He could be huge headed down the stretch if he can keep progressing.
Bauer, 7 Outs on 17 Pitches
- Thread starter Bulldog45
- Start date
He is where he needed to be. His arm should be fresh for the rest of the year.
He understood the assignment.
I was wondering why we brought him in to pitch with such a big lead? Seems like we could’ve saved him for tomorrow.
My guess is rest for Davis and Webb, and with that outing I assume Bauer will be available Saturday.
Heck he was so dang efficient he could still probably throw tomorrow in a pinch. Definitely could Saturday.
Because they are still not confident in him. This way he got some SEC work, he saved the arms of the guys they have been using, and he probably gained some confidence with that outing. Really was a great move and outcome.
O'Connor mentioned that possibility in the post game radio interview with Neil
And let’s not forget Tomas. He was excellent as well.
After watching him get hit all over the yard a couple weeks ago against LSU, I had some serious concern that he might be running out of gas. I don’t know what his inning count is up to, but it’s got to be dang near double the innings of any pitcher.
Anyway, it’s great to see him come right back and pitch like this because every hope we have for the season is wrapped around him. He’s been a beast
Yeah. We may need him tomorrow. Glad he threw so few pitches, but I would have used a less reliable reliever.
I'm interested to see if LSU is competitive this weekend with Georgia.
They were clearly well prepared for our starting pitching (although, TV definitely didn't have his good stuff then). Felt kind of like they were coming out of their funk that weekend and we just gutted our way to that sweep.
let me make it plain and simple - glad I am not the one in the box trying to hit that flingmaster
Bauer's been good but up until his last couple of appearance he's been no more reliable than the worst of our bullpen.
Hopefully, he's turned the corner.
And let's be honest, even big leads don't feel safe with this team yet.
As a previous poster mentioned. BOC's move with Bauer looks absolutely brilliant this morning.
I think the Baur since the extended break they gave him to fix his mechanics is one of the best pitchers in the conference. I’m not digging into before & after stats but if anyone wants to the difference couldn’t be any bigger.
that said, I’m ok with a short outing today & then 4 innings Saturday. We’ve got the rest of the bullpen available today, presumably including an inning or 2 from McPherson.
He pitched with an edge like he was pissed about something ****
Glad the kid made it to campus in the end. And thanks to having one of, if not the biggest dik agents in Boras. Which probably scared most teams with the asking price he wanted
We had a 5 run lead, shouldn't have needed Davis or Webb either. Just seemed odd to me with the lead we had at that point in the game with 2 more to play and a TBD for Staturday's game. It definitely worked out, seemed like we could've gambled with one or two of the other arms and saved him, Davis and Webb. Guess they were wanting to be able to possibly use him twice this weekend.
If they weren't confident in him after LSU, will they ever be?
Last couple of appearances?????
He came back from the month long absence on 3/24 vs USM. Since his return, he's thrown 16.1 innings over 8 appearances and only surrender 3 earned runs. That's a 1.65 era in that span making him the most reliable guy out of the pen during the 2nd half of the season,not just a "couple appearances".
Let's ignore the fact that if they went to a less reliable arm and it backfired, ya'll would be calling him a moron. If there are 6 games left and you are trying to win 3, why would you gamble? In this league you do what it takes to win the games you can win.
Yeah his ERA in conference play is outstanding.
We had a 5 run lead when he came in. We catastrophically blew a 5 run lead in Austin not even a week ago. Not screwing around was the right call.
That's why I was confused when Butch pulled his starter. Was he unaware of last Sunday's cluster 17?
The only thing I could figure was either he was on a hard pitch count since he was on two days shortened rest, or the ground ball he took off his leg was affecting him more than it seemed at first.
I thought he was starting to settle in a little bit and figured they’d try to at least get 3 or 4 innings out of him.
Yeah, I wasn't the least bit comfortable last night until Frei popped that one out to right. Felt like we could hold 8-1.
We didn’t have Charlie freaking Foster on the mound last night.
