Texas Baseball Moving Up In The Polls

[Blake Munroe]

 

[Blake Munroe]

 

D1Baseball Poll:

Rank	Team	Overall Record	Record Last Week	Previous Rank
1	Texas A&M	3-0	3-0	1
2	Virginia	2-1	2-1	2
3	LSU	3-0	3-0	3
4	Tennessee	3-0	3-0	4
5	Arkansas	3-0	3-0	5
6	North Carolina	3-0	3-0	6
7	Oregon State	3-0	3-0	7
8	Georgia	3-1	3-1	8
9	Florida State	3-0	3-0	9
10	Florida	3-0	3-0	10
11	Oregon	3-1	3-1	12
12	NC State	3-0	3-0	13
13	Wake Forest	4-0	4-0	14
14	Clemson	2-1	2-1	15
15	Vanderbilt	2-1	2-1	16
16	Texas	2-1	2-1	19
17	Duke	1-2	1-2	11
18	Mississippi State	3-0	3-0	18
19	Oklahoma State	1-2	1-2	17
20	Dallas Baptist	3-0	3-0	20
21	UC Santa Barbara	3-0	3-0	22
22	TCU	3-0	3-0	23
23	Nebraska	2-1	2-1	24
24	Troy	3-0	3-0	25
25	Cincinnati	2-1	2-1	NR
Dropped Out
	Arizona	0-3	0-3	21

[AJJ_Sports]

If we can figure out our 3rd starter situation this team could be dangerous heading into sec tournament play 

[cmk4pres]

These polls aren't worth being  toilet paper 

[Bobby_Batronic]

I liked that new near side armed delivery by Duplantier. That could be nasty if he really grows into it.

[Blake Munroe]

 

[texcoyote15]

What happened to Bing? I didn’t see the first inning or so

[texcoyote15]

8 walks for the pitching and 13 K’s by our hitters, so Schloss was right that they are a work in progress. I like being able to get the win when you know you can play better.  Like Schloss said we aren’t playing some random team from up North that still has snow on the ground………these we very quality teams and we come out 2-1 and could have easily been 3-0. 

[Tuco Ramirez]

There’s a fairly significant disparity between the polls.

[cmk4pres]

In Schloss I trust so let's get that out there. 
 

need to find a leadoff guy so Kimble can hit behind Belyeu. max needs to hit 3. Love ARod at 2. I would bat Kimble 4, Flores than Will G. Would be nice if Faremr or Winfield was the guy to leadoff

[Jerry K]

I sure enjoyed seeing our new coach and staff that in that dugout. They have some hard work ahead and the issues won’t get fixed fast enough but it’s a lot easier to have confidence in this staff that issues will get addressed than the previous staff. 

[TarrantCoHorn]

3 hours ago, texcoyote15 said:

What happened to Bing? I didn’t see the first inning or so

He had no control so Schloss pulled after 6 hitters or so and 2 runs

[THookem]

What is Ace Whitehead’s current status?

[THookem]

 

[McCoyColt]

Just got tickets to the game tomorrow night s for a hefty $1 each. Hoping the bad weather stays away 

[Jerry K]

1 hour ago, THookem said:

What is Ace Whitehead’s current status?

There’s no timetable for his return. 

[Jerry K]

5 minutes ago, McCoyColt said:

Just got tickets to the game tomorrow night s for a hefty $1 each. Hoping the bad weather stays away 

Dang that’s a deal! Right now I’m seeing the bitterly cold wind rolling in 8 pm-ish. Obviously that could change. It’s not always possible but if it is I wouldn’t be surprised to see the start time moved up to 4 or 5 pm to avoid the weather. 

[.45s]

7 hours ago, AJJ_Sports said:

If we can figure out our 3rd starter situation this team could be dangerous heading into sec tournament play 

Jared Spencer looked as good as any starter I saw and I watched every game.  The speed of his pitches was up there too and perhaps better than almost all of the other pitchers there.  Moffett was not in long enough to get a feel for him as far as speed but for starting pitchers Spencer was one of the best.

[Blake Munroe]

1 hour ago, THookem said:

What is Ace Whitehead’s current status?

@Jerry K nailed it. It’s TBD. Still (slowly) working his way back. 

[Blake Munroe]

5 hours ago, texcoyote15 said:

What happened to Bing? I didn’t see the first inning or so

Inning got out of hand for him. I felt terrible because it was obvious his family was so excited for him to get that start. 
 

I checked in today with a source and they said Bing will be just fine, however. Expect him on the mound again soon. 

[.45s]

4 hours ago, cmk4pres said:

In Schloss I trust so let's get that out there. 
 

need to find a leadoff guy so Kimble can hit behind Belyeu. max needs to hit 3. Love ARod at 2. I would bat Kimble 4, Flores than Will G. Would be nice if Faremr or Winfield was the guy to leadoff

I agree that the ideal batting order is probably something different in the long run and does not seem to be quite ideal so far.  But that may clear up more once the hitters settle in and Schloss gets a good feel for what everyone will do.  Farmer and Winfield were not looking so good at the plate and need to get settled in.  Kimble needs to do that to and Flores is struggling a bit so far.   ARod struck out a lot the first two games but was great in the 3rd.  He hits the ball hard.  Belyeu looks better this year than last year.  Will seems to have shortened his swing or done something with it and was much better at the plate as far as laying off of bad pitches and swinging at good pitches.  Of course, they have only played three games so far.  Mendoza made some flubs in the field and Farmer did too.  Farmer either fell asleep or leaned too much and got picked off at first base and on a play in right he was nonchalant and allowed a runner to go to 3rd.  So far, it is hard to tell if ARod will be a better third baseman than Powell because of the way he fields the ball, but the sample size is still small. ARod does have a really good arm.

[CoachBobbyFinstock]

22 minutes ago, Blake Munroe said:

 

I checked in today with a source and they said Bing will be just fine, however. Expect him on the mound again soon. 

[THookem]