Techcaster572
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I'm so happy for the team and kids! Go get em BOYS!
This just gets me fired up! Love the reaction from the players...
It’s a double elim tourney. We play UNCW and then the winner of 1 vs 4 if we win. If we were to win that one we could close it out in 3. If we get in The losers bracket it can take up to 5 games to come thru and win. Worrying about the supers at this point is a fools game, imhoSo, we'll see UNCW, then uga, then Army? Do we have enough pitching to go 3+1 games? If not, do we go 1, 3, 2, 1 with our starters? What would that make the SuperRegion look like?
I was thinking pool play not 2-elimination. Still, there are strategies depending...and I'd never strategize for the SR.It’s a double elim tourney. We play UNCW and then the winner of 1 vs 4 if we win. If we were to win that one we could close it out in 3. If we get in The losers bracket it can take up to 5 games to come thru and win. Worrying about the supers at this point is a fools game, imho
The big question is who are our number 1,2 &3 starters right now. Finateri has not pitched well his last few outings. When I think about how he fared against the last few good hitting teams we played I'm not sure I want him going against the Dwags. So maybe we do pitch him against UNCW. I actually like Jones against UGA more than Finateri. But who knows? CDH has a habit of pulling out his best bullpen arm to start in regionals so maybe we see that. In any case we are still playing baseball and that is great.It’s a double elim tourney. We play UNCW and then the winner of 1 vs 4 if we win. If we were to win that one we could close it out in 3. If we get in The losers bracket it can take up to 5 games to come thru and win. Worrying about the supers at this point is a fools game, imho
This. Keep fighting.......... we are still playing baseball and that is great.
The big question is who are our number 1,2 &3 starters right now. Finateri has not pitched well his last few outings. When I think about how he fared against the last few good hitting teams we played I'm not sure I want him going against the Dwags. So maybe we do pitch him against UNCW. I actually like Jones against UGA more than Finateri. But who knows? CDH has a habit of pulling out his best bullpen arm to start in regionals so maybe we see that. In any case we are still playing baseball and that is great.
Maybe our freshman (or sophomores or juniors) will make the “quantum leap” this week, lol.We don't have any quality starters. We have the worst ERA in ACC play. Cam is the best we have right now. The best we can do is let Cam start against uGa and have staff days for the rest.
I'd start Cam against uGa, he's been our steadiest pitcher. If we play a DH due to weather, I wouldn't recommend he play both games and pitch the second. But that's just common sense.
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Finateri should not start against uGa. If he does "start" it should be a planned staff day against Army or maybe UNCW. Look at the ERA rise through the season. Getting worse even considering the opposition IMHO.
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McKee has not been doing well since NC State, but has done well as a true Fr. Another staff day.
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I looked at other like Ben King or Cam Hill and they are good for once through the lineup. If you want them to "start" on a staff day, fine.
*And this is the ACC only pitching stats:
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I'm so happy for the team and kids! Go get em BOYS!
This just gets me fired up! Love the reaction from the players...
^^^^^Well, I was (pleasantly) surprised we got a bid. I still think our pitching dooms us. I don't know that it matters a whole lot who starts which game for us, but it is a fun topic to speculate on, I'll admit.
We need to :
That's the only path to survive and move on that I see.
- get lucky
- have a couple of pitchers throw above grade this coming weekend
- oK, maybe have more than a couple of pitchers step up their game
- HIT HIT HIT
Personally, I just hope we win the opener, as I fear another 2 and done performance like we saw in the ACC Tournament, and lower seeds usually do have 1 or 2 pitchers who are really good.
Pitching, pitching, pitching.......it's ALWAYS about the pitching, folks.
Gotta win Game #1, then worry about the next game.. I don’t think you plan a Regional the way you described it.As said above, we don't have an ace and whoever starts any of the games, you're hoping just to get through the lineup twice with minimal damage done.
However, the one point I would think about with Friday is this. If you get to a Monday game where it's all hands on deck, who would most likely able to bounce back on 2 days rest and pitch on Monday. To me, that would be Jones as he has moved around and pitched out of the pen some this year. Finateri has been consistently starting with a week's rest between games and doesn't seem as likely to be able to come back in 2 days and give you 2-3 quality innings you might need to win the regional.
Gotta win Game #1, then worry about the next game.. I don’t think you plan a Regional the way you described it.
Yep. We aren't cute enough to be cute. You start the guy in Game1 that you feel gives you best shot of winning it.Gotta win Game #1, then worry about the next game.. I don’t think you plan a Regional the way you described it.
I had no idea it was so simpleI think if we score over 15 we have a pretty good chance to win.
I had no idea it was so simple