Starting Pitchers...

[MStateDawg]

Since starting pitching seemed to be the biggest concern coming into the season, I find their performance so far to be encouraging.
Below are the season stats for the 4 guys that have started games for us this season.

	Innings Pitched	Earned Runs	Hits	Strikeouts	Walks	Opp BAvg	ERA
Pico	11.1	1	5	22	0	.135	0.79
Ligon	7.0	1	6	11	3	.222	1.29
Simmons	7.0	1	1	10	6	.050	1.29
Foster*	5.2	1	1	7	5	0.53	1.59

*Fosters numbers include his 2 appearances out of the pen.

Obviously we haven't played the stiffest competition, but regardless these numbers are solid.


Also, the bullpen has been solid as well leading to a team ERA of 2.02:

	Innings Pitched	Earned Runs	Hits	Strikeouts	Walks	Opp BAvg	ERA
Team Totals:	58.0	13	28	82	29	.143	2.02

 

[MSUDC11-2.0]

Pico is a legit weekend starter. I’m less sold on Ligon and Simmons.

 

[OG Goat Holder]

Agree that our strength

 

[ETK99]

Since starting pitching seemed to be the biggest concern coming into the season, I find their performance so far to be encouraging.
Below are the season stats for the 4 guys that have started games for us this season.

	Innings Pitched	Earned Runs	Hits	Strikeouts	Walks	Opp BAvg	ERA
Pico	11.1	1	5	22	0	.135	0.79
Ligon	7.0	1	6	11	3	.222	1.29
Simmons	7.0	1	1	10	6	.050	1.29
Foster*	5.2	1	1	7	5	0.53	1.59

*Fosters numbers include his 2 appearances out of the pen.

Obviously we haven't played the stiffest competition, but regardless these numbers are solid.


Also, the bullpen has been solid as well leading to a team ERA of 2.02:

	Innings Pitched	Earned Runs	Hits	Strikeouts	Walks	Opp BAvg	ERA
Team Totals:	58.0	13	28	82	29	.143	2.02

We've played nobody outside USM, and the jury is still out on them. Not saying starting pitching is bad, but a wait and see situation. Pico looks solid, the rest look like a committee situation so far.

 

[dog99walker]

The committee is doing ok so far, but is there a solid closer?

 

[ronpolk]

We've played nobody outside USM, and the jury is still out on them. Not saying starting pitching is bad, but a wait and see situation. Pico looks solid, the rest look like a committee situation so far.

Missouri State is usually a good team. Is that not the case this year?

 

[MSUDC11-2.0]

Missouri State is usually a good team. Is that not the case this year?

TBD. They went 23-34 last year. Expected to be one of the best teams in their conference this year, but we will see. Definitely better than Manhattan who got run ruled all three games by Charleston Southern this weekend.

 

[Arthur2478]

Missouri State is usually a good team. Is that not the case this year?

D1Baseball.com predicted them to win the Missouri Valley Conference. At worst, they're a solid mid-major.

 

[8dog]

Ligon at 66 pitches to get thru 3 yesterday is not great

 

[She Mate Me]

The committee is doing ok so far, but is there a solid closer

 

[MStateDawg]

Ligon at 66 pitches to get thru 3 yesterday is not great

Not great, but that'll get him into the 5th once pitch counts increase to around 100. If we can get 5 solid innings out of him every Saturday, I'll take it.

 

[WilCoDawg]

TBD. They went 23-34 last year. Expected to be one of the best teams in their conference this year, but we will see. Definitely better than Manhattan who got run ruled all three games by Charleston Southern this weekend.

We broke them.***

 

[Howiefeltersnstch]

I think everything here is TBD. I was disappointed with the Southern game but the team looks decent. Better competition will show more

 

[Treemydawg]

Our pitching is good enough to have a good season if we can get consistent with the bats. Maybe someone in our admin needs to send Gautreau a email asking him to detail what he does at work every week.

 

[Pookieray]

Who's the starting hitters?*** Who's the starting fielders?***

 

[Willow Grove Dawg]

Since starting pitching seemed to be the biggest concern coming into the season, I find their performance so far to be encouraging.
Below are the season stats for the 4 guys that have started games for us this season.

	Innings Pitched	Earned Runs	Hits	Strikeouts	Walks	Opp BAvg	ERA
Pico	11.1	1	5	22	0	.135	0.79
Ligon	7.0	1	6	11	3	.222	1.29
Simmons	7.0	1	1	10	6	.050	1.29
Foster*	5.2	1	1	7	5	0.53	1.59

*Fosters numbers include his 2 appearances out of the pen.

Obviously we haven't played the stiffest competition, but regardless these numbers are solid.


Also, the bullpen has been solid as well leading to a team ERA of 2.02:

	Innings Pitched	Earned Runs	Hits	Strikeouts	Walks	Opp BAvg	ERA
Team Totals:	58.0	13	28	82	29	.143	2.02

We have a Friday guy - after that we don't know any more than we did 3 weeks ago.

 

[msudawg200]

I’m encouraged by Pico and our depth.

I’m discouraged by the number of walks, given the competition. Some of those numbers aren’t sustainable if the walk rate stays where it is (or gets worse as competition improves).

 

[MStateDawg]

I’m encouraged by Pico and our depth.

Completely agree.

I’m discouraged by the number of walks, given the competition.

11 of our 29 walks (38%) have come from just 2 pitchers (Simmons & Foster), both of whom I expect have better command as the the season continues

 

[patdog]

Completely agree.


11 of our 29 walks (38%) have come from just 2 pitchers (Simmons & Foster), both of whom I expect have better command as the the season continues

They're also 22% of our innings pitched. So yeah, they're the biggest offenders, but there are several guys with fewer innings and almost as many walks. Of course, it's early and small sample size. But it's got to be a concern.

 

[Bulldog45]

Stoppers and closers are 2 different things correct? Or seems like they were back in the day when MLB players tried to hit > .300.