Friday but he's a weekend arm. Hungate is bullpen.Quote:
Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve
Add another bat and three pitchers IMO. Pitching determines how good we can be. I think the lineup will be an average SEC lineup regardless unless Mershon is back. I think we've got a 5-8 spot SEC team regardless if we get the arms. We aren't top 4 in the SEC as we should be.
Can we expect any news today?
It's a hot dog holiday, Lemonis is busy.**Quote:
Originally Posted by BigDawg81
I agree on Pruitt his stuff is Friday night stuff for sure, but the injuries are a question. I wouldn't start him as the Friday guy but I believe he's a weekend rotation guy for sure.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cooterpoot
Mitchell Sanford to Ole Miss.
Kinda embarrassing to lose a battle to that sinking ship. Maybe we can still land the UK outfielder. We're still missing an impact bat
May be telling on how we feel about getting Nori to school though.Quote:
Originally Posted by KOdawg1