re: 2016 Diamond Hogs Thread, ***season over***

SWEEEEEEEEEEEEP.

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Kendall Rogers ?@KendallRogersD1 2 minutes ago
#Arkansas finishes off #TexasTech 10-6 to go 3-0 for the weekend here in Houston. Think you’ll see #Hogs w/ a nice rise up our rankings Mon.

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87 runs in 8 games

DVH



Eat shite Mike!

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Take that Butler!

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Been in China the first 8 games. Maybe I just need to stay to keep the mojo going

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The Razorbacks finished the 2015 season on a high note with a trip to the College World Series, and the general consensus coming into the spring was that the Hogs might take a slight step back. Or, maybe not.

The Hogs put together a rather impressive performance in a 5-2 win over Jon Duplantier and Rice, and looked like a team not taking a step back anytime soon.

Arkansas freshman Eric Cole and sophomore Luke Bonfield look the part, while one of the pleasant surprises was the play of third baseman Carson Shaddy. As we’ve documented in the past, the Hogs lost one of the best in the business defensively in Bobby Wernes, but Shaddy made some terrific plays on the hot corner against the Owls. Meanwhile, righthander Zach Jackson continues to look like the filthiest arm in college baseball when he’s commanding his fastball. Jackson was consistently low-to-mid 90s with his fastball, while also throwing an outstanding mid-80s changeup and low-to-mid 80s curveball with good depth.

The Razorbacks are still very much a work in progress as coach Dave Van Horn will happily admit, but he has to be very encouraged by the play of Shaddy, Jackson and plenty of others.

The Hogs look like the typical Hogs at this juncture.

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Kendall Rogers wrote that after our win against Rice Friday. The bolded part was what I loved. For a dominant win over a traditionally strong baseball program to be described as "typical Hogs" is awesome. We've firmly established ourselves as a baseball power.


Fire DVH though, right?

DVH hasn't done shite with this team!!! Where's the championship!! Talk to me after that!!

First loss of the season tonight. Just couldn't get the bats going. Pitching was still solid. Louisiana Tech is a solid club, though.

Eastern Illinois wins their first game of the year.

We have zero pitching.

Back to reality.

Nothing kneejerk about it we just lost to an absolutely awful team at home. We have zero pitching depth. Don't know what else to tell you if you think otherwise.

Taccolini would be a 3rd starter on most other SEC teams and Knight/McKinney would be bullpen arms.

We will go into almost every SEC series at a major starting pitching disadvantage and you're not going to win in SEC play without pitching.

DVH isn't going to have a choice when it comes to moving Jackson to starting. And then the bullpen takes a massive hit. Willey is the only other bullpen arm that is reliable.

This is still college, even studs struggle. Jackson got shelled today in extra innings and took the loss.

Knight now has an ERA of 7 after allowing 5 earned runs in 3 innings to a winless team. And he beat out prized recruit McKinney for the 2nd spot which tells you where Keaton is.

All 5 runs Knight allowed were earned. I don't really care about anything else outside of the starting pitching. He has an ERA of 7 now. When you get shelled by an 0-9 team you should surrender your starting spot.

Bats are fine.

Defense will be fine.

Jackson will be fine, off day.

Knight needs to head to the bullpen. Rather see Teague get another chance before Jackson has to be moved closer to conference play.