Our Sunday options right now are awful

I start Houston this Sunday vs Florida. He wants to start so here is his shot. If he sucks, you throw Pilkington one or innings vs Memphis. Then he starts Sunday vs A&M.

Yeah no Breaux today shocked me. I think him, Small, or Pilkington should get the nod. 3 missed sweep opportunities because we can't find a 3rd starter is awful. It's clearly not Daniel Brown. Let Breaux, Small, or Pilk take a run at it.

Pitching by committee will never get you anywhere. Coach Cohen is just going to have to go to one of the guys who he thinks can get the job done and tell him YOU ARE IT and stick with him. This will give the team some sort of Consistency and help the defense adjust to his style of pitching.

For me, I go Small 100% and tell him he's going 5.

Guys, this is just like having Trevor Fitts on Sundays a couple of years ago. He could go out there and give you 5 decent innings, or need to be pulled after 25 pitches. You never knew what you were going to get. It is what it is, and that team turned out to be pretty good. As long as we can keep holding serve on Fridays and Saturdays, I'm fine with having a swinging gate from the bullpen if the Sunday starter can't produce. We will be alright.

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Originally Posted by I seen it dawg

Our whole team has the tone set by the Sunday starter. And the tone with Brown is total dogshit. Brown doesn't compete and that in turn affects the whole team which is why we are such a clown troupe on Sunday's. We have to run somebody out there the team has a little confidence in that they will at least compete. They don't have to be Hudson or Sexton but ****ing compete goddammit.

Rigby competes. Start him and chase him with Small who goes right at people. Hump is good for 4-6 hitters. Shit that's 21-24 outs right there. We have the rest of the pen to match up with. Or give Pilkington a chance. Anybody but Brown, Houston, or Tatum.

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Every word about Brown I agree with 100%.

I understand why you feel the way you do about Houston but I think part of the problem there is Houston is better as a starting pitcher and Brown is better out of the bullpen in short relief. I think that's why Brown doesn't compete- he's trying to hold something back for the second- third time through the order. He only has two decent pitches.

The last time Houston started he struck out 10 and walked one. Yes against crap competition but he went five innings and has at least as good a chance as some of the freshmen at succeeding

And I could be totally wrong about Houston- I'd only ask 3-5 innings out of him- but I think it's worth finding out at this point because I don't think Pilkington is ready and Keegan showed us he wasn't last weekend.

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Originally Posted by wasabaka

Guys, this is just like having Trevor Fitts on Sundays a couple of years ago. He could go out there and give you 5 decent innings, or need to be pulled after 25 pitches. You never knew what you were going to get. It is what it is, and that team turned out to be pretty good. As long as we can keep holding serve on Fridays and Saturdays, I'm fine with having a swinging gate from the bullpen if the Sunday starter can't produce. We will be alright.

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I'd kill for Trevor Fitts starting on Sundays right now. Brown reminds me of Lindgren starting in 2013 but worse.

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Originally Posted by HoopsDawg

For me, I go Small 100% and tell him he's going 5.

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Bad idea. He has gotten hit hard after going one. That's why his ERA is through the roof.

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Originally Posted by parabrave

Pitching by committee will never get you anywhere. Coach Cohen is just going to have to go to one of the guys who he thinks can get the job done and tell him YOU ARE IT and stick with him. This will give the team some sort of Consistency and help the defense adjust to his style of pitching.

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Brown has made every start except for last week. Consistency has been the problem in this case. I'm 90% sure they are going with Pilkington on Sundays going forward anyway.

I still think my idea about going with Houston would be better but USM is fairly comparable to an average SEC team and if we get that kind of a performance out of our staff on Sunday- I'll take it.

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Originally Posted by Todd4State

Bad idea. He has gotten hit hard after going one. That's why his ERA is through the roof.

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I disagree. He's not a bullpen guy. Been told some of those times he went in he didn't even get to throw 5 pitches before he came in. Gotta use the strengths of the pitchers. Small competes. He can go 5. He did it against our hitters all fall and spring. It's time to start him and let him give it a go.

Small could give us 3-4 innings in a start. We haven't gotten that on Sunday yet

The answer seems obvious to me, Pilkington

What about Noah Hughes?

move the rotation around? Say, move Hudson and/or Sexton back a day. You have to know those two guys are going to have a poor performance sooner or later. Could that somewhat be mitigated by moving one or both of these guys around a day or two? Just trying to think of something because our pitching is shit after our first two guys.

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Originally Posted by mic

I have zero issue with starting any of these freshman on Sunday
At least Small ran out there and said ****ing hit me and didn't shit himself.. He wasn't stellar but who has been on Sunday..
He ran it up there 94- 96 ( at least that's what the scoreboard gun said)

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Dude he hit 98 today.

pitched well against Vandy but I seriously doubt he could consistently to that.

Reading this thread, its obvious this board is as confused about who should be thrown out there on Sunday as Cohen and Johnson are.

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Originally Posted by Saltydog

move the rotation around? Say, move Hudson and/or Sexton back a day. You have to know those two guys are going to have a poor performance sooner or later. Could that somewhat be mitigated by moving one or both of these guys around a day or two? Just trying to think of something because our pitching is shit after our first two guys.

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We've had a chance to sweep all 3 series. I wouldn't change a thing the 1st 2 games

Is Jared Padgett hurt?

Hughes or Breaux