playactionpass39 Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 15 minutes ago, WETSU said: Arkansas and A&M are a wash at pitching man... Arkansas has a little more proven starters, A&M has a little deeper bullpen. Both will be stellar staffs. Although both will rely on some Freshman arms to an extent, I think A&M's success as a staff is a little too reliant on those Freshman. I think Arkansas is deeper and more experienced. I'm not taking anything away from A&M, and I know Rob is a heckuva a Pitching coach, but I just think Arkansas has an advantage here and will be better on the mound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lhornfan Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 19 hours ago, MavGrad99 said: Baseball in the South... if I remember correctly, weren’t the majority of the teams in Omaha from the south? And in other "water is wet" news, the top NCAA hockey teams come from the North. Sorry, I couldn't resist seeing how we are days from starting the season and much of the North is shoveling snow or dealing with temperatures with highs in the 30s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coach Rab Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 Just now, Lhornfan said: And in other "water is wet" news, the top NCAA hockey teams come from the North. Sorry, I couldn't resist seeing how we are days from starting the season and much of the North is shoveling snow or dealing with temperatures with highs in the 30s. we aren't much warmer... although we don't have that frozen water mess to deal with... I've always been curious on what schools in those regions do to start the baseball season... I would start off with as many away trips down south as possible in pre-conference play and host the last half of it before conference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WETSU Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 1 hour ago, playactionpass39 said: Although both will rely on some Freshman arms to an extent, I think A&M's success as a staff is a little too reliant on those Freshman. I think Arkansas is deeper and more experienced. I'm not taking anything away from A&M, and I know Rob is a heckuva a Pitching coach, but I just think Arkansas has an advantage here and will be better on the mound. I’ll take that bet lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyFootball Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 1 hour ago, playactionpass39 said: Although both will rely on some Freshman arms to an extent, I think A&M's success as a staff is a little too reliant on those Freshman. I think Arkansas is deeper and more experienced. I'm not taking anything away from A&M, and I know Rob is a heckuva a Pitching coach, but I just think Arkansas has an advantage here and will be better on the mound. That's my line of thinking... Coach Childress always tinkers with the rotation until he gets it right. Last year he put in the original Saturday starter, Mitchell Kilkenny, in the closing role and put the closer, Corbin Martin, in the Saturday starting role. Both worked out well. He also let John Doxakis into the bullpen where he did a lot better... This year, it looks like Kilkenny is back in the rotation, at least to start the season. I'm interested to see how our rotation looks come SEC play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
playactionpass39 Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 17 hours ago, WETSU said: I’ll take that bet lol Not sure I mentioned a bet, but I've been known to gamble a little. What's the wager? Most wins? Lowest ERA? Better WHIP? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WETSU Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 9 minutes ago, playactionpass39 said: Not sure I mentioned a bet, but I've been known to gamble a little. What's the wager? Most wins? Lowest ERA? Better WHIP? I know you weren’t betting. I just meant I think A&M finishes with a better overall team ERA. Not just the starters but bullpen. I agree that Arkansas might edge them out in the starters, but I think A&M has a top 3 bullpen in the game this year. So my bet would be A&M finishes with a lower team era. Arkansas starters get more wins. Arkansas gets a slight edge in WHIP because I think A&M walks a few more guys but gets out of jams better and keeps the era down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
playactionpass39 Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 I will take a bet on team ERA, but I would rather it be in SEC games only because Arkansas has the bloody toughest schedule in the nation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyFootball Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 5 hours ago, WETSU said: I know you weren’t betting. I just meant I think A&M finishes with a better overall team ERA. Not just the starters but bullpen. I agree that Arkansas might edge them out in the starters, but I think A&M has a top 3 bullpen in the game this year. So my bet would be A&M finishes with a lower team era. Arkansas starters get more wins. Arkansas gets a slight edge in WHIP because I think A&M walks a few more guys but gets out of jams better and keeps the era down. A&M may have a strong bullpen now, but you have to remember how much Coach Childress tinkers with the pitching. We may have a guy in the bullpen shift to the starting role and vice versa. Also, A&M pitchers generally don't walk batters. Coach Childress is extremely tight about that. I know we had a couple of rough seasons in there, but last year our pitchers issued only 213 walks compared to the 246 that our opponents did. That's 3.3 per game, or about 1 every 3 innings or so. Not our best by any means, but still really good. Dude, looking back to the Wacha/Stripling days of 2012, we issued only 138 walks in 61 games . That's only 2.25 walks per game. Further, Wacha only allowed 17 walks all year in 15 starts. No wonder he's in the big leagues now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ETXfan16 Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 17 hours ago, JohnnyFootball said: A&M may have a strong bullpen now, but you have to remember how much Coach Childress tinkers with the pitching. We may have a guy in the bullpen shift to the starting role and vice versa. Also, A&M pitchers generally don't walk batters. Coach Childress is extremely tight about that. I know we had a couple of rough seasons in there, but last year our pitchers issued only 213 walks compared to the 246 that our opponents did. That's 3.3 per game, or about 1 every 3 innings or so. Not our best by any means, but still really good. Dude, looking back to the Wacha/Stripling days of 2012, we issued only 138 walks in 61 games . That's only 2.25 walks per game. Further, Wacha only allowed 17 walks all year in 15 starts. No wonder he's in the big leagues now. Wacha was a straight menace in high school too (in a good way). My knees were a little shaky in the box when I had to face him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyFootball Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 18 hours ago, ETXfan16 said: Wacha was a straight menace in high school too (in a good way). My knees were a little shaky in the box when I had to face him. I remember at A&M he threw 93-94 well into the 6th and 7th innings. Was he throwing that fast in HS? If so I'd be intimidated as all Hell too. Even when he first got to A&M as a freshman, he was dominant. He had several wins, a few losses in games that got away from him... But man that dude was a standout even as a freshman. By the time he was a Sophomore, he was one of the strongest in the game. Had 2 wins in 2 starts in the regional and easily dispatched of Florida State in the Super Regional deciding game to send us to Omaha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegreatbambino Posted February 17, 2018 Author Share Posted February 17, 2018 Texas 3 Louisiana Lafayette 0 Final Texas pitcher Nolan Kingham went 8 shutout innings with 10 K's on just 89 pitches. JUCO transfer Masen Hibbeler with 3 hits in his debut. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustAFan11 Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 Texas gives up 2 runs in the top of the 9th but ties it up in the bottom half and sophomore Austin Todd blasts a 2-run walkoff HR! Horns take game 2, 5-3 and win the series. Will go for the sweep tomorrow at noon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WETSU Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 A&M got a little Olsen Magic today scoring 2 in the 9th to win 4-3 and take the series vs Rhode Island. Going for the sweep tomorrow. Pitching has been solid but hitting must get better if this team wants to make it back to Omaha. They struggled today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustAFan11 Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 Saw Texas dropped the series finale to Lafayette, 2-1. Nice series win on opening weekend. Texas has Lamar in a midweek game before heading to Baton Rouge for a weekend series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ETXfan16 Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 On 2/16/2018 at 3:16 AM, JohnnyFootball said: I remember at A&M he threw 93-94 well into the 6th and 7th innings. Was he throwing that fast in HS? If so I'd be intimidated as all Hell too. Even when he first got to A&M as a freshman, he was dominant. He had several wins, a few losses in games that got away from him... But man that dude was a standout even as a freshman. By the time he was a Sophomore, he was one of the strongest in the game. Had 2 wins in 2 starts in the regional and easily dispatched of Florida State in the Super Regional deciding game to send us to Omaha. He was definitely low 90's consistently in HS. Pleasant Grove had some really good teams then. His brother was a good ball player too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ETXfan16 Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 DBU swept Monmouth this weekend. 7-4, 5-3, 15-4. A good start for the Patriots. They'll go to Baylor on Tuesday and Clemson this weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topher805 Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 SFA starts season 0-4 with losses to UTRGV and Central Michigan. Next up trip to Texas A&M. Fun.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
playactionpass39 Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 Arkansas sweeps Bucknell Game 1 - 14-2 ( 1 HR hit, 0 earned runs given up) Game 2 - 32-4 (5 HR's hit, 4 earned runs given up) Game 3 - 3-1 (1 Hr, 1 earned run) Not bad for the opening weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegreatbambino Posted February 19, 2018 Author Share Posted February 19, 2018 Texas preseason schedule is tough Notable series 2/23-25 @LSU (3 games) 3/8-11 Stanford (4 games) 3/13&14 Arkansas (2 games) 4 game set with Stanford, then turn right around for a 2 game set against Arkansas is brutal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coach Rab Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 The young LSU Tiger baseball team went 1-2 vs Notre Dame and dropped their ranking to 16th/22nd/23rd in the National Polls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DB2point0 Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 4 hours ago, thegreatbambino said: Texas preseason schedule is tough Notable series 2/23-25 @LSU (3 games) 3/8-11 Stanford (4 games) 3/13&14 Arkansas (2 games) 4 game set with Stanford, then turn right around for a 2 game set against Arkansas is brutal. Tough oOC scheduling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyFootball Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 The A&M vs SFA game tomorrow may not be played. Bad, bad weather headed this way and supposed to persist all day/night tomorrow. At best the game would be rescheduled. Might miss a game or two this weekend as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coach Rab Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 13 minutes ago, JohnnyFootball said: The A&M vs SFA game tomorrow may not be played. Bad, bad weather headed this way and supposed to persist all day/night tomorrow. At best the game would be rescheduled. Might miss a game or two this weekend as well. Its a southern moving storm... its going to start here sometime tonight and persist through Friday night/ Saturday morning... its one of those crappy ones that causes a lot of flooding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topher805 Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 1 hour ago, JohnnyFootball said: The A&M vs SFA game tomorrow may not be played. Bad, bad weather headed this way and supposed to persist all day/night tomorrow. One could only hope... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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