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Hookem2147

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  1. He came to Texas as a walk on so the fact he has even a starter as a sophomore is a credit to him but yeah, there are a lot of times it doesn’t look pretty. For someone as physically put together as he is, he rarely seems to hit the ball with authority. He is one of the prime examples of guys playing right now who you probably don’t see on most other SEC teams around the top of the standings.
  2. As bad as Gasparino has been at the plate, his defense in CF has remained very good and we saw what it looked like with someone other than him out there on Sunday. My guess is Farmer heads to the bench when Belyeu is back. It would also be nice if Mendoza came back soon so we can slide Rodriguez back to the DH role.
  3. I think the hay is in the barn in terms of regional matchups, regardless of whether we are the #1 overall seed or the #6 overall seed. Of course a potential super regional matchup could improve with a solid finish. You can bet the committee is already finding a way to try to get TCU penciled in as our 2-seed for the storylines. If not them, it will be UTSA or DBU with a team like UTRGV as the 3. I don't think the finish to the season is changing that, considering they always try to regionalize these matchups.
  4. I truly think the taking the first thing has taken on a life of its own. A lot of people are so fixated on it now that it feels like it is happening more than it actually is. As evidenced by the data above, we are not actually taking every first pitch and the opposing team really isn't humming in first pitch strikes at that great of a rate compared to the norm (which I assume is right around 50% or below at the college level). Of course, there will always be outliers (Friday, game 1 against Arkansas, etc) I don't think the offensive approach has anything to do with Flores swinging at balls at his neck level or Gasparino chasing balls in the other batters box. Probably not a coincidence that some of our most successful hitters approach-wise (Mendoza, Rodriguez, Williams) are all new to the program. This is the only approach they've known, whereas the guys from last year's team are trying to move off approaches that had them flying out to CF 3 times a game against 88 MPH fastballs from Baylor and A&M Corpus Christi. No one seemed to have problems with this approach when we were running up pitch counts and scoring runs against LSU and Georgia and Auburn. Just have to get back to that middle ground between aggressive and passive. We had it figured out for a while.
  5. Just did the math for the weekend: Friday- watched first pitch in 37 of 39 plate appearances, strike percentage on those takes: 72% Saturday- watched first pitch on 28 of 36 plate appearances, strike percentage on those takes: 50% Sunday- watched first pitch in 33 of 38 plate appearances, strike percentage on those takes: 42%
  6. My guess is in the postseason Flores will be used as an opener for Grubbs or Saunier.
  7. Respectfully, we are far enough into this thing where I don’t give a shit about hypothetical records with hypothetical coaches. They ain’t putting a banner up at the end of the season that says “performed better than they would have with Pierce” We've seen what this team is capable right now in the present and we need to get back to that.
  8. Not that anyone wants to hear it after a game like today but I have tough time seeing anyone else being the #1 overall seed when projections come out again this week. Only SEC team with 20 wins, top 3 RPI, 15 Q1 wins, 40 wins overall, etc. Arkansas could have maybe had an argument but dropped the series to LSU.
  9. I see 3 issues at hand offensively: 1) Injuries. This one is obvious. Not only is it just missing Belyeu, but Mendoza is playing hurt, Rodriguez is playing hurt, Williams keeps coming in and out of the lineup. 2) Our best players aren’t being our best players. Schloss himself said preseason that our top guys were going to have to carry us this year because the depth wasn’t where it needs to be 1 through 9. Flores is struggling badly. Gasparino is in a bad funk. Galvan has cooled of late. Winfield was benched a month into the season. 3) We have a few guys playing who are just not quite the quality of player you need to compete in the upper class of his league. We know who they are. A few of them could still be good players down the road but they are struggling to keep their head above water right now. Issues 1 and 2 could be fixed in the next few weeks. Issue 3 isn’t going away and could be what ultimately caps the ceiling. I will also say that the offense has struggled numbers wise for a while, the pitching was just bailing them out and we were winning the low scoring games. Now we aren’t.
  10. Winfield might be the worst defensive outfielder I’ve ever seen
  11. Schloss runs the offense. It is his philosophy.
  12. Gasparino has been playing hurt for about a month now. Hope it isn’t related to that.
  13. Oh hell yes please hold the school hostage again (Gavin Grahovac’s dad)
  14. He is a respected hitting coach and recruiter. This is literally just a repeat of the Rodney Terry/Mark Adams situations in a different sport. All 3 suck as head coaches but it doesn’t mean they wouldn’t be of value in different roles on a staff. And Sorrell and Grahovac can follow him if they want.
  15. So does Earley get the special assistant title when he is hired here or does he prefer a different title?
  16. Can’t wait for the part of the championship documentary when they show Galvan flipping over tables during this rain delay
  17. Wind blowing straight in again from CF. Not ideal conditions to try to snap out of an offensive funk.
  18. O/U 2.5 HBP by Harrison today
  19. I would normally agree with another short week and Thursday start at OU next week, he is probably done for the weekend. Plus he was apparently pitching through the Flu.
  20. I guess we have no choice but to give him a pass because of the lack of options we have but my fear is we have run Ruger into the ground asking him to do so many different things this year. If you start jerking around Volantis in different roles and asking him to be Superman you risk the same thing with him. Tricky situation but also shouldn’t overshadow the fact we have scored 3 or fewer runs in 5 of our last 7 SEC games.
  21. Can we get Jalin Flores from the Pierce era?
  22. Stewart was going to pinch hit for Rodriguez that inning. I fear Rodriguez re-aggravated the hand.
  23. Don’t see many Tommy Farmer types in SEC lineups outside of Missouri. Opposing hitters have looked way too comfortable the last 2 weeks.
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