Looks like Lemonhead forgot to get pitching from the portal
- Thread starter ExtremeDog
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Not sure how you could watch today’s game and not be concerned. We went through 5 pitchers today where most wouldn’t have sniffed the mound on any other SEC team. It’s beyond concerning.
Correction. Today told us all we need to know.
We know that the pitchers we've seen in the last two days should not be in the SEC.
Yes. When you blow a 9 run lead to a garbage team who has 7 hits on the day, it tells you a lot.
When your pitching staff can’t throw strikes and you have Will Rogers behind the plate it is very concerning.
Same here about pitching. It disturbs me that our pitchers don’t throw strikes. Example-KC Hunt threw 61 pitches; only 21 were strikes. You can’t blame this many misses on the umpires tight plate. VMI, as smart as Vandy boys, simply started to ‘take’ and they got on base. It was good coaching on their part. It was the opposite for us. That is what concerns me. VMI recognized a glaring hole-catching and pitching, and exploited our weakness.
What was bad that the majority of the called balls were nowhere near the strike zone.
I agree with you but there is certainly cause for concern. Today will either become the norm or an exception. Given last year we couldn’t throw strikes, it’s certainly reasonable to be worried. One thing I do know for sure, Hancock needs to be a DH. Under no circumstances should a college catcher allow 11 stolen bases.
During fall practice and practice leading up to the season word was the pitching was not very good at all. So far they’ve proven that to be true.
Yeah… I think it’s becoming clear that when evaluating pitchers we value arm talent (velocity or big movement) over control. I don’t know if the coaches think they can fix it but they would probably do to recruit guys that can throw strikes. Nothing wrong with taking a few guys like cerentola and seeing if it pans out but seems like we got a pitching staff full of them.
The record at Indiana is the predictor for me. 35 or so wins. Mediocre. Selmon will have to be sat down and have it explained to him just how critical it is to get the next hire right. No more swings and misses on head coach targets.
Cohen was the reason we missed on the big targets last time. Polk was wrong about Raffo, but he was dead right about Cohen
I didn't mean for my post to sound Pollyanna-ish. I have concerns - I just am not one to panic and flush the season and the team after the first weekend (no matter what happens today).
I think so. They are all obsessed with velo now. It's like they never learned to actually pitch.
It’s not just two games. It’s our staff doing the same thing they did all last year and in the scrimmages. Against one of the worst teams we will play. It’s the continuation of a pattern. Don’t forget we finished a CWS with just 4 pitchers bc 2 of our early season starters completely went mental. Something is bad wrong.
There were not a lot of backup plans out there. And the portal is new so the mere fact we needed it so badly is just another huge question mark for this staff.
As bad as that looks, I think 11 stolen bases is even worse. The more you look at all rise stats, the worse they look. We need to make some changes right now.
He was there 4 years and took them to 3 NCAA tourneys and 40 wins his last year. Far from terrible at a school definitely not historically known for baseball.
I won't judge him for that, but he's got a serious job in front of him this season.
I'm as nervous about today's game as a long tailed cat in a room full of occupied rockin' chairs. Someone tell me why I shouldn't be.