I am all for having a positive outlook on the rest of the season. However, Gunner started 4 games for us this year (Texas, Maryland, LMU, and Little Rock). We only won one of those games (LMU). Even with Gunner, we were losing. Let's not lose sight of the fact that we started poorly more because of poor play with bad offense, atrocious defensive errors, and up and down pitching rather than injuries.
Thanks for doing the legwork.
The difference between this year and last year is, this team has a lot higher ceiling. We are seeing players getting better (Hayden/Lott/Spears/Orynn/Loch maybe emerging) and we have he arms (if we can just figure out a way to stay healthy and consistent with a rotation.
I’d rather the offense be producing and the pitching be the work in progress. I trust Free and Tony to fix the pitching when it matters most.
We haven’t had this many options on the mound since 2015. While young, and inexperienced in the pen, the talent is definitely there. I say leave Gunner in the closing role and give the guys confidence on the back end. If he’s ready in the postseason, bring him back to anchor the starting rotation.
In the meantime, GORILLA BALL
I agree with all of that, but let’s also remember that we went Toe to Toe with Texas for 3 games. I think the ceiling is higher than some might believe. We’ve yet to see what we can do when fully healthy, set rotation, bullpen with defined roles, and Wells’ hitting system firmly in place.
Going 5-1 doesn’t really mean dlck to me, I’m just relaying what I’ve been seeing the last 2 weeks. I believe we are starting to see the building blocks get set in place. My question is, will the jump off pad be ready to go by the time conference tourney starts...
The interesting thing about that Texas series is that if Breaux wouldn't have let that ball go under his glove, we would have taken that Saturday game and I think this whole season would have been different with the confidence from winning that series on the first weekend. But, no use playing woulda, coulda, shoulda. Let's hope some consistency sticks with how they have played recently.
I don't care about tonight or tomorrow as much as I would love to sweep South Al.
As much as I don't care about midweek games at this point. We so streaky we need momentum going into weekends.
This is very good analysis. We only have two senior pitchers. We have four freshmen who really have promise. Wells' system is starting to pay off and anyone who thought it should have happened right away wasn't being reasonable. And, if the draft doesn't bite us, we have a couple of premier arms that will be joining us for next season.
Robe and Freeman will develop the pitchers. Wells' system will work.
Here comes the spin doctor. "All is well. Remain calm."
We don't have to worry about the draft biting us. We have enough seniors leaving that will bite us. Four seniors started last night. Three juniors started last night (Lott, Spears, and Breaux). If Lott is drafted anywhere, he's gone. Lochridge started last night. He won't be back next year. That's 6 guys in the every day lineup that will be gone next year and only 1 would be lost via the draft.
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