Sing it Meat Loaf.
Sing it Meat Loaf.
I haven't got to watch much this weekend but saw the last 3 today.
Nixion looked like one of our closers. mid upper 90s, filthy breaking ball. Good control. Strikes out 3 to end the game.
One thing we all should have learned in 21, lets see how pitching develops or shows up. Bednar started slow in 21 and Fristoe was a starter early season as was Cerantola. We can't blunder it though like game 2 too many times.
Our two Freshman and Nixon looked really good today. Gartman is going to be a solid starter for us, kind of like Preston. He is going to fill the zone, get some Ks, give up some hits, and probably give up some HRs. But we will not walk many.
Pen was much better today. Build on it Tuesday.
We'll prolly start Pico on Tuesday but reviewing this weekend, it looks like roles seem to be:Quote:
Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve
SP1 - Cade Smith
SP2 - Landon Gartman (but he'll prolly stay on Sundays)
SP3 - hopefully Pico Kohn (expect to see him Tuesday night)
mix-n-match:
LHP - Lo Cijentje
LHP - Bradley Loftin
LHP - Graham Yntema
LHP - Tyler Davis
RHP - Logan Forsythe
S/U - Tyson Hardin
S/U - Nate Dohm
Cl - Aaron Nixon
All of the above showed positive contributions and I still am cautiously optimistic we can ride with these guys. But those leaving me wondering are KC Hunt, Stinnett & Colby Holcombe... I mean like WTF???
Hey if we win every series this year we will be national seed
I hope this is a joke.Quote:
Originally Posted by BankerDog
This is worse than terrible, it's sad and dumb
Where was Pico yesterday, is the clown show a Saturday thing. Like fireworks Friday.Quote:
Originally Posted by WSOPdawg
He's making it sound like that's all we spent. Not even closeQuote:
Originally Posted by The Federalist Engineer
I wish they?d ran our freshman ?dual threat??pitcher back out to start the 7th?and let him throw from left side.
No one could say we?d be potentially hurting his arm early in the season as it would have been his other arm!
Thinking back on it and having cooled off a bit, the way Saturday unfolded was a WEIRD game. We jump out with 8 runs in the 1st, up 10-1 in the 2nd and KC totally loses command with 4 straight BBs but still seemed like a great spot to give Stinnett a chance to be a leading contributor by putting the fire out... except he didn't (or couldn't).Quote:
Originally Posted by The Federalist Engineer
Other elements adding to the sh!tshow was (1) the home plate ump not helping with his strikezone the size of a postage stamp while not giving any outside pitches (hence all of the walks). Plus, (2) Luke not being able to keep runners from advancing into scoring position by stealing at will further alienated the situation.
Even Dohm pitched well enough to silence their bats until the error, which was on a ball hit in an unlucky spot that was gonna make the play tough anyway. I think Saturday, overall, was just more BAD misfortune than good.
Not making excuses as I hate we lost, but I still think we have the pitchers to make a run back into the top-25 (although we probably don't have a Friday night ace).
Lemonis said in postgame that he slept on his left arm wrong and they did not want to risk him throwing Lh today.Quote:
Originally Posted by TALL DAWG
We are going to need a long relief guy. No clue who that will be but we are going to have to find a guy or two we could hand the ball to in the 4th on a Friday and tell him he has to go 4 inningsQuote:
Originally Posted by WSOPdawg
Watching Lo and Loftin control the mound this afternoon gave me chills... hopefully these guys can continue to impress as we step up in competition level.Quote:
Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve
There was more to just Luke not being able to control their running game. I?m not sure a pitcher threw over more than once their entire inning plus in the game.Quote:
Originally Posted by WSOPdawg
They are both Uber talented. But they both are going to have fr moments until they get better command. Both have been lacking that. But once it clicks it's gonna be fun.Quote:
Originally Posted by WSOPdawg
They were getting running leads from second. Don't care who was catching.Quote:
Originally Posted by CaptainObvious
True^Quote:
Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve
Pitching looked solid today and gives me hope that we have some talent to figure some things out.
I really like some of the energy these new guys are bringing - Larry, Jordan, Highfil, etc. I saw glimpes of a Bulldog chip and I like it.
We have some pieces if we can get the older guys to do like they have in the past. Hancock, Clark and Forsythe played major roles in NC. With new players, this team can be good.
This, our pitchers weren't even slowing them down. One look and then to the plate and they had us timed. No slide steps no varying of deliveries and slow to the plate is a recipe for disaster. Luke doesn't have lotans arm but his pop time is good enough to give him a chance if our pitchers give him that chance.Quote:
Originally Posted by Homedawg
The Good From The Weekend: Amani Larry, Luke Hancock Hitting, Luke Hancock Playing 1st, Colton Ledbetter, Cjintje, Loftin, Gartman, Cade, Dohm, Hardin, Kellum Clark's Sunday, Ross Highfill Catching.
The Bad From The Weekend: KC Hunt, Hunter Hines, Lane Forsythe at the plate, Colby Holcombe after the missed 3rd strike, Not Holding Runners on Saturday, Kellum Clark's Friday and Saturday
The Ugly From The Weekend: Luke Hancock Catching, Parker Stinnett, Lane Forsythe Fielding, Slate Alford Fielding, Kellum Clark's sliding, Innings 3-9 Saturday, Foxhall's Pitch calls.
Definitely some things to work on and definitely some things that are concerning. I think the fielding will work itself out so just like our thoughts going into the weekend we still are uncertain about our pitching.
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Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve
Hancock was fine behind the plate - his pitchers cost us the steals. And apparently you didn't see Forsyth making tough plays look routine today - he's a stud SS and anyone who thinks different is overreacting. Also, Fox pitch calls were good today as they were all weekend had guys just freakin thrown strikes.
You can add to the bad the fact that you wanted to sit Clark today 😂
Thank you Coach. Nice to know you're on the board. If you could let Mershon get a look on Tuesday or Wednesday that'd be great. Also, please don't wear the white hats with the black jerseys. Not one of our better looks.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cowbell
I will give this advice as much thought as I did letting Clark ride the pine today....Quote:
Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve
That's all we ask. Just consideration.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cowbell
You left out Nixion closing on Sun. He was nasty on fast balls and breaking balls. All 3 strikeouts and got screwed on call on that walk. Nixion looked every bit the part of our top closer.Quote:
Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve
Nixon was outstanding, his stuff was absolutely dominate. 2 plus pitches(fb, breaking ball) that are filthy.Quote:
Originally Posted by R2Dawg
No doubt. Wonder if he's a guy that can stretch to two innings or if he's just a one inning guy.Quote:
Originally Posted by Commercecomet24
He's probably a six outs max type of guy. And you're probably stretching it to get to 6. Going back to Texas, in 2021 he pitched 34 innings with 27 app. And he was 30 innings in 26 app last year. So he's probably more comfortable in that one inning role but we might could stretch him to two if we ever were in a jam.Quote:
Originally Posted by Saltydog
People seem to forget these dudes have all been starters and multi inning throwers since they were 10 years old. Dudes only going 1 inning is ridiculous unless it is based on them losing all command or ?stuff? and I have my doubts at that.
A season gets a crazy meltdown, this is fair. That seems to happen every year, even good years.Quote:
Originally Posted by WSOPdawg
But Foxy has just used up his 2023 meltdown in game-2, versus a Division-2 team in DNF.
Another good point you make was the strike zone. Our hitters stopped working the zone. After 1 inning. VMI only walked 2 in the remaining 8 innings and only K'ed one. So, it seems MSU started swinging at their pitches and stopped being selective. Even as the Ump stayed selective.