Lost in all the drama..

[57stratdawg]

Blaylock needs to see the rubber every week from here on out. He looked damn good tonight and on Tuesday.

 

[engie]

But all the dubmass tinkering where the coach gave up and did a bunch of stupid stuff where there was no threat of any of it sticking******

I agree. Seems we might have found something there. And we're going to need it because the previously reliable arms in our pen are all showing signs of fatigue. I wish we were already done with the midweek personally. Got a bunch of guys needing 4 or 5 days of rest.

 

[gymdawg.sixpack]

Disagree...most his stuff was flat and would get stroked vs good hitying teams. Bama batters were tired and it was clear coach told him he needed not get cute, just throw strikes. Im glad he did his job but i dont think you'll continue to see significant success from him

 

[engie]

Flat strike > moving ball

Half of the available bullpen right now isn't giving us significant success. In fact, they are regularly crumbling under pressure. That's why the ones that have been rock solid all along are on the edge of really running into trouble now because they are fatigued from pitching in every game. We can't be done with playing midweek games soon enough.

 

[8dog]

Also lost is that i think vansau thought there was one out on the pop up to the pitcher. He went back to third and was very late breaking to home. We do it in all ways

 

[57stratdawg]

If Blaylock can give us 3 innings a weekend and Mangum can get back on the hill, it would incredibly welcomed. I don't think we're going to find many innings out of Ford and Mahoney.

I'm guessing Rigby isn't returning. At one point there was a late May timeframe.

 

[Willow Grove Dawg]

Blaylock needs to be middle relief mid-week. Ford just cannot throw strikes. Mahoney is throwing BP.

 

[bulldogcountry1]

Disagree...most his stuff was flat and would get stroked vs good hitying teams. Bama batters were tired and it was clear coach told him he needed not get cute, just throw strikes. Im glad he did his job but i dont think you'll continue to see significant success from him

So, the coach told him to just throw strikes, he did exactly that, but he probably won't be successful?

 

[ReadyReady]

It's remarkable

that Bama appeared to run out of pitching before we did last night. Hats off to Blaylock, and he'll surely keep getting opportunities.

 

[gymdawg.sixpack]

Exactly. If thats what he has try throwing that stuff next week and see if he gets a single out before being yanked.
Dude his stuff crossed the plate, thats about all you can say about his pitches. He could pitch mid-relief vs bama and swac schools but not much more.

 

[engie]

You'll have to excuse me if I can't take an overall assessment of a guy that as of a week ago had thrown 7.2 live innings since the start of his varsity career at Desoto Central 4.5 seasons ago seriously. He may not be elite right now -- but he was better than 3 or 4 of the other relievers we ran out there.

 

[Hoover Dawg]

Flat strike > moving ball

Half of the available bullpen right now isn't giving us significant success. In fact, they are regularly crumbling under pressure. That's why the ones that have been rock solid all along are on the edge of really running into trouble now because they are fatigued from pitching in every game. We can't be done with playing midweek games soon enough.

Bring on the Tommy John

 

[57stratdawg]

Yeah, he's only got to be better than our alternatives.

 

[Joe Mayo]

Really Engie? Yea Cann knew Tuesday that he needed to get Blaylock some work because on Friday in a double header he would use every arm on the team and Blaylock would be pitcher number 11 in the game. His plan worked out just like he envisioned it on Tuesday and it's why Blaylock got work in.

Notice in game 3 against Bama where we were no hit through 5 innings and showed no fire or passion he didn't go to the pitchers as subs for position players. Yea that's cause he would never do that in an SEC game and it's why it was pointless.

Did our guys look any different to you from the "message" that was sent Tuesday? We had won 10 of 12 SEC games when the valuable lesson was taught on Tuesday haha.

 

[engie]

True or false -- we lose game 3 with either of the last 2 pitchers performing how they were prior to Blaylock coming in and stopping the bleeding?

True or false -- we don't attempt to go to him there -- had we not gotten pissed off Tuesday night and already done it and found that he had potential?

You don't have to write so much. A simple "it looks like you may have very well been right again, engie" would have sufficed.

 

[Joe Mayo]

So you think Tuesday night he told Blaylock to go to the mound having never thrown before in practice?

I'm sure Blaylock has thrown a few pens before in practice and probably would of been called on even if it weren't for Tuesday because we had no other choice. Ford couldn't throw strikes and there was no one left.

 

[512taylor]

Exactly. If thats what he has try throwing that stuff next week and see if he gets a single out before being yanked.
Dude his stuff crossed the plate, thats about all you can say about his pitches. He could pitch mid-relief vs bama and swac schools but not much more.

I prefer to be much more optimistic, but maybe that's just the way I was brought up.

 

[birdawg]

You missed the point. The message was to bring intensity to midweek games.

 

[mcdawg22]

True or false -- we lose game 3 with either of the last 2 pitchers performing how they were prior to Blaylock coming in and stopping the bleeding?

True or false -- we don't attempt to go to him there -- had we not gotten pissed off Tuesday night and already done it and found that he had potential?

You don't have to write so much. A simple "it looks like you may have very well been right again, engie" would have sufficed.

Am I the only one envisioning Dwight Schrute reading this post. False Bears, Beets, Baseball, Battlestar Galactica

 

[KurtRambis4]

I thought the team

Showed plenty of life that night. Just because a pitcher is throwing well doesn't mean the other team is lifeless.