Opening Weekend Takeaways for your team

There’s no Paul Skenes on this team but there might be 7 Ty Floyd’s if that makes sense.

Hitting I’ll hold judgement until there are games versus real pitching staffs. I think Dickinson probably leads the team in BA and hits in the .350 range and Jared Jones leads the country in walks.

Pitching depth needs work. New faces holding their own.

Glad that milradio is gone.

For opening weekend, A&M was fine.

Starting pitching looked pretty good (Lamkin had a couple of cue balls fall for hits that made him run up his pitch count). For the first time in a while, I feel like I know who our weekend starters are going to be after week 1.

Relief pitching was OK from the guys we are counting on, but still have to see a lot more to know who is going to fill what roles. Freshcorn shows some potential as a closer, and Stewart didn't get to pitch this weekend due to a minor injury.

We looked OK at the plate. A long ways from hitting on all cylinders, but not bad. Galloway took the early lead for catcher, but Sorrell (RF) being out with a minor hamstring injury and making way for Kiel may give the staff something to think about, especially given Binderups defensive struggles at first--like his bat, but he won't play first if he doesn't improve quickly, and Schott has the DH position. Grahovac seems a little banged up, and might be a candidate for a little rest in order to get some of the new guys at bats.

Watched all the games live and made it thru some questionable weather for A&M baseball. Unless you were bombing 450 ft shots and 108 exit velos Friday, nothing was leaving Blue Bell. It was a small ball day, yet, A&M batters were attempting HR shots all night long that were high fly outs. A bit fearful if weather isn't right for HR derby, it is a massive weakness for this team right now. Hopefully they adapt and put more balls on the gound for horrible weather days like Friday.

Our true freshman, back-up to Sorrell, is insanely talented. TKII or Terrance Kiell II may somehow work himself into the starting line-up. Batted 0.500 w 3 RBIs, 2 walks, steal.

USC Transfer catcher, Galloway. Impressive too.

Jace? Dude is a beast. Period. Can he reach 50 HR this year? Doubtful but guy crushes them so easily.

Sat was beautiful. Balls flying over fences all day.

Sunday wind coming into Blue Bell but bats still strong.

Team is gonna hit 150 HR pretty easy this year.

Need to clean up some minor fielding issues and pitching was a bit inconsistent. Lots of strike-outs but also lots of hittable thrown balls that were not placed well.

Patton on Sunday was something to see. 8 KOs, 1 run on 4 hits. Great debut for the highly sought after transfer.

Overall....great opening weekend with lots of progress ahead but gonna be a very fun team to watch.

We have some mojo on the team that I haven't seen since 2021.. maybe 2022..

We will likely feast on average to bad pitching, and likely struggle against good to elite pitching.

Spencer and Harrison looked really good as the Friday & Saturday starters. Toss Ace Whitehead in with those 2, and we might have a decent weekend rotation.

I'm not sold as Duplantier as our closer. Dude has good stuff, but he also gets in trouble because of his lack of control. It will cost us some games this year.

Transfer Riojas who closed for UTSA last year looked really good in middle relief. Reminds me a little bit of Huston Street.. demeanor, size, confidence, movement.. I'd like to see him tried as the closer.

Adrian Rodriguez is going to be a star.
The Good: 2 HR, 2 Doubles, 2 Singles, just a great looking swing
Unknown: Most of his plate appearances were from the left side, only a couple of at bats on the right side.
The Bad: He had a lot of K's this weekend. Chased too many balls outside of the strike zone. Perhaps trouble with the curve.

Max Belyeu will be in the conversation for SEC Player of the Year. He may not win it, but dude is a stud. Went 8-14 on the weekend, but even the outs were good at-bats. Had an OPS of 1.090 last year, and I look for that number to go up this year.

Jalin Flores is a little bit overrated imo. Good player, but something just seems off..

Gasparino is a tall drink of water.. looks a little bit funky up at the plate.. but he's pretty damn good.

Way too early predictions for Texas
14-17 wins in SEC Play
1 or 2 Seed in a Regional that pairs with A&M in the Super Regional

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Opening Weekend Takeaways for your team

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We played a team that hasn't been outdoors all winter and is picked last in the Missouri Valley. Zero point zero takeaways.

BaseVOLS backups would go .500 in SEC play. Deep & Talented is an understatement.

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Pitching is elite

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Are we allowed to say that when it is against Purdue Fort Wayne?

It very well might be, but still.

Mid 90's against a yankee directional school is like fishing with tnt.