Ongoing UF Baseball Commentary

I agree, but proably a Johnny Wholestaff kind of day. I don't think that Pogue is ready for 100 pitches.

 

RPI is at 13. The road victories, despite beating a lowly rated team, are huge.

MSU is nearly mathematically eliminated barring a crazy SECT run. They probably have to win 5 of their next 7. Tough sledding.

One thing we still haven’t seen is a close it out mentality. They needed the Sunday game against UK, they came out flat. Will tomorrow be different????

 

Nesbitt would be my guess.

 

Won 5 out of 6 for the first time since SEC play began.
Now 5-6 on the road in the SEC, flirting with a winning record in SEC road play (need to win 3+ of final 4 road games)

Go GATORS!
,WESGATORS

 

That’s for sure!!! Look at Kentucky right now and how well they are playing. No gimme games for sure.

 

Caglianone and Evans- gotta keep them in the line up.
Jac looks like a future big time hitter with a very high ceiling. And Evans with two huge hits last night and some pop. Gotta keep these guys in the line up.

 

What was the bellicosity last night with Riopelle? That pitcher seriously pissed him off.

 

Big sweep this weekend!!!!

Shouts to
@Matherly87 for the positivity. Good job brother. Love the glass half full approach.
@74nole for always keeping everyone come… But you know when he gets fired up then we all are allowed to ha ha.

Pitching was A+

Pogue- awesome and could be key if he can consistently do this.


Jameson- super solid!!! Dude could be huge down the stretch.


Sproat- stud that we thought he would be!! Leads us off each Friday night with solid outings.


Abner- situationally he’s really producing.


Langford- One of the best in the entire league in so many aspects. Tough out at the plate and hustles like the old-school players we used to know.


Sterlin- his 8 walks were very impressive and his bomb came just at the right time.


BT - what more can you say besides this kid set the tone Friday night and then today defensively saved us early. What a pick up by Sully.


And speaking of Sully… Kudos for the lineup switch as Jac has been a star, Halter looking better lower in the line up and Ty Evans not only was a great move inserting him in the lineup but looks like a future star. Nice to see Armstrong get a chance today also as looked solid defensively and think if he’s continually given opportunity will produce at the plate.

Will be interesting to see who we put on the mound Tuesday night.

 

Bunch of random thoughts:

great start for Pogue.
Remember when Sunday games used to be 12-8 kind of games every week?
Gators now guaranteed to be above .500 at years end.
Likely two more sec wins clinches the tournament, but given our computer rankings (see below), we might not even need that.
I am 100 percent not kidding when I say I would prefer to give up the homer we gave up in the last inning than a walk in that situation. Kids are finally learning, throw strikes with a lead and make them beat you.
The team is getting incrementally better. It may not be in time for this year, but hope is justified.

and non gators note, we may have just wrecked MSU’s NCAA chances. They have an RPI approaching 100 now, and their last 2 series are at A&M and home to UT. This was a devastating series for them.

but our metrics:

2022 Florida Baseball Schedule Scores & Stats | WarrenNolan.com

 

Never thought we would sweep Miss st. Conversely, never thought we would get swept by Ga.
Looks like Mizzou and Miss St could be the 2 teams excluded from Hoover, but still 2 weekends to go. More work to be done. Quite a fall for the defending NCs tho.

Ole Miss kept their slim postseason hopes alive by sweeping Mizzou and Bama continued their slide, losing to LSU, not unexpectedly. Right now, I see 8 SEC teams making the postseason, including UF.

 

Gotta go to Mizzou and play with the same urgency we played with this weekend. Mizzou will playing for keeps as they would be eliminated with 2 losses this weekend I believe. We HAVE to come to play. At this point 2/3 would be good.

 

Can someone bring me up to speed, please.

Fisher Jameson, where's he been? Injured, now recovered?
Pogue, ditto?
Caglionone? ditto?
Where is Milchin?
I know where Manning is, so I dont need to ask.
Do you all think Abner and the Finn need to stay on the bench, unless it is 21-0 game and one out to go.

Based on the recent players, in 3 game series say SEC tourney, whose the best 9 batters and 3 starters?

 

You forgot Ty Evans. The two freshman replacing D Fabian and KC at first give us the best lineup. Bring DF and KC as defensive replacements in 8th/9th. Abner is getting work whereas Finnvold and Manning are not.