re: 2017 Fightin Texas Aggie Baseball

I desperately want one of those white hats from today's uniform

Ags Win, 3-1.

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Trouble is outside the context of a baseball game, nobody would know what it meant.

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Is that a bad thing?

A few random thoughts

The finish:
We have 16 games left. 13 in the SEC & 3 vs weak midweek teams.
We're been good for years vs weaker midweek teams. Losing to UTA is the outlier. I think it is safe prediction 3-0. 2-1 at worst. The only "easy" game left in the SEC slate is tomorrow's match up with UT. @Mizzou is trending down. We may consider them "easy" as well. If we take care of them and split or near split vs the good teams we'll finish 8-5 or 6-7.

That leaves a range of about 39-17 (18-12) to 36-20 (16-14) without us falling apart or staying hot when the competition gets better. If we finish on the higher range, I think it is safe to say we're right on the bubble with a little work to do in the SEC tourney to secure a host spot. If we're on the low end, we may need to win it all or at least make the finals to host. Crazy to think this isn't a crazy thought after the early conference slump.


One of the reasons for the midseason improvement? RC's moves with our pitchers. The combo of Martin to the weekend, Killkenny to the pen, and the return of Larkins has been huge.

Martin's stats as a starter in weekend play.
UT: 8 IP, 1 ER, W
BAM: 7 IP, 1 ER, W
AUB: 3 IP, 3 ER, ND
LSU: 8 IP, 3 ER, W
VAN: 4 IP, 0 ER, ND
Total in SEC Play: 30 IP, 2.40 ERA, 4-0

That is plain studly. Exactly what we needed in our #2.

Now lets take a look at Killkenny to the closers role
UT: 1 IP, 0 ER, S
UT: 2 IP, 1 ER, W
BAM: 1.1 IP, 1 ER, S
AUB: 1 IP, 0 ER, S
AUB: 2.1 IP, 0 ER, S
LSU: 1 IP, 0 ER, S
LSU: 1 IP, 0 ER
VAN: 1.1 IP, 0 ER, S
Total in SEC in the closer's role: 11 IP, 1.64 ERA, 1-0 with 5 Saves

He's not overpowering or breaking you off with an unhittable breaking pitch, but he seems to be excelling.

Yall know what Sunday going for the sweep means.




Here is the DP, ff79

My word that was another beautiful double play

Kolek is on fire. 11 K's, best all year for Aggie pitchers. Other than the back-to-back doubles earlier he has been nails.

Sweep would have been nice, but it's nice to keep winning consecutive series.

Our RPI took a hit. It'll count a lot more on the road this weekend if we win.

really need to get larkins going if we're gonna make a postseason run