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Posted on 4/14/24 at 4:14 pm to Poker_hog
Posted on 4/14/24 at 4:14 pm to Poker_hog
If the season is on the line, this is my lineup right now. Not listed in any batting order.
LF - Holt
CF - Edmunson
RF - Diggs
3B - Sprague-Lott
SS - Aloy
2B - Stovall
1B - McLaughlin
C - White
DH - Souza
LF - Holt
CF - Edmunson
RF - Diggs
3B - Sprague-Lott
SS - Aloy
2B - Stovall
1B - McLaughlin
C - White
DH - Souza
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Posted on 4/14/24 at 4:15 pm to Drewbie
This team feels like they're going to get NCST'd.
Posted on 4/14/24 at 4:16 pm to UltimateHog
They have some tough series on the road at South Carolina, Kentucky and A&M.
Posted on 4/14/24 at 4:20 pm to Drewbie
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LF - Holt CF - Edmunson RF - Diggs 3B - Sprague-Lott SS - Aloy 2B - Stovall 1B - McLaughlin C - White DH - Souza
DVH has been doing this a lot longer than me but this lineup right here seems like a no-brainer to me…
Posted on 4/14/24 at 4:20 pm to UltimateHog
quote:It's so weird because no one can deny we're lacking offensively, but nothing really stands out to me about our plate approach as particularly awful on a consistent basis.
This team feels like they're going to get NCST'd.
Posted on 4/14/24 at 6:02 pm to Drewbie
The performances so far away from home seem significantly worse so maybe we make Omaha before we go 1-2 with no runs.
Posted on 4/14/24 at 6:24 pm to UltimateHog
Suffice it to say that we were winning at an unsustainable clip. Hell, 10 conference losses might win an SEC title most years (though likely not this year).
Our pitching is good but seems to have come back down to earth a bit against SEC bats.
It’s not hyperbolic to say this team is simply not good offensively. Allowing a freshman with a 4.0+ ERA — who was supposed to be a 2-3 inning opener — to throw 8 scoreless against us should be a wake up call.
Our pitching is good but seems to have come back down to earth a bit against SEC bats.
It’s not hyperbolic to say this team is simply not good offensively. Allowing a freshman with a 4.0+ ERA — who was supposed to be a 2-3 inning opener — to throw 8 scoreless against us should be a wake up call.
This post was edited on 4/14/24 at 9:56 pm
Posted on 4/14/24 at 6:35 pm to Drewbie
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It's so weird because no one can deny we're lacking offensively, but nothing really stands out to me about our plate approach as particularly awful on a consistent basis.
So far this season we’ve gotten on base without hitting. Bama’s pitchers didn’t give up free passes and their defense was solid.
Posted on 4/14/24 at 8:47 pm to Poker_hog
The blazing below .150 batting average the last two games won't win you many games in this league.
Posted on 4/15/24 at 5:16 am to Hawgeye
Got that #1 monkey off our backs. Not upset. Was hoping it would come sooner rather than later. Don’t like losing obviously, but would rather lose a series now and take care of business against UK and aTm later.
Posted on 4/15/24 at 5:40 am to Hawgeye
Man Kentucky has an insanely backloaded schedule.
Tenn
@USCe
Ark
@UF
Vandy
To end the year.
Guess it could be worse, Florida at 18-17 7-8 in danger of not making the NCAAT as a preseason top 5 team.
They avoided the sweep at home vs USCe after getting swept at Mizzou only to now have to go to Vandy and Ark back to back with Tenn, UK, @UGA after that to end the year.
UF better wake up immediately or what a crazy spiral. They are out of time.
Tenn
@USCe
Ark
@UF
Vandy
To end the year.
Guess it could be worse, Florida at 18-17 7-8 in danger of not making the NCAAT as a preseason top 5 team.
They avoided the sweep at home vs USCe after getting swept at Mizzou only to now have to go to Vandy and Ark back to back with Tenn, UK, @UGA after that to end the year.
UF better wake up immediately or what a crazy spiral. They are out of time.
This post was edited on 4/15/24 at 5:50 am
Posted on 4/15/24 at 10:51 am to UltimateHog
Alright boys we are halfway through the SEC season. Here are the slash lines + OPS of the 12 guys who have double digit at bats in SEC play (sorted by OPS).
1. Aloy - .283/.429/.566/.995
2. Sprague-Lott - .265/.410/.551/.961
3. Stovall - .310/.406/.552/.958
4. Souza - .263/.349/.579/.928
5. Holt - .273/.333/.545/.877
6. McLaughlin - .200/.382/.400/.782
7. Lovich - .182/.357/.409/.766
8. Helfrick - .200/.250/.467/.717
9. Diggs - .210/.279/.419/.698
10. White - .267/.353/.311/.664
11. Edmunson - .240/.321/.320/.641
12. Wilmsmeyer - .180/.241/.200/.441
Some observations -
1. Souza and Holt have to keep seeing more playing time, full stop.
2. I kinda forgot about Lovich. Maybe Dave did too?
3. Helfrick’s OPS was higher than I thought it’d be. Not much of a singles hitter I guess.
4. We have GOT to get Diggs going. Man he’s really been in a funk lately.
5. Wilmsmeyer’s slash line is just pitiful… a full 200 points less in OPS than the next lowest guy.
1. Aloy - .283/.429/.566/.995
2. Sprague-Lott - .265/.410/.551/.961
3. Stovall - .310/.406/.552/.958
4. Souza - .263/.349/.579/.928
5. Holt - .273/.333/.545/.877
6. McLaughlin - .200/.382/.400/.782
7. Lovich - .182/.357/.409/.766
8. Helfrick - .200/.250/.467/.717
9. Diggs - .210/.279/.419/.698
10. White - .267/.353/.311/.664
11. Edmunson - .240/.321/.320/.641
12. Wilmsmeyer - .180/.241/.200/.441
Some observations -
1. Souza and Holt have to keep seeing more playing time, full stop.
2. I kinda forgot about Lovich. Maybe Dave did too?
3. Helfrick’s OPS was higher than I thought it’d be. Not much of a singles hitter I guess.
4. We have GOT to get Diggs going. Man he’s really been in a funk lately.
5. Wilmsmeyer’s slash line is just pitiful… a full 200 points less in OPS than the next lowest guy.
Posted on 4/15/24 at 11:49 am to BallHawg10
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Wilmsmeyer’s slash line is just pitiful… a full 200 points less in OPS than the next lowest guy.
Wilmsmeyer needs to sit.
We have half a season’s worth of work to judge him by now, and he’s this year’s John Bolton.
Zero pop, strikes out a lot, and you’re basically praying for a walk at this point, and his defense isn’t good enough to justify being an automatic out each time he comes to the plate.
It’s time to give Edmunson a shot full time in CF.
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Helfrick’s OPS was higher than I thought it’d be. Not much of a singles hitter I guess.
I’ll give Helfrick some grace. He’s young and hits the ball *extremely* hard, they just tend to be right at a defensive player. Hard hit balls are what you want, and he hits a lot of them when he gets a bat on a ball. He belted a grounder yesterday that would’ve killed someone and been a standup double against a lesser 3rd baseman, but was smothered for a 5-3 putout.
Posted on 4/15/24 at 12:00 pm to UltimateHog
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Vandy and Ark
Two teams I have no idea what to make of (and one of them is my own
). Vandy is very bipolar this year. They swept Auburn, then got swept by USC (who I don’t think is very good), then squeaked out 3 games against Mizzou but all were razor thin, then handled LSU, then got absolutely blasted by A&M. As John Sterling says, “That's baseball, Suzyn.”
Despite Kentucky’s record, I think A&M is the best team in the conference this year. They remind me of that 2022 Tennessee team who just ran through the SEC and beat everyone’s arse.
Posted on 4/15/24 at 12:13 pm to Feral
I had a discussion with my dad as we watched the aggies in some games recently and we agreed that as of right now they are better than Arkansas.
I could see Kentucky winning the SEC and disappear in a regional.
Aggies winning the West and make it to Omaha.
I could see Kentucky winning the SEC and disappear in a regional.
Aggies winning the West and make it to Omaha.
Posted on 4/16/24 at 6:05 pm to dchog
Holt in CF, Edmunson in RF, Jones first start in ages in LF, Wagner DH.
Posted on 4/16/24 at 6:38 pm to UltimateHog
Well that's different. DVH experimenting for sure.
Posted on 4/16/24 at 8:00 pm to ArHog
I am straight up not having a good time RN
Posted on 4/16/24 at 8:04 pm to Feral
Can we poach Tech's hitting coach
Posted on 4/16/24 at 8:05 pm to ArHog
quote:
Can we poach Tech's hitting coach
Hey, Mr Tyson sir... Can we have some of that Nil money for a real hitting coach Peeelllleeeaaasseee!
TY kindly sir...
Signed, All Razorback Baseball Fans!
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