Weekend rotation set yet?
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Cohen is waiting to decide on sunday to see how rhode island fairs vs a lefty and a right to decide who to throw.
Cohen basically is going to base the Sunday starter on how they hit Routt. If they hit him well, it will be a RH pitcher, likely one of the freshmen. (What a limb I went out on there since about half of our pitching staff is Freshmen)
I'll go ahead and speculate Kendall Graveman, but since I don't think they are likely to hit Routt well, it will be Whitney in all likelihood.
I'll go ahead and speculate Kendall Graveman, but since I don't think they are likely to hit Routt well, it will be Whitney in all likelihood.
msu21 said:
Whitney is the guy that threw 150 pitches last year. But, since it's so early in the season, he will be on a pitch count- probably 80 pitches or so. I'll be unhappy if it takes him four innings to throw 80 pitches. We're going to see a lot of pitchers this weekend- probably almost all of them regardless.
When we play a SWAC team- which happens four times this year, I definately think that Cohen will start a freshman. It makes sense.
Now, the rest of the midweek games, and this may be crazy, but I would not be shocked at all if Devin Jones starts some of the midweek games. I know that he is going to be our closer during the weekend at least. But with so many umproven guys on the staff, and the fact that our midweek games could be really important to us as far as going to the postseason, and the fact that Devin Jones has starting experience, it really wouldn't shock me. Especially in games like the Gov. Cup, USM, and maybe even some of the C-USA teams like Memphis, UAB, and good mid major teams like South Alabama.
Now, that said, I think IF Cohen does that, Jones will be on a pitch count. I don't think Cohen will want him to pitch nine innings, but maybe four, five innings max. I think that strategy will kind of depend on how the rest of the bullpen stacks up- but I think that Corey Collins, Greg Houston, and Ben Bracewell will step up and be OK and I think that group is capable of finishing a game against a midweek opponent, with maybe a freshman mixed in there from time to time.
How would that affect Jones availability on the weekend? Well, normally, if he pitches on Tuesday, he would automatically have two days of rest after that. The one exception would be the game in Pearl against USM, which is on a Weds. I suspect that Routt will be the Fri. starter, and right now he is the most likely pitcher we have to pitch a complete game. Even if he doesn't - and he won't EVERY time- we can still throw someone like one of the guys that I mentioned, and they should be fairly fresh for Friday. Jones could then come back on Sat., and potentially pitch one inning on Fri. if we needed him to.
Won't that burn him out? If we handle it right, I don't think so. Remember, we have several weeks where we play a SWAC team, and probably won't need Devin for those games, and there are also a few weeks where we have no midweek game scheduled, which would allow him to rest as well. We're talking about seven-eight starts max. Plus, Jones has been groomed as a starter, so it shouldn't be a huge adjustment for him.
We'll see what Cohen does with it- this would be a good week to see how it works with UAB on Tues, and then Southeast Louisiana on next weekend, which is another team that we won't likely have to have Devin Jones for on Fri. at least and still be OK.
The other option is a committee of freshmen pitchers midweek- which may work as long as someone (CC Watson? Luke Bole?) steps up. I don't think Cohen is going to give the freshmen a real long leash to screw up, and we could see some games with seven or eight guys pitching in them depending on what happens.
Now, the rest of the midweek games, and this may be crazy, but I would not be shocked at all if Devin Jones starts some of the midweek games. I know that he is going to be our closer during the weekend at least. But with so many umproven guys on the staff, and the fact that our midweek games could be really important to us as far as going to the postseason, and the fact that Devin Jones has starting experience, it really wouldn't shock me. Especially in games like the Gov. Cup, USM, and maybe even some of the C-USA teams like Memphis, UAB, and good mid major teams like South Alabama.
Now, that said, I think IF Cohen does that, Jones will be on a pitch count. I don't think Cohen will want him to pitch nine innings, but maybe four, five innings max. I think that strategy will kind of depend on how the rest of the bullpen stacks up- but I think that Corey Collins, Greg Houston, and Ben Bracewell will step up and be OK and I think that group is capable of finishing a game against a midweek opponent, with maybe a freshman mixed in there from time to time.
How would that affect Jones availability on the weekend? Well, normally, if he pitches on Tuesday, he would automatically have two days of rest after that. The one exception would be the game in Pearl against USM, which is on a Weds. I suspect that Routt will be the Fri. starter, and right now he is the most likely pitcher we have to pitch a complete game. Even if he doesn't - and he won't EVERY time- we can still throw someone like one of the guys that I mentioned, and they should be fairly fresh for Friday. Jones could then come back on Sat., and potentially pitch one inning on Fri. if we needed him to.
Won't that burn him out? If we handle it right, I don't think so. Remember, we have several weeks where we play a SWAC team, and probably won't need Devin for those games, and there are also a few weeks where we have no midweek game scheduled, which would allow him to rest as well. We're talking about seven-eight starts max. Plus, Jones has been groomed as a starter, so it shouldn't be a huge adjustment for him.
We'll see what Cohen does with it- this would be a good week to see how it works with UAB on Tues, and then Southeast Louisiana on next weekend, which is another team that we won't likely have to have Devin Jones for on Fri. at least and still be OK.
The other option is a committee of freshmen pitchers midweek- which may work as long as someone (CC Watson? Luke Bole?) steps up. I don't think Cohen is going to give the freshmen a real long leash to screw up, and we could see some games with seven or eight guys pitching in them depending on what happens.
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