Outstanding weekend

[Bulldog from Birth]

To go 2-1 against this level of competition with 2 of our top 3 starters on the shelf is an outstanding start to the season.

 

[wsjmsu75]

Absolutely.

 

[wsjmsu75]

Now, hook em Horns!!

 

[Seinfeld]

Couldn’t agree more. With 2 of your 3 weekend guys out, I’d have been thrilled with 2-1 even against mediocre competition, and I’m pretty sure that these Texas teams were anything but mediocre.

I’m also cautiously optimistic about our hitting which was the big question mark for me heading into the season. Some of our younger guys showed some real promise

 

[WrapItDog]

Lemonis said in the post game 5 of our Top 12 pitchers weren't on the trip to Arlington

 

[Bulldog from Birth]

We look like a really really good team. But this year may be as good as the SEC has ever been. That is my only fear in all of this. I’m expecting Omaha to be at least 3 from the SEC and maybe as many as 5 teams. If I had to guess, I bet there are 4 there. There are going to be some really good teams that go 13-17 or 14-16 in-conference this year.

 

[The Peeper]

I'm happy, BUT, I'm concerned that we walked a bunch of batters, hit another bunch, and had too many wild pitches and passed balls. For a weekend opening tournament it's 2 good wins though

 

[8dog]

So is that Stinnet, Rokose, Simmons, Forrester and Cerantola? Just thinking about who we didnt see.

 

[johnson86-1]

I'm happy, BUT, I'm concerned that we walked a bunch of batters, hit another bunch, and had too many wild pitches and passed balls. For a weekend opening tournament it's 2 good wins though

That could definitely be killer, but I'm not going to be worried about that showing up in the first weekend after having a shortened season last year.

 

[Mobile Bay]

Now, hook em Horns!!

For real. The new D1 Baseball poll is some weapons grade ********.

 

[muddawgs]

So is that Stinnet, Rokose, Simmons, Forrester and Cerantola? Just thinking about who we didnt see.

Forrester pitched Sunday

 

[bruiser.sixpack]

Scored 21 runs in the series against 3 Top 10 Opponents. Not to shabby.

 

[IBleedMaroonDawg]

For real. The new D1 Baseball poll is some weapons grade ********.

Very true but I'd rather have a top 8 ranking in late April.

 

[Dawgg]

I'm happy, BUT, I'm concerned that we walked a bunch of batters, hit another bunch, and had too many wild pitches and passed balls. For a weekend opening tournament it's 2 good wins though

Was the Big12 strikezone as variable and incongruent on television as it was in person?

 

[basedawg]

So is that Stinnet, Rokose, Simmons, Forrester and Cerantola? Just thinking about who we didnt see.

Cade Smith one of the five.

 

[Xenomorph]

And Bednar didn’t pitch.

 

[ZombieKissinger]

We gave up some walks today, but we have to have one of the strongest pitching staffs in the country. Hit pretty well up and down the lineup too. Definitely looking like a team that'll keep it's Twitter comments open

 

[fishwater99]

Come on Texas beat those #1 Rebels...

 

[karlchilders.sixpack]

Don't look good there.

 

[oxfordrebel22]

To go 2-1 against this level of competition with 2 of our top 3 starters on the shelf is an outstanding start to the season.

I agree. People that don’t follow it closely won’t realize it, but even though you were the only SEC team to lose, you may have had the best showing, in my opinion.

Big picture, I truly think the 3 SEC teams in that tournament, plus Florida and Vandy, may be the best 5 teams in the country. And I’m not being hyperbolic.

 

[karlchilders.sixpack]

Think Fla was No1

going into the weekend.

But that is preseason speculation.

So they are expected to be good.

 

[wsjmsu75]

I agree. People that don’t follow it closely won’t realize it, but even though you were the only SEC team to lose, you may have had the best showing, in my opinion.

Big picture, I truly think the 3 SEC teams in that tournament, plus Florida and Vandy, may be the best 5 teams in the country. And I’m not being hyperbolic.

How good is LSU supposed to be this year?

 

[oxfordrebel22]

How good is LSU supposed to be this year?

I really don’t know. They’re LSU, they’ll always be talented, but I don’t think they’re at either of our levels. But, SEC baseball is always hard to predict.

I know they’ve got a starter (Jaden Hill, I believe?) that projects as a Top 15-20 pick, but I thinks it mostly on traits and not production. I suppose he’s capable of shutting anyone down on a given night.