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Am I alone in thinking that what Parker has done with the staff should translate into us having an easier time bringing in a better caliber of pitcher thru the portal? A few good pitchers would help the offensive transition that we will be dealing with next year.
likely all comes down to the cheddar.
It will help for sure. Money will play a role also as the previous poster said. We picked up a damn good one in Purdue last year- need a couple more for 25. No idea what we gonna get from Loftin or Grant next season but hopefully they get right.
The problem is that there are only a handful of top arms available and about 20 teams bidding on each
The positive with the portal is you can get a couple of good pitchers and completely change your season.
No doubt, had we gotten Skeens, we'd have hosted last year.Quote:
Originally Posted by ZedFedder
seems a big part of going to LSU was pitching coach, plus they looked like a team ready to compete.Quote:
Originally Posted by viverlibre
I do hope we can keep Mershon . We really can sell a great pitching coach and a really good infield for 2025 to a pitcher.
Not with Foxhall
Oh yeah, because he wasn't assistant coach of the year after winning a natty.Quote:
Originally Posted by BigDawg81
Thats going to be tough between getting drafted and his brother entering college. Him being here next year would be a huge winQuote:
Originally Posted by Santiago
did we recruit Mershon's brother?Quote:
Originally Posted by Coach34
You need big cheddar for Skenes and Holman last year, but you can get tremendous value from guys like Peyton Tolle that went Wichita State to TCU. Medium cheddar gets you Mason Molina, the TTU to Arkansas transfer.
Everything should be easier when winning.
Also need to clear some space for new players.
Man, I wish we would pony up big and get Jurrangelo back for one more year. I think another year with Parker and he?d be a top 10 starter in the country.
Latest mock draft had Lo going 1st round.
Mershon wasn't listed in the top 10 rounds.
Never mind then. HahaQuote:
Originally Posted by trob115
Going to appreciate his play even more from here on out. Such a fun player to watch.Quote:
Originally Posted by Coach34
Dirtbag may not get drafted high enough and that would be great. Then we have to fight off his brother and SC. As I said- getting him back would be a win. Him, Cupp, Pulliam, and Stevens should be a very good infieldQuote:
Originally Posted by trob115
Pitchers are also looking at development and stuff like that because if LSU has a bad pitching coach and pays you more then you're worse off than you would be going to MSU for less in the short term and playing for Foxhall.Quote:
Originally Posted by viverlibre
I'm betting Holman is wishing he had chosen us at this point rather than LSU. If you add Holman as a starter on this team or even if we had a healthy Dohm back we would really have a stud pitching staff.
The Mershon family has impressive DNA for D1 athletics. Two switch hitters. They are like the North Carolina Cozarts.Quote:
Originally Posted by Coach34
Maybe winning, the big Cozart kid will flip back to Lemons, Parker could be a catalyst to bring this kid back. Maybe he will be drafted too high, regardless. The Cozart kid has flipped so many times, I just noticed he is an Aggie commit these days.
https://www.perfectgame.org/players/...aspx?ID=672296
I've been thinking this since we embarrassed him in week one of SEC play.Quote:
Originally Posted by maroonmania
Probably so. He basically went to the "hot" team at the time last year who was LSU.Quote:
Originally Posted by maroonmania
If Pico keeps pitching well and we add Dohm back to the bullpen at some point- that could give us a very big boost.
I suspect there is a decent chance he flips again.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Federalist Engineer
He was in the 8th round last week in the one I saw. I think he teeters around that top 10 rounds. If he falls in the top 10, he's supposedly gone. We shall see.Quote:
Originally Posted by trob115
As for pitching, the loser ass pitching coach we had recruited too many raw ass hard throwers who couldn't pitch and who got no help from said loser ass pitching coach. You're going to see us recruit a different type pitcher and fewer of these raw, jucos. I'm hoping we drop a couple we've already got coming because they quite frankly aren't good enough.
When UCLA beat us for their first CWS Championship, their team batting avg. was .266. However, they had 2 stud pitchers and a 3rd that was as good as anyone on our team. So, yeah, this game can be controlled and successful with a couple great starting hurlers, a couple mid relievers, and a couple of real closers.
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That UCLA team also played small ball perfectly. Moving runners, and getting a timely hit.Quote:
Originally Posted by SpaceBully
Gerrit Cole was one of them I think.
Cole was 2012Quote:
Originally Posted by ZedFedder
UCLA as a curiosity only used 6 post season pitchers for 95% of innings and had no LHP in the main 6 pitchers used.Quote:
Originally Posted by SpaceBully
Sad we lost to a bitch-ball team in baggy pajama uniforms.
MSU freaked out in that final series. MSU actually eliminated the best PAC12 team to reach the final, Oregon State. Also eliminated a super talented and solid UVA in the stadium John Grisham built for them.
That was also during the deadball era. Really good pitchers could dominate anyone during that time period.Quote:
Originally Posted by Santiago