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I just don't know what the answer is with Maxwell. There's so much talent there but it's hard to consistently count on him. You can't have your Saturday starter going 2-3 innings every week. Yes, he has closer stuff, but I don't see how you can count on him to come in for the 9th with a one run...

A lot of good pitching yesterday. It again makes me wonder why we haven't seen more of Dalton Smith and McGuire so far this year. Interesting even with all the pitchers used in the weekend, no McNamee, Bartnicki, or Roedig. I would really like to see at least one, if not both, of Bartnicki and...

Huff pitched very well for 5. Just got away from him with a 3 run homer with 2 outs in the 6th. Carwile very good, Finateri got out of a jam after some close pitches that led to walks. Brown couldn't finish off the hitters in the 9th and they strung it together for 3 runs. Very encouraging...

In the revolving door of closer tryouts, I vote we give Medich the next shot at it. I'm still intrigued at giving Roedig a longer look too.

It's still early and I'm impressed by what we've seen from Huff, Maxwell, Medich, and some of the freshmen. That said, I was hoping to see more development this year with production on the field from a large group of our pitchers that haven't shown it yet. These midweek games have been a little...

From a roster crunch standpoint, it would be nice if Compton or Jenkins could play 3rd. You've got Compton, Jenkins, Deleo, Gonzalez, Hall, and Reid for the OF spots, DH, and 1st. If one of them can't play 3rd, then one of those 6 is on the bench every game. That's why I thought if JHM came...

Hurter has only one more year of eligibility so I think it's safe to assume he's gone if drafted. JHM and Bartnicki have 2 more of eligibility so would likely only leave if they got a really sweet deal. Compton and Jenkins were both recruited as 3B per their bio. I think Jenkins played there a...

So I had to research this to get to the bottom of it. From the NCAA website: Division I five-year clock: If you play at a Division I school, you have five-calendar years in which to play four seasons of competition. Your five-year clock starts when you enroll as a full-time student at any...

I'm assuming this year the Senior Day recognitions went to those that had graduated. Typically you would expect it to be only the ones who are out of eligibility (but that would've technically only been Wilhite). What I don't know is if it conferred any indication on intentions to move on which...

Crawford is confusing because he wasn't actually on the team his first 2 years on campus. Did that start his clock ticking since he was a college student? He's listed on RR.com as a RS sophomore this year. Says 2018 was Freshman year but did not compete. So per that website, he would only have 2...

My final random thoughts. -great fight against a great team. Offense really should be loaded next year as long as we can find a Waddell replacement. -defense obviously a concern and now have to replace the middle infield next year as well. Big offseason challenge for coaching staff. -finally...

I'm assuming Archer in first game, Crawford in 2nd. Archer really needs to go at least 5-6. If Crawford can get us 5 tonight, that would be huge. Then, tomorrow, all hands on deck for at least an inning. Mannelly and Huff haven't pitched at all. Bartnicki and Siegal are rested for today. Don't...

Even as good as Leiter was, we were right there and lost because of those 2 errors. Big props to Smith being as effective as he was and saving the bullpen for tomorrow. At least I feel a tiny bit more optimistic than I did at this point in the regional 2 years ago.

Reminder to all that if you have a cable subscription, you have access to ESPN3 streaming (this is not ESPN+ that requires an extra subscription.) Anyone with access to ESPN on their cable system can stream all the regionals. I just stream it on the Apple TV and it's no different than if it were...

Can't believe they pulled their starter as fast as they did. I was picturing them trying to ride him like UNC did with Love against us a couple of weeks ago. Bullpen should be pretty fresh as well now without a lot of pitches for anyone. Great comeback.

Ha, I'll never forget my situation. Was on a trip back from Hawaii during the game. As soon as the plan hit the runway to land, I turned the phone on, went to Watch ESPN, the very first pitch I saw was the HR. Didn't even really have time to process the score and situation so it took a few...

The issue was that English was our closer and first baseman and you can't get him ready in the middle of an inning. Thomas was dominating after 8 and it didn't feel right to pull him at the start of the inning.

I know he saved Conner Thomas in 2019 for the second game. Worked like a charm until there were 2 outs in the 9th against Auburn.... I think other years in past decade have been #1 going in first game, but usually we have been in the 2/3 game in those years.

It's easy to look at it either way. Personally, I look at it as the goal is to the win the regional, nothing less. To do that, you have to beat Vandy twice. As shaky as our pitching has been this year, that seems almost impossible to do without Hurter getting one of those games. So I would say...

Game for Clemson against us truly means nothing for them now. No postseason possibilities and can't advance further in conference tourney. And they're not even really able to be a "spoiler" because the game has very little impact for us in our postseason plans. For Louisville, I think I read...