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Posted on 4/21/26 at 10:43 pm to imjustafatkid
Posted on 4/21/26 at 10:43 pm to imjustafatkid
Just don’t freak out. The team that swept Auburn and Florida, won the OU series and dodged a sweep in Austin is still there. This is a legitimately good team just having a bad run of play.
And UAB is really stinking good and I’m not looking forward to our rematch at Regions. Hell JSU might kill us again too.
And UAB is really stinking good and I’m not looking forward to our rematch at Regions. Hell JSU might kill us again too.
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Posted on 4/22/26 at 6:16 am to Bigbens42
Smyers started and he was a terrible BP arm. Who made the decision to start him. Gave up 7 runs. Some of you keep singing the praises of this team and I am by no means a BB expert. But I do know stats. We have one of the lowest team BA's in the league. We have some of the best ERA among starters, but we do not have enough good relievers outside of a few.
We need to get to the 8th with our starting pitcher and hope Banks and Crowther can shut them down. I am not really sure who the closer is but Banks perhaps? In SEC play these two are the only BP arms under 3. The rest are over 6.
And we have one of the worst fielding teams in the SEC. 60 errors or close to that number.
This tells me we will be lucky to win more than 2 in the SEC tournament.
We need to get to the 8th with our starting pitcher and hope Banks and Crowther can shut them down. I am not really sure who the closer is but Banks perhaps? In SEC play these two are the only BP arms under 3. The rest are over 6.
And we have one of the worst fielding teams in the SEC. 60 errors or close to that number.
This tells me we will be lucky to win more than 2 in the SEC tournament.
This post was edited on 4/22/26 at 6:39 am
Posted on 4/22/26 at 7:46 am to mrbroker
Posted on 4/22/26 at 11:45 am to ChauvinisticPigAttit
Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Night at The Joe. Going to spit out the bad data and move on to the next one.
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Alabama Baseball in the last 8 games:
Record: 2-6
HITTING:
Runs scored: 32
Opp. ERA: 4.00 ERA
Team B/AVG: .200 (53/265)
K’s: 93 (11.63 per game)
BB’s: 34
PITCHING:
Runs allowed: 56
Team ERA: 7.00 ERA
Opp. B/AVG: .286 (76/266)
K’s: 56 (7 per game)
BB’s: 31
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Posted on 4/22/26 at 12:17 pm to Alabama_Fan
One game is an aberration but this is more than one game. Fire em all.
Posted on 4/22/26 at 1:29 pm to Alabama_Fan
OT
Connor Prielipp, the best Alabama pitcher that never was, has been promoted to the big leagues.
Glad we could get that arm fixed up for them.
Roll Tide Wire
Connor Prielipp, the best Alabama pitcher that never was, has been promoted to the big leagues.
Glad we could get that arm fixed up for them.
Roll Tide Wire
Posted on 4/22/26 at 1:35 pm to Freight Joker
Good for him. That's the last true ace we've had, a guy that could step in and be the Friday night starter anywhere in the country.
Hopefully we can hang onto Upchurch for two more years because I think he's got that ceiling
Hopefully we can hang onto Upchurch for two more years because I think he's got that ceiling
Posted on 4/22/26 at 1:44 pm to Bigbens42
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Just don’t freak out. The team that swept Auburn and Florida, won the OU series and dodged a sweep in Austin is still there. This is a legitimately good team just having a bad run of play.
I’m convinced both Auburn and Florida just sucked both series. Auburn could not hit the ball off a tee that weekend — kinda like we’ve looked all year.
Most of our season has been a slump at the plate — going by back to leaving 19 runners on base against Alabama State earlier in the year.
We’ve never been able to manufacture runs and sustain innings, consistently.
We thrive at getting runners on base and then, K, K, F8.
We struck out nine times last night to avoid double digit strikeouts for four consecutive games. Pretty sure we’ve struck out 65+/- times in the last 6 games or something close.
We do have one of the best starting rotations (overall) that we’ve had in the last decade or so. They can keep us in games most of the time but get little run support.
So basically, over the halfway mark in conference play
Pitching = above average
Hitting = below average
Fielding = terrible
Posted on 4/22/26 at 1:46 pm to Riseupfromtherubble
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Hopefully we can hang onto Upchurch for two more years because I think he's got that ceiling
Upchurch could absolutely be the best Friday starter we’ve had in 20 or so years. I don’t count Prielipp.
Posted on 4/22/26 at 2:10 pm to Freight Joker
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Hitting = below average
Fielding = terrible
The hitting is terrible. We have two players batting over .300 and one of them leads the team in strikeouts.
We watch everything on the outside corner because Lebron is the only guy that's ever been comfortable going the other way.
Papio is clearly not a great hitting coach, but he played under Vaughn and has been with him for years, so I doubt he's going anywhere
Posted on 4/22/26 at 2:47 pm to Riseupfromtherubble
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The hitting is terrible. We have two players batting over .300 and one of them leads the team in strikeouts.
I put below average because we were once 7th in conference batting average
Now we’re 11th in avg, 12th in hits, and 13th in runs.
It’s just been really bad baseball for too long.
Hopefully they turn it around in Knoxville and finish the back half strong.
Posted on 4/22/26 at 3:11 pm to Freight Joker
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Now we’re 11th in avg, 12th in hits, and 13th in runs.
We're 15th in average (.258) 15th in hits (348) 15th in slugging (.432) and T10 in runs (282)
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Posted on 4/22/26 at 3:38 pm to Riseupfromtherubble
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We're 15th in average (.258) 15th in hits (348) 15th in slugging (.432) and T10 in runs (282)
I was looking at conference only.
Posted on 4/22/26 at 4:56 pm to Freight Joker
Do those stats for SEC play only.
Posted on 4/22/26 at 4:59 pm to mrbroker
From memory I think 11 in SEC play only on hitting and 5th ERA and near the bottom on fielding
Posted on 4/22/26 at 11:08 pm to mrbroker
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One game is an aberration but this is more than one game. Fire em all.
Baseball is too streaky to make such judgments.
I still stan this Bama team. There are ugly losses but none of them have been against chopped liver, and they have wins against teams that are legit good too. You don’t sweep an Auburn and a Florida without being really good at baseball.
It’s a good team playing poorly against stinking good competition at the moment just counting on getting hot at the right time and can very much still make a deep run.
This post was edited on 4/22/26 at 11:10 pm
Posted on 4/22/26 at 11:23 pm to Bigbens42
I mean Hell Bama has played the second hardest schedule according to RPI and is currently sixth there to boot. Bama is currently on track to not only host but to be a top 8 national seed and host a super.
Now if you drop the Vandy series be worried, but as things stand Bama is doing just. fricking. Fine. Even a 2-1 loss in that series shouldn’t knock Bama out of a host spot.
Now if you drop the Vandy series be worried, but as things stand Bama is doing just. fricking. Fine. Even a 2-1 loss in that series shouldn’t knock Bama out of a host spot.
Posted on 4/22/26 at 11:35 pm to Bigbens42
And please don’t judge me too harshly for being active on the Bama board. My daughter is a junior and an Alpha Gam currently matriculating at Bama. I’ll pull for Bama in baseball and basketball for her sake 
Posted on 4/23/26 at 6:19 am to Bigbens42
Dont tell me we are a good team when we are near the bottom of the SEC in BA and Fielding. Our pitching, especially starting pitching has taken us to where we are. With that being said, I think he and his staff should get a top to bottom review by Greg B. to see if there are shortfalls in the coaching staff that need to be corrected.
Posted on 4/23/26 at 9:59 am to Alabama_Fan
Our Father, Who art in heaven, Hallowed be Thy Name…
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No. 13 Alabama baseball returns to action on Thursday, April 23, traveling to Tennessee to take on the Volunteers at Lindsey Nelson Stadium. The Crimson Tide will look to snap a three-game losing streak to the Vols when the series begins.
Series Guide: Tennessee
* Location: Knoxville, Tenn.
* Venue: Lindsey Nelson Stadium
* Thursday, April 23 – 6 p.m. CT – ESPN2
* Friday, April 24 – 5:30 p.m. CT – SEC Network+
* Saturday, April 25 – 12 p.m. CT – SEC Network+
Probable Pitching Rotation
* Thursday, April 23
* RHP Tyler Fay (UA) vs. RHP Landon Mack (TENN)
* Friday, April 24
* LHP Zane Adams (UA) vs. RHP Tegan Kuhns (TENN)
* Saturday, April 25
* RHP Myles Upchurch (UA) vs. LHP Evan Blanco (TENN)
Tune in to the Tide
* Live Stats LINK
* Live Audio (The Varsity Network) LINK
Video Links
* Thursday at Tennessee (ESPN2) LINK
* Friday at Tennessee (SEC Network+) LINK
* Saturday at Tennessee (SEC Network+) LINK
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