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<blockquote data-quote="FredJacket" data-source="post: 698003" data-attributes="member: 2843"><p>Ok.. maybe I'm overreacting based on "mainly" the early innings last night. And my comments were specific to last night's stuff. Your numbers speak for themselves; but I'll [nit] pick on them below a little. But...last night, we had Waddell(BB), Guldberg(bunt single), Hall(F9/moves Waddell to 3rd), Guldberg(SB). Gets runners on 2rd/3rd w/ 1 out. Freshman strikes out. [granted this is my personal biggest pet peeve... failing to get run in with guy on 3rd less than 2 outs] Then Radcliff(IBB) loads bases. Freshman strikes out to end inning. I think this start made me hyper focused my concern about freshmen... to your point. Thanks. I'll concede the problem is more global. </p><p></p><p>Radcliff gets a lot of attention from "us critics" ...Going into last night's game, he was leading the team in RBI. Also in walks... giving him a respectable OBP. Pitchers are being very cautious in their approach with him and unless the guy batting behind him is named Waddell or Guldberg (which is not happening), that will continue. He is going to have to be the most disciplined hitter on the team given his toolset and where he bats in the lineup if his BA is going to be very high.</p><p></p><p>I'll take a minor issue with your cherry-picked numbers regarding errors. Waddell and Webb (and Wilhite) are going to get the overwhelming majority of the chances defensively. Simply using the absolute number of errors to compare is unfair. On the other hand, 4 errors each this early in the season is too many...and their current fielding %'s... are too low. Something to keep eyes on; but I'm thinking it'll improve.</p><p></p><p>One glaring problem (right now) is wild pitches. Last year, we saw 0.73 wild pitches per game. The pace this year is 1.41 per game. Technically... a wild pitch is charged to the pitcher; but the catcher can stop quite a few of those. Something that needs to improve.</p><p></p><p>As far as I'm concerned, the pitching is not a problem at all. </p><p></p><p>I agree the future is bright... actually very bright. And any "blame" for current inadequacies probably should not be lopped onto the freshman... plenty to go around across the roster.</p><p></p><p>I am quite excited to see how this team navigates the ACC schedule and I fully expect them to improve. [USER=2679]@THWG[/USER] has said that many times and his track record is pretty good. I'm counting on it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FredJacket, post: 698003, member: 2843"] Ok.. maybe I'm overreacting based on "mainly" the early innings last night. And my comments were specific to last night's stuff. Your numbers speak for themselves; but I'll [nit] pick on them below a little. But...last night, we had Waddell(BB), Guldberg(bunt single), Hall(F9/moves Waddell to 3rd), Guldberg(SB). Gets runners on 2rd/3rd w/ 1 out. Freshman strikes out. [granted this is my personal biggest pet peeve... failing to get run in with guy on 3rd less than 2 outs] Then Radcliff(IBB) loads bases. Freshman strikes out to end inning. I think this start made me hyper focused my concern about freshmen... to your point. Thanks. I'll concede the problem is more global. Radcliff gets a lot of attention from "us critics" ...Going into last night's game, he was leading the team in RBI. Also in walks... giving him a respectable OBP. Pitchers are being very cautious in their approach with him and unless the guy batting behind him is named Waddell or Guldberg (which is not happening), that will continue. He is going to have to be the most disciplined hitter on the team given his toolset and where he bats in the lineup if his BA is going to be very high. I'll take a minor issue with your cherry-picked numbers regarding errors. Waddell and Webb (and Wilhite) are going to get the overwhelming majority of the chances defensively. Simply using the absolute number of errors to compare is unfair. On the other hand, 4 errors each this early in the season is too many...and their current fielding %'s... are too low. Something to keep eyes on; but I'm thinking it'll improve. One glaring problem (right now) is wild pitches. Last year, we saw 0.73 wild pitches per game. The pace this year is 1.41 per game. Technically... a wild pitch is charged to the pitcher; but the catcher can stop quite a few of those. Something that needs to improve. As far as I'm concerned, the pitching is not a problem at all. I agree the future is bright... actually very bright. And any "blame" for current inadequacies probably should not be lopped onto the freshman... plenty to go around across the roster. I am quite excited to see how this team navigates the ACC schedule and I fully expect them to improve. [USER=2679]@THWG[/USER] has said that many times and his track record is pretty good. I'm counting on it. [/QUOTE]
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