Apparently Apathy has set in for a 25-6 team Game 3 Thread

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Originally Posted by Todd4State

Stallman would be the only one I would sit personally. I don't trust Raymond defensively. Who knows how long Teel will be out? Ace may be struggling but he's still contributing. Just because he isn't white hot it doesn't mean we sit him. Noah is going to have to sit a game I guess unless there is some rule that you have to sit out longer for multiple ejections within a specific time frame that I don't know about.

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This might seem but I would put Ace in 3 or 5. He is a power hitter and needs to be where he can knock some peeps in. But of course you need some guys on base to do that.

The team needs to drop to 17. Getting the fear of missing a Host seed might( might) wake them up. Definitely not a Top 8 seed type of team. Too many holes in the word ?Team?.

1-5 in the SEC against teams that are or were ranked at the time we played them. 1-2 against the other 2 Ranked Teams State has played. Arkansas out pitched State. UGA out hit, out pitched, out defended, and out coached State.

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Originally Posted by maroonmania

No doubt, if we go 13-5 the rest of the way we are definitely a national seed although I'm pretty skeptical of us being able to do that

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Yeah I would like to get some odds on that to load up on. No way in hell that happens. Playing .500 ball the rest of the way is much more likely than that.

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Originally Posted by msstate7

Yeah, I don't know about that. What metric is predicting us to win 13/18 the rest of the way? I mean, that's .722 winning %, and we're currently at .583.

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We're very capable of winning our next three series. Two at home and then one at South Carolina. Winning 7 of those 9 by themselves would get us into a regional. Especially if we win the Governor's Cup in top of that. Then we would only need to win 2-3 of the last 9 to host. And we'll have McPherson back for most of not all of those if I had to guess.

And yeah- I do think we will play a lot better next weekend. This is just a bump in the road. Every team has it happen even the best LSU teams.

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Originally Posted by parabrave

This might seem but I would put Ace in 3 or 5. He is a power hitter and needs to be where he can knock some peeps in. But of course you need some guys on base to do that.

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I would definitely do that before I ever thought about sitting him.

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Originally Posted by CaptainObvious

The team needs to drop to 17. Getting the fear of missing a Host seed might( might) wake them up. Definitely not a Top 8 seed type of team. Too many holes in the word ?Team?.

1-5 in the SEC against teams that are or were ranked at the time we played them. 1-2 against the other 2 Ranked Teams State has played. Arkansas out pitched State. UGA out hit, out pitched, out defended, and out coached State.

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Was Ole Miss ranked when we played them? I thought they were.

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Originally Posted by State82

Yeah I would like to get some odds on that to load up on. No way in hell that happens. Playing .500 ball the rest of the way is much more likely than that.

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Even if that happens that's still 16 wins and good enough to host as long as we don't have any bad midweek losses.

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Originally Posted by Todd4State

We're very capable of winning our next three series. Two at home and then one at South Carolina. Winning 7 of those 9 by themselves would get us into a regional. Especially if we win the Governor's Cup in top of that. Then we would only need to win 2-3 of the last 9 to host. And we'll have McPherson back for most of not all of those if I had to guess.

And yeah- I do think we will play a lot better next weekend. This is just a bump in the road. Every team has it happen even the best LSU teams.

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My guess...

Tenn 2-1
At SC 2-1
LSU 1-2
At Texas 0-3
Auburn 2-1
at aTm 1-2

15-15

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Originally Posted by Todd4State

Losing McPherson really hurt us this weekend. No one is talking about it but Sweeney really to me cost us this game as much as anything. He has to pitch better. He was horseshit today. We scored five runs and usually that is enough. It's hard to hit when umpires are calling balls strikes. That's why we look "tentative" sometimes. Umpires were ass all weekend and I hope we complain to the SEC and this crew doesn't do any of our games the rest of the year. They absolutely affected the outcome of this series in a negative way. They're the poster boys why fans want ABS. I didn't even think their catcher framed it that well. He scooped everything and they bought it every single ****ing time. I would love to see the reports from our tech on how the umpires did this weekend. Too bad someone from MSU doesn't leak that. I'm sure it was CB Bucknor bad.

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Sure, we should get more from Sweeney but I would disagree that 5 runs in a Sunday game would normally be enough to beat a team with an offense like Georgia. Our offense has got to get its groove back. Right now its in a funk.

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Originally Posted by msstate7

My guess...

Tenn 2-1
At SC 2-1
LSU 1-2
At Texas 0-3
Auburn 2-1
at aTm 1-2

15-15

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https://pearatings.com/cbase/d1?season=2026

Anything can happen, but picking LSU to come into Starkville and take 2/3 seems needlessly pessimistic.

I think something like this is very plausible:

7-2 over our next 3 weeks
5-4 over the last 3

19-11 overall, and that's not even me being a homer yet.

We probably take Friday with McPherson. It be what it be. Lot of games left!

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Originally Posted by Quaoarsking

https://pearatings.com/cbase/d1?season=2026

Anything can happen, but picking LSU to come into Starkville and take 2/3 seems needlessly pessimistic.

I think something like this is very plausible:

7-2 over our next 3 weeks
5-4 over the last 3

19-11 overall, and that's not even me being a homer yet.

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I agree with this.

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Originally Posted by maroonmania

Sure, we should get more from Sweeney but I would disagree that 5 runs in a Sunday game would normally be enough to beat a team with an offense like Georgia. Our offense has got to get its groove back. Right now its in a funk.

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Sweeney threw a pitch that was batting practice caliber. If he executes we win 5-3.

I'm giving our offense a pass because of the horseshit umpiring.

If the SEC has ABS we win this series.

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Originally Posted by Quaoarsking

https://pearatings.com/cbase/d1?season=2026

Anything can happen, but picking LSU to come into Starkville and take 2/3 seems needlessly pessimistic.

I think something like this is very plausible:

7-2 over our next 3 weeks
5-4 over the last 3

19-11 overall, and that's not even me being a homer yet.

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Also as far as the last three weekends- I expect McPherson back for most of not all of those and I expect Bauer to gradually become a bigger part of the bullpen. That's going to make a HUGE difference from what we are today. Between those two you're probably looking at 7-9 quality innings a weekend alone. Not to mention Pitzer, Gleason and others.

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Originally Posted by Todd4State

Sweeney threw a pitch that was batting practice caliber. If he executes we win 5-3.

I'm giving our offense a pass because of the horseshit umpiring.

If the SEC has ABS we win this series.

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Just saying, 2 weeks ago I would never believe that Chance would have taken a strike 3 right in the middle of the strike zone without swinging like he did in that 9th inning, but he did. And others aren't seeing the ball as well right now either. Agree that the umpiring was crap but I've seen that so much in the SEC that I just expect it at this point. But we have more offensive problems than just that right now.

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Originally Posted by Todd4State

Also as far as the last three weekends- I expect McPherson back for most of not all of those and I expect Bauer to gradually become a bigger part of the bullpen. That's going to make a HUGE difference from what we are today. Between those two you're probably looking at 7-9 quality innings a weekend alone. Not to mention Pitzer, Gleason and others.

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If we have McPherson back in his usual form in the last 3 weeks and get quality innings out of Bauer, we're probably looking at 20 or 21 wins.

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Originally Posted by Todd4State

Sweeney threw a pitch that was batting practice caliber. If he executes we win 5-3.

I'm giving our offense a pass because of the horseshit umpiring.

If the SEC has ABS we win this series.

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Offense not getting a pass from me. They had some pitches to hit and watched them go by or missed some. Were there horse crap calls? Yes… plenty. Adjust and get the job done. We are slumping

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Originally Posted by maroonmania

Just saying, 2 weeks ago I would never believe that Chance would have taken a strike 3 right in the middle of the strike zone without swinging like he did in that 9th inning, but he did. And others aren't seeing the ball as well right now either. Agree that the umpiring was crap but I've seen that so much in the SEC that I just expect it at this point. But we have more offensive problems than just that right now.

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Originally Posted by Bdawg

Offense not getting a pass from me. They had some pitches to hit and watched them go by or missed some. Were there horse crap calls? Yes… plenty. Adjust and get the job done. We are slumping

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It's a lot harder to adjust when you are forced to swing at pitches that are balls and almost hit the dirt. Shit, I could pitch against our lineup and do decent if I got off the shoes as a strike call. Or the 1927 Yankees.

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Originally Posted by Quaoarsking

If we have McPherson back in his usual form in the last 3 weeks and get quality innings out of Bauer, we're probably looking at 20 or 21 wins.

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Agree again. I hope Bauer eventually takes over as closer. I'm certainly willing to be patient with him though. I like Davis as a relief ace better than as a closer honestly too. His last two outings have been better since Ole Miss game one. I know Webb gave up the home run in extra innings but he has been good most of the year as have Pitzer and Gleason. We can win a lot with that group plus Tico, Stone and McPherson.

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Originally Posted by Quaoarsking

If we have McPherson back in his usual form in the last 3 weeks and get quality innings out of Bauer, we're probably looking at 20 or 21 wins.

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This is what kinda worries me in the back of my mind. Getting him back and getting him back in his usual form could be two different things. But either way the sooner it is the better off we are.

I don?t think Chance is a ?pressure? hitter. Yes, he has a couple of hits, but the 2 times today he came up in badly needed hits or getting on base today, he couldn?t pull the trigger. Batting 9th has very little pressure normally but look what happened last night when he came up in pressure situations needing RBI?s. He didn?t get it done. He is what he is. He can get on base in front of the top of the order but they have to bring him around. I think Wyers should have started in left and led off today, keeping Beans in the 9 spot. Hindsight and all that crap though. Yes. Reese probably needs to move out of the 2 hole, like someone said, probably 5. Just from the fans observations, the lefty righty thing hasn?t really proved itself through 12 SEC games. Check the BA. UGA didn?t even throw a lefty at us this weekend did they?

Also, UAB is pretty darn good this year. Tuesday is important!

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Originally Posted by CaptainObvious

I don?t think Chance is a ?pressure? hitter. Yes, he has a couple of hits, but the 2 times today he came up in badly needed hits or getting on base today, he couldn?t pull the trigger. Batting 9th has very little pressure normally but look what happened last night when he came up in pressure situations needing RBI?s. He didn?t get it done. He is what he is. He can get on base in front of the top of the order but they have to bring him around. I think Wyers should have started in left and led off today, keeping Beans in the 9 spot. Hindsight and all that crap though. Yes. Reese probably needs to move out of the 2 hole, like someone said, probably 5. Just from the fans observations, the lefty righty thing hasn?t really proved itself through 12 SEC games. Check the BA. UGA didn?t even throw a lefty at us this weekend did they?

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You realize that he led off with a single, stole second with no outs, and our 2,3, & 4 holes k’d twice and ejected from the game, and a pop up. We win 6-5 if we those guys could put it in play. I’m just saying he put us in the best position to win with some “studs” behind him.

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Originally Posted by CaptainObvious

I don?t think Chance is a ?pressure? hitter. Yes, he has a couple of hits, but the 2 times today he came up in badly needed hits or getting on base today, he couldn?t pull the trigger. Batting 9th has very little pressure normally but look what happened last night when he came up in pressure situations needing RBI?s. He didn?t get it done. He is what he is. He can get on base in front of the top of the order but they have to bring him around. I think Wyers should have started in left and led off today, keeping Beans in the 9 spot. Hindsight and all that crap though. Yes. Reese probably needs to move out of the 2 hole, like someone said, probably 5. Just from the fans observations, the lefty righty thing hasn?t really proved itself through 12 SEC games. Check the BA. UGA didn?t even throw a lefty at us this weekend did they?

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I would start Frei in LF, Chance in CF, and Wyers at 2B until Teel comes back.

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Originally Posted by Thick

You realize that he led off with a single, stole second with no outs, and our 2,3, & 4 holes k’d twice and ejected from the game, and a pop up. We win 6-5 if we those guys could put it in play. I’m just saying he put us in the best position to win with some “studs” behind him.

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Good point.

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Originally Posted by Todd4State

I would start Frei in LF, Chance in CF, and Wyers at 2B until Teel comes back.

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Val went 2-4 w a jack today. He wasn't the problem.

the thing that kept pissing me off was hitters swinging at borderline pitches and balls when a pitcher was having trouble throwing strikes. Sully did it on 3-0 after a couple walks and popped it up. Granted, Stallman was coming up and has been an automatic out, so maybe it wasn't a bad idea for Sully to swing 3-0. Stallman chasing that down and in slider for the 100th time on the first pitch after the pitcher had walked a couple and in front of him. There was some shitty baseball played this weekend. SHITTY. If i'm struggling hitting and the pitcher is struggling, you have to take until they throw a strike.

The studs are not hitting in the clutch. That was a big problem this weekend .

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Originally Posted by cheewgumm

The studs are not hitting in the clutch. That was a big problem this weekend .

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It happens for every team, every level at some point. This team will be fine. I think they'll be at least 15 sec wins or more, and they'll host.

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Originally Posted by cheewgumm

The studs are not hitting in the clutch. That was a big problem this weekend .

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100%. Hell for the last few series they havent/ Been relying on the Bottom of the order.

I would rather be going through a slump now and not come tourney play.

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Originally Posted by Thick

You realize that he led off with a single, stole second with no outs, and our 2,3, & 4 holes k’d twice and ejected from the game, and a pop up. We win 6-5 if we those guys could put it in play. I’m just saying he put us in the best position to win with some “studs” behind him.

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Chance is probably our best pressure hitter. We don't win the Friday OM game without his 9th inning double and he probably has more 2 out RBIs than pretty much anyone else on the team this year. I was just making the point that even he is having issues right now along with most of our best hitters. We would seem to have too many good hitters in our lineup for them all to stay in a funk for too long. But we certainly need to get rolling again offensively. There are times throughout the SEC season that you do need to be able to put up double digit runs to win and we just aren't able to do that right now.

Stall is struggling. Ace/Sully/34 have not been clutch so far.

We are only as good as our Dudes. When the Dudes play good ball- we are good. They werent good this weekend- swept. Cmon Tennessee

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Originally Posted by Homedawg

Val went 2-4 w a jack today. He wasn't the problem.

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He wasn't a problem. He can either DH for Noah or Frei can on Tuesday