Cade smith dad/granddad

[preachermatt83]

Wasn?t cades dad or grandad a big poster here last year? Looking to hear from him. Cade has been incredible today

[Coach34]

Basedog is his Granddeddy

[BeardoMSU]

Basedog is his Granddeddy

Helluva start from his grandson.

[preachermatt83]

I know he’s proud. Kid can bring it

[Commercecomet24]

Cade was huge! Big game from him when we needed it!

[Coach34]

Yeah- Cade needs to move to Saturday. Now we got to find our Sunday guy

[mparkerfd20]

Find a 3rd starter and we'll go far again this year. We should normally be setup to win 2 a weekend with Landon and Cade.

[BeardoMSU]

Yeah- Cade needs to move to Saturday. Now we got to find our Sunday guy

Word.

We've got 2 legit weekend starters and plenty of depth to find the others.

We were one of the few teams that actually played a decent team this weekend, and despite losing 2/3 we still learned a good deal about the team to be excited about.

We'll be fine.

[somebodyshotmypaw]

Cade showed a lot of potential last year, even though he didn’t pitch much. He’s still got a long way to go, but I like his demeanor and his approach. He seems to have a starter’s mentality and he seems very coachable. He pitched great today, but I think his best ball is ahead of him.

[Commercecomet24]

Here's another thought on leaving Cade as Sunday starter and I'm not saying I would but just a thought. Cade against anyone else's #3 or bullpen gives us a real good shot to win every Sunday. I've seen other coaches do this before and like I said it's just an idea and one the staff maybe entertaining.

[KOdawg1]

He wears #15 too. That's a number that holds a lot of weight at MSU, and he's representing it well

[BeardoMSU]

Here's another thought on leaving Cade as Sunday starter and I'm not saying I would but just a thought. Cade against anyone else's #3 or bullpen gives us a real good shot to win every Sunday. I've seen other coaches do this before and like I said it's just an idea and one the staff maybe entertaining.

That's a good point, but if he keeps playing like that, he's probably better than most folk's #2...and possibly #1, lol.

[CadaverDawg]

Word.

We've got 2 legit weekend starters and plenty of depth to find the others.

We were one of the few teams that actually played a decent team this weekend, and despite losing 2/3 we still learned a good deal about the team to be excited about.

We'll be fine.

Yeah I mentioned yesterday that I thought we could still leave with a lot of momentum if we came out and dominated today...we did just that. Sometimes losing a series but winning big in the Sunday game, gives you as much of a mental boost as winning a series but losing the Sunday game big does. I'm glad we got today's game, and that we found our #2 starter....now we have to sure up the bullpen and find our #3. I feel like the bats will continue to develop and we'll be fine there. If finding a #3 starter and suring up our pen is our biggest problems after 1 series, I feel pretty good

[BeardoMSU]

Yeah I mentioned yesterday that I thought we could still leave with a lot of momentum if we came out and dominated today...we did just that. Sometimes losing a series but winning big in the Sunday game, gives you as much of a mental boost as winning a series but losing the Sunday game big does. I'm glad we got today's game, and that we found our #2 starter....now we have to sure up the bullpen and find our #3. I feel like the bats will continue to develop and we'll be fine there. If finding a #3 starter and suring up our pen is our biggest problems after 1 series, I feel pretty good

Exactly. Very well said, CD.

[Coach34]

Here's another thought on leaving Cade as Sunday starter and I'm not saying I would but just a thought. Cade against anyone else's #3 or bullpen gives us a real good shot to win every Sunday. I've seen other coaches do this before and like I said it's just an idea and one the staff maybe entertaining.

Yeah- that philosophy is there and could be used. But I dont like it and here's why:

Inconsistent Saturday starts on the mound can tax your pen and leave you scrambling on Sunday for the 2-3 bad or average starts Cade has over his 10 SEC starts.
I like going Sims/Cade to get that 1-2 mentality for the Regional and Super.
Plus- going into Sundays 2-0 more often is better than going into Sunday 1-1 alot.

[Commercecomet24]

Yeah- that philosophy is there and could be used. But I dont like it and here's why:

Inconsistent Saturday starts on the mound can tax your pen and leave you scrambling on Sunday for the 2-3 bad or average starts Cade has over his 10 SEC starts.
I like going Sims/Cade to get that 1-2 mentality for the Regional and Super.
Plus- going into Sundays 2-0 more often is better than going into Sunday 1-1 alot.

Yeah I'm not sold on it either and I probably wouldn't do it myself. I have seen it work but as you said it can be dangerous. I'm thinking maybe it was a one time deal or it may just be something they try a couple weeks.

[Commercecomet24]

Yeah I mentioned yesterday that I thought we could still leave with a lot of momentum if we came out and dominated today...we did just that. Sometimes losing a series but winning big in the Sunday game, gives you as much of a mental boost as winning a series but losing the Sunday game big does. I'm glad we got today's game, and that we found our #2 starter....now we have to sure up the bullpen and find our #3. I feel like the bats will continue to develop and we'll be fine there. If finding a #3 starter and suring up our pen is our biggest problems after 1 series, I feel pretty good

Great post and I agree. I still think Hunts got some potential as the 3 guy but has to be more consistent. He definitely has the talent t

[basedog]

Here's another thought on leaving Cade as Sunday starter and I'm not saying I would but just a thought. Cade against anyone else's #3 or bullpen gives us a real good shot to win every Sunday. I've seen other coaches do this before and like I said it's just an idea and one the staff maybe entertaining.

You must have heard what I said yesterday, LOL!

[basedog]

I don't mean to brag, but I'm not surprised at what Cade did today. I said many times, he is a strike thrower who will compete and ain't scared to challenge batters. It's only one game and moving forward after this win was huge.

I also think or "heard" he has been our #2 guy all along, I am guessing but I think Hunt started Saturday because under pressure Cade would be the better pitcher for Sunday, just a hunch.

Also, way too much talk about who has had good fall and preseason practice, it's always about performing on game day. As an ex-coach and athlete, I have seen many good practice players but when the lights get turned on, they aren't quite the same.

Btw, I don't think it matters as much being the Saturday pitcher being say the #2 guy, the Sunday guy IF he is the #2 guy should give you a better chance to work latter in the innings and you could come back with Friday relivers with Sims being #1. Just me.

I think most of our relivers will come around, it's just a matter who steps up again. Pitching will win a lot of games for us with good defense.

[BeardoMSU]

I don't mean to brag, but I'm not surprised at what Cade did today. I said many times, he is a strike thrower who will compete and ain't scared to challenge batters. It's only one game and moving forward after this win was huge.

Congrats, sir! Really happy you get to enjoy this.