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Discussion in 'GatorGrowl's Diamond Gators' started by Matherly87, Jun 6, 2023.

  1. 74nole

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    Ideally Cags goes through their lineup twice giving us 6 innings—Ideally…..
     
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  2. shane4three

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    Great data pull!!!
    Cannot take this kid out of the lineup.

    I’ll keep saying it. I hope we see Garrison in the lineup today. People will not run on him nearly as much as they have on us the last couple of years and he will buy strikes just with the way he receives the ball and frames. truly elite defensively
     
  3. shane4three

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    I’ll take 5 and then turn it over to Slater and Neely.
    on another note, been sort of surprised, but have to say it there, Friday night guy and Saturday night guy were stronger than ours… Maybe not by a lot but that surprised me
     
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    2nd straight game without Robertson...injury?
     
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    Lefty?
     
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    Miami is starting another lefty pitcher. Cade is back at 2B, no Albert in the lineup. Maybe he pinch hits for Thomas if he’s struggling and Miami is using a righty out of the pen. Hopefully we have a decent lead by then though.
     
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  7. shane4three

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    Loved the line up today BUT Heyman will have to hit as Garrisonis too good to keep out of the lineup due to his defense.

    and, Cags It’s too good to keep out of the number one or number two role. Fish or Peterson to Sunday guy.
    Cags Is a generational talent and need utilize that way. Just a special dude. He can throw his stuff this way. He will have to be our number one or number two the offspeed stuff today was filthy.
     
  8. Matherly87

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    Upon further review....
    It turns out our best hitter over the weekend other than Cags who went 7-14 with 2 HRs was none other than Ty Evans who went 4-12 with 1 HR. Kurland ended up 4-15 with 1 HR. Heyman, Shelton, Shelnut, and Thomas all had 3 hits over the weekend. Shelton did have the most RBIs with 5.
     
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  9. Matherly87

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    Here we are at 8-3, 11 games in and about a fifth the way thru the regular season. Even though its been 3 weekends it feels like 2 weekends since we cancelled 2 games in week one. I want to post the updated batting averages about every other week from here on for tracking if needed. First where we stand on the batting numbers with the AVE, OPS, and OB%.....

    2024 Baseball Cumulative Statistics - Florida Gators
    14 Caglianone, Jac-------- .478 1.325 .564
    6 Shelnut, Tyler------------ .333 1.191 .447
    44 Albert, Armando-------- .333 .916 .583
    10 Shelton, Colby---------- .325 1.223 .473
    2 Evans, Ty----------------- .324 1.117 .468
    4 Kurland, Cade------------ .323 .848 .364
    11 Robertson, Michael----- .308 .808 .372
    28 Heyman, Luke----------- .279 .987 .429
    1 Thomas, Dale------------- .226 .865 .381
    16 Yost, Hayden------------ .200 .600 .200
    29 Donay, Brody------------ .182 .598 .280
    50 Guy, Jaylen-------------- .111 .468 .357
    26 Garrison, Tanner-------- .100 .283 .083

    Its still early in the season so we can't pull much out of the live feeds that gives us any good trends or matchups. But I think it's clear Guy and Garrison don't offer much from a hitters view and Sully will need to make adjustments. Most agree Albert needs to play somewhere. I would say if not third then at least put him in as the DH when we face a RHP as the starter. If we need a PH to walk up and swing away for a HR then go to Donay.

    Two other considerations, Sully needs a very productive hitter behind Cags and right now Heyman is not filling that role very well. No one stands out as the right fill in behind Cags. I would move Shelnut up until Heyman starts hitting more in key moments. Lastly I would start Robertson more often and then late in the game, if Robertson hasn't got a hit, bring in Guy when facing a LHP.
     
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  10. shane4three

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    Great post!!!

    Albert was a GREAT pick up and has to play.

    If Heyman does not hit and since he’s very average defensively, Garrison has to play. His bunt today was huge and his defense is next level.

    Agree about Shelnut. Heyman has surprised me with a very non aggressive approach.

    Robertson needs to play. Has improved a lot and although lots were overly critical of him last year he’s special defensively.
     
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  11. Matherly87

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    Thanks for your input. I figured this was coming. I'm not so high on Garrison overall as a starting catcher. He might receive the ball better than the rest but his throws to second have been very inaccurate at practice and between innings when I've seen him at the Condron. Most throws are high to the third base side or or bouncing in the grass. Then you factor his 100 batting average and he becomes second or third on my list depending on schematics. Sure he probably will be the Sunday starter when Cags is pitching and Heyman takes first but his bat will really suffer in SEC if he doesn't get it figured out fast. I do think Heyman will see better days at the plate and that might start as SEC gets going with his instincts for hitting line drives.
     
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  12. Matherly87

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    And now the pitching numbers...
    These are sorted by ERA regardless of innings pitched. Its too early in the year to compare quality starts or enough innings to meet the league minimum. For this we compare ERA, WHIP, Innings Pitched, and Bat-Ave-Faced. I've dropped a few meaningful notes as well.

    2024 Baseball Cumulative Statistics - Florida Gators
    -----------------------------ERA- WHIP--- IP- B/AVG
    34 Philpott, Alex--------- 0.00--- 1.14--- 9.2-- .152 Perhaps the best results by any pitcher so far. In 4 appearances he has a complete game with no runs.
    25 Witmer, Reilly-------- 0.00--- 2.25--- 1.1-- .200 Just over 1 inning so not much to go on yet but off to a good start.
    32 Smith, Grayson------- 0.00--- 0.00--- 5.0-- .000 In 3 appearances thru 5 innings, no hits, no walks and no runs. I'm impressed.
    33 Satin, Robert--------- 0.00--- 1.50--- 5.1-- .200 The man who throws strikes and Sully seems to like. He will get plenty of chances if he does that.
    13 Slater, Ryan---------- 2.40--- 0.80-- 15.0-- .140 Our best Mid reliever credited with 3 in Miami but looks to be solid as ever with a 2.4 ERA and 6 app.
    14 Caglianone, Jac------ 3.00--- 1.00--- 9.0-- .156 Jacs true potential has yet to be seen on the mound. Its coming, just give him time.
    12 Peterson, Liam------- 3.75--- 1.00-- 12.0- .143 The true freshman with the most potential to be dominate. Remains to be seen how handles the SEC.
    22 Neely, Brandon------- 4.50--- 1.50--- 6.0- .250 Don't let the ERA numbers fool you. When trying to mow thru the brush sometimes you hit things.
    27 Jameson, Fisher------ 5.87--- 1.57--- 7.2- .233 He might be the surprise mid relief man by end of season. Sully has to dial in how best to use him.
    3 Fisher, Cade------------ 7.71--- 1.46-- 11.2- .306 Is he or isn't he the right guy for Friday? For now don't get caught up in him going 6-7 innings.
    41 Purnell, Blake--------- 9.00--- 2.50--- 4.0- .400 Can he find the right velocity? I think Sully needs to only use him for 3-4 batters each appearance.
    20 Clemente, Jake------ 13.50--- 1.50--- 2.0- .250 Needs a few opps to get that ERA down. If so he can he's useful in the midweeks.
    9 McNeillie, Luke-------- 15.19-- 2.25---- 5.1- .400 Showed lots of promise but not working out yet on the mound. Keep him at 1 inning per app.
    17 Gomberg, Jacob----- 18.00--- 3.00--- 1.0- .000 His one appearance was not good. Lots of coaching needed to get him ready for the next one.
     
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  13. Matherly87

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    ^^^^
    Mods please explain??? I'm not wanting to upset the apple cart, just wondering where this came from.
    This message is awaiting moderator approval, and is invisible to normal visitors.
     
  14. 74nole

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    No it’s not…:devil:
     
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    We all enjoyed the much-needed win today vs U but a cautionary tale may be in order. We are not facing SEC pitching and yet struck out 15 times today and 37 times on the weekend. Live by the long ball.... It worked this weekend as the wind was blowing out to left but a more balanced approach at the plate would be good. On pitching: Cags was on and when he is on, he is the man. Understand why he needs to stay on Sundays. But man, the guy is a beast. Need Neely to get back to form and intensity by SEC time; the FB on his first pitch with bases loaded was not his best and surprised it was called as Canes were waiting dead red... same thing happened Saturday after Sully visit to the mound in 1st inning and Canes hunting dead red. Always good to win a series on the road but got to get better.
    Note: three of our transfer portal guys bringing up the rear on BA... but Garrison is v. good on Defense and Albert needs to get more chances, he knows how to play the game.
     
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    Where do you see “he whose name we shall not say fitting into this (his number is an 8 and a 1 in the opposite order)? With it being March I’ve been really hopeful to see him in a game with a real limited pitch count. Working up to a start in April? Too hopeful? If we see him and he stretches into a starter I’d assume Cade coming out of the bull pen makes us super strong for late season/post season.
     
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  17. gator1977

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    87, Garrison looked solid behind the plate but has not yet done much at bat. Heyman looked like he was sleepwalking this series. Saturday, first inning with two on and no outs, he tooked passively at two looping curves on the inner half when he should have been attacking and then K with a swing and miss on the outside, killed the momo and potetially an inning. At minimum he should be putting the ball in play. Not sure what is happening but he had a poor series for a 3 hole hitter. Kurland today seemed baffled Luke has to get it going or drop in the order.
     
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  18. Matherly87

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    Certainly and why I suggest Shelnut move to batting third until Heyman gets going again. Mainly because Heyman is not protecting Cags and if Heyman keeps batting like that Cags is getting walked even more. No one wants to see that. If I'm FAU or UCF I'm not pitching to Cags until someone batting behind him shows they mean business.
     
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    I'll try to piece together a lineup based on the batting averages and other factors many here have shared. Hopefully we see something like it during the two midweek games this week. It might look something like this if we face a RHP....

    2B - Kurland - most walks and HBP combined and has scored the most runs on the team
    1B - Caglianone(L) - nothing more to say after last weekend
    LF - Shelnut - somebody has to step up and protect the spot behind Cags and Shelnut seems like our best opportunity right now
    SS - Shelton(L) - doing his job in the 4th spot and gives us a R-L-R-L-R upper half plus leads the team with 5 HRs
    RF - Evans - leads the team in triples, its look-up-able and you should to get the joke
    C - Heyman - average continues to sag but is due to step things up, I keep expecting a breakout weekend soon
    CF - Robertson(L) - best option for CF even though some are worried about the swing
    DH - Russell ??? - came in as a PR on Sunday, must mean he's close to coming back, we need a good RHH low in the order, big opportunity here
    3B - Albert(L) or Thomas(R) - will he or won't he, waiting to see if Sully dare make the move at 3B, unknown how Albert handles the hot corner if so

    If Sully keeps Thomas at third then I could see Albert as the DH batting 9th and Thomas bats 8th. Either way Albert needs to play, especially against FAU. It'd be a crime if he did not. Our other RHH just aren't very productive right now so its difficult to plug in a DH with guys like Donay, Garrison, Guy, or Wilson. If Cags is the DH with Heyman at 1B then we get Donay or Garrison back behind the plate but we lose a spot in the order unless somebody wakes up.

    I don't see Sully using Albert as a DH in any game other than FAU so looking down the roster again I found a name we kind of forgot that hasn't played yet. He is John Martinez, the backup 3B that bats right. His bat has some pop and might see some action some time. I know Sully commented on Landon Russell after the game and has made remarks he could be special or a real asset to this team. So getting him back as a DH might fit nicely for our needs right about now. Hope we can get back on a long win streak before we head to LSU.
     
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  20. Matherly87

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    LOL Props for handling this delicate issue in the proper manner. I missed your post earlier so I'm glad I rechecked the list of quoted alerts. I've hinted a few times at pregames that my eyes say #18 looking better physically. I've yet to see him throw a pitch in the bullpen but others on here have. Sully said back around SEC season so we have to be closer than ever before. Now how long until he makes a start??? I have no earthly idea. Trust me if he takes the mound in the next ten games at home I won't be able to contain myself trying to update the thread here.
     
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