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Week 3 Baseball Polls: Texas Falls

By Blake Munroe

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The new baseball polls are out and Texas, as expected, has fell in the rankings after going 1-3 last week. Here are the rankings:

Perfect Game: No. 14
Baseball America: No. 23
D1Baseball: No. 24

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    Blake Munroe

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    A lot of you have asked my opinion on this past weekend. Here's my thoughts:

    - Texas going 0-3 this weekend is something I didn't expect, but isn't that surprising. The Horns never do well in these big neutral site contests early on in the season and then seem to get it together as the season progresses and when it matters the most. I will say that a loss to Texas State was a bit shocking, however.

    - Choking that game away to Vanderbilt was a bit inexcusable as well. To be up that much and then have 11 unanswered runs scored is not good. At all. 

    - Pitching HAS TO IMPROVE. Texas has some guys, but their stuff isn't on par with the Wake Forest and LSU's of the world. It isn't elite. Velo is average.

    - Catching HAS TO IMPROVE. Was a big question mark coming in and is a question mark today.

    - The offense is a lot of fun at times and then sometimes makes me pull my hair out. Need more consistency and clutch moments. Speaking of clutch, I've also had concerns about RISP so far this season and those concerns haven't been alleviated.

    - Texas needs to be more active in the portal. It sort of reminds me of Dabo and Clemson. It's there. Take advantage.

    - Doing the above would fix a lot of roster balancing issues like this team currently has.  

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    cmk4pres

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    Great point. Pierce closer to Dabo in terms of portal.

     

    LSU gets Skenes and Tommy White. We get Charlie Hurley and Luke Storm. 
     

    said it before the season, pitching was razor thin and it most definitely is. We are clearly not sec ready which is scary 

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    Red Five

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    So, just need improvement pitching, hitting, and catching. 

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    hookem1

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    1 minute ago, cmk4pres said:

    Great point. Pierce closer to Dabo in terms of portal.

     

    LSU gets Skenes and Tommy White. We get Charlie Hurley and Luke Storm. 
     

    said it before the season, pitching was razor thin and it most definitely is. We are clearly not sec ready which is scary 

    I wouldn’t compare Pierce to Dabo in terms of portal usage. We were very much in the race for Skenes and Montgomery, so it’s not for lack of trying. So while we haven’t quite gotten our top target, it’s far from a reluctant approach. 

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    hookem1

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    Petition to stop playing in MLB stadiums

     

    Kidding (kind of)

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    Burntcowboy

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    Is pitching something we can fix throughout the season to the point we can really be competitive 

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    Jerry K

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    Coach Pierce is a good coach and knows baseball. BUT he has some glaring issues that keep coming up year after year. The portal is one of them as mentioned (he hasn’t figured out how to manage the recruiting and portal dates very well like other coaches have). He also has a track record at Texas of average bullpen pitching, constant staff changes and either bad talent evaluation or player development or (mostly likely) at times a combination of both. Don’t get me wrong I’m not saying he needs to go at all. There’s just a number of areas where he needs to improve in my opinion. I do think the team will improve a lot as the season progresses because that is also his track record. Hopefully sooner than later. 

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    GoHorns1

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    Blake, what’s Texas record against SEC teams under David Pierce?

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    uthorn1374

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    Pierce seems to not be well liked.  Coaches keep leaving and can’t attract portal players.

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    cmk4pres

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    1 hour ago, hookem1 said:

    I wouldn’t compare Pierce to Dabo in terms of portal usage. We were very much in the race for Skenes and Montgomery, so it’s not for lack of trying. So while we haven’t quite gotten our top target, it’s far from a reluctant approach. 

    Fine but having almost the same closure rate. Braden Montgomery going to aggy was a huge kick in nuts. My understanding  from someone close to the program is we weren't even close to competing for him. That has to change and stops at the top 

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