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    Quote Originally Posted by HoopsDawg View Post
    That's Loo. I would start him mid-week with the potential to be a weekend starter. Very talented.
    Oh ok. Didn't know that was his nickname. Course it's probably not a bad nickname considering his last name is Cijntje. Knew he had to be in the mix somewhere though.
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    Quote Originally Posted by The Federalist Engineer View Post
    "SWAC", Usually we give that critical job to a Freshman prospect. Like Logan Forsythe this year.

    I think Pico rates much higher than "other". He might be Lefty Long Relief to KC as Righty Long Relief

    I am intrigued by Nate Williams, could be making contributions this season. Power Pitcher that would be a Setup Man at MSU. All his stats are as a starter, but as an 8th inning man, he could be Colby White 2.0. Has to adjust to that role.
    Do we have 2 Logan Forsythe?

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    Quote Originally Posted by MoreCowbell View Post
    Do we have 2 Logan Forsythe?
    No

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    Quote Originally Posted by MoreCowbell View Post
    Do we have 2 Logan Forsythe?
    Logan Forsythe freshman pitcher
    Lane Forsythe junior shortstop

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    Quote Originally Posted by somebodyshotmypaw View Post
    Logan Forsythe freshman pitcher
    Lane Forsythe junior shortstop
    All this money we spend on baseball and we let a recruiting disaster like this happen??!? there's a 0% chance this board will keep those 2 straight. It's like these coaches don't care at all about our gameday melts being organized and easy to follow

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    Quote Originally Posted by the_real_MSU_is_us View Post
    All this money we spend on baseball and we let a recruiting disaster like this happen??!? there's a 0% chance this board will keep those 2 straight. It's like these coaches don't care at all about our gameday melts being organized and easy to follow
    Well done!!! Haha

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    Cade will get the ball opening day. After that, who knows. If I had to guess it will be:

    Sat- Gartman
    Sun- KC

    We have a few weeks to figure it out so it is safe to say this will change before SEC play starts.

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    We desperately need Cade to emerge as a true Friday night guy. Or someone. If we get that, everything else will fall into place.

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    Quote Originally Posted by confucius say View Post
    We desperately need Cade to emerge as a true Friday night guy. Or someone. If we get that, everything else will fall into place.
    Bullpen will make or break this team. We need Nixon to be the guy he was at Texas his freshman year. We need Dohm to be that Colby White type guy and we desperately need one to two guys to step into that 2021 Preston Johnson or 2020 Jared Liebelt role.

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    Quote Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve View Post
    Bullpen will make or break this team. We need Nixon to be the guy he was at Texas his freshman year. We need Dohm to be that Colby White type guy and we desperately need one to two guys to step into that 2021 Preston Johnson or 2020 Jared Liebelt role.
    I agree with that. And I think we have enough bullpen pieces to figure that out. I even think Dohm > Nixon right now.
    But if we are only getting 4 innings from our weekend starters and having to use 4 pen arms on Fridays, it's going to be tough on our bullpen arms.

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    Quote Originally Posted by confucius say View Post
    We desperately need Cade to emerge as a true Friday night guy. Or someone. If we get that, everything else will fall into place.
    Nate Dohm is my darkhorse Friday night contender by SEC play.

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    Quote Originally Posted by confucius say View Post
    I agree with that. And I think we have enough bullpen pieces to figure that out. I even think Dohm > Nixon right now.
    But if we are only getting 4 innings from our weekend starters and having to use 4 pen arms on Fridays, it's going to be tough on our bullpen arms.
    Well you can do that on a Sunday maybe, but you need your Friday and Saturday guys to go 6-7 innings. However, as we saw last year, it does not really matter if your starter goes even 8 if your bullpen just blows it in the end or you have to leave your starter out there too long because of no faith in the pen.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Todd4State View Post
    Nate Dohm is my darkhorse Friday night contender by SEC play.
    Unless his durability and stamina have both drastically increased, he is more of a 2-3 inning guy and emergency starter in a regional that could give you maybe 5.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Todd4State View Post
    Nate Dohm is my darkhorse Friday night contender by SEC play.
    He's been the best arm I've seen this spring. Granted it's been in short spurts.

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    Quote Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve View Post
    Well you can do that on a Sunday maybe, but you need your Friday and Saturday guys to go 6-7 innings. However, as we saw last year, it does not really matter if your starter goes even 8 if your bullpen just blows it in the end or you have to leave your starter out there too long because of no faith in the pen.
    Agree.

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    Quote Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve View Post
    Cade will get the ball opening day. After that, who knows. If I had to guess it will be:

    Sat- Gartman
    Sun- KC

    We have a few weeks to figure it out so it is safe to say this will change before SEC play starts.
    Yeah, no doubt on Cade at this point. He's your no. 1 starter. After that, it's anybody's guess. I think we'll see a lot of piggyback starts (guys working 3-4 innings) to begin the year just to see how that works and who's effective but I could be wrong.
    "The QB and the receiver weren't on the same page there, but hey its only week eleven". (Jack Cristil)

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    Quote Originally Posted by confucius say View Post
    I agree with that. And I think we have enough bullpen pieces to figure that out. I even think Dohm > Nixon right now.
    But if we are only getting 4 innings from our weekend starters and having to use 4 pen arms on Fridays, it's going to be tough on our bullpen arms.
    Yea, I think we're not likely going to have a true Friday night guy, but it's imperitive that we have a starter on Friday that eats innings and at least saves our bullpen.

    Or alternatively, we need to figure out a way to utilize bullpen guys on Friday in a way that leaves them available on Sunday. Not sure if that's feasible if we are only getting four innings out of our starter.

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    Quote Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve View Post
    Unless his durability and stamina have both drastically increased, he is more of a 2-3 inning guy and emergency starter in a regional that could give you maybe 5.
    Foxhall would sign up for 5 innings out of all 3 starters today. He's hoping for 5-6.

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    I don't usually get into baseball until we actually start playing games and maybe my optimism is not justified but readying yall's comments on pitching, I am a little excited to see some of these guys. We could be a surprise team again this year for the right reasons. I feel like our pen is better pending no injuries. I know a lot can and will change pending how new/young guys do but seems like we got a lot of nice pieces.

    Ready to get the Bulldog baseball confidence back after last year debacle. Bad luck and all, last year don't happen to top baseball programs but it did.

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    Anybody got any news on Cole Cheatham? I know out of necessity we started pitching him some down the stretch last year and he got roughed up but I thought he might develop into a good pitcher down the line. Kind of a lefty specialists role if nothing else. He had a pretty nasty breaking pitch. Just looked at his stats from last year and he K'ed 18 in 12 innings but also walked 12.
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