March 14, 20214 yr 1 minute ago, zlavydra said: Disagree. Catcher had looked terrible on previous throws. He happened to make that one. This.
March 14, 20214 yr No issue sending Hodo there. Hope they’d have sent kennedy too if the at bat lasted longer.
March 14, 20214 yr Weak pop up by Faltine ends the inning. 8-3 after 6. Edited March 14, 20214 yr by zlavydra
March 14, 20214 yr Witt got some pitches that no other pitcher on either side is getting today. Couple of high curveballs and one low fastball.
March 14, 20214 yr Just now, zlavydra said: Canuck Cock K's to end the inning. You’d think there’s enough baseball players in the Carolinas, Georgia, and Florida that they wouldn’t be going to foreign countries like Australia and Canada and Oklahoma to field a team.
March 14, 20214 yr Kubichek and Witt have done a nice job of getting out of trouble. That’s a real positive, IMO, for building confidence and trust in themselves and from Pierce.
March 14, 20214 yr Texas with 2 on and 2 outs in the bottom of the 7th. Good little two out rally here. And now a SC pitching change.
March 14, 20214 yr Just now, ClubWhatever said: I think I’ve seen enough of Williams at 3rd. Who else we got? Outside of yesterday and today he’s been excellent. He’s miles ahead of Melendez
March 14, 20214 yr 38 minutes ago, ClubWhatever said: I think I’ve seen enough of Williams at 3rd. Who else we got? Nixon was in tough competition with Williams for 3rd in the fall.
March 14, 20214 yr Credit where it's due, these guys got dropped to the mat in the first 3 games and got right back up and started swinging. I still think this offensive what-have-you is gonna bite us in the ass when conference starts. Hope I'm wrong.
March 14, 20214 yr Cam had a bad weekend defensively but he's been good previously. I don't know if it's enough to let someone else get a start though. If he has another bad weekend, it might be worth putting him at DH for a game or two.
March 14, 20214 yr 15 runs in a weekend series against a good team isn't too bad offense. I hope we do better against Baylor. We managed to come out of this pre-conference season in contention for better things but here is where it gets real, as our basketball team shows year after year. Still have Rio Grande little brother, got to take care of them.
March 14, 20214 yr That's a precarious data point to hang onto given how and when those runs happened. ****Having said that*****, what is less of a data point and more of a "eyeball test" positive is that in clutch situations these guys showed some shit at the plate and on the bases. They need to improve a metric shit-ton, but they've shown signs of having taken a step or two.
March 14, 20214 yr 6 minutes ago, Cajun said: That's a precarious data point to hang onto given how and when those runs happened. True...but I will take what I can get. South Carolina is good, or usually is anyway, so putting up some runs on them means something.
March 15, 20214 yr The team still has a bit of a hitting problem, although the bats looked better in spurts so hopefully they continue to get more consistent. But one of my biggest takeaways from this weekend was the execution of small ball. They were successful more times than not—there were even a couple of perfect bunts that ended up being infield singles**chefs kiss**. I think South Carolina is overall a good ball club, they had plenty of missed opportunities but give Texas credit there. I don’t think there’s an issue with Cam at defense just yet. He’s made more great plays than errors and having a couple bad games does not mean we need to be looking at another guy. RGV is a good opportunity for him to get back on top of thing's before heading to Waco.
March 15, 20214 yr 6 hours ago, ClubWhatever said: I think I’ve seen enough of Williams at 3rd. Who else we got? Yeah.....no. We need Cams bat in the lineup. Preferably around 5th
March 15, 20214 yr 2 hours ago, Cajun said: That's a precarious data point to hang onto given how and when those runs happened. ****Having said that*****, what is less of a data point and more of a "eyeball test" positive is that in clutch situations these guys showed some shit at the plate and on the bases. They need to improve a metric shit-ton, but they've shown signs of having taken a step or two. Yep. Every game they’re improving just enough. Really like what I’m seeing. We may fuck around and win the conference
March 15, 20214 yr 2 hours ago, Braff Zacklin said: That was impressive. God damn right. Let take care of rio grande valley then sweep the rapist(or cat skinners is this scenario?) and get us a 9 game win streak and a nice start to league play
March 15, 20214 yr Stevens really impressed me, as did Kubichek, considering that ridiculous strike zone. With Hansen coming along and Witt able to give us extending innings, starting pitching is shaping up. I thought Quintanilla looked good yesterday as well and was a bit surprised we didn't leave him out there for the 9th, but in hindsight I like the fact that Nixon had to struggle through that last inning. I hope Hansen can go 5 or 6 tomorrow and we can get some other guys some innings. Hitting-wise, we're making progress. Team OPS increased from .723 to .769 last week. Still pretty blah, but we saw some very good pitchers over the weekend. Zubia, Faltine, Hodo, DJ, Cam and Melendez have an OPS of at least .855, and Daly is heading that way quickly. The only question in the line up now seems to be who's going to DH (Melendez/Powell/DJ). Powell needs some ABs against RHPs.
March 15, 20214 yr Powell looked very good in the shortened 2020 season. I'm glad we gave him a chance, and I'm glad he took advantage.
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