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re: *2023 ARKANSAS RAZORBACK SEC CHAMPION BASEBALL THREAD - End Season 43-18*
Posted on 4/15/23 at 10:10 pm to ArHog
Posted on 4/15/23 at 10:10 pm to ArHog
Tennessee will probably win 14-5 or something like that tomorrow. It’s what they’ve been doing pretty consistently this season — lose games 1 and 2 and turn into the ‘27 Yankees in a meaningless game 3.
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Posted on 4/16/23 at 8:52 am to Feral
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I don’t think I’ve ever seen a Diamond Hog freshman’s nuts drop faster than Gage Wood’s have this season. He was a train wreck his first time out and he’s grown into a consistent 9 out save guy. His development has been incredible.
I agree. He’s earned the right to close a Friday night game.
Hollan and Smith are elite starters. If wood and tygart can be elite bullpen arms we are as good as anyone in college baseball.
McEntire/Carter/Adcock are all decent and give us the depth needed in the postseason.
Posted on 4/16/23 at 8:56 am to Feral
Couple of insights from this weekend so far.
The Good:
Pitching -- for all its woes this season, pitching has been pretty good the last two weekend series. We've given up 3, 2, 4, 7, and 2 runs in our last 5 conference games. Tennessee is 5th in the country in homers, so it's not like they're weak sisters. We've made hay in the first 2 games of this series with Hollan, Hagen, Mac, and Wood so it'll be interesting to see how the bullpen does today, but they came through last Sunday.
Fielding -- for the most part, the team seems to have flushed and cleaned up (mostly) the early season defensive woes. Bolton has been fairly sure-gloved this series, which is a welcome change. Diggs is not an everyday outfielder and should be permanent DH when Wegner is back, so I'm not going to ding the team for his issues in RF.
The Bad:
Hitting -- bats have been pretty quiet this series. We had 2 hits until the 7th last night and only finished with 4. Also, I'm a broken record here, but Rowland and Bolton are still gaping holes at the bottom of the order, and they're a combined 0 for 13 with 6 K's in this series. Good to see Bolton reach base twice last night by virtue of a walk and a HBP, but he's still 3-34 with 16 strikeouts and 1 for his last 25 in SEC games.
The Good:
Pitching -- for all its woes this season, pitching has been pretty good the last two weekend series. We've given up 3, 2, 4, 7, and 2 runs in our last 5 conference games. Tennessee is 5th in the country in homers, so it's not like they're weak sisters. We've made hay in the first 2 games of this series with Hollan, Hagen, Mac, and Wood so it'll be interesting to see how the bullpen does today, but they came through last Sunday.
Fielding -- for the most part, the team seems to have flushed and cleaned up (mostly) the early season defensive woes. Bolton has been fairly sure-gloved this series, which is a welcome change. Diggs is not an everyday outfielder and should be permanent DH when Wegner is back, so I'm not going to ding the team for his issues in RF.
The Bad:
Hitting -- bats have been pretty quiet this series. We had 2 hits until the 7th last night and only finished with 4. Also, I'm a broken record here, but Rowland and Bolton are still gaping holes at the bottom of the order, and they're a combined 0 for 13 with 6 K's in this series. Good to see Bolton reach base twice last night by virtue of a walk and a HBP, but he's still 3-34 with 16 strikeouts and 1 for his last 25 in SEC games.
This post was edited on 4/16/23 at 12:57 pm
Posted on 4/16/23 at 9:20 am to Feral
Soooo Wegner out 3-4 weeks per DVH in last night’s presser?
Posted on 4/16/23 at 9:46 am to BallHawg10
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Soooo Wegner out 3-4 weeks per DVH in last night’s presser?
Not great from a fielding standpoint since Diggs is a liability in the outfield. But it does give us a chance to give DH AB’s to guys like Holt, Robinett, McLaughlin, et al.
However, gives us a chance to get Wegner back at a time we’re going into the S. Carolina (4 weeks) and Vandy (5 weeks) series, and we’ll get him fresh headed into the postseason.
We have Georgia, A&M, and Mississippi State in that stretch, which should be somewhat manageable.
This post was edited on 4/16/23 at 10:42 am
Posted on 4/16/23 at 11:02 am to Feral
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Hitting -- bats have been pretty quiet this series.
Which goes to show how things can turn on a dime when it comes to baseball. A couple of weeks ago I'd have told you our pitching is a major concern but our hitting should give us a puncher's chance against anyone.
Posted on 4/16/23 at 12:37 pm to Arksulli
Pitching is always going to be more consistent than hitting, and pitching and defense can’t go cold on you. That being said if you have a team full of guys that can’t hit at all they aren’t going to magically figure it out in the post season and it won’t matter how good the staff is if you can’t score (looking at you 2012 squad).
Posted on 4/16/23 at 1:04 pm to Hawgnsincebirth55
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That being said if you have a team full of guys that can’t hit at all they aren’t going to magically figure it out in the post season
This is my fear with Rowland and Bolton, and one of the key reasons why I think we need to spend the next few weekend series giving Holt, Coll, and Jones a shot at SS.
We can’t have 2 automatic outs in the lineup in a stretch run, and it’s gotten to the point where Bolton’s ability to reach base is solely reliant on the pitcher’s ability to locate since he never gets on base on weekends unless he draws a walk or gets a HBP. In SEC games, Bolton is batting .088 and slugging .118. That’s a level of offensive futility and inability to get the ball out of the infield that I’m not sure I’ve ever seen before.
Posted on 4/16/23 at 1:05 pm to Feral
No changes in the Sunday lineup:
Posted on 4/16/23 at 1:14 pm to Feral
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That’s a level of offensive futility and inability to get the ball out of the infield that I’m not sure I’ve ever seen before.
Obviously you've never seen me play softball while drunk.
Posted on 4/16/23 at 1:16 pm to Feral
We'll need to put a lot of runs on the board if we wanna sweep.
Posted on 4/16/23 at 1:29 pm to Hawgnsincebirth55
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That being said if you have a team full of guys that can’t hit at all they aren’t going to magically figure it out in the post season and it won’t matter how good the staff is if you can’t score (looking at you 2012 squad).
Do you mean good enough to win the Natty? Or good enough to do well in the post season? Because that 2012 team was a Perry Costello fix job away from making the CWS Finals…
Posted on 4/16/23 at 1:40 pm to Arksulli
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Obviously you've never seen me play softball while drunk.
Are you saying I need to be drunk to watch you play?
Posted on 4/16/23 at 2:15 pm to BallHawg10
quote:of course nothing else matters in baseball anymore. Omaha appearances don’t impress me anymore
you mean good enough to win the Natty
Posted on 4/16/23 at 2:28 pm to Arkapigdiesel
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We'll need to put a lot of runs on the board if we wanna sweep.
We got a good start.
10RC pitching
Posted on 4/16/23 at 2:31 pm to ArHog
Rowland and Bolton are just plum shitty at the dish.
Posted on 4/16/23 at 2:41 pm to Arkapigdiesel
Our infield in the past has spoiled me.
Posted on 4/16/23 at 2:45 pm to Arkapigdiesel
And on cue Bolton hits a single
Posted on 4/16/23 at 2:47 pm to ArHog
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And on cue Bolton hits a single
That 55 mph exit velo just comes at ya so fast that it messes you up.
Posted on 4/16/23 at 2:51 pm to Arkapigdiesel
Heads up base running by Bolton (Feral's boy)
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