UT vs MTSU - #2 - 6PM

#76
#76
BaseVol said:
I'm as frustrated as you, I'm sure. And I know a lot of us are. But what inconsistency are you referring to?
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I'm not speaking for him, but if I had to guess he means pitching. Eric Martin had his best outing of the year today, imo. Charpie had one of his worst. Bettencourt and Cox both did well today...but every week it's different, you have no idea what your gonna get.
 
#77
#77
vol66 said:
I'm not speaking for him, but if I had to guess he means pitching. Eric Martin had his best outing of the year today, imo. Charpie had one of his worst. Bettencourt and Cox both did well today...but every week it's different, you have no idea what your gonna get.
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When you play "Pitcher Russian Roulette" that's what happens. If you keep putting in new pitchers every four or five outs, you'll eventually find one or two who aren't sharp.

The flip side is you don't really know if the guys who escaped damage had a good night or they were just lucky to get in and out before anything bad happened.
 
#78
#78
ShowmeVols said:
When you play "Pitcher Russian Roulette" that's what happens. If you keep putting in new pitchers every four or five outs, you'll eventually find one or two who aren't sharp.

The flip side is you don't really know if the guys who escaped damage had a good night or they were just lucky to get in and out before anything bad happened.
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No choice when there isn't a mid week starter to give you 5-6 innings. Can't burn arms that must be used on the weekend.
 
#79
#79
ShowmeVols said:
When you play "Pitcher Russian Roulette" that's what happens. If you keep putting in new pitchers every four or five outs, you'll eventually find one or two who aren't sharp.

The flip side is you don't really know if the guys who escaped damage had a good night or they were just lucky to get in and out before anything bad happened.
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I sort of defer to you baseball guys on arguments such as these. I DID wonder why we took Martin out, but in the back of my mind, I figured it as Bruin stated.

I've started to not care about the midweek games now, they don't matter for us anymore. All that counts right now is UGA.
 
#80
#80
BruinVol said:
No choice when there isn't a mid week starter to give you 5-6 innings. Can't burn arms that must be used on the weekend.
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Exactly. It's not a strategy for success; it's a damage control measure. Not saying I'd do anything different in these circumstances.
 
#81
#81
ShowmeVols said:
Exactly. It's not a strategy for success; it's a damage control measure. Not saying I'd do anything different in these circumstances.
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Yep 90% of teams are in the same boat. Only the truly elite rosters have that distinct midweek advantage every game. Deep pitching staffs are rare with 11.7 limits
 
#82
#82
This team only has a chance to win when Nick Williams and Godley are the starting pitchers. Even then, those guys have to give at least 7 or 8 strong innings and hope to string together 1 or 2 decent innings from Johnny Wholestaff.

Outside of Williams and Godley, UT's pitching staff is like a box of chocolates.......you never know what you're gonna get.
 
#83
#83
Not to call out players but Charpie is killing us right now.

He has given up 44 hits and walked 16 in 18 appearances and 31.1 innings. So (not counting errors) he's letting almost 2-men an inning run the bases.

Ugh.


Again, he's a freshman but when I hear that he's coming from the bullpen I have nausea.

I know he must frustrate Dave. The kid can't stay low and hit the strike zone and when he must throw strikes he can't do it.

The other pitchers, I see glimmer that they are "getting it" or improving but not Trevor. He's throwing gas on a fire right now.

And this is a Serrano recruit. I believe Dave knows he has it in him but right now there's obviously a mental block or abject fear that is making him like a deer in headlights. The kid likely needs to take a few months off and not play summer ball somewhere and "clear the mechanism". Throw strikes. Don't try to miss their bats.
 
#84
#84
fryeguy93 said:
Not to call out players but Charpie is killing us right now.

He has given up 44 hits and walked 16 in 18 appearances and 31.1 innings. So (not counting errors) he's letting almost 2-men an inning run the bases.

Ugh.


Again, he's a freshman but when I hear that he's coming from the bullpen I have nausea.

I know he must frustrate Dave. The kid can't stay low and hit the strike zone and when he must throw strikes he can't do it.

The other pitchers, I see glimmer that they are "getting it" or improving but not Trevor. He's throwing gas on a fire right now.

And this is a Serrano recruit. I believe Dave knows he has it in him but right now there's obviously a mental block or abject fear that is making him like a deer in headlights. The kid likely needs to take a few months off and not play summer ball somewhere and "clear the mechanism". Throw strikes. Don't try to miss their bats.
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Haha. Not to call out posters, but fryeguy93 is really calling out players.
 
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