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Posted on 3/31/22 at 10:10 pm to NWA_Gator
Posted on 3/31/22 at 10:10 pm to NWA_Gator
This bullpen has been pretty shitty the last few games. Not going to make it very far in any tournament play without a bullpen you can count on. Hopefully they come around but I’m not seeing much to grasp onto that gives me much hope.
*eta - last few conference games
*eta - last few conference games
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Posted on 3/31/22 at 11:42 pm to TomSpanks
Not much I can say that hasn't already been said.
I live in northern GA and was able to go to the game today. First time at a College Baseball game. Mostly had a good time except for the result. Weather was nice and the game was entertaining, just wish we had someone who could've closed it out.
I live in northern GA and was able to go to the game today. First time at a College Baseball game. Mostly had a good time except for the result. Weather was nice and the game was entertaining, just wish we had someone who could've closed it out.
Posted on 4/1/22 at 7:41 am to TomSpanks
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This bullpen has been pretty shitty the last few games. Not going to make it very far in any tournament play without a bullpen you can count on
Same as 2021. Only hope is that they are young and will get better. Go Gators.
Posted on 4/1/22 at 9:20 pm to UFMatt
Gonna be long year :(
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Posted on 4/2/22 at 4:17 pm to TomSpanks
Can I take a mulligan on my prediction of 1-5 over this and next weekend.
Going to say 0-6 now
The starting weekend rotation other than BARCO is not even Sun belt Caliber pitch.
I said lucky to win 12 sec games. This team will be lucky to get to 10 sec wins
Going to say 0-6 now
The starting weekend rotation other than BARCO is not even Sun belt Caliber pitch.
I said lucky to win 12 sec games. This team will be lucky to get to 10 sec wins
Posted on 4/7/22 at 7:55 am to AlbinoGator
Well the bats came alive for the midweek game, 17 hits, including the Fabian brothers hitting homers in the same inning.
Big series this weekend as Arkansas comes to Gainesville. Hopefully the bats can stay hot and the pitching can find something, anything, for the love of God please find something to keep it close.
Big series this weekend as Arkansas comes to Gainesville. Hopefully the bats can stay hot and the pitching can find something, anything, for the love of God please find something to keep it close.
Posted on 4/7/22 at 10:08 pm to TomSpanks
Man, this team is bad.
Posted on 4/8/22 at 3:32 pm to bigDgator
They are young...but also just bad.
The sad part is that this team doesn't look that bad on a stat sheet. Not nearly as bad as they look on TV. What's worse is the majority of them had offers from other big schools or were drafted. We have good players, they just aren't playing good. The only other explanation would be that several other big schools and MLB scouts all misevaluated these guys.
From a pitching standpoint, our opponents are only batting .238 against us. But then you look at our 4.39 ERA and it tells me that when other teams are getting guys on, they're getting them in. Seems like a good portion of that falls on the back end pitching. Arkansas plating 5 in the top of the 9th last night is a good example.
At the plate, we're hitting .289 as a team. That's really not that bad. If you go even deeper, of the guys that average 2 plate appearances a game, 7 of those 9 guys hit over .275 and 4 of them are hitting over .300. There aren't many teams in D1 baseball that wouldn't take an average of 10 hits per game roughly halfway through the season. We do strike out 22% of the time, but we offset it a little bit with 57 bombs in 30 games. Our .375 OBP% is just okay and our.509 SLG% ranks us inside the Top 25 even after last night.
In conclusion (and sorry for going Billy Beane with all the stats), the only explanation I can come up with for being this bad is that a bunch of the games early in the season helped pad some stats. When you break it down to conference play, we have an ERA of 8.20 and are only scoring 5.5 runs per game. Incredibly hard to win when you give up more runs than you score.
The sad part is that this team doesn't look that bad on a stat sheet. Not nearly as bad as they look on TV. What's worse is the majority of them had offers from other big schools or were drafted. We have good players, they just aren't playing good. The only other explanation would be that several other big schools and MLB scouts all misevaluated these guys.
From a pitching standpoint, our opponents are only batting .238 against us. But then you look at our 4.39 ERA and it tells me that when other teams are getting guys on, they're getting them in. Seems like a good portion of that falls on the back end pitching. Arkansas plating 5 in the top of the 9th last night is a good example.
At the plate, we're hitting .289 as a team. That's really not that bad. If you go even deeper, of the guys that average 2 plate appearances a game, 7 of those 9 guys hit over .275 and 4 of them are hitting over .300. There aren't many teams in D1 baseball that wouldn't take an average of 10 hits per game roughly halfway through the season. We do strike out 22% of the time, but we offset it a little bit with 57 bombs in 30 games. Our .375 OBP% is just okay and our.509 SLG% ranks us inside the Top 25 even after last night.
In conclusion (and sorry for going Billy Beane with all the stats), the only explanation I can come up with for being this bad is that a bunch of the games early in the season helped pad some stats. When you break it down to conference play, we have an ERA of 8.20 and are only scoring 5.5 runs per game. Incredibly hard to win when you give up more runs than you score.
Posted on 4/8/22 at 11:04 pm to NWA_Gator
Love the statistical breakdown, makes me think this is a coaching problem more than anything which is kind of what’s I was thinking but hoping it wasn’t. Baseball is all about the stats and if the stats say you’re not a bad team but the results are bad then you gotta look at the leader first. Not saying I’m ready to fire Sully but he’s been slippery no since the great start in 2020. He needs to get the fire back and get this team going.
Sproat showed up tonight, and so did the bats when we needed them. Great win for sure, big game tomorrow, hopefully we can come through and get the W.
Sproat showed up tonight, and so did the bats when we needed them. Great win for sure, big game tomorrow, hopefully we can come through and get the W.
Posted on 4/9/22 at 12:31 pm to TomSpanks
Chance to take a series from the Hogs at home today. Would be a big step in the right direction.
Posted on 4/9/22 at 3:16 pm to NWA_Gator
Haven’t seen this team fight like they did today, or this weekend really, in a while, great to see and great series win over the #2 Hogs!!!
Posted on 4/9/22 at 3:20 pm to TomSpanks
I can’t decide whether to love or hate this team, just kidding! Go gators!
Posted on 4/11/22 at 7:16 pm to UFMatt
It’s like being in a bad relationship where the other person keeps letting you down, but then they keep doing things to make up for it.
Take a series on the road at Miami and win the first SEC series, then get smacked by LSU and swept by Georgia, but then take a series from Arkansas who hasn’t lost an SEC series in like 3 years or something.
Take a series on the road at Miami and win the first SEC series, then get smacked by LSU and swept by Georgia, but then take a series from Arkansas who hasn’t lost an SEC series in like 3 years or something.
Posted on 4/12/22 at 8:24 am to NWA_Gator
I still believe this team is potentially a good baseball team. Young players need to mature and older players need to be more consistent, game to game.
Posted on 4/12/22 at 10:48 am to UFMatt
I don't follow baseball as close as football, but from what I understand, Sully has been recruiting at a high level. If that's the case, there should be a lot of talent on this roster.
Posted on 4/16/22 at 9:55 pm to NWA_Gator
When it rains, it pours. As good as they played last weekend against Arkansas, it’s a totally different team that got off the plane in Nashville this weekend.
Starting pitching has really struggled and the bullpen hasn’t been any better. Vandy has 23 hits in 2 games, and our staff has given up 11 BB’s on top of that. 152 pitches last night (61% strikes) and 163 pitches tonight (57% strikes) is pretty rough. We’re not getting ahead in early in counts and end up having to throw “hitters count” pitches. Offense is scoring runs and keeping us in games, but they can only do so much. Riopelle hit 3 bombs tonight, but then we’ve got other guys going 0-4 with 4 K’s. Some of the at-bats tonight were hard to watch. It seemed like the later in the game it got, the more some guys seemed to be guessing, pressing, and may not have even had a plan at the plate.
I get that sometimes it’s just not your day. That’s baseball. That’s life. But it feels like the stars are going to have to align in order for this team to put enough pieces together to get good outings from our SP’s and enough runs to mitigate the bullpen.
Starting pitching has really struggled and the bullpen hasn’t been any better. Vandy has 23 hits in 2 games, and our staff has given up 11 BB’s on top of that. 152 pitches last night (61% strikes) and 163 pitches tonight (57% strikes) is pretty rough. We’re not getting ahead in early in counts and end up having to throw “hitters count” pitches. Offense is scoring runs and keeping us in games, but they can only do so much. Riopelle hit 3 bombs tonight, but then we’ve got other guys going 0-4 with 4 K’s. Some of the at-bats tonight were hard to watch. It seemed like the later in the game it got, the more some guys seemed to be guessing, pressing, and may not have even had a plan at the plate.
I get that sometimes it’s just not your day. That’s baseball. That’s life. But it feels like the stars are going to have to align in order for this team to put enough pieces together to get good outings from our SP’s and enough runs to mitigate the bullpen.
Posted on 4/18/22 at 11:37 am to NWA_Gator
I have stayed off the SECrant Board because of the Tenn A holes (they do have a good team but goodness shut up)
but i am not looking forward to this weekend
but i am not looking forward to this weekend
Posted on 4/18/22 at 11:40 am to Talon95
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but i am not looking forward to this weekend
It could get really ugly, but I hope not, Go Gators!
Posted on 4/20/22 at 3:25 pm to UFMatt
I hope not too. Would love to see us come out and have another homestand like we did against Arkansas.
Here is the tale of the tape coming into the weekend:
Florida
ERA - 4.54
Total BB's - 130
Bat AVG - .283
Total HR's - 71
Tennessee
ERA - 2.15
Total BB's - 78
Bat AVG - .316
Total HR's - 88
IMO, the keys to being able to win the series are:
- Work ahead early in counts. The Vols top 5 hitters all hit over .345 so we can't afford to fall behind or get deep in counts to where we have to give them pitches they want to hit.
- Mix it up. I've watched bits and pieces of some of the games they've lost. When teams pitch backwards and keep them off balance early in counts they tend to struggle with the off-speed.
- Have a plan at the plate (whatever that may be). Maybe it's to try and work deep into counts to get their starters out of the game. Maybe it's looking for the first pitch FB to hit. It's going to be an uphill battle for 9 innings regardless. Their weekend starters sit 95-97mph and lead the SEC in ERA, WHIP, and K-BB% in conference play.
What's the old saying? The bigger they are the harder they fall?
Go Gators!
Here is the tale of the tape coming into the weekend:
Florida
ERA - 4.54
Total BB's - 130
Bat AVG - .283
Total HR's - 71
Tennessee
ERA - 2.15
Total BB's - 78
Bat AVG - .316
Total HR's - 88
IMO, the keys to being able to win the series are:
- Work ahead early in counts. The Vols top 5 hitters all hit over .345 so we can't afford to fall behind or get deep in counts to where we have to give them pitches they want to hit.
- Mix it up. I've watched bits and pieces of some of the games they've lost. When teams pitch backwards and keep them off balance early in counts they tend to struggle with the off-speed.
- Have a plan at the plate (whatever that may be). Maybe it's to try and work deep into counts to get their starters out of the game. Maybe it's looking for the first pitch FB to hit. It's going to be an uphill battle for 9 innings regardless. Their weekend starters sit 95-97mph and lead the SEC in ERA, WHIP, and K-BB% in conference play.
What's the old saying? The bigger they are the harder they fall?
Go Gators!
Posted on 4/20/22 at 8:28 pm to NWA_Gator
Florida's Hunter Barco shut down indefinitely due to elbow discomfort
Frick.
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Florida baseball got some terrible news on Wednesday evening when a report surfaced that its ace starting pitcher Hunter Barco is dealing with elbow discomfort, forcing the team to shut him down indefinitely. The news was first broken by D1Baseball managing editor Kendall Rogers on Twitter.
The sophomore southpaw out of Jacksonville, Florida, was having a stellar season in 2022, posting a 2.50 ERA in 50 1/3 innings, giving up 34 hits and 11 walks against 69 strikeouts over nine starts. He left the April 15 game against the Vanderbilt Commodores after just two innings — easily his shortest of the year — having surrendered two earned runs on four hits and one walk while striking out four. At the time, there was no indication of an injury.
According to Rogers, Florida’s Friday starter will continue to be evaluated by doctors as the professionals determine the next course of action. Hopefully, Barco can avoid the surgical scalpel and return in time to help the Gators push into the postseason. Or at the very least, allow him to be healthy enough to prevent his professional stock from dropping too much heading into the MLB draft.
Frick.
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