Quote Originally Posted by BrunswickDawg View Post
Honestly, I'd say focusing on bases loaded situations is a statistically insignificant exercise. It's .037 of our At-Bats this season and .035 last season. League-wide it accounts for .03 at-bats.
Is it beneficial to be good at it? Yes. But it just doesn't account for much overall. Looking at RISP or just with Runners On Base is a better gauge of success because it happens far more often.
It probably feels worse because we let the other team get out of a bases loaded no outs situation and don't score. The next inning is almost always a shit the bed moment in the game where we were up by one or tied only to be down by 4 the next inning. I appreciate every player that puts on the Maroon and White but this bullpen is about as bad as I have seen. It is about as bad as that first year that Cohen had all those guys quit and he started pitching whoever he could get just to throw strikes.

The crazy thing is, this pitching staff has a lot of talent but just can't seem to pitch most of the time. That is the crazy thing, they are bad more often than good. Losing Stone Simmons, Stinnett, and Auger were the breaking points for this bullpen. Also having to start Preston Johnson (who is doing a phenomenal job eating innings), made us lose our long relief guy. We lost some guys and the next man up hasn't stepped up outside of Brandon Smith and Preston Johnson. I have enjoyed watching those two guys pitch and Cade Smith and KC Hunt develop. Pico and Hunter Hines have been nice surprises as freshmen.