The Official Tennessee @ Arkansas Series Thread (4/14 8PM EST SEC NETWORK) (4/15 7PM EST SEC NET+) (4/16 3PM EST SEC NET+)

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#1,902
I was impressed by Dollander yesterday. He looked sharp. Hitting not so much. Not sure if this team will break through the barrier and win a series. If they can’t win a few I don’t even know if they will make it to the post season. Lose today and you’re out of the top 25. Win and you may hang around the 25 spot. Maybe it will be like the last two Sundays. Extremely frustrating for the coaches and players I’m sure of when it comes to the lack of consistency.
 
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OldTimer said:
Ok, enough of the bunt talk, txbo is probably in church right now dropping f-bombs and the preacher is looking at him strangely like he’s the devil or something……😀
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Anyone happen to know...how do our offensive strikeout numbers compare to last year?

Are we at least putting the ball in play?

We have about six weeks to determine how to raise our 2 runs per game to 5ish. Scoring 10-12 runs on Sunday and Tuesday help the numbers. But, we are clearly failing to generate runs against the stronger pitching.

We can work on walking, getting hit by pitches, the bunt word, the ole choke up with two strikes, stealing more bases...the usual west jazz that isn't CTV's style.
 
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TennVols12 said:
Imo, I believe he was sat for poor performance and/or for not mentally being in the moment. CTV says to the media that it’s a nagging back injury (protecting his players from bad rapport) and media/fan backlash.
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Unsure what type pitching Kansas faced last year. But, for 2023, he obviously isn't the .397 hitter of a year ago. Has nice pop / lively bat for a guy who appears to weigh 165. But, continues to chase the low and away breaking balls trying to go opposite field.

Maybe his hitting woes impact the glove. Moore struggles with little things at second, so the two have yet to find a rhythm.

At this point, I would try Maui as the nine hole hitter. See if he can give us some Lawson type lift as a double leadoff. With Dickey behind him, he should get some better pitches to hit.
 
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Jax_Vol said:
Anyone happen to know...how do our offensive strikeout numbers compare to last year?

Are we at least putting the ball in play?

We have about six weeks to determine how to raise our 2 runs per game to 5ish. Scoring 10-12 runs on Sunday and Tuesday help the numbers. But, we are clearly failing to generate runs against the stronger pitching.

We can work on walking, getting hit by pitches, the bunt word, the ole choke up with two strikes, stealing more bases...the usual west jazz that isn't CTV's style.
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Jax_Vol said:
Anyone happen to know...how do our offensive strikeout numbers compare to last year?

Are we at least putting the ball in play?

We have about six weeks to determine how to raise our 2 runs per game to 5ish. Scoring 10-12 runs on Sunday and Tuesday help the numbers. But, we are clearly failing to generate runs against the stronger pitching.

We can work on walking, getting hit by pitches, the bunt word, the ole choke up with two strikes, stealing more bases...the usual west jazz that isn't CTV's style.
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I gotta believe they are way up….calling @vol66 and the stats
 
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OldTimer said:
I’m not knocking Patrick here as he does have some good posts, but there are lots on here that know very little and have never really played outside of rec ball and they critique a batter facing a 94 mph fastball, 87 mph slider, 80 mph curve, 85 mph change and think it’s easy. A batter can be made to look like a fool at any at bat, and look like Pete Rose or Barry Bonds the next time up……what looks easy sitting on your sofa, really ain’t!! Of course if you’ve never faced quality pitching you’d never know……however your posts pretty much tells the knowledgeable you know nothing.

Like the run down play last night, no mater what happened, you’re going to end up with men on 2nd and 3rd with 2 outs. Yeah, it looked silly but the end result was the same if the infielder made the out at 1st, still there was going to be men on 2nd and 3rd anyway
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The last part is not true. There’s no guarantee that a total of 2 throws (home and back to 3B) don’t get CMo. I doubt Ensley is getting to 2B in a scenario that goes that quickly. The end result in hindsight was the same, the guarantee of that outcome is not.
 
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AthensVol2007 said:
The last part is not true. There’s no guarantee that a total of 2 throws (home and back to 3B) don’t get CMo. I doubt Ensley is getting to 2B in a scenario that goes that quickly. The end result in hindsight was the same, the guarantee of that outcome is not.
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If the infielder throws to 1st and Ensley is out, Burke would be on 2nd CMO on 3rd
 
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preacherman20 said:
So far this year we have 150 strikeouts in conference play and last year 282 in conference play for the year total
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So, we are striking out at about the same rate?

Just had more pop last year; and far more experienced two out, two strikes, RISP type of hitters.

Maybe we will improve some? Maybe CTV needs to make Moneyball the in-flight movie on trip home..?
 
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#1,921
Errors are killing this team. I’m not sure how much of it comes back to that, but there’s no doubt that losing up to 5-6 games (depending on how you want to count it) due to basic defensive meltdowns takes its toll on team confidence, etc.
 
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We just have a lot of kids playing that don’t have a ton of SEC experience. Dickey and Burke got a lot of experience last season and it’s no coincidence they are hitting the ball very well this season. These kids are going to learn that everyone else in the conference is working just as hard as them in the offseason and it’s all about adjustments.
 
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drylo said:
Errors are killing this team. I’m not sure how much of it comes back to that, but there’s no doubt that losing up to 5-6 games (depending on how you want to count it) due to basic defensive meltdowns takes its toll on team confidence, etc.
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You are correct, you can forget the base running mistakes, strikeouts, men left on base, hits given up with 2 strikes, we play good defense and our record in SEC play is above .500
 
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OldTimer said:
You are correct, you can forget the base running mistakes, strikeouts, men left on base, hits given up with 2 strikes, we play good defense and our record in SEC play is above .500
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Right, and that SEC record still includes a sweep to Missouri (which is somewhat inexplicable, the way that it happened, at least) — but also a road series win at the Box. Probably a top-five team, just with a head-scratching opening series beatdown at the hands of Missouri.
 
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