Next Season

[StarkVegasSteve]

Great post, but Skenes for Friday night could be huge as it positions all other pitchers in an advantageous spot on the staff.

If you could pull Skenes and he wins the Friday night job like he should you are able to really help the rest of your pen because as we saw last year, and as OM just proved, having a dominant Friday guy sets up the rest of your rotation and gives you a chance to have a full pen for Game 2 and 3 of a series.

We are also forgetting the ultimate wild card in all of this. What if we pull Cijntje to campus?? How much different does the staff look then?

[Todd4State]

Right now I think KC Hunt will be our Friday night guy if he doesn't go pro. Cade will be Saturday. And then Sunday could be anyone from Gartman, Holcombe, Fristoe, Dohm, or a freshman.

That's assuming we completely whiff in the portal. We need an elite Friday night guy and the only guys with that kind of potential are our freshmen.

[Todd4State]

Agreed we have to get Fristoe fixed if he is salvageable at this point. We need to be able to slide him back into that Sunday role. A Skenes, Cade, and fully unlocked Fristoe is a hell of a weekend rotation. Pull Nixon and you may have your closer to tag team along with KC. Add in Gartman and Holcombe and you have your midweek guys and relievers to go along with a returning Cheatham and a newcomer in Dohm. Add in Loftin as a possible midweek guy and another lefty reliever and our pen in night and day from last year.

Again that all sounds great on paper. We have to be able to 1. Close and pull those transfers and 2. Get Fristoe and KC right and 3. Hope Cade continues to progress.

KC has looked good. Fristoe in one outing- not so much. But still has time. It was his first outing in the Cape.

All of our hitters I have been pleased with so far FWIW. Forsythe just started playing too so we'll see how he does.

[StarkVegasSteve]

So what is the worst pitcher we've had suddenly figure things out after two years?

I remember several pitchers that seemed to make big jumps as Juniors or later(girodo, Hudson, Gordon, Stratton, Zach Smith), but I can't remember if any of them were basket cases before they figured it our or if they just needed to fine tune things and just get over the hump.

Jacob Lindgren is the one that sticks out in my head. That really is the only one I can think of. Chad Crosswhite also made a pretty big jump after his first two years.

[StarkVegasSteve]

KC has looked good. Fristoe in one outing- not so much. But still has time. It was his first outing in the Cape.

All of our hitters I have been pleased with so far FWIW. Forsythe just started playing too so we'll see how he does.

KC also looked unhittable in the Cape last year. His big thing is putting a fully healthy year together.

[Todd4State]

KC also looked unhittable in the Cape last year. His big thing is putting a fully healthy year together.

I agree. Health is his biggest issue this past season.

[Goldendawg]

An improvement on hitting with RISP in 2023 and more than 1 save in an SEC games is critical. Either recruited new blood, veteran players stepping up, or immediate portal help. Best case, a combination of all three. Hail State!

[TNDawg35]

If we have a healthy Cade and a Healthy Hunt, that is a heck of a 1/2 or 2/3 punch. Then if we do bring in the Air Force guy, we have a down right nasty rotation for next year that I would put up against anyones… Just figure the bullpen out and look out…

[msugolf]

People say the dumbest crap ever. But I'll bet you whatevr you want name then amount he will be .. go

BUMP?.still want this bet?

[The Federalist Engineer]

Lemonis is on the clock. Now its not get to the tournament, its host and do damage.

Next year will be worse if Lemonis is the coach. You think recruits are going to stick with Lemonis and Fox after these scores become widely known? Also, the better players are all going to bail on this dude, portal-out. Roster and Recruiting meltdown in the style of Nikki McCray Penson.

Arkansas, LSU, Texas A&M, and Florida are going to take all the real players and the best recruits. Lemons is going to be fielding JUCOs with no other D1 offers next February.

Lemonis needs claim health issues and just go. This disaster is High-Risk to wreck the roster and recruiting. It's like a death penalty. Should have fired him last year. Just the dang Manager, he's not the program.

[StarkVegasSteve]

Next year will be worse if Lemonis is the coach. You think recruits are going to stick with Lemonis and Fox after these scores become widely known? Also, the better players are all going to bail on this dude, portal-out. Roster and Recruiting meltdown in the style of Nikki McCray Penson.

Arkansas, LSU, Texas A&M, and Florida are going to take all the real players and the best recruits. Lemons is going to be fielding JUCOs with no other D1 offers next February.

Lemonis needs claim health issues and just go. This disaster is High-Risk to wreck the roster and recruiting. It's like a death penalty. Should have fired him last year. Just the dang Manager, he's not the program.

I will forgive you for not reading the date on the original post. I posted this last May.

[The Federalist Engineer]

I will forgive you for not reading the date on the original post. I posted this last May.

Thanks for the forgiveness Pal. I'm too mad top level reading comprehension.

[StarkVegasSteve]

Thanks for the forgiveness Pal. I'm too mad top level reading comprehension.

Well I just attacked every old fart in the game thread for this feeding the other team crap so no worries Fed. We are all pissed and this shit needs to get fixed.

[msstate7]

We'll be improved, but OM will be much better

Everyone gave me hell for this post. Y'all ready to apologize? I was wrong though... we aren't improved

[msstate7]

Too bad sixpack changed their site this offseason... goat ridiculed the hell out of me for saying there's no way we would turn this around this season. Lemonis is a loser. He's trash. Throw out or burn the trash before our program becomes trash