Gator Baseball 2022 Roster/Lineup/Batting Order

No matter who he starts, they will probably only go 5 or 6 innings. Then what? Unless we have a 7 or 8 run lead it won't matter who starts because there's no one reliable to close out games. Other than nights when Barco is on, the best night of pitching for a game was probably the way he used 6 different pitchers to beat FSU. May need to try doing it that way for the second and third games of every series, or at least after Sproat comes out from his start. Just run another one out there as soon as somebody gets in trouble and hope they can string 3-5 outs before the next guy comes in.

 

On the starting bump--- Barco, Sproat and Slater/Neely.
Now. those asking for shaking things up- here goes after the left side killed us today.
Armstrong, 3rd, Halter SS, Thompson 2nd, Riopelle 1b, and Guscette C
Langford LF, Jud CF, Tucker RF. Sully will not do it of course as he has favorites but at minimum play Kris at 3rd. And Tuck seems to have disappeared.

Rivera and Cali- seemed to go about their business as if entitled and it's damn irksome, Deric is overmatched in SEC. Does Sully have something against Kris and Tucker- and can they do be worse than the guys that have lost 5 of 6 SEC games? Season slipping away so try something different.

 

^^^funny you single out Callilao and Rivera. I see quite a few guys on this roster who need to be better. Rivera and Callilao are “entitled” and everyone else is fine. Got it.

 

Matside, I agree that all the guys need to play better- but Cali and Josh are veterans and should be leaders- and lead by example -- in field and at the plate. Cali today letting that fair ball roll foul not charging and critical at-bats in the clutch that failed to be productive- from a guy who has been around forever. With Josh- lots of talent- but has to take charge of the left side and make the big play in critical situations- did not. I can finger point at a few others- of course but these guys are vets and need to step up.

 

Lol—

Mat, if we’re going to single players out it’s gonna be a long list.

 

I am with you there which is exactly my point. You can’t pin this on one or two guys.

 

Still not sure what makes them “entitled” as opposed to everyone else. Just a ridiculous comment.

 

Relax- you guys are making something out of nothing. The question was posed -- if we were to "shake things up" how would it look and I gave some blue sky suggestions for the sake of baseball conversation. Perhaps 'entitled' was not the correct word to use and I noted you could single out many guys who are not delivering to expectation but Josh and Cali are veterans and with their skills and experience they should be team leaders- same could be said about Jud- and I was critical of Sully for not dropping Jud to 5th or 6th in the order last year when he was killing us in the 2 hole. Think everyone is a little frayed by the shellacking we've taken in the last five SEC games- as we have found just about every way to lose in those games.

 

I’m sorry, and I went ahead and deleted my comment because I was making false accusations. I believe the team needs Josh’s vocal leadership and Cali’s veteran and clutch presence so hopefully that can click immediately.

 

Also, we scored 8 runs last night. That should be plenty in a competitive SEC game. Why are we blaming the hitters and not the pitching? I hate to even place blame on anyone but i’m just confused.

 

There isn't a lineup tweak in the world that can overcome what we are seeing on the mound. We have to pitch better - pure and simple.

 

Hey 87, I like the revised line-up shake-up you lay out here- worth a shot- But agree with

No worries- we're all disappointed and a bit on edge because we had expected a great year from our Gators. Still time to make it a solid year if Sully can figure out the pitching- always hopeful.

 

Hey 87, I like the revised line-up you lay out here- worth a shot- But agree with others- it all comes down to quality consistent pitching-- that is the fly in the ointment.

 

Sadly the people in charge of figuring it out don’t seem to have any answers either lol. It can only get better.

 

I hear what you are saying BUT it isn’t like Abner yesterday was stretched too far. Or Purnell on Thursday. Or Nesbitt yesterday.

Simply put, the bullpen is awful and the starters have talent but no consistency.

Barco, Sproat, Neely, Abner, Manning, Nesbitt, Pogue, plus a couple more should equal a formidable staff. But so far, they don’t. They equal Barco plus ?.