Lineup and pitching staff

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#26
preacherman20 said:
I'm not seeing what you guys are seeing on some of this. I'm a numbers guy also and just because a stock is hot today you don't put all your money on it. How is it doing in the long haul?
Luc is a long-term guy and Blake but .385 versus .182 batting average is not a long-term bet. i will agree on Luc's struggles with lefties this weekend but let it play out. Plus Luc has 10 walks and 8 strikeouts and Blake is 5 and 6. Blake will find spots to get at bats and will be successful but I'm not sure he beats Luc out.
C. Moore is batting .250 and all of the guys that ya'll are talking about batting better than him with a lot more at bats to weigh it out. Plus there is chemistry that has to be there in the infield. And taking Lipscomb out of the lineup because of one bad weekend? .432 ba is not happening. I think you will see a continued rotation in LF and DH for a while unless someone gets on fire and stays on fire or someone gets hurt or tanks it. Otherwise I think the positions are set for the weekend until something happens.
From past experience and knowledge, I don't expect to see Blade or Halvorsen until late April or May with any significant innings. Especially if we keep winning. Why would you risk pushing too fast for them or us? We need them for the run. The teams that get hot in May/June are the winners in Omaha. But I have all trust in Vitello, Anderson, and Elander. They have done a decent job so far. :)
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Out of curiosity, what's your thoughts on Kirb's long outing. Are they just trying to stretch him out for MR? Will that be thr norm for him?
 
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mr.checkerboards said:
Out of curiosity, what's your thoughts on Kirb's long outing. Are they just trying to stretch him out for MR? Will that be thr norm for him?
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I think that was their way of seeing if Kirby is a good "piggy back" option, or could be another middle-long relief capable of an emergency start like Sewell did in the tourney last year. I think a potential piggy back of a "power" arm like halverson or blade with Kirby and his style/movement while those two get stretched back out stamina wise could be an interesting look.
 
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From D1 Baseball…

“ Tennessee will sort out its roles in due time, but we learned a lot about Vitello’s team this weekend.

Before the season, there was at least some reason to think this team might take a slight step back. But that doesn’t appear to be the case.

If anything, this team has a chance to be even better than the history-making squad of 2021.”
 
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OldTimer said:
Since all of us are second guessing one of the top staffs in college baseball, I’ll play, let’s move Ortega to third and keep Moore at 2nd. However, I’ll take a light hitting SS if he has the best glove of the bunch. So far, Lawson has been solid in the field.
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He's been great defensively and we have smashed the ball all season. I was just giving a lineup if you wanted more offensive farrpower
 
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I think it was a case of he is dealing let him go until he struggles. He went 4.2 until he struggled and they had Ben in pen. I think you will see it out of several of those bullpen guys that when they get out there and they are dealing they ride them until they struggle. Funny thing is they were talking about how stretched he was but in HS he never threw less than 78 pitches in any game except 1 over a four year period. Normally went 100 pitches so he can go that long and normally got faster as the game went on. That is probably all of our guys except a small few. They were starters in HS and made the role change which is more drastic than most can imagine. They have never had to come into a game with runners on until they get to college and probably never face one batter and done some times.
 
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Mr French said:
He's been great defensively and we have smashed the ball all season. I was just giving a lineup if you wanted more offensive farrpower
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I wasn't questioning your position swap, I was just playing the game with the OP. Personally, I'd rather leave these type decisions to the coaches who spend all day everyday with the players...... However, my record as a Little League coach was stellar and should not go underestimated......:)
 
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txbo said:
From D1 Baseball…

“ Tennessee will sort out its roles in due time, but we learned a lot about Vitello’s team this weekend.

Before the season, there was at least some reason to think this team might take a slight step back. But that doesn’t appear to be the case.

If anything, this team has a chance to be even better than the history-making squad of 2021.”
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Yeah this is where i am as well. I started to post my lineup(s) but honestly at this point CTV has his work cut out because so many are vying for playing time. Certainly its a great problem to have but i have total confidence in Tony and Frank to get the best 8 on the field and set the rotation to work at its peak. I just think we have a bunch of "ballplayers"...and that's a great thing to have.
 
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What’s the reason we went from being ranked #2 close to the end of the year to #19 preseason, did people believe that we lost that much talent from the 2021 team?
 
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mad4vols said:
What’s the reason we went from being ranked #2 close to the end of the year to #19 preseason, did people believe that we lost that much talent from the 2021 team?
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A combination of losing Spence, Rucker, Ferguson, Dallas, Heflin, Hunley, Pavs, and us still not being respected as a consistently good program yet imo. They underestimated Tony V.
 
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OldTimer said:
I wasn't questioning your position swap, I was just playing the game with the OP. Personally, I'd rather leave these type decisions to the coaches who spend all day everyday with the players...... However, my record as a Little League coach was stellar and should not go underestimated......:)
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According to Arkansas we're the bad news bears.. You're hired.
 
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I think this is the first coach where I just assume any differing opinions that I have from Vitello are just wrong. I like the idea of getting Moore into the lineup and I think Ortega’s defense is hurting this team, but Vitello has earned the benefit of the doubt. I would leave Luc in the lineup because he’s a leader and a great first baseman. Maybe let Burke play some midweek games or DH some with Dickey at LF. I’ll be curious to see what happens with Booker and Chambers. Both have talent but are on the outside looking in right now, especially with Scott being the first OF off the bench this weekend.
 
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mad4vols said:
What’s the reason we went from being ranked #2 close to the end of the year to #19 preseason, did people believe that we lost that much talent from the 2021 team?
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I think we did lose a lot of talent, I just think a lot of people(me included) underestimated the guys we had coming up!
I don’t know that many anticipated Burns being this far along, this early. I really thought he would struggle against that Texas lineup and he did nothing but show out!
We have a ton of arms and I really feel that all of them are big time competitors and can give us quality innings in a pinch.
I’m just really excited to watch this team grow and compete this season!
GBO!!
 
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GregAmsler said:
Being wound tight isn’t my concern. We know he can pitch. But Baylor exposed his inability to hold runners with his long delivery from the stretch. Anytime someone gets on base, we can’t have them stealing 2nd and 3rd. That has to get corrected.

As for Halvorsen, a weekend starter projection for him would be predicated on the assumption that Anderson has been able to get his control realized.

Beam is certainly making his case, though. If Dollander can’t correct his stretch delivery, we may see Blade, Burns, and Beam by season’s end.
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Blade/Burns/Beam...TN version of the Killer B's
 
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OldTimer said:
Since all of us are second guessing one of the top staffs in college baseball, I’ll play, let’s move Ortega to third and keep Moore at 2nd. However, I’ll take a light hitting SS if he has the best glove of the bunch. So far, Lawson has been solid in the field.
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….giggled, checked poster, giggled 🤭 more…😎
 
#46
#46
preacherman20 said:
I'm not seeing what you guys are seeing on some of this. I'm a numbers guy also and just because a stock is hot today you don't put all your money on it. How is it doing in the long haul?
Luc is a long-term guy and Blake but .385 versus .182 batting average is not a long-term bet. i will agree on Luc's struggles with lefties this weekend but let it play out. Plus Luc has 10 walks and 8 strikeouts and Blake is 5 and 6. Blake will find spots to get at bats and will be successful but I'm not sure he beats Luc out.
C. Moore is batting .250 and all of the guys that ya'll are talking about batting better than him with a lot more at bats to weigh it out. Plus there is chemistry that has to be there in the infield. And taking Lipscomb out of the lineup because of one bad weekend? .432 ba is not happening. I think you will see a continued rotation in LF and DH for a while unless someone gets on fire and stays on fire or someone gets hurt or tanks it. Otherwise I think the positions are set for the weekend until something happens.
From past experience and knowledge, I don't expect to see Blade or Halvorsen until late April or May with any significant innings. Especially if we keep winning. Why would you risk pushing too fast for them or us? We need them for the run. The teams that get hot in May/June are the winners in Omaha. But I have all trust in Vitello, Anderson, and Elander. They have done a decent job so far. :)
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Why bring a centered, patient approach up in here…? 😎
 
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I’d bet Dickey replaces Russell behind the dish before the season ends. Russell may slide into the DH spot at that point.
 
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Orange Raid said:
I’d bet Dickey replaces Russell behind the dish before the season ends. Russell may slide into the DH spot at that point.
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I don’t think Russell has been bad back there. He threw a dude out from his knees yesterday. All those Baylor stolen bases were on the pitcher…and ER still made some nice throws. Then Connell came in, they tried to steal, and Evan threw him out.
 
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GregAmsler said:
I don’t think Russell has been bad back there. He threw a dude out from his knees yesterday. All those Baylor stolen bases were on the pitcher…and ER still made some nice throws. Then Connell came in, they tried to steal, and Evan threw him out.
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If it happens, it won’t be because he was bad but just one of several chess moves.
 
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