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Had Enough

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  1. Need to consider pitching backwards and knowing one weekend game is a bullpen day. Consider one of Stehle or Morehouse only going 3 then Hurley in long relief. It can have a similar effect but has him serving the same role. We need Gordon to get us to the 7th. Preferably Morehouse too. I’m not sure Stehle will be much more than a 3 inning guy.
  2. Exactly. Who should give a shit about his next level prospects. He can fill a role here and quite possibly pretty damn well. Gbenda can as well. It just may not be as a 3 down LBer.
  3. What about producing the #5 pick in the MLB 2021 draft? How do that rate SHSUs program?
  4. Well sure they all make moves they think will work. Carolina could get themselves a qB but may end up short at other positions. I wouldn’t exactly call them loaded offensively outside QB at this point. That said Richardson and Levis are bigger risks so the 1st round options are Stroud and Young. I think it has to be Stroud.
  5. I would think many here know NIL is not a sprint, and that we will be competitive long-term. But for this team, this year, we’re a frontline starter and a big bat, maybe two away from being right there. If we missed out on even just one guy, that could have been impactful. I’m not pointing the finger. It just is what it is. For me, we’re replacing the best offensive team we’ve ever had. Damn near all the primary contributors. Two of our top arms from last year are sidelined with injuries. Our pretty highly thought of freshman are giving us nothing. Dylan Campbell has given us little. We need to see how this season finishes out. It could go any way. I won’t be satisfied with anything less than a regional berth. On a down year. I would expect to see progression throughout the year.
  6. Guts or stupidity? It’s gotta be Stroud. I’d save my picks and try Hooker in the 2nd/3rd.
  7. Not sure I’ve seen 18 balls and 2 strikes before. And I’ve seen lots of bad youth baseball.
  8. Probably safe but not a great angle to see exactly when the tag was made.
  9. That’s interesting. I’d say teaching hitting and pitching is pretty difficult. At least to the level of maximizing someone’s potential. Maybe it’s somewhat to achieve a base level. It’s going back to Burt Hootens tenure here. We were not good. He leaves and we go to the CWS. Beau Hale is a top 10 pick. Coincidence? Maturity? Or more developmental instruction? I lean towards development. I think Tulo advanced our power profile. We didn’t just hit lots of homers. We’d hit deeper flies too.
  10. You dudes. Agreed we should not miss the tourney 2 out of 6 years. For this year, there is a long way to go no matter what our record is now, it is the remainder of the season that determines whether we make it to the post season. I’m talking NCAA tourney. You’re talking conference tourney before conference has even started. As to the roster, hookem has raised questions about NIL for this years team. If we were not top dog in that department for construction of this roster, then it’s difficult to criticize Pierce for that in my opinion. NIL is likely the deal closer for a superstar. Top to bottom, this roster is good to damn good. Now, I only follow recruiting and the draft casually so my bigger limitation is what other teams actually got to campus. We don’t have an offensive star, which can be a problem. I’m not sure we a future first round arm, potentially a bigger problem. I’m not including Witt here. In 2021, we had limited pitching depth. We had 6 dudes and that was about it. Last year, we had two reliable starters and one was a little sketchy with regards to consistency. We didn’t know who the closer was. And lots of uncertainty out of the pen. We had few lefty options. For college roster construction, it is easy not easy to have depth offensively and in the pitching staff. I think we have that, but we need the veteran hitters to play and meet their past production and in some cases improve upon their previous bests. Then we need at least some of the frosh to flash the potential. We don’t have that historically great defensive SS. I’m not sure we’ll find that closer. We don’t have last years power, but we typically don’t have a ton of it anyway. I’m a little curious with why LBJ is not the closer. It seems we have enough #3 starter options. I’d say a closer is more important than a #4 starter and probably a #3 starter assuming you have other reasonable options. It’ll be an interesting close to the season. I think we close with a winning record and an NCAA birth. Then if our pitching holds, we’ve got a shot to make it interesting.
  11. I don’t agree with this. 2021 was pretty damn close in both games that were lost. Not what I’d call an egg in game 1. The hitting was poor early, but it was against a big arm with a zone beneficial to him. Then last year, we had lost our best arm. Outside of the incredible start in 2022 and after Witt went down, 2021 was better than 2022. In the CWs, it was poor pitching and hitting.
  12. Achievement-wise he’s done enough to earn another year even with a losing record. Did you get the impression that it would be anything beyond on-field performance?
  13. Was that really basketball back then?
  14. He’s no good. Got Carr run out of Vegas.
  15. I’m just messing around. I was thinking this is the most runs we’d ever scored against Mercer. Because we’d never played them. I’m aware this game proves nothing. But gives tons of guys playing time. Maybe builds some confidence in some guys.
  16. Have we ever scored this many against Mercer?
  17. Told you shitbirds this offense has potential.
  18. There were quite a few Augie teams with hitting limitations. I don’t remember all of them but 2014 is an example. They did have Payton and Barrera. Payton hit .315 with two homers though. 2015 was pretty weak as well although Ben Johnson was good. 2016, 2017. 2014 was not great. Of course, some of those teams weren’t very good. Texassports.com only goes back to 2014, but I’m fairly certain there were other less than stellar hitting teams prior to that. I know the fences are in but Porter Brown is already close to being the home run leader on some of those teams. There was one article I read that had Flores as a top 100 prospect before last years Draft. Thomas top 200. Maybe Belyeau too. Obviously they haven’t done it but they’ve already gotten some recognition for their potential. Garret G and Carlson both have had solid careers elsewhere. And actually Carlson had a .300+ average so that makes 3 potential guys in our lineup. So yeah there’s potential for this lineup. And potential for good depth with some decent hitting 1-9.
  19. This team has pretty good upside in my opinion. We don’t have the potential stars from last year. The pitching depth is better but what’s more important is that they finish the season strong. We do have 2 guys that have a .300 hitting season. Several others that have shown flashes of being solid hitters. Freshmen with talent. O’Dowd and Powell have good swings. We’ve had good teams with less ability. I’m not sure we have high-end pitching prospects but Gordon was as good as any Big 12 starter last year. Morehouse and LBJ can match many others rotation guys. Hurley looks strong. Witt can be the bonus. They compete well. We just need to stay close enough early so that the late season matters.
  20. Just ….just I don’t know. Being hopeful. Positive. Less hostile.
  21. Some of you need a little more happiness in your life. Hope AD brings it to you tomorrow.
  22. Maybe Duplantier is who we need to be the Tuesday/4th starter.
  23. So is LBJ. A Saturday guy or not?
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