Sunday Morning Baseball Thoughts

[Jeff Howe]

1 minute ago, texcoyote15 said:

There were some arms that I saw early that I thought were going to be able to help. I haven’t kept up with injuries that much……some of them may have gotten hurt. Blake or someone?

Navarre 

Rerick 

Moffett 

McCreery 

Mercer 

Whitehead- I guess they decided to RS him?

Whitehead is taking a redshirt.

Mercer isn’t on the roster for the regional.

McCreery has been injured.

Moffett has had control issues.

Navarre and Rerick had mixed results in limited duty.

[B2inATX]

It was a tough game to watch. Tough on our fans, too. Three rowdy UTSA fans were cruising the walkway between the upper and lower decks, hurling insults. But things got really ugly when they threw a drink at a regular fan, a young man with Down’s syndrome, who sits in the handicapped section. They also shoved his grandfather. Cops were called, but it took a while to calm things down. Really a shame. I’ve seen that kind of stuff at football before but never at baseball. Ugly night all around.

[harveycmd]

Ain't nothing if we're gonna win.

[TTown]

It was a better than expected season. UTSA was a tough draw for us in this Regional.  Trending bad this last month. No way this team wins 3 in a row , but sure hope I am wrong. And will also cost us a chance at the Director's Cup as well. But again way better season than expected so enjoy those times.

[Hashtag]

3 hours ago, Blake Munroe said:

- Everyone keeps wanting Flores out of the lineup. I get it, he hasn’t been the best the last few weeks. The only problem is, the depth at SS is very shallow. If Texas felt confident in someone else, they would put them there. 

I'd tend to agree if he struggled just in one aspect of the game but he struggles offensively and defensively. 

 

Personally I hope Schloss moves on from Tulo. Outside of our guys hitting home runs and scoring via that we don't hit well as a team at all. It's been that way under two different HC's now. 

Edited Sunday at 03:55 PM by Hashtag

[texcoyote15]

1 minute ago, Jeff Howe said:

Whitehead is taking a redshirt.

Mercer isn’t on the roster for the regional.

McCreery has been injured.

Moffett has had control issues.

Navarre and Rerick had mixed results in limited duty.

I figured Schloss/Wiener didn’t trust several of them. 

[Jeff Howe]

11 minutes ago, B2inATX said:

It was a tough game to watch. Tough on our fans, too. Three rowdy UTSA fans were cruising the walkway between the upper and lower decks, hurling insults. But things got really ugly when they threw a drink at a regular fan, a young man with Down’s syndrome, who sits in the handicapped section. They also shoved his grandfather. Cops were called, but it took a while to calm things down. Really a shame. I’ve seen that kind of stuff at football before but never at baseball. Ugly night all around.

If that’s really what happened, I seriously hope Lisa Campos and the folks at UTSA find the culprits and ban them from attending sporting events. I try not to jump the gun when it comes to banning/canceling someone, but that’s outright gross human behavior.

[dentonhorn]

IF we’re fortunate enough, who would be our 3 starters today and tomorrow? 

[Jeff Howe]

1 minute ago, dentonhorn said:

IF we’re fortunate enough, who would be our 3 starters today and tomorrow? 

It depends on who gets used in the first game today. After Riojas gets the ball, all bets are off.

[Lawnmower 5.0]

1 hour ago, DanielOnorato said:

While I agree the depth at shortstop may be limited, could it be any worse than what we saw last night? Can't even bunt guys over...

In my opinion we should have subbed someone in who can get a bunt down.   Sad to think a player at that level can’t execute a simple bunt but if that’s the case get someone at the plate who can.    

[Migas & Fajitas]

U.G.L.Y. baseball last night. Flush that s**t from the memory bank and refocus today. 

[Deadhead_Horn]

Something we have talked about ALL SEASON. Situation hitting and more from the bullpen is what separates national champions with the rest of the bunch. Up until this point, those two issues have plagued Texas for the majority of the season. I am not holding my breath that they will suddenly figure it out this deep in the season, but I do think they can pull off a little winning streak here and advance. They are clearly the best team of the bunch, they just dug themselves a good hole. 

[taxsaver]

we're certainly not out of it yet, but the truth of the matter is that we regularly SO 10+/game...as if we're facing Nolan Ryan every game.  

And, of course, the other truth is that you should never underestimate the incompetence of your opponent.  Hang in there and let the chips fall where they may.

HOOKEM

[f1revo]

ARod at 2B was worse than Flores. Kid can't field a damn ground ball. Failed like 3 separate times.

[Assistant Regional Manager]

21 minutes ago, Deadhead_Horn said:

Something we have talked about ALL SEASON. Situation hitting and more from the bullpen is what separates national champions with the rest of the bunch. Up until this point, those two issues have plagued Texas for the majority of the season. I am not holding my breath that they will suddenly figure it out this deep in the season, but I do think they can pull off a little winning streak here and advance. They are clearly the best team of the bunch, they just dug themselves a good hole. 

Situational hitting and the bullpen is the only reason this team even hosted.

What are you talking about?

[UT_Ro]

Texas played like a privileged team & UTSA played gritty, grande cojones

[PinchPullPancake]

I would love to be wrong, but after the past few weeks I don’t see this team running of three in a row.

[Jordan91]

If Jonah is going to smirk at the pitcher, don’t strike out on the next pitch. 

[DLev]

1 hour ago, Assistant Regional Manager said:

Is any roster “built” for a losers bracket? There is a reason the winner of the 1-0 game wins the regional 85% of the time or whatever it is.

Yes. A team with three established weekend starters and a plan for weekday games. Texas has done it multiple times over the years. This team was getting so close to stability with Riojas taking over Sunday. Then Stewart hurt and moving from Sunday to Friday broke Riojas. 

[Blake Munroe]

45 minutes ago, f1revo said:

ARod at 2B was worse than Flores. Kid can't field a damn ground ball. Failed like 3 separate times.

And so many were calling for A Rod to start over Borba at 3B. 

That’s why I kept saying that won’t happen this season. 

[Blake Munroe]

1 hour ago, Jeff Howe said:

Whitehead is taking a redshirt.

Mercer isn’t on the roster for the regional.

McCreery has been injured.

Moffett has had control issues.

Navarre and Rerick had mixed results in limited duty.

Jeff is spot on. They decided to RS Whitehead due to his injury. He will have one year left to play. 

Mercer is gone. 

Scouts love Moffett but hate his control problems. They’re improving but a long way to go. 

The last two have a ways to go imo. 
 

[Blake Munroe]

2 hours ago, Assistant Regional Manager said:

Winfield’s 4 hits against mighty Prairie View A&M represent almost 1/3rd of his total hits for the season.

He strikes out in 45% of his plate appearances, has 1 hit in 12 AB’s in SEC play and has looked lost in the outfield. 

Of people who should maybe get more playing time, he is pretty far down the list. And what he did last year doesn’t matter. We have a 50+ AB sample size of him this year.

Well said. A little more blunt than I would have put it, but you are spot on. 😂

[CoachBobbyFinstock]

Losing to UTSA should never be on the menu. Texas has lost not once but twice to this bunch.

They don’t have a single adv over Texas in any capacity. 
 

This would be one of the most embarrassing losses or outcomes in a while. 
 

This team better figure it out fast.

Losing to UCLA in a super is one thing but UTSA at home in a regional. No.

Edited Sunday at 05:49 PM by CoachBobbyFinstock

[Class of 04]

This is where you find out who your find out who are the Alpha's and who are the Beta's. Right now there is a fairly sizable portion of the team is playing like the latter, if you can't be mentally strong at this level it's time to hang it up.

Edited Sunday at 06:29 PM by Class of 04

[AJJ_Sports]

Win any way