3 Quick Baseball Thoughts

[ShotgunDawg]

Huge series win on the road when we aren't playing well and banged up.

Here are 3 quick thoughts:

1. The goal of the SEC season should always be to go 20-10. That means you average taking 2 out of 3 in every series. If any team does better than that and wins the league, you just tip your hat and make sure they know that they probably peaked too early. That being said, we are 1 off that pace right now so we need a sweep to make up for the LSU loss.

2. I think Ginn is dealing with some dead arm right now. I don't think the coaches would've run him out there if there was pain and dead arm would be the next most likely thing. Ginn's inning total is rising and the stress of those innings is likely higher than he's ever faced. Therefore, if healthy, I'd consider moving him to the bullpen for a few weeks to manage his inning load while getting past the dead arm stage, which usually lasts about 10 days. This would also allow us to leverage his best stuff when we need it and help make sure he's healthy in May and June. It's not ideal but at least it would give us the benefit of Ginn as he stares down the freshmen wall.

3. Nothing is easy for this team right now but this is the dog days of the season where the toughness to win in Omaha is forged. We'll start clicking at somepoint and the current grind when make us all the more better.

Let's sweep Bama's ass next weekend