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Hookem2147

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  1. We are 16th out of 16 teams in the SEC in batting average against lefties (.244) Against righties, we are 5th (.301) Considering we only start 1 or 2 left-handed bats most nights, it is very strange our splits are that different.
  2. Saw it pointed out elsewhere that this was Ruger's 3rd start in 12 days. Saturday start home against Auburn -> moved up to Friday against A&M -> bumped up another day to face Arkansas on Thursday. A much-needed 8-day layoff before his next start.
  3. Can’t imagine it was the most pleasant experience for our hitters seeing 85 MPH lollipop fastballs from Prairie View for 9 innings to 48 hours later facing Zach Root. Doesn't explain giving up 9 runs in 6 innings but yeah.
  4. We had 2 hits. Spencer could have been Superman and we still would have lost 1-0 tonight. Root could have thrown for 4 hours and we wouldn’t have figured it out.
  5. I’m not suggesting moving him because there are very limited options but man Ruger just isn’t the prototypical Friday guy when you look at the lack of swing and miss/overpowering stuff. We are really going to have to piece this thing together on the mound down the stretch.
  6. His summer ball assignment is to learn how to swing at the balls down the middle. Could end up being a good player.
  7. There was no way we were going through a 55 game season without one of these. Happens to every team. Getting it out of the system now.
  8. It’s baseball. Jayden Duplantier also crushed a few against several good Friday night arms the last month. Doesn’t mean he is a good player just like getting touched up in a start doesn’t make you a bad player. Root is a top 5 arm in the country. 81 strikeouts in 55 innings or whatever it was tells the story more than his ERA.
  9. Flores has regressed from last year quite a bit.
  10. Tre Wisner in the 4th round seems very optimistic, but I also did a quick Google search to familiarize myself with some of the draft-eligible RBs for next year, and yeah, not a lot to get excited about right now outside the top 2 or 3 guys. Rueben Owens' name showed up multiple times, if that says anything.
  11. FCB threw cold water on Bohl's article this morning TLDR: Said the number was closer to $30.5 million
  12. There are 16 regional sites. The SEC having 13 teams in and the ACC having 10 while not being able to be in a four team pod with other conference mates forces the committee to purposely mis-seed teams and create random ass matchups. All these rules were created before conference expansion. They need to change it so that if you don't play a conference team in the regular season, you can be matched up in a regional, if necessary.
  13. Yeah, I just think it would make more sense to see DBU or UTSA in that two-spot. I watched their mock selection show on YouTube and they spent a good amount of time debating UCLA and TCU as the final host. On another note, they are going to have to change the rule eventually that doesn't allow teams from the same conference to be in a regional together. Almost 40% of the field is SEC or ACC teams and those two conferences have 11 of the 16 hosting spots. You really pigeonhole yourself on seeding and where you can send teams when that much of the field of 64 is occupied by two leagues.
  14. Getting maybe the top 2 seed in the field in your regional as the #1 overall seed is cruel. They had TCU hosting a week or two ago.
  15. I think IT is the same way. Nahlin got majority ownership like 4-5 years ago.
  16. Didn’t IT join the on3 network right around the time Bobby came on board? I wonder what those deals/contracts look like and if IT could be given the boot or leave on their own.
  17. I find it hard to believe they won’t stick A&M as the 3 seed in the opposite regional we are matched up against.
  18. Is this lead Cody Howard safe?
  19. Facing 85 MPH lollipops is tougher than hitting 92 MPH straight as an arrow.
  20. I’m pretty confident in saying Bing would get hit around a lot if we trotted him out on a SEC weekend
  21. He’s basically ready. I think it’s a matter of if they want to use him or just have him take a redshirt.
  22. I did see. We also had to use Burns for 2+ innings on Saturday to bridge the gap to those two because they did pitch on Friday.
  23. I would sure hope we don’t have Galvan behind the plate tonight and I wouldn’t be opposed to a full day off. Also may not be a bad idea to give Mendoza and Rodriguez full days off to rest what they are dealing with/playing through.
  24. Burns was a starter last year, but only for about five starts before going down with a season-ending arm injury. Don't mess with a good thing. His stuff seems to play way better in short stints. You rob Peter to pay Paul if you force him into a Sunday spot. What if you have to use Grubbs and Volantis on a Friday? You know Harrison ain't giving you more than about 5 innings in a game 2 and if Burns is starting game 3 you are then asking Grayson Saunier or Duplantier to be the primary relief arm on a Saturday. Not ideal.
  25. Let’s tap the brakes. Congrats to Duplantier on 3 hits on the weekend (one which was a bunt with no one covering first base). He is still hitting .138 in SEC play. Duplantier is out when Williams is back, and whoever has cooled off between Williams or Borba is likely out whenever Belyeu is ready hopefully in a few weeks. If they both happen to be hot, what a great problem to have and we will get creative with whoever is scuffling at that time. Rodriguez has also been pretty meh defensively at third base so not sure why we would be eager to stick him back over there with a bruised hand. He is probably most likely out of anyone to slide back to DH once Mendoza can play the field again.
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