The last several years I could come away from every series with some criticisms of the coaches....but this weekend I dont really have any. Lemonis seems to be pushing most of the right buttons. Leaving in Gordon too long didn't cost us the game, and leaving Ginn in too long didn't either. The one thing I questioned was bringing in Cumbest vs the flat fastball throwing lefty in game 3....It was a crucial point in the game if we were to come back, so i'd have liked to see a veteran or guy with more ab's hitting in that spot, but I understand why they went with Cumbest....they figured his big ass could turn around a 95 mph heater and give us a quick lead. Cumbest just isn't quite there yet.
I'm super encouraged with Hatcher, he looked great this weekend.
We need Westburg and Halter to tighten up the fielding, and we need to figure out Sunday's starter bc James may not be it. But we are talking about things that can be fixed and we have the talent and coaching to fix them. Most teams would kill for our list of "need to fix" right now. I'm impressed with Lemonis and Foxhall, and if you had told me we'd have 27 hits through 2 games at Florida I'd have said you're insane after how our O had been looking. These coaches and players deserve a lot of credit, and support...and the scary thing is, I don't think we have nearly played our best yet. This could be a really fun year, but the schedule is an absolute beast, so dont get discouraged if we drop a few here and there. We have the tools to make another deep run.