April 6, 20232 yr Nothing new except the ticket usage: Due to forecasted inclement weather in the Austin area, the schedule for the Texas vs Kansas State baseball series has been adjusted. The new dates are: Friday, April 7th Saturday, April 8th Sunday, April 9th GAME TIMES HAVE NOT BEEN FINALIZED AND WILL BE DETERMINED BASED ON THE WEATHER FORECAST. PLEASE CHECK TEXASSPORTS.COM AND TEXAS BASEBALL SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS FOR THE MOST UP TO DATE INFORMATION. Tickets for Friday’s and Saturday’s game will still be honored as originally scheduled, including any tickets for Bark in the Park. Tickets for the game originally scheduled for Thursday, April 6th will now be honored on Sunday, April 9th.
April 6, 20232 yr 3 hours ago, ztejas said: They ain't playing shit tomorrow. I assume they'll move the TX state games or cancel the Monday one. Because you're a weather man and y'all are always right?
April 6, 20232 yr 16 minutes ago, BERT said: Because you're a weather man and y'all are always right?
April 6, 20232 yr Longhorn network guide on DTV shows KState series starting tonight @ 6:30….. lets see what comes on instead of a baseball game against KSt.
April 6, 20232 yr 12 minutes ago, Rholl said: Longhorn network guide on DTV shows KState series starting tonight @ 6:30….. lets see what comes on instead of a baseball game against KSt. Air Force replay
April 8, 20232 yr This is going to be an interesting stretch. 8 games in a 9 day stretch. Not sure how Pierce will handle pitching. Anyone else not a fan of the 2 midweek games during the middle of conference play? Edited April 8, 20232 yr by Rickylovesweed
April 8, 20232 yr 15 minutes ago, Rickylovesweed said: This is going to be an interesting stretch. 8 games in a 9 day stretch. Not sure how Pierce will handle pitching. Anyone else not a fan of the 2 midweek games during the middle of conference play? I might be off, but how'd you come up with eight in nine days? They have two days off (W/Th) between Tx State and Baylor. However, I'm definitely not a fan of five in five and then eight in 10. I can see why they thought this would be the best time to do it (if that was indeed the thought process) with the KSU series supposed to start a day earlier, but it sure seems risky in the middle of conference action. At least Baylor is hot garbage. We'll see, though. I would hate fatigue to be a reason Texas drops winnable games against the RPI 89 (TxSt) or 219 (Baylor) teams. Oh well, play ball!
April 8, 20232 yr 3 minutes ago, MuellerHorn said: I might be off, but how'd you come up with eight in nine days? They have two days off (W/Th) between Tx State and Baylor. However, I'm definitely not a fan of five in five and then eight in 10. I can see why they thought this would be the best time to do it (if that was indeed the thought process) with the KSU series supposed to start a day earlier, but it sure seems risky in the middle of conference action. At least Baylor is hot garbage. We'll see, though. I would hate fatigue to be a reason Texas drops winnable games against the RPI 89 (TxSt) or 219 (Baylor) teams. Oh well, play ball! You’re right. I was thinking the Baylor series started on Thursday for some reason.
April 8, 20232 yr The 2nd Texas State game will be a total coin flip because no telling who we throw in that game. Probably guys that have hardly pitched this season.
April 8, 20232 yr 5 minutes ago, Rickylovesweed said: You’re right. I was thinking the Baylor series started on Thursday for some reason. 3 minutes ago, Rickylovesweed said: The 2nd Texas State game will be a total coin flip because no telling who we throw in that game. Probably guys that have hardly pitched this season. All good. As you mentioned, I'm really curious to see how Pierce allocates starting pitching. I'm assuming it'll be Whitehead on Monday and then a BP game on Tuesday? Does Hurley get a start if he doesn't pitch Sunday? Without Shaw (do we know this for sure yet), the staff is even smaller. Edited April 8, 20232 yr by MuellerHorn
April 8, 20232 yr 5 minutes ago, MuellerHorn said: All good. As you mentioned, I'm really curious to see how Pierce allocates starting pitching. I'm assuming it'll be Whitehead on Monday and then a BP game on Tuesday? Does Hurley get a start if he doesn't pitch Sunday? Without Shaw (do we know this for sure yet), the staff is even smaller. Tx State played Th/Th/Fri, so that's not ideal either. They'll be rested.
April 8, 20232 yr 13 minutes ago, MuellerHorn said: I might be off, but how'd you come up with eight in nine days? They have two days off (W/Th) between Tx State and Baylor. However, I'm definitely not a fan of five in five and then eight in 10. I can see why they thought this would be the best time to do it (if that was indeed the thought process) with the KSU series supposed to start a day earlier, but it sure seems risky in the middle of conference action. At least Baylor is hot garbage. We'll see, though. I would hate fatigue to be a reason Texas drops winnable games against the RPI 89 (TxSt) or 219 (Baylor) teams. Oh well, play ball! I believe Pierce discussed this last year in terms of scheduling. You have to get 56 games on the schedule which means either a few double midweeks or several 4-game non conference series. It seems that Pierce prefers the former. We had our double midweeks super early in the season last year which stressed the pitching because Witt went down at the same time.
April 8, 20232 yr He will be forced to give guys a chance who he never uses. Like Grubbs. Did we ever find out about Shaw? Was he even in the pen?
April 8, 20232 yr 11 minutes ago, ClubWhatever said: He will be forced to give guys a chance who he never uses. Like Grubbs. Did we ever find out about Shaw? Was he even in the pen? Is it too much to hope for back-to-back shutouts from Minchey and O'Banan?
April 8, 20232 yr 23 minutes ago, ClubWhatever said: He will be forced to give guys a chance who he never uses. Like Grubbs. Pierce George is rested and ready with only 1 inning pitched all year.
April 8, 20232 yr 1 hour ago, Elmer_Fudd said: Pierce George is rested and ready with only 1 inning pitched all year. is he the freshman that pitched last weekend, or it could have been vs AF?
April 8, 20232 yr 1 minute ago, jdhorn92 said: is he the freshman that pitched last weekend, or it could have been vs AF? Looks like his only outing this year came in one of the first three games in Arlington. 1 inning pitched, 3 earned runs allowed.
April 8, 20232 yr 1 minute ago, Elmer_Fudd said: Looks like his only outing this year came in one of the first three games in Arlington. 1 inning pitched, 3 earned runs allowed. gotcha. yeah, id say hes rested
April 8, 20232 yr I wouldn’t be surprised if they started Duplantier in the 2nd Texas State game. Try to build some confidence and he’s as good an option as anybody else.
April 8, 20232 yr 9 minutes ago, jdhorn92 said: is he the freshman that pitched last weekend, or it could have been vs AF? That was Minchey. Home school background, from Jarrell, whose dad played in the majors.
April 8, 20232 yr Author Well shit. Win tomorrow and we’re gonna need to sweep baylor and Kansas if we want to win the conference. Actually let’s just sweep everyone from here on out
April 9, 20232 yr 1 hour ago, Fletch said: Well shit. Win tomorrow and we’re gonna need to sweep baylor and Kansas if we want to win the conference. Actually let’s just sweep everyone from here on out TCU took their series against OSU, so that helps. Need to win tomorrow and win the series against TCU for sure. I'm not worried about OU, Baylor, or Kansas, but KU is coming on as of late. They've won seven-straight and have taken the first two against WVU. Granted, that could just mean that WVU is not actually that good, as many of us predicted given their awful SOS.
April 9, 20232 yr Someone has to take control and win this wide open conference, might as well be us. TCU did us a big favor this weekend. Win tomorrow and we are right where we need to be.
April 9, 20232 yr Yeah, if 6-3 becomes 16-8 then it's ours. I don't see any sweeps being necessary, although one would sure help. I wouldn't want to be a fan of the teams looking up at us right now, that's for sure.
April 9, 20232 yr Author 57 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said: Yeah, if 6-3 becomes 16-8 then it's ours. I don't see any sweeps being necessary, although one would sure help. I wouldn't want to be a fan of the teams looking up at us right now, that's for sure. Fuck that. I want 9-0 over ou, baylor and tcu. @Hookem2147 got a scouting report on Kansas and West Virginia for the lazy?
April 9, 20232 yr 8 minutes ago, Fletch said: Fuck that. I want 9-0 over ou, baylor and tcu. @Hookem2147 got a scouting report on Kansas and West Virginia for the lazy? West Virginia and Kansas State are really similar in my eyes. Both have a really tough lefty at the top of their rotation and love to run on offense. Have a lot of speed in the lineup. No idea on Kansas. Honestly have barely watched them play. I am really high on their coach though. He was an assistant at DBU for a long time and was a great recruiter before going to LSU for a year. He’ll have Kansas in a much better place in a few years.
April 9, 20232 yr Author 13 minutes ago, Hookem2147 said: West Virginia and Kansas State are really similar in my eyes. Both have a really tough lefty at the top of their rotation and love to run on offense. Have a lot of speed in the lineup. No idea on Kansas. Honestly have barely watched them play. I am really high on their coach though. He was an assistant at DBU for a long time and was a great recruiter before going to LSU for a year. He’ll have Kansas in a much better place in a few years. Yeah Kansas is always somewhat solid. At least more solid than you’d expect. Another lefty we gotta face eh? Awesome….
April 9, 20232 yr So weird that we have a game tomorrow and Tuesday. Good practice for seeing if we can come out of the loser's bracket in a regional I guess.
April 10, 20232 yr How we rank compared to the rest of the Big 12: Batting Average: 5th OBP: 7th Slugging %: 4th Homers: 4th Stolen Bases: 5th Walks: 7th ERA: 1st Batting average against: 1st Homers allowed: 1st Extra base hits allowed: 1st Strikeouts: 2nd Walks allowed: 7th Fielding %: 3rd Opponents stolen base success rate: 9th Double plays turned: 2nd
April 10, 20232 yr 14 minutes ago, Hookem2147 said: How we rank compared to the rest of the Big 12: Batting Average: 5th OBP: 7th Slugging %: 4th Homers: 4th Stolen Bases: 5th Walks: 7th ERA: 1st Batting average against: 1st Homers allowed: 1st Extra base hits allowed: 1st Strikeouts: 2nd Walks allowed: 7th Fielding %: 3rd Opponents stolen base success rate: 9th Double plays turned: 2nd That seems about normal for Texas Baseball. Granted, we've had some great defensive catchers lately, so "Opponents stolen base success rate" could definitely be better than 9th. "Walks allowed" probably isn't 7th, on average, either. Oh, and Fielding % is usually 1st. Edited April 10, 20232 yr by MuellerHorn
April 10, 20232 yr 4 minutes ago, MuellerHorn said: That seems about normal for Texas Baseball. Granted, we've had some great defensive catchers lately, so "Opponents stolen base success rate" could definitely be better than ninth. "Walks allowed" probably isn't seventh, on average, either. Just looked back at walks allowed in 2022 and 2021 and we were 4th and 3rd, respectively. Some of the stolen bases are on Guillemette and Galvan for sure, but our pitchers also haven't given them a chance in a lot of situations. We have some dudes with long deliveries, and guys like LBJ and Hurley are so tall and lanky that it takes a while for them to get going and get the ball to the plate. They get run on a lot. Edited April 10, 20232 yr by Hookem2147
April 10, 20232 yr Some data tidbits from looking at the team stats. -On a productivity basis we look like our 2021 team with worse pitching-The separation on our hitters is crazy. 1-5 have wOBAs in the 400s then O’Dowd, Daly, and Thomas are probably putting up bottom 10 worst hitting seasons under Pierce.-Daly’s stats continue to look worse, even than last year. Weirdly he has a very similar statline the last two years to EK in 2021-Galvan has 9 hits and 4 are HRs. He basically lives TTO-Were giving up half the HR rate we did last year, which is basically all our improvement in pitching (a lot). Not sure if luck or what. Last year’s rate was a very weird outlier-A lot more free passes this year. Sthele the only one keeping the walks under control. Hasn’t 100% played out, but Sthele looks a lot better stat wise than LBJ. Maybe narrows in later innings
April 10, 20232 yr 3 minutes ago, Spaceman_Spiff said: -Were giving up half the HR rate we did last year, which is basically all our improvement in pitching (a lot). Not sure if luck or what. Last year’s rate was a very weird outlier -A lot more free passes this year. Sthele the only one keeping the walks under control. Hasn’t 100% played out, but Sthele looks a lot better stat wise than LBJ. Maybe narrows in later innings Well, these aren't mutually exclusive. Hit the zone less you're going to give up less HRs. I also feel like there were a ton of shitty pitches that got left up and blasted last season. It's possible we're still throwing those pitches and getting away with it.
April 10, 20232 yr 51 minutes ago, Spaceman_Spiff said: Some data tidbits from looking at the team stats. -On a productivity basis we look like our 2021 team with worse pitching -The separation on our hitters is crazy. 1-5 have wOBAs in the 400s then O’Dowd, Daly, and Thomas are probably putting up bottom 10 worst hitting seasons under Pierce. -Daly’s stats continue to look worse, even than last year. Weirdly he has a very similar statline the last two years to EK in 2021 -Galvan has 9 hits and 4 are HRs. He basically lives TTO -Were giving up half the HR rate we did last year, which is basically all our improvement in pitching (a lot). Not sure if luck or what. Last year’s rate was a very weird outlier -A lot more free passes this year. Sthele the only one keeping the walks under control. Hasn’t 100% played out, but Sthele looks a lot better stat wise than LBJ. Maybe narrows in later innings I was thinking more in line with the 2018 team with better pitching when it comes to comparing to previous teams. Walks are up about .5 per game compared to last year (3.53 vs 4.09). You want to be under 4 for sure. There isn’t a stat available for this from what I’ve seen but from the pitching side we are stranding a ton of runners this year. Could be a trend or could be something we are due for some negative regression on. O’Dowd actually has a better average than 3 regular starters from the 2021 Omaha team, but his issue is that he never walks (Jared Thomas has a better OBP than him). He also doesn’t strike out a ton. He has a lot of weak contact. Thomas is interesting. Not something to celebrate but he is above .230 for the first time…ever. Wouldn’t shock me at all if he ends the year around .240-250ish, which for a freshman who looked completely overmatched a month ago is a step in the right direction. His speed is also playing well (on track for 9-10 steals). Edited April 10, 20232 yr by Hookem2147
April 10, 20232 yr 59 minutes ago, ztejas said: Well, these aren't mutually exclusive. Hit the zone less you're going to give up less HRs. I also feel like there were a ton of shitty pitches that got left up and blasted last season. It's possible we're still throwing those pitches and getting away with it. I can't quantify it, but I haven't noticed that we're getting away with a lot of bad pitches. At the same time, it seems that we're throwing many fewer terrible 2-strike pitches. And this guy is starting for the Bobcats tonight: https://txst.com/sports/baseball/roster/peyton-zabel/10055 Edited April 10, 20232 yr by zlavydra
April 10, 20232 yr 16 minutes ago, Hookem2147 said: There isn’t a stat available for this from what I’ve seen but from the pitching side we are stranding a ton of runners this year. Could be a trend or could be something we are due for some negative regression on. I feel like we tend to get walks earlier in the inning and strikeouts later. It also seems like we've created a ton of routine ground balls with runners on base. Definitely playing with fire - and maybe that contact starts turning into hits.
April 10, 20232 yr I like the 2018 comparison. Deeper top of the lineup, but a much weaker 6-9 that balances to about even right now. If we could get Carlson in there or lift Thomas and O’Dowd a bit it’d be very exciting. Better starters, and deeper pen overall, but missing that shutdown reliever duo we had in McGuire and PJR (man, who saw that coming). Witt and/or better play from 1 or 2 guys on the staff would really elevate this team to a potential contender.
April 10, 20232 yr 12 minutes ago, Spaceman_Spiff said: I like the 2018 comparison. Deeper top of the lineup, but a much weaker 6-9 that balances to about even right now. If we could get Carlson in there or lift Thomas and O’Dowd a bit it’d be very exciting. Better starters, and deeper pen overall, but missing that shutdown reliever duo we had in McGuire and PJR (man, who saw that coming). Witt and/or better play from 1 or 2 guys on the staff would really elevate this team to a potential contender. Correct. That 2018 lineup really wasn’t that good and was also pretty weak at the bottom. We had Jake McKenzie, Petrinsky, Tate Shaw and Ryan Reynolds all hitting .256 or worse. McKenzie was basically Jared Thomas that year without the speed and Reynolds was very similar to Jack O’Dowd while getting hit by 18 pitches to inflate his OBP. That 2018 team had no business sniffing Omaha. As you mentioned, the pitching in the pen was performing way over their head. Edited April 10, 20232 yr by Hookem2147
April 10, 20232 yr On 3/29/2023 at 8:26 PM, MuellerHorn said: What is up with Burke not getting any action since Incarnate Word? He's one of Texas' better relievers. Yeah, he has thrown almost 15 innings this year and allowed 12 hits and 3 runs. Thats good shit and he deserves more innings.
April 10, 20232 yr 22 minutes ago, zlavydra said: Minchey gets the start in San Marcos tonight. Minchey's dad was a MLB and Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) pitcher. It still amazing to me you can make a million bucks (or more) a year playing in the NPB hitting for just a .200 average. NPB has the "beer girls" -- a definite plus! Lulz.
April 10, 20232 yr Just now, BachelorTrek said: It still amazing to me you can make a million bucks (or more) a year playing in the NPB hitting for just a .200 average. Average NPB salary is $321k.
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