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I think they exceeded my expectations this weekend..

57stratdawg

57stratdawg

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Starting pitching will be a roller coaster. Bullpen looks pretty good, IMO.

Need more stability in the middle of the lineup.
 
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engie

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Agreed.

This is starting to look a lot more like pre-BBCOR college baseball
 
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Shamoan

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Good signs moving forward and from a 10,000 foot view, we found a few arms to rely on. Positive showing and we learned a few lessons to tuck in our memory bank without taking the loss.
 
boatsandhoes

boatsandhoes

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I imagine Texas Tech may turn out to be pretty good. I guess I will eat crow if they suck like oregon last year.
 
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patdog

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I'll be very surprised if Texas Tech turns into Oregon from last year.
 
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MSUDC11

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One more big bat in the middle of the lineup and I think we'd have a chance to be really good. Wish we could've gotten more than one year out of Lowe and/or Kruger. I still really like the talent on this young team.

I LOVE the defensive outfield of Blaylock, Mangum, and Poole with Rooker at DH. I think that's the way we need to go against left handed starting pitching, and it may end up being our best lineup altogether. Maybe you stick with that crew and then go with whoever's got the hot bat at 1B between Gordon and Brown.

I'm not sure Gridley batting third is going to work long-term. It didn't really work short-term this weekend. I would have Alexander batting third and then kinda mix and match who bats second. I think we've got several good options with Stovall, Blaylock, Poole, and even Gridley.

I think Pilkington and Cyr will be fine as starters. Plumlee pitched well yesterday, so he's going to keep getting weekend starts as long as he keeps that up. Self may be a starter sooner rather than later, although I'd love to keep him in the pen if we can make the rotation of Pilkington-Plumlee-Cyr work.

Very nice start to the Cannizaro era. Curious to see who gets the midweek start on Tuesday. The next five games are all games we should win before we make the trip to Eugune. This is a young team though, so dropping a game wouldn't be a huge shock, but as long we go at least 4-1 then I don't think there's any reason to panic yet.
 
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Todd4State

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MSUDC11 said:
One more big bat in the middle of the lineup and I think we'd have a chance to be really good. Wish we could've gotten more than one year out of Lowe and/or Kruger. I still really like the talent on this young team.

I LOVE the defensive outfield of Blaylock, Mangum, and Poole with Rooker at DH. I think that's the way we need to go against left handed starting pitching, and it may end up being our best lineup altogether. Maybe you stick with that crew and then go with whoever's got the hot bat at 1B between Gordon and Brown.

I'm not sure Gridley batting third is going to work long-term. It didn't really work short-term this weekend. I would have Alexander batting third and then kinda mix and match who bats second. I think we've got several good options with Stovall, Blaylock, Poole, and even Gridley.

I think Pilkington and Cyr will be fine as starters. Plumlee pitched well yesterday, so he's going to keep getting weekend starts as long as he keeps that up. Self may be a starter sooner rather than later, although I'd love to keep him in the pen if we can make the rotation of Pilkington-Plumlee-Cyr work.

Very nice start to the Cannizaro era. Curious to see who gets the midweek start on Tuesday. The next five games are all games we should win before we make the trip to Eugune. This is a young team though, so dropping a game wouldn't be a huge shock, but as long we go at least 4-1 then I don't think there's any reason to panic yet.
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I'm actually OK with LA hitting second- or third for that matter. But I might move Poole up to third in the order in front of Rooker and then Gridley down somewhere between 6-8. If Self pitches like he did today I think we might have to let him start. Barton showed he could go five innings and Spencer Price can do the same, so that's two guys that can go 3-5 IP every weekend. Rigby and Blake Smith are 1-2 IP guys. I'd like to see how Ashcraft does out of the bullpen once we go to playing three games instead of four. Come to think of it, it might be a good idea to start Self this weekend and bring Ashcraft out of the pen and see how it works out.
 
57stratdawg

57stratdawg

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Kruger leaving this program late was a big blow. He'd be batting 3rd with a lot of great options in the 2 hole.

Wed likely be set 1-5 every game.
 
Leeshouldveflanked

Leeshouldveflanked

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ShrubDog said:
Marrero was the only glaring negative I saw all weekend.
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Agreed... he just doesn't seem to have "it"..... putting him at DH was the most questionable thing we did all weekend... we have other bats with more speed that could fill the DH role...
 
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