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Is there a USM message board worth a shit? I'm looking but there's only like 2 posts on the free board at BigGoldBation
I know we're shortstaffed and Cann has every built in excuse, but I think we should win this regional. Just my 2 cents
Could it be weather concern so they would not have to play a double hitter Saturday?Quote:
Originally Posted by CadaverDawg
Also how many wins does it take to win the region?
In a super against Lsu, I'd throw my 3 game one against Lange, pilk against poche, then my 2 against their 3.Quote:
Originally Posted by Todd4State
Saw this interesting little stat on a South Alabama forum....
https://i.imgflip.com/1pxs5b.jpg
I agreeQuote:
Originally Posted by confucius say
Yea, I can see a few advantages for sure. Takes 3 wins to win the Regional if you don't lose....4 wins and 5 games if you lose game 1Quote:
Originally Posted by Jack Lambert
I feel pretty good about it. We have four solid pitchers. Just get the lead and get into the 7th.Quote:
Originally Posted by CadaverDawg
I'm hoping after seeing LSU, Ark, and Fla pitching it will look like a beach ball to our hitters seeing USA & USM pitching. But I'm not too confidentQuote:
Originally Posted by Jack Lambert
McCarty is our best arm but we didn't have him on Friday all year. Switched between Fri/Sat. Beginning of the year, he was our Saturday guy then we bumped him to Friday then back to Saturday late in the year.Quote:
Originally Posted by CadaverDawg
Smith and Braley are both RHP. Braley started against MSU midweek and got the win. We moved him to the weekend rotation in late April and basically pitched by committee for the remaining midweek games.
The bullpen, particularly middle relief, is probably our biggest weakness. At the backend, you have Nick Sandlin (2.16 ERA/1.18 WHIP) who was nearly unhittable at the beginning of the year (didn't give up an earned run until April 4th) but he struggled a little bit with control later in the year. Sidearmer. He's been pretty good his last few appearances so I'm encouraged with that. Has a really good slider that be can be especially brutal on righties.
Hayden Roberts (4.41 ERA/1.40 WHIP) is our main guy in middle relief. Actually started the year as our Friday guy but we moved him to the pen after a couple of rough starts. Good fastball in the 92-94 range and has a wipeout slider when he's on. Struggles with command sometimes because he will often try to overthrow. Despite some bumps in the road this year, he has a high upside and will probably be drafted by some team this year. If USM has to play a 4th game, he's probably the guy that gets the start (assuming he's rested enough).
JC Keys (5.12 ERA/1.35 WHIP) and Trent Driver (5.70 ERA/1.63 WHIP) are two other guys you'll likely see this week. Keys was our Sunday starter for a good chunk of the year but we moved him to pen. Struggled to throw strikes at times this year but has really come on strong these past few weeks. Gave us a good start midweek vs SELA and had a solid CUSA tourney as well. Has a pretty filthy 12-6 curveball. Driver is a sidearmer who is mostly used in R/R matchups but can be hit pretty hard by teams. Hinds transfer.
Lastly, the wildcard to our pen is Matt Wallner (1.80 ERA/1.00 WHIP). He's the freshman out of the Minneapolis area that has been gotten a ton of press from national writers. Mostly for his hitting (batting .345 with 19 HRs) but he's also logged some innings for us on the mound. We used him mostly at the end of games (usually when Sandlin was unavailable) early in the year but he's been dealing a sore hip since the Ole Miss game in Pearl. Doesn't affect his swing but he's not really 100% on the mound. Don't know his availability for this weekend as the coaching staff is really trying to be careful with him. Faced one batter yesterday and pitched an inning vs FAU in early May. Those are his only appearances since the hip strain.
The only reason I could see them choosing the early game is to avoid a possible late night game due to a rain delay. NWS is currently predicting best chances of rain for afternoon and early evening.Quote:
Originally Posted by CadaverDawg
"The Perch" is our most active freeboard. EaglePost disbanded and lot of the regulars ended up there.Quote:
Originally Posted by CadaverDawg
http://csnbbs.com/forum-447.html
Thanks man. And thanks for the info in the previous post tooQuote:
Originally Posted by whataburger
Is Billingsley going to pitch this weekend? He looked good last time out
PilkQuote:
Originally Posted by Dawg61
Self
Cole
Plumlee
Billingsley
McQ
That's our 6 pitchers
I feel good. Our weekend stuff is way better than our mid week. We have come a long ways since we lost to USM in a mid week game early in the SEC season. I really don't worry about our hitting. I do worry about pitching. We need to win the first two games. If we get into the loser bracket then it could be trouble.Quote:
Originally Posted by CadaverDawg
Price will get a shot I bet. Depending on situation of course. For instance, we get up 8-2 vs USA & Gordon gets into the 8th and hits 90+ pitches....bring in Price to see if he can find it again. If he walks someone, bring in one of the names you mentioned.Quote:
Originally Posted by msstate7
I agree.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jack Lambert
Is it official that we're starting Cole Gordon Gsme 1? I saw Todd mention it, but is that just hearsay, or is it being discussed as if official?
What about Rigby? It was rumored he would be back for post season.Quote:
Originally Posted by msstate7
I have no idea. Seems it would be pretty risky to try him now thoughQuote:
Originally Posted by Barkman Turner Overdrive
Had been throwing bullpens at the end of the year and that was going to determine whether he came back or not. I'm assuming they didn't go well since we haven't seen him.Quote:
Originally Posted by Barkman Turner Overdrive
Not official but Cann said "Cole Gordon will pitch one of the first two games."Quote:
Originally Posted by CadaverDawg
Piilk is going to start game one. We aren't playing the bad news bears. Doing otherwise is a huge roll of the dice and really stupid.Quote:
Originally Posted by Todd4State
Agree, we also ain't the 27 New York Yankees.Quote:
Originally Posted by Homedawg
South Al and Usm have good teams, this is a tough region. Have not a clue bout the Chicago team.
After Pilk it's kinda like that box of chocolates, you never know what you get.
Let's hope our bats wake up as Usm's park is a hitters park.
If u start Cole and lose game 1, you have to be disciplined enough to not start KP in game 2 vs UIC. Few coaches can do this.
I'd start plumlee. Plumlee has faced them twice...Quote:
Originally Posted by HoopsDawg
8.1 ip 6 h 1 er 3 bb 8 k
It's certainly a risky move, but I think we have to take risks when we essentially have 2 pitchers that are trump cards
Yep. You are playing to win the regional, not one game. Finishing 2nd or 4th in the regional is no differentQuote:
Originally Posted by HoopsDawg
I don't think it's stupid necessarily. You have to view games 1 and 2 together: if you lose either you are in the exact same place-having to go 4-1 to win the regional. You pitch games 1 and 2 in a manner that gives you the best chance to win both.Quote:
Originally Posted by Homedawg
Cann said a cpl weeks ago that the bullpen with Rigby didn't go well and he's done for the year.
Is Price done also?
All I know is Cole pitched his ass off his last time out.Quote:
Originally Posted by HoopsDawg
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Originally Posted by CadaverDawg
The Plum is going to be critical to victory, he appears to me a resilient kid. After the Ole Miss start he did not sulk, he found a new way to contributeQuote:
Originally Posted by msstate7
The Price "Dead Arm" is blowing my mind, did he play in the spring football game and get sacked?. i almost can't believe how snake bit we are. We have a decades worth of freak injury in 2017Quote:
Originally Posted by Coldsleeve Jr.
Outside of the TJs...
(1) Ashcraft and a groin
(2) Marze (who is a TJ survivor) and a labrum
(3) Rigby and a groin
(4) Mangum and a punched wall
(5) Cyr and mental illness
(6) Price gets a dead arm after 29 innings of work
Totally disagree. In a normal year with a normal pitching staff you're right....but let's face it, if we don't go 2-0 to start the Regional there's a great chance we lose it Bc of our lack of pitching. So the best way to go 2-0 is take a chance and use our #2 vs the lesser team and hope we get by. Risky? Sure...Dumb? HardlyQuote:
Originally Posted by Homedawg
I'd rather go down taking our best chance than to lose by bleeding a slow, foreseeable death.
I disagree. We've seen them three times and we know Plumlee can shut them down- he has done so twice. If Plumlee is able to shut them down- Gordon should be able to do so as well. Most of the runs they have scored off of us have been against guys that are not likely to be one of the "six guys" that Cann is talking about pitching. And to me there's no reason to waste Pilkington on someone we will likely beat without throwing our ace. The fact that we have faced them three times and know how they match up makes this less risky. If USM saves McCarty for their second game- I definitely would rather have Pilkington match up against them.Quote:
Originally Posted by Homedawg
Also, if it doesn't work out- UIC has a really good pitching staff. Pilkington can match up and get us back to the next round.
If Cann did it that way, and it doesn't work out I wouldn't criticize him for it.
I'm assuming that he's not one of the six. Cann has not mentioned the six by name as to not throw anyone under the bus- but I'm guessing that the six are Pilkington, Gordon, McQuary, Self, Plumlee, and Billingsley. I'm guessing that Price might be number seven or eight on the list.Quote:
Originally Posted by Coldsleeve Jr.
And I do think it's possible if we have a huge 10 run lead or something like that Cann could possibly throw someone outside of the six. Like Brent Rooker.
I was at the MSU/USM game in Hattiesburg years ago I think around 2005 where USM jumped out to something like a 12-0 lead in the first inning or two. And then we came back and won 20-12 and I think Brad Jones had a couple of home runs. That was one of the craziest games I've ever seen. Their fans went from running smack on us to cursing their team out in a span of less than an hour.Quote:
Originally Posted by basedog
It is pretty crazy. And about a year ago I thought 2018 would be a really special year. The silver lining is 2019 I think we have a chance to really elite again- which should be the first year of the opening of the new Dudy Noble Field. And really will be our first "normal" season since 2016 since we've had to deal with the coaching changes and the massive amounts of injuries this year and next year we will only have about 22 home games in 2018. I hope someone had the foresight to play a few of those road games in Pearl and Biloxi but I'm not holding my breath.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Federalist Engineer
We'll have Self, Ashcraft, McQuary as juniors that year and then Small, Padgett, Ford, and Hughes will be RS juniors and should be recovered from Tommy John at that time. Plumlee will be a senior by then and I think the Cole Marsh guy from Mississippi Delta will pitch a lot for us and he will be a junior that year as well I think.
Skelton will be a junior. We'll see how the draft goes between now and then but we could have an infield of Lovell who will be a sophomore, Stovall and LA will be seniors possibly, and then maybe JT Ginn at third base. Ginn will pitch too. I think the OF could be something like Tanner Allen and Jordan Anderson if we get him through the draft who will be sophomores, and then Blaylock will be a RS junior by then.
It probably won't end up like that but if it's in the ballpark that's a really good team.
I thought Plumlee was a JC guy? Isn't he a Junior this year? Great news if I'm wrong
It's Southern Miss's Regional, and it's been our State since 1910. we just let you live in it. these snide remarks by your inbred fans are noticed. when or If you get to Baseburg we have a select group of fans who are going to sit behind your dugout and not only rip into your players like a starkville ball players momma rips into a can of potted meat but we will seek you and select fans out to verbally assault until you cry and leave. your fans are going to be hurting more than those 7 injured pitchers you have on the bench. you think you have a chance to even win 1 game when you have no pitching left? you are 2 and toasted oats boys. 2 and toast.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Federalist Engineer