Quote Originally Posted by Todd4State View Post
Exactly. Give them SEC weekend experience.

If I were in their shoes I would start Loftin, Loo and Holcombe. Although if Holcombe is out there questioning Foxhall on the mound I kind of of doubt they'll start him.

That would allow us to use Dohm, Gartman, Hunt, and Nixon out of the bullpen.

If they decide to start Cade Smith then we could use Holcombe out of the bullpen but I think Holcombe is better as a starter based on what I've seen.

We have something to work with- we just leave them in the game too long.
Outside of the walks my biggest complaint is how long we've left guys in. We've had some guys have some good outings but instead of pulling them we've left them in an inning to long and close games have become blowouts and also has to be deflating to a pitcher. Latest example, Gartman pitches 5 strong inning and its 3-1. I would've pulled him after 5 but i don't have a problem leaving him into to start the 6th. When the first guy reaches though you go get him and keep it close and he leaves feeling good. And most certainly you pull him after the hr when it's 5-1. Instead we leave him out there to give up 4 more hits and 3 more runs and it's pretty much game over and Gartman feels terrible. His velo was Down 4-5 mph that inning. That's just the latest example but there have been many this year. And I get that it's easy for me to be an armchair coach but still....

JMO