February 14, 20223 yr 28 minutes ago, zlavydra said: I haven't seen any info at all since the Alumni Game wrap-up articles. Anyone have anything? My guess is Hansen Stevens Witt
February 14, 20223 yr 41 minutes ago, zlavydra said: I haven't seen any info at all since the Alumni Game wrap-up articles. Anyone have anything? I'm not sure The Statesman even knows baseball season is about to start.
February 14, 20223 yr 58 minutes ago, TrashMaster G said: I'm not sure The Statesman even knows baseball season is about to start they're an irrelevant dinosaur. fify
February 14, 20223 yr 1 hour ago, zlavydra said: I haven't seen any info at all since the Alumni Game wrap-up articles. Anyone have anything? https://www.statesman.com/story/sports/college/baseball/2022/02/03/texas-college-baseball-picked-no-1-preseason-coaches-poll/6642249001/ If you did not see, the above article and excerpts were previously posted. Gives a cursory summary. Hopefully, more info this week.
February 14, 20223 yr https://txstatebobcats.evenue.net/cgi-bin/ncommerce3/SEGetEventInfo?ticketCode=GS:TXST:BS22:BS08:&linkID=txstate&RSRC=SIDEARM&RDAT=sgl&_ga= Texas St game in San Marcos, 8 Mar, 6PM. Tickets go on sale Tuesday @ 9AM. Pre pandemic this was always a sellout with SRO. Tickets go fast. Always a good game, nice venue, and Texas St does a great job of hosting. Short trip for those who may not have the opportunity to see the team in an "away" atmosphere.
February 14, 20223 yr After this opening weekend against RIce, we play 12 of the next 16 away from The Disch. Dang. If Gus were dead, he'd be turning over in his grave. This team is definitely going to know if it can function on the road.
February 14, 20223 yr I just checked out Rice's 2021 stats. Their pitching was abysmal, with only one guy (LHP Brandon Deskins) who had a WHIP of less than 1.50 and more than 30 innings. https://riceowls.com/sports/baseball/stats/2021#individual-overall-pitching I'm guessing we see that guy, and that Jose Cruz, Jr. will roll out some new arms.
February 15, 20223 yr 9 hours ago, TrashMaster G said: After this opening weekend against RIce, we play 12 of the next 16 away from The Disch. thie is awesome
February 15, 20223 yr 10 hours ago, torre said: https://txstatebobcats.evenue.net/cgi-bin/ncommerce3/SEGetEventInfo?ticketCode=GS:TXST:BS22:BS08:&linkID=txstate&RSRC=SIDEARM&RDAT=sgl&_ga= Texas St game in San Marcos, 8 Mar, 6PM. Tickets go on sale Tuesday @ 9AM. Pre pandemic this was always a sellout with SRO. Tickets go fast. Always a good game, nice venue, and Texas St does a great job of hosting. Short trip for those who may not have the opportunity to see the team in an "away" atmosphere. I’ve been to this one, great night of baseball
February 15, 20223 yr 19 hours ago, TrashMaster G said: After this opening weekend against RIce, we play 12 of the next 16 away from The Disch. Dang. If Gus were dead, he'd be turning over in his grave. This team is definitely going to know if it can function on the road. 9 hours ago, tx 3 putt said: thie is awesome With an older and experienced core like Texas has (Faltine, Ardoin, Messinger, Hodo, Melendez, Kennedy, Hansen, Stevens, Todd), I don't worry about taking a team like that on the road so much. The big dogs are in year 3 or 4 of college ball (or year 6 for Austin Todd) and know how to handle road trips.
February 15, 20223 yr 20 hours ago, torre said: https://txstatebobcats.evenue.net/cgi-bin/ncommerce3/SEGetEventInfo?ticketCode=GS:TXST:BS22:BS08:&linkID=txstate&RSRC=SIDEARM&RDAT=sgl&_ga= Texas St game in San Marcos, 8 Mar, 6PM. Tickets go on sale Tuesday @ 9AM. Pre pandemic this was always a sellout with SRO. Tickets go fast. Always a good game, nice venue, and Texas St does a great job of hosting. Short trip for those who may not have the opportunity to see the team in an "away" atmosphere. You probably want to show some hustle on this.
February 15, 20223 yr 1 hour ago, Js1 said: With an older and experienced core like Texas has (Faltine, Ardoin, Messinger, Hodo, Melendez, Kennedy, Hansen, Stevens, Todd), I don't worry about taking a team like that on the road so much. The big dogs are in year 3 or 4 of college ball (or year 6 for Austin Todd) and know how to handle road trips. Dr. Todd
February 15, 20223 yr 26 minutes ago, UTPhil2006 said: Dr. Todd Please tell me he is in grad school at this point.
February 15, 20223 yr 46 minutes ago, petscii said: You probably want to show some hustle on this. Ordered this AM. $20 for GA (yikes !, inflation) up from about $12.
February 15, 20223 yr 1 hour ago, Js1 said: With an older and experienced core like Texas has (Faltine, Ardoin, Messinger, Hodo, Melendez, Kennedy, Hansen, Stevens, Todd), I don't worry about taking a team like that on the road so much. The big dogs are in year 3 or 4 of college ball (or year 6 for Austin Todd) and know how to handle road trips. Here's a guy who could handle life on the road: https://www.baseballamerica.com/players/4977/ricky-jacquez/
February 15, 20223 yr Podcast on BON: https://www.burntorangenation.com/2022/2/15/22934407/texas-longhorn-baseball-david-pierce-longhorn-republic-podcast
February 15, 20223 yr FWIW-coach at lunch said hansen, Stephens, Witt. messinger expected to start at 3b. Kennedy, hodo, Todd as expected. Wouldn’t commit to DH. Discussed a couple arms not discussed much this off season have worked their way to top of bullpen options aside from the two obvious ones. Hook ‘em
February 15, 20223 yr Supposedly, Rice is starting Pepperdine transfer Cooper Chandler on Friday night. https://riceowls.com/sports/baseball/roster/cooper-chandler/7471 3.17 career ERA at Pepperdine.
February 15, 20223 yr 4 hours ago, TrashMaster G said: Please tell me he is in grad school at this point. Austin Todd - Baseball - University of Texas Athletics (texassports.com) Does not look like it.
February 15, 20223 yr Now I'm remembering shit he said that I'm looking at a roster. Nothing shocking on rotation and back-end 'pen, but a lot of guys (some of the names weren't bandied about much in Fall Ball) are gonna get looks at bridge/setup/spot/midweek. Y'all are diehard so you'll know these names but a couple were surprised to me---Hutchins, Blair (got multiple comments), Steele, Walbridge, Southard, Whitehead (just L/L for now), and Duplantier. Again, some guys we knew were in the mix, some guys we didn't. But all talked about heavily in the conversations about other bullpen arms and midweek/spot. He mentioned only using 6 or 7 in Omaha overall in 5 games. that they only used 6 at Rice in '03. Called on Drew and Buck in the crowd to ask about how many they used in 04/05 (5). His point was compressing the staff to find out who'll play in the postseason which he favors, but a few more names in the mix is probably a good thing early on. I think he was trying to say we lost a couple of real top-heavy arms talent-wise, but got a great core 4 back and looking to add 4 more to that. We're hitting for the gaps and a more lethal top-to-bottom lineup this year. Unlike some year's past, he's tempering expectations on homers (no shock there though), but he also played down aggressiveness on the basepaths (not just with Antico leaving). Look for a 4-man platoon in the OF with Hodo in there the most, but we know he can move to any of the 3. if Todd needs a break, and it already sounds like he will (coach's words, not mine)...Kennedy and Campbell can move around based on that. First priority---give Todd a break, second keep Hodo in there---somewhere, anywhere. And even Campbell can move back to 2b/3b/dh if need be. He was really high up on Melendez defense this fall and early spring. Light years ahead of Zubia (his words, even some wisecracks at Zach's expense). 2b, c, 3b---y'all know the drill there. 3b sounding like a platoon based on pitching matchups thus far with gloves being equal, but he mentioned twice he just likes that Skyler has a bit of an edge having seen so much damn Big XII pitching over the years. He's the first to admit, won't be an incredibly powerful team, not a basestealing team of some year's past (he was looking at Drew Stubbs when he said it). But even better fielding (his words) and better lineup up and down. He's a little worried right now about more left bats, so look for day-to-day shuffles with that OF/3b/and mainly DH spot to add 1, if not 2, extra left sticks. Pitching staff will find it's core 7-8 to ride to Omaha, but more depth and talent than last year overall so good problem to have. He loves the non-conference slate. Talked about the new Catcher/coach earpieces for a bit, talked a lot about NIL and academics, I'll leave that to our resident experts to chat more about. No media there but cell phones and chatty diehards (yo tambien). So he didn't exactly open up the playbook but then again, it's not much of a mystery. But he spoke more frankly than probably any other time I've heard him in small environments. Not surprising, he's now been here several years and he's coming off a helluva season. But the one undertone I noticed was not a lot of "one game at a time", "we haven't proven anything", "who cares about #1 preseason...it's about where you finish", "gotta play the game, hope to improve and see where you are in May/June." The whole tacit theme, to me anyway trying to be more optimistic in 2022, was "We ain't fucking scared. We got a handful of really good problems to solve for and then look the fuck out. I'm not calling our shot, but I'm not backing down from how fucking good we are ALREADY...see you bitches in the postseason."
February 15, 20223 yr On 2/14/2022 at 11:03 AM, UTPhil2006 said: My guess is Hansen Stevens Witt 1 hour ago, Lobo said: FWIW-coach at lunch said hansen, Stephens, Witt. messinger expected to start at 3b. Kennedy, hodo, Todd as expected. Wouldn’t commit to DH. Discussed a couple arms not discussed much this off season have worked their way to top of bullpen options aside from the two obvious ones. Hook ‘em It's me. Im the coach at lunch
February 15, 20223 yr I hope coy Cobb gets a chance to contribute. Don’t see why he’s still around if he won’t get any work again, and why change his delivery if he’s 10th guy on the staff.
February 15, 20223 yr 30 minutes ago, Lobo said: Now I'm remembering shit he said that I'm looking at a roster. Nothing shocking on rotation and back-end 'pen, but a lot of guys (some of the names weren't bandied about much in Fall Ball) are gonna get looks at bridge/setup/spot/midweek. Y'all are diehard so you'll know these names but a couple were surprised to me---Hutchins, Blair (got multiple comments), Steele, Walbridge, Southard, Whitehead (just L/L for now), and Duplantier. Again, some guys we knew were in the mix, some guys we didn't. But all talked about heavily in the conversations about other bullpen arms and midweek/spot. He mentioned only using 6 or 7 in Omaha overall in 5 games. that they only used 6 at Rice in '03. Called on Drew and Buck in the crowd to ask about how many they used in 04/05 (5). His point was compressing the staff to find out who'll play in the postseason which he favors, but a few more names in the mix is probably a good thing early on. I think he was trying to say we lost a couple of real top-heavy arms talent-wise, but got a great core 4 back and looking to add 4 more to that. We're hitting for the gaps and a more lethal top-to-bottom lineup this year. Unlike some year's past, he's tempering expectations on homers (no shock there though), but he also played down aggressiveness on the basepaths (not just with Antico leaving). Look for a 4-man platoon in the OF with Hodo in there the most, but we know he can move to any of the 3. if Todd needs a break, and it already sounds like he will (coach's words, not mine)...Kennedy and Campbell can move around based on that. First priority---give Todd a break, second keep Hodo in there---somewhere, anywhere. And even Campbell can move back to 2b/3b/dh if need be. He was really high up on Melendez defense this fall and early spring. Light years ahead of Zubia (his words, even some wisecracks at Zach's expense). 2b, c, 3b---y'all know the drill there. 3b sounding like a platoon based on pitching matchups thus far with gloves being equal, but he mentioned twice he just likes that Skyler has a bit of an edge having seen so much damn Big XII pitching over the years. He's the first to admit, won't be an incredibly powerful team, not a basestealing team of some year's past (he was looking at Drew Stubbs when he said it). But even better fielding (his words) and better lineup up and down. He's a little worried right now about more left bats, so look for day-to-day shuffles with that OF/3b/and mainly DH spot to add 1, if not 2, extra left sticks. Pitching staff will find it's core 7-8 to ride to Omaha, but more depth and talent than last year overall so good problem to have. He loves the non-conference slate. Talked about the new Catcher/coach earpieces for a bit, talked a lot about NIL and academics, I'll leave that to our resident experts to chat more about. No media there but cell phones and chatty diehards (yo tambien). So he didn't exactly open up the playbook but then again, it's not much of a mystery. But he spoke more frankly than probably any other time I've heard him in small environments. Not surprising, he's now been here several years and he's coming off a helluva season. But the one undertone I noticed was not a lot of "one game at a time", "we haven't proven anything", "who cares about #1 preseason...it's about where you finish", "gotta play the game, hope to improve and see where you are in May/June." The whole tacit theme, to me anyway trying to be more optimistic in 2022, was "We ain't fucking scared. We got a handful of really good problems to solve for and then look the fuck out. I'm not calling our shot, but I'm not backing down from how fucking good we are ALREADY...see you bitches in the postseason." Like using bluetooth ear pieces??
February 15, 20223 yr 15 minutes ago, BERT said: Like using bluetooth ear pieces?? There’s a wire to a pack, like news anchors use. The catchers were wearing them during the alumni game.
February 15, 20223 yr 19 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said: There’s a wire to a pack, like news anchors use. The catchers were wearing them during the alumni game. Interesting
February 15, 20223 yr Wasn't Lebarron Johnson being talked about as a guy that may contribute in bullpen?
February 15, 20223 yr 2 minutes ago, BERT said: Interesting Pack was on the back straps of the chest protector up near the shoulder blades. booth guys said the thought was fewer signs would speed the game up.
February 15, 20223 yr 2 minutes ago, Elmer_Fudd said: Wasn't Lebarron Johnson being talked about as a guy that may contribute in bullpen? Yes, same as Cobb and some others. Was just trying to list out guys I hadn't hear much about that Pierce mentioned by name today.
February 15, 20223 yr 18 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said: Pack was on the back straps of the chest protector up near the shoulder blades. booth guys said the thought was fewer signs would speed the game up. Figured it was about teams not stealing signs
February 16, 20223 yr 11 hours ago, Lobo said: Now I'm remembering shit he said that I'm looking at a roster. Nothing shocking on rotation and back-end 'pen, but a lot of guys (some of the names weren't bandied about much in Fall Ball) are gonna get looks at bridge/setup/spot/midweek. Y'all are diehard so you'll know these names but a couple were surprised to me---Hutchins, Blair (got multiple comments), Steele, Walbridge, Southard, Whitehead (just L/L for now), and Duplantier. Again, some guys we knew were in the mix, some guys we didn't. But all talked about heavily in the conversations about other bullpen arms and midweek/spot. He mentioned only using 6 or 7 in Omaha overall in 5 games. that they only used 6 at Rice in '03. Called on Drew and Buck in the crowd to ask about how many they used in 04/05 (5). His point was compressing the staff to find out who'll play in the postseason which he favors, but a few more names in the mix is probably a good thing early on. I think he was trying to say we lost a couple of real top-heavy arms talent-wise, but got a great core 4 back and looking to add 4 more to that. We're hitting for the gaps and a more lethal top-to-bottom lineup this year. Unlike some year's past, he's tempering expectations on homers (no shock there though), but he also played down aggressiveness on the basepaths (not just with Antico leaving). Look for a 4-man platoon in the OF with Hodo in there the most, but we know he can move to any of the 3. if Todd needs a break, and it already sounds like he will (coach's words, not mine)...Kennedy and Campbell can move around based on that. First priority---give Todd a break, second keep Hodo in there---somewhere, anywhere. And even Campbell can move back to 2b/3b/dh if need be. He was really high up on Melendez defense this fall and early spring. Light years ahead of Zubia (his words, even some wisecracks at Zach's expense). 2b, c, 3b---y'all know the drill there. 3b sounding like a platoon based on pitching matchups thus far with gloves being equal, but he mentioned twice he just likes that Skyler has a bit of an edge having seen so much damn Big XII pitching over the years. He's the first to admit, won't be an incredibly powerful team, not a basestealing team of some year's past (he was looking at Drew Stubbs when he said it). But even better fielding (his words) and better lineup up and down. He's a little worried right now about more left bats, so look for day-to-day shuffles with that OF/3b/and mainly DH spot to add 1, if not 2, extra left sticks. Pitching staff will find it's core 7-8 to ride to Omaha, but more depth and talent than last year overall so good problem to have. He loves the non-conference slate. Talked about the new Catcher/coach earpieces for a bit, talked a lot about NIL and academics, I'll leave that to our resident experts to chat more about. No media there but cell phones and chatty diehards (yo tambien). So he didn't exactly open up the playbook but then again, it's not much of a mystery. But he spoke more frankly than probably any other time I've heard him in small environments. Not surprising, he's now been here several years and he's coming off a helluva season. But the one undertone I noticed was not a lot of "one game at a time", "we haven't proven anything", "who cares about #1 preseason...it's about where you finish", "gotta play the game, hope to improve and see where you are in May/June." The whole tacit theme, to me anyway trying to be more optimistic in 2022, was "We ain't fucking scared. We got a handful of really good problems to solve for and then look the fuck out. I'm not calling our shot, but I'm not backing down from how fucking good we are ALREADY...see you bitches in the postseason." Thanks dude. Did he say anything about Stehly? Would really like to see him get more ab’s. I’m guessing he’ll at least dh some on Todd’s days off with Campbell in right
February 16, 20223 yr 12 hours ago, 66BUFF said: Austin Todd - Baseball - University of Texas Athletics (texassports.com) Does not look like it. He graduated Spring 2020, though he could still be taking undergraduate courses in another major. Edited February 16, 20223 yr by pacman
February 16, 20223 yr 40 minutes ago, LTtxfan said: I *WANT* a tshirt with that University of Texas at Omaha logo on it before I go to Omaha in June.
February 17, 20223 yr 7 hours ago, LTtxfan said: Hey robot, we have a recruiting thread over in 9.95. Let’s stick to our current team on this thread This team has that 05 feel to it. Just a team on a mission. Let’s get this fuckin shit started
February 17, 20223 yr 9 hours ago, TrashMaster G said: I *WANT* a tshirt with that University of Texas at Omaha logo on it before I go to Omaha in June. Like this?
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