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Hookem2147

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  1. If you are Caden Sorrell or Grahovac, how can you have any confidence that your coaches are going to maximize you in your draft year after next year seeing what is happening to Kash, Laviolette, Kent, etc. I forgot Hayden Schott was even on that team and the dude lead the team in batting average and hits last year. He isn’t even a starter this year he has been hitting so poorly.
  2. I don’t think Mendoza has the arm strength for SS, plus this shoulder injury popping up that he had to have surgery on in HS doesn’t give me the warm fuzzies. Carson Luna is really the only true SS we have on this roster (Flores is a 3B playing SS), and he is redshirting so tough to know what we have. And our only SS signee in this class is about to be a first round pick in a few months. Catcher and SS are both positions we likely need portal additions, even if they are just floor raisers and not superstars.
  3. Earley bunting in the 9th with the only hitter who has shown a pulse all weekend was one of the dumbest decisions I've ever seen.
  4. Every Luke Harrison start involves squeezing your chair extra tight from all the traffic for 5 innings and you look up at the end and he has allowed 1 run.
  5. That might have been the hardest pitch Harrison has thrown here. wow.
  6. Can we stop the camera shots from the moon with a runner on second base?
  7. Schloss has done a good job of evolving over the years and I’m sure the fact he is older has helped, but he has toned it down quite a bit compared to some of the stories you heard during his TCU days. Cain and Weiner complement him well as good cops. I sure hope we can keep this staff together for at least a few years.
  8. Don’t look now but Farmer is now batting .276 with a OBP over .400 in SEC play. I feel like he is a guy who could make a big jump next year. He is really strong so I’m sure they will try to get him to start putting the ball in the air more.
  9. Earley is way too emotional in general. A team often reflects their manager and he is a first year coach living and dying with every pitch. He was changing positions between squatting and this weird standing position in front of the dugout constantly. When Schuessler dropped that pop up, Schloss was in the background and his expression didn’t change one bit. No big deal, just move on to the next pitch.
  10. Call it a hunch, but I feel like Harrison actually matches up well with this lineup with the lefties and his ability to spin breaking balls. He’ll hit Binderup twice because we can’t avoid that but I got a good feeling otherwise.
  11. He hasn't been as good as I expected. It's interesting to see that almost all their returning arms took a step back without Weiner. Prager was a 3rd round pick last year, made a stupid decision to come back, and now his velo is down and his ERA is over 7.00 in SEC play.
  12. I will be interested to see him pitch live on Sunday. Long Beach State transfer who was all but committed to Texas before A&M swooped in at the last minute and offered an outrageous amount.
  13. So Kendall Rodgers said on D1baseball earlier this week that he could see 2 SEC coaching changes as things stand today. It got me thinking about who he might be referencing, and one seems obvious (Lemonis at Miss State), but I am struggling to think of who he might be referencing for the second. Would South Carolina pull the plug on Mainieri after 1 year? Would a school like Missouri that doesn't care about baseball fire a coach after only 2 years? Maybe 0-30 in league play is fireable regardless of what year you are in? Earley's seat seems relatively cool for now, assuming they don't collapse down the stretch.
  14. It was announced a while back that Texas is playing in the Maui Invitational the week of Thanksgiving with Arizona State, Boise State, Chaminade, NC State, Seton Hall, USC and Washington State. Don't think the bracket has been announced yet.
  15. FCB actually had a good baseball piece with some quotes from Tulo
  16. When you play a team that bad, especially at home, you lose RPI points, win or lose. I believe Lamar dropped about 50 RPI points by winning last night. That will be closer to 100 RPI points for us, even if we win the game. For reference, 145 RPI points currently separate us from #5 RPI Arkansas. If we play that game, that is fine, but it could be the difference between a top 5 RPI finish and a top 10 RPI finish, depending on how the rest of the season goes. Maybe we go 8-4 in our last 4 conference series and it ends up not mattering, but considering how heavily the committee weighs RPI when seeding teams, it is a risk. The game should never have been scheduled. That is probably the real issue here.
  17. Prairie View A&M played Lamar last night and walked or hit 22 batters in a 7-inning run rule. Lamar dropped about 5 RPI spots by playing the game.
  18. Hopefully we find a good reason to cancel PV A&M. Completely pointless to play that game. I don't even believe in the 'let's get the little-used guys some experience' theory because nothing you do against a 5-29 SWAC team with a team ERA of 9.56 is translatable to actual baseball the rest of the season or the rest of their careers. We will lose RPI points just by stepping on the field to play the game. I'm assuming Schloss scheduled the game 6 months ago with the thought we might need an extra win down the stretch to help our resume but the season has played out much differently than any of us expected. Lamar on the other hand will be a good test. Top 70 RPI and could win the Southland with a strong finish.
  19. He is 41-67 in SEC play since he won that title and might miss the postseason completely for the third time in 4 seasons.
  20. Ole Miss beats Mississippi State in extras. Miss State is the most confusing team in the SEC to me. They have a good roster, haven't been injured a bunch like Florida and brought in some good portal pieces. It makes no sense that they are 6-12 in SEC play and may miss the postseason. Lemonis may get fired.
  21. Texas State about to use their closer for multiple innings on a Tuesday and we aren’t even sure Volantis traveled
  22. Maybe Winfield is actually a pitcher? Can we find out tonight?
  23. No one can ever say Schloss doesn’t care about protecting arms because we could be winning this game like 8-4 if we used Bing even for like 2 innings.
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