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Hookem2147

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  1. 100%. Dre especially has been through hell and back and has contributed a lot the last two years.
  2. You just saw McCreery’s last appearance as a Longhorn
  3. You could give these outfielders 100 tries and 99 of their throws would be off line to second base and the 1 good one would be against us.
  4. They may not even make the Sun Belt conference tournament.
  5. Well, we are throwing a guy in the 4th inning who has 5 innings all year. Meanwhile Texas State’s Friday night starter will be in momentarily.
  6. I fear this might be a schedule loss. Friday night starter will be warming up soon.
  7. We are coming up on two weeks for Mendoza's shoulder injury and he is still limited to only DH'ing? Hmmm. Not ideal.
  8. Gerry mentioned something interesting on YouTube today. He said Texas is shifting to recruiting Jalen Lott as a receiver first. He sat in on WR meetings during his last visit.
  9. They need to operate every series with the mindset of going all out to win the first two games. TBA every game 3 and push all your chips in the first 18 innings every weekend. We are already at 16 conference wins, even if we drop a series or two down the stretch, we have built up more than enough cushion from a hosting standpoint. Hell, a disaster 4-8 finish where we lose every series still gets us to 20 conference wins and a likely national seed. The only time you will need to win 3 games in 3 days is in a regional and if you can draw a very weak 4 seed you can manage that as a 2 game series as well. Everything else (regular season, super regional, CWS) can be managed by doing everything to win the first two games.
  10. Soreness is caused by something, whether inflammation, a tear, or whatever. You don't just leave a game with soreness as a pitcher and return in any reasonable amount of time. Whatever is causing the soreness has to be solved, whether by extended rest or surgery. We have a month until Hoover and 5 weeks before a regional. In the absolute best scenario (no structural damage), he probably isn't picking up a baseball for at least 2-3 weeks, then has to ramp back up to be ready to pitch in a game. That still puts a return this season very much in jeopardy. The fact that they are getting additional testing tells me it probably will not be a 'Rest for 2-3 weeks' type of injury.
  11. We are so late in the season I would prefer he just take a redshirt and come back next season at 100%.
  12. I’d do everything in my power to keep Grubbs where he is. Him and Volantis with the ability to go multiple innings is such a weapon out of the bullpen. I don’t see any reason why Flores can’t be a good #3 starter with what he has shown so far. I was worried about control with him at the start of the year but he has thrown plenty of strikes. Bing just doesn’t do it for me as a weekend guy. I think he is in the perfect role as a 4th starter who throws strikes but won’t miss a ton of bats.
  13. Odds are someone will go cold at some point and it will be obvious. Also depends on if Mendoza can get back to playing 2B soon and Rodriguez can continue to play through the hand injury.
  14. Florida and OU series to end the season are both Thursday-Saturday, I believe.
  15. You have a chance to win another series against a top 10 team. Worry about tomorrow, tomorrow. I don’t mind using Volantis at all. If you have someone who is as lockdown as him and he is available, why would you not go ahead and just wrap this thing up tonight.
  16. This might be a good game for Flores’ hard sinker following a lefty.
  17. That wasn’t even that bad of a pitch
  18. Watching OU raid the FCS ranks in the portal has been interesting. Just saw they scheduled another visit for some DL from Southwest Missouri arts and crafts college or some such. They are also after some FCS TE as well and have been linked to some WR from Illinois State. There are always exceptions (Jared Verse) but it feels like you have to be a special type of talent to make that leap in competition and be productive.
  19. Schloss mentioned after the game that the starter for Auburn today (Cade Fisher) was another guy we were in the mix for out of the portal and he took a visit here. I am really interested to see the portal traction we get this offseason. We were close to getting Zach Root too before Arkansas supposedly came in over the top and offered close to 400k. Feels like with the proof of concept and a full offseason to recruit we should be high on the list for a lot of portal arms.
  20. I heard he had a setback a few weeks ago but not sure the extent.
  21. I’d much prefer Bing or Flores sliding into the rotation than taking Grubbs out of a role he has thrived in. Speaking of Bing, my hunch is we may need him out of the bullpen this weekend with the good lefties Auburn has. Volantis being the only reliable lefty down there is tough. Mercer going down 3 outings into the season really hurt.
  22. They could push Spencer all the way back to Sunday if they wanted next week and keep Harrison and Riojas on schedule with the early series this week. My gut feeling is they are going to be extremely cautious with this especially with our current record. Even if it is super minor, it may not be the worst idea to just completely skip him next weekend.
  23. This team is so damn fun man
  24. Okay the SS is good let’s start hitting it somewhere else
  25. The way Weiner covered his mouth when describing to Schloss what Spencer said makes me sick to my stomach
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