We have a few issues that need to be ironed out and we will start winning. We should be 4-2 in SEC...but Cohen, as much as I like the intense bastard, is 17ing killing us.
1. The lineup.
It's time to quit with the experiments, and quit with the matchups. For the love of God, please do not ever DH Tyler Fullerton again. I would rather have Porter or Detz bat blind folded against a lefty than to see Fullerton at the plate while those two are on the bench. And pinch hitting Frost when Porter is over there? I'm so beyond frustrated that all I can do is laugh. Get your head out of your *** Cohen, and get your best hitters in the lineup.
No more batting Slauter 4th...no more batting Henderson 5th or 6th....and no more lineups without a Detz or Porter in it. We should have some version of the following lineup, and Henderson and our 3rd baseman should ALWAYS bat 8 & 9.
Frazier, Bradford, Renfroe, Rea, Porter/Detz, Slauter, Pirtle, Norris, Henderson.
2. Evan Mitchell
We have two guys that can start and we can count on....Lindgren and Graveman. It's time to move Graveman to Saturday, and then pitch by committee on Sunday. I don't give a **** if we start Pollo, Gentry, Cox, or whoever....but Evan Mitchell should only be used in desperate situations or midweek games. Experiment failed.
We can beat around the bush all we want, but the biggest issues are things that Cohen can control....the lineup and the rotation. It's time for him to get it right and leave it. Quit out coaching yourself, John. Renfroe reaches base every 17ing at bat...get somebody like Rea, Detz, or Porter behind his *** so we can start getting him in. Putting Rea at 7th and Henderson at 5-6 is dumb as 17, no matter how you look at it. It's really simple, if he will quit over thinking and just get his best guys on the field regardless of which arm they pitch with or which side of the plate they stand on...we will win these 1 run games.
I knew when I saw no Detz, Porter, or Slauter in game 1 that we would likely lose. You can't leave 3 of your top 5 hitters on the bench and expect anything other than a shitfest at the plate....that's what we got.
I also knew that we would have to score several runs in game 2 if we started Mitchell. Well, we started him, he 17ed up AGAIN, and we were unable to score enough runs to come back. Would have helped to have Porter who could have given us a run with 1 swing.....but instead Cohen puts in Frost to pinch hit. Again...stupid as hell. He is not that dumb, he is just trying to "coach" too hard.
That's really it. We have a good team, good hitters, and good pitchers...we just have to play them. In the right positions and in the right spots in the lineup. We'll be fine if Cohen will wake the 17 up.
1. The lineup.
It's time to quit with the experiments, and quit with the matchups. For the love of God, please do not ever DH Tyler Fullerton again. I would rather have Porter or Detz bat blind folded against a lefty than to see Fullerton at the plate while those two are on the bench. And pinch hitting Frost when Porter is over there? I'm so beyond frustrated that all I can do is laugh. Get your head out of your *** Cohen, and get your best hitters in the lineup.
No more batting Slauter 4th...no more batting Henderson 5th or 6th....and no more lineups without a Detz or Porter in it. We should have some version of the following lineup, and Henderson and our 3rd baseman should ALWAYS bat 8 & 9.
Frazier, Bradford, Renfroe, Rea, Porter/Detz, Slauter, Pirtle, Norris, Henderson.
2. Evan Mitchell
We have two guys that can start and we can count on....Lindgren and Graveman. It's time to move Graveman to Saturday, and then pitch by committee on Sunday. I don't give a **** if we start Pollo, Gentry, Cox, or whoever....but Evan Mitchell should only be used in desperate situations or midweek games. Experiment failed.
We can beat around the bush all we want, but the biggest issues are things that Cohen can control....the lineup and the rotation. It's time for him to get it right and leave it. Quit out coaching yourself, John. Renfroe reaches base every 17ing at bat...get somebody like Rea, Detz, or Porter behind his *** so we can start getting him in. Putting Rea at 7th and Henderson at 5-6 is dumb as 17, no matter how you look at it. It's really simple, if he will quit over thinking and just get his best guys on the field regardless of which arm they pitch with or which side of the plate they stand on...we will win these 1 run games.
I knew when I saw no Detz, Porter, or Slauter in game 1 that we would likely lose. You can't leave 3 of your top 5 hitters on the bench and expect anything other than a shitfest at the plate....that's what we got.
I also knew that we would have to score several runs in game 2 if we started Mitchell. Well, we started him, he 17ed up AGAIN, and we were unable to score enough runs to come back. Would have helped to have Porter who could have given us a run with 1 swing.....but instead Cohen puts in Frost to pinch hit. Again...stupid as hell. He is not that dumb, he is just trying to "coach" too hard.
That's really it. We have a good team, good hitters, and good pitchers...we just have to play them. In the right positions and in the right spots in the lineup. We'll be fine if Cohen will wake the 17 up.
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