We have more players than we can put in the field. Colton Ledbetter is the real deal. Hunter went out of the park. Kellen hit a rope off the wall for a triple. Dakota Jordan hit a ball to left, over the Lounge area. Amani Larry is new, ok and can hit and field. It comes down to pitching, like it did last year. If we pitch well, we win, a lot. No Landon. No Self. No Moreland.
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If it comes down to pitching, we are screwed. Because, every SEC West pitching staff is better. Same song as last year, different verse.
Pitching as whole is ok. It's deeper and better than was available last year. Starting pitching is a question. It's not dominating starting pitching. We don't have a high level starter.
Baseball is kind of like women’s basketball to me. Only worth following/caring about when we are good. We won’t be good.
Don’t get me wrong. A day at the Dude in mid to late spring can’t be beat. But, at this point in my life, it doesn’t matter if we are winning or losing.
Is this satire?
You don’t think Cade Smith or KC Hunt will make a jump? Of course they will. Someone always does.
Everybody gets a year older, and no one ever accounts for it.
Then why put the jerseys on?
It's January, for Magnum's Sake!
I guess it is outlandish to think we might have improved as well?
Why do I click on baseball threads before March, thinking I might want to read it instead of slitting my wrists two posts in?
They're not power arms that will dominate. But they can pitch. That's not a knock, but also they aren't a Bednar or Sims.
Dohm topped out at 98 mph. He's going to be big time. Kohn improved and throws a little harder.
We've got a lot of arms.
I don’t think our pitching is good enough for us to make a deep run or win it all, but I expect us to be much improved. I think we’re a borderline host team, lean toward us being a 2 seed in a road Regional.
Location is the key, especially in college. Jeff Brantley is one of the best pitchers we've ever had and he rarely hit 90. But he had great command of his pitches. Last year we had way too many guys that could not put the ball where they wanted for whatever reason. They were either walking folks or grooving pitches and that gets you beat no matter the velocity. We need to see a big improvement there for us to have a significantly better pitching staff this year.
