2021 Texas Baseball

[Pato del Muerto 52640]

Team has done me, all of us really, the solid of being bad from the start instead of being good for a month and then shitting the season away. 

[Machinator 32099]

I don't think Stevens has the stuff to go far into games once we reach conference play. Maybe he proves me wrong though; he's been a gamer. Hansen has taken breaks in the offseason due to COVID (not sure if contact tracing, positive test, or both) and "arm tenderness". He doesn't have it right now and I'm not sure when he will.

I like the idea of Witt as closer but I suspect we'll need someone with his talent pitching as many innings as possible. Once again the bullpen doesn't appear to be as deep as it should be.

[Fletch 5800]

24 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

Team has done me, all of us really, the solid of being bad from the start instead of being good for a month and then shitting the season away. 

It’s only been 7 games. Relax 

 

edit: and we didn’t exactly get off to a fast start in 2011, 2014 or 2018. Now if we’re 6th in conference come April then yeah. Go money whip Corbin or Pat Casey or Jay Johnson

Edited February 28, 2021 by Fletch

[petscii 1189]

35 minutes ago, Fletch said:

It’s only been 7 games. Relax 

 

edit: and we didn’t exactly get off to a fast start in 2011, 2014 or 2018. Now if we’re 6th in conference come April then yeah. Go money whip Corbin or Pat Casey or Jay Johnson

John Savage at UCLA,  Pat Casey has quit more times than a mid 90's BMW.

[Levi 2592]

27 minutes ago, Machinator said:

I don't think Stevens has the stuff to go far into games once we reach conference play. Maybe he proves me wrong though; he's been a gamer. Hansen has taken breaks in the offseason due to COVID (not sure if contact tracing, positive test, or both) and "arm tenderness". He doesn't have it right now and I'm not sure when he will.

I like the idea of Witt as closer but I suspect we'll need someone with his talent pitching as many innings as possible. Once again the bullpen doesn't appear to be as deep as it should be.

The bullpen was the weak link last year but there were bright spots in Hansen, Duplantier and a couple other guys. Hansen getting to a slow start due to injury’s/COVID and Duplantier out for the season has hurt the pitching staff as a whole here recently. The loss of Duplantier is really hurting, imo, right now because although he had limited appearances last year, he was pretty damn solid and was getting better with each outing.
 

Witt could easily turn into a starter but I’m going to guess they like him coming out of the bullpen this year. I agree with you that he needs to get plenty of innings and it wouldn’t surprise me if he becomes the “go to” guy out of the pen. He’s really special and will have a helluva career at Texas. 

[markstanco 12636]

It’s only been 7 games. Relax 
 
edit: and we didn’t exactly get off to a fast start in 2011, 2014 or 2018. Now if we’re 6th in conference come April then yeah. Go money whip Corbin or Pat Casey or Jay Johnson

Wow, wow. This team is bad and because
Of pierce. Nice wins vs byu though.

[Fletch 5800]

Every post you make further exposes your idiocy 

[Horn80 6135]

Looks like the baseball team is mediocre but maybe they can turn it around.

[Fletch 5800]

Keep giving the young guys at bats and they’ll come around. Tres Hit like .150 in ooc play in 2014 then finished the year hitting like .290 with a few bombs. Reps are crucial right now 

[Machinator 32099]

Still 19th in this week's D1Baseball poll.

[Fletch 5800]

Wonder who’s starting tomorrow. Hopefully Lucas Gordon

Madden and Hansen are a good 1-2 punch. If Gordon shows out that’d be nice. Kubichek on Sunday’s and Gordon in Tuesday’s. I’d love for Whitt to be a starter but damn he had that closer attitude on the mound this past weekend 

[Horny Bull 2766]

 

[zlavydra 2123]

3 hours ago, Fletch said:

Wonder who’s starting tomorrow. Hopefully Lucas Gordon

Madden and Hansen are a good 1-2 punch. If Gordon shows out that’d be nice. Kubichek on Sunday’s and Gordon in Tuesday’s. I’d love for Whitt to be a starter but damn he had that closer attitude on the mound this past weekend 

We really need 5 starters with all the mid-week games, but I agree Madden/Hansen/Kubichek sounds like our best bet on the weekends.  Stevens could probably make a good mid-week starter, but i wonder if he's not more valuable as a high-leverage reliever.  He throws strikes, albeit hittable ones, and showed a knack for getting out of trouble last year.  I think, based on what we've seen, that Witt has to get a shot at closer.  Maybe we can throw Cobb at weaker mid-week teams and hope to get 5 innings out of him.

[Fletch 5800]

Damn we got a rough stretch coming up. aggy corpus that is normally pretty solid, Texas state, cougar high(they supposed to be any good this year? Please sweep them. Can’t stand that shitty school), the South Carolina 

[torre 1286]

25 minutes ago, Fletch said:

Damn we got a rough stretch coming up. aggy corpus that is normally pretty solid, Texas state, cougar high(they supposed to be any good this year? Please sweep them. Can’t stand that shitty school), the South Carolina 

Too early to tell.    Texas St normally a competitive game.  UH took 3/4 from aggy corpus,  2 were 1 run games.    SCarolina picked 4th in SEC East behind Florida, Vandy, Tenn (strong division).     All teams seem to be playing at least 2 midweek games meaning pitching will be stretched.

Texas St and UH games are scheduled for ESPN+.    ESPN+ has alot of college baseball games this year.  Worth the $5.99 per month.

 

https://www.espn.com/espnplus/schedule/_/type/upcoming/channel/ESPN_PLUS/startDate/20210303

 

 

 

[shadow_operative2.0 16040]

I pay $50/year, use it all the time for multiple sports. 

[zlavydra 2123]

Kubíček tomorrow and Hansen Wednesday. 

[Fletch 5800]

Hmmm so Madden, Cobb and insert random freshman against cougar higher?

[Cajun 11754]

At this point, with expectations clubbed repeatedly like a baby seal on a Greenpeace fundrasing video, it's all house money.

amirite?

 

[Machinator 32099]

 

[VirginiaLonghorn 4785]

5 hours ago, Cajun said:

At this point, with expectations clubbed repeatedly like a baby seal on a Greenpeace fundrasing video, it's all house money.

amirite?

 

Ahhhh ... prose of the silver throated thrush. 

[Horny Bull 2766]

Hansen’s injury is gonna throw a wrench in the plans for the pitching staff. I would imagine that we’ll go Madden-Stevens-Kubichek on the weekends for the foreseeable future.

Edited March 4, 2021 by Horny Bull

[Machinator 32099]

 

[petscii 1189]

We need to beat cougar high.  This is the series they gave us instead of Cal State Fullerton out west this year.  I'm fine losing the Stanford series to an SEC team each year.  
 

 

[zlavydra 2123]

11 hours ago, Horny Bull said:

Hansen’s injury is gonna throw a wrench in the plans for the pitching staff. I would imagine that we’ll go Madden-Stevens-Kubichek on the weekends for the foreseeable future.

Yeah, I don't know what else we could do.  Stevens, to me, is much better suited for the bullpen, in a role like Wenzel last night. But at least he can go 5+ and keep us in the game.  

[Tylerocks 2555]

92 K's in 9 games.

THAT is impressive.

[Machinator 32099]

 

[Machinator 32099]

 

[Machinator 32099]

 

[Horny Bull 2766]

 

[zlavydra 2123]

1 hour ago, Machinator said:

 

Gasser, tomorrow's UH starter, outdueled Kam Fields in Cougar High's opening game. So watch out...

[Balcones 309]

What is the problem with Cobb? Didnt he used to be a weekend starter?

[UTPhil2006 3818]

Me to UH this weekend..

[Machinator 32099]

UH is a sweepable team, yes? I noticed they went 3-1 against TAMU-CC last weekend, though three of those games were on the road.

[zlavydra 2123]

7 hours ago, Balcones said:

What is the problem with Cobb? Didnt he used to be a weekend starter?

The problem is that you can expect this stat line every time he starts:

IP - 4 2/3

Hits - 5

BB - 5

K - 2

If we routinely put up 8-9 runs, I wouldn't worry as much.

[Fletch 5800]

8 hours ago, zlavydra said:

The problem is that you can expect this stat line every time he starts:

IP - 4 2/3

Hits - 5

BB - 5

K - 2

If we routinely put up 8-9 runs, I wouldn't worry as much.

Tuesday starter maybe? 

[Machinator 32099]

 

[Machinator 32099]

 

[ClubWhatever 12159]

So tired of having mediocre hitting year after year.  We are 119th or something with a .251 team average.  It’s a beating watching us continually get shut down by any staff with decent arms. 

[Fletch 5800]

2 minutes ago, ClubWhatever said:

So tired of having mediocre hitting year after year.  We are 119th or something with a .251 team average.  It’s a beating watching us continually get shut down by any staff with decent arms. 

Especially after our 02-2011 run(I guess you can throw 2014 in there. The regular season was alright but that postseason run was vintage UT baseball). Christ in 04 we beat everyone in the post season by like at least 8 runs then Fullerton....to this day I cringe when I hear Kurt Suzuki’s name on tv

[troph 24915]

On 2/27/2021 at 8:03 PM, Pato del Muerto said:

Team has done me, all of us really, the solid of being bad from the start instead of being good for a month and then shitting the season away. 

Good point.

[Snake Diggity 4628]

Damn, Madden lookin like a top 10 overall pick.

[RollLeft 5045]

9 hours ago, ClubWhatever said:

So tired of having mediocre hitting year after year.  We are 119th or something with a .251 team average.  It’s a beating watching us continually get shut down by any staff with decent arms. 

Must be the Disch.  Must be.

[Restinmybones 111]

10 hours ago, ClubWhatever said:

So tired of having mediocre hitting year after year.  We are 119th or something with a .251 team average.  It’s a beating watching us continually get shut down by any staff with decent arms. 

Longhorn fans vow to endeavor to persevere. 

[Dewey 3298]

Yeah, I think you have to do more than just move the fences in. 

[Horny Bull 2766]

 

[troph 24915]

On 3/2/2021 at 4:12 PM, Cajun said:

At this point, with expectations clubbed repeatedly like a baby seal on a Greenpeace fundrasing video, it's all house money.

amirite?

 

Same as football, if they want my fanaticism they have to produce. I have too many interests and only one life to fuck around with the bullshit. It would be one thing if I was a Texas State grad, you’d expect to be competitive but lose a lot. I’m done wasting my time with Texas under performing.  

[Cajun 11754]

^^Pretty much been there for awhile.  

I casually follow because UT sports casually has given a shit about being great the last decade or so.

That all I get?  Well UT, right back at ya.

[Cajun 11754]

5 hours ago, Restinmybones said:

Longhorn fans vow to endeavor to persevere. 

Well, our team has definitely declared war on this white man.

They sure as shit had better look civilized.

[Machinator 32099]