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While I've paid attention to this CWS, I haven't watched Michigan much or have any in-depth knowledge about them. What's their general team makeup? I have to assume they're making this run with a lot of upperclassmen that are handling the pressure well. I've never heard of there being any top...

With the teams that are left, and the results so far, I will be shocked if Vandy doesn’t win it.

I had to research this because I was concerned the Yankees might just throw lots of money at Maxwell even though he was a late pick. After the first 10 rounds, nobody can get higher than a $125,000 signing bonus without penalty. If they go over 125,000, that takes away from their pool money that...

You know the worst part of that game? UNC makes it more respectable by beating up Fitts, the Auburn reliever we made look like Cy Young. I still think of all the frustrating things of last weekend, the inability to score at all against him and not put that game out of reach, is the most...

I think this postseason should remind us, just get into a regional and who knows what can happen. -Duke has injuries to their top 2 pitchers, has nobody on any of the All Acc teams, and comes within 1 game of the CWS. -FSU and Michigan wind up there after being 2 of the last 4 in with Michigan...

I’m with you on the not being over it. I just keep thinking What if Curry and Hurter hadn’t gotten hurt? In that scenario, we’re not as stretched thin in the bullpen and English comes in to pitch the 9th against Auburn and cleans up. Then no way Auburn’s 4th pitcher beats Hurter on Sunday and...

Agree we need to temper expectations for next year. However, there's always a chance. Just look to Duke for inspiration. They made the Supers last year, lost a ton of people, especially with pitching. Then, their 2 best returning pitchers wound up missing almost the whole year. Yet here they...

I think it was a quote from an insider on another board that was responding to why Murray wasn't playing at all and said something to the effect of "There are reasons, but I'll keep my thoughts to myself." The idea of things going on behind the scenes might be bolstered by Murray being so quick...

That's true. There should be about 7 starters set in the lineup, but fierce competition for the other 2 spots. I'd be fine if some of the underclassmen worked their way into occasional starts at one of those 7 position as well. I still think we were hurt at the end by having the same lineup...

So now time to play the fun speculation game of what the lineup looks like next year: C - Holland (Fr) 1B - Guldberg 2B - A. Wilhite SS - Waddell 3B - Webb OF - Hall, N Wilhite, Radcliff DH - Compton or Jenkins (both Fr) Weekend Rotation: Roedig, Hughes, Bartnicki Bullpen: Archer, Chapman...

Feels like we need to be preparing for a weekend rotation of Roedig, Bartnicki, and a freshman with a bullpen of Archer (coming off injury), Shirah, Barlow, and other freshman. I guess Hughes is still a wild card. Having not been drafted yet, maybe staying and a move to the starting rotation...

I'm still wishing every year for us to find that stud closer to come in that we never seem to find. Someone like the Auburn guy that shut us down on Sunday night for the final 3 innings. We had Gorst for that one year and that's been about it for a long time. A little with English this year but...

Agree both are gone at this point. With Hurter likely out all year, what's the weekend rotation? I assume Willingham on Friday, Roedig on one of the other days. Who else? Try to move Bartnicki into the rotation? One of the freshmen? Any other bullpen guys that might could transition? With...

I just don't think you can take too much of a knee-jerk reaction about what to change in the program based on one weekend. Up until this year, the overall trajectory of the program seemed very down over the past few years. It was clearly much improved this year, regardless of the postseason...

Have to see where Thomas gets drafted, but it seems unlikely he would improve his draft standing with another year. Hard to see him adding 4-5 mph on his fastball as a senior, otherwise, his analytics and numbers would be at best the same. Curry on the other hand, would seem to be the classic...

Agree completely and I think that's why this hurts more than almost any other season. Last year, we didn't even make the tourney even though we had outstanding 2 starters in Curry and Thomas. Lack of depth in the bullpen killed us. Then this year, it looked like we had greatly improved it with a...

You don't need 21, but you do need 11-12 to rotate in for matchups, to cover for injuries, and to give a guy a break when he's in a big slump and needs a day off to watch and relax. There's a reason nobody in MLB comes close to playing 162 games anymore. The best teams in the majors usually have...

I'm sure in the emotion of right now, he'd probably say he'd be back for unfinished business. However, when big dollar signs get thrown his way, it will likely be too hard to turn down.

It should also be pointed out that after Serratos was kicked off, we essentially had zero depth on offense as well. Now you can argue whose fault, if anyone, that was, but I think that played a big role in some of the struggles in offense the last 2 weeks. The same 9 guys out there every game...

In times like this, I try to look forward to next year to try to have hope. Offense returns a lot of bodies, but that's a gigantic hole in the middle without McCann and English. Easy to see a big step back. IF Curry were to return healthy, you can see a pretty solid weekend starting rotation...