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The last time Mr Reed had his way was at home and it was just very frustrating and ended up blowing up the season, the program, and really, the whole state for a couple months. So,……nobody here wants to hear it. There will be a little extra sauce when we play them again. However, it’s none of the same players or coaches. So it could be somewhat milquetoast.

Hmmm. Yep.

I’m going to try to simplify this. CJJ has recruited and played lots of talented young players (freshmen) this year and last. Clearly, from the mound, some of last year’s freshmen didn’t perform as well as expected as sophomores.

Injuries were significant for us coupled with some position players (more than usual) from the portal that just didn’t perform in the SEC.

It seems the approach (I don’t think it changes much) is to get as many HS top 100 players in, no matter where they are from, and mix in some transfers. I think if you see a difference, it will be less portal position players that are not locked in at the plate and more pitchers.

That has nothing to do with their draft position. They possibly could have skipped college and been drafted. They are not drafting a team. Only an individual. Winning is good but not what makes them an MLB prospect.

Still too many walks, I’ll concede that (31) but 85 SOs in 64 (more than any other pitcher) innings is pretty damn good. 4.2 ERA (1.5 points lower than the team average). Major progress made year over year.

Ha! Genetics exploitation???

Why is the sky blue some days and not others?

The question should be do we have coaches that can get the desired results. The answer is yes but not always. It takes overwhelming patience, which scarce here. Enter the expression, “that’s baseball”.

Ha! The signs were there very early. We walked, hit batters, and wild pitched our way to an unprecedented pitching collapse as opposed to previous CJJ seasons. But we now have a better foundation to build from going forward.

I personally don’t see winning the SEC regular season as the primary goal. It’s a great way to build a national championship team though.

In the SEC? Nah. If he didn’t get injured his stats would have been ugly. He didn’t walk as many but was knocked around a lot.

A&M, Georgia, & Florida would have blasted him into the dugout.

We need waaaaay better pitching than Moore.

I certainly don’t need any more proof that this man can coach baseball. It’s such a fine line between success and failure most of the time.

Anomalous problems with walks, wild pitches, HBPs, and errors, but this team has been competitive. I have enjoyed watching every game, disappointed with the outcome more than usual but still a very strong brand of baseball.

Pretty close to right I think. The only other mention would be that Evans was primarily a bullpen pitcher last year. Coming in as a Friday night starter may have been too big if a transition. The coaches would know more about that than a spectator. It’s a different approach to pitching as a starter much less a Friday starter. Teams come in with their plan for what to do at the plate still fresh in their minds.