USF dropped from D1 baseball poll

[chapelbull]

Puk had friday night starts and was supposed the be the man.  The gators had the luxury of depth that we don't have.

You can interpret his overall performance anyway you want, but to say he has had only 1 outstanding start is hate.  He hasn't been as good in conference play as we would all like, but he still has 8 starts of allowing 1 earned run (3 in conference) or less.  That's outstanding regardless to anyone being truly objective.

[BrassBulls12]

http://floridagators.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=5074 

 Shore started every Friday until tourney play when the rotation became obsolete. He also started their first super regional  game and the Coastal Carolina game. Puk was the highest draft pick, Shore was the man of the staff. We don't have the depth they had, which is why we can't afford the breakdowns.

Our ace struggles with the basic job of a pitcher, which is to throw a strike. That doesn't make me very confident. It makes me feel like the foundation will crumble when the post season begins. 

[Dave_Glaser]

13 minutes ago, chapelbull said:

Puk had friday night starts and was supposed the be the man.  The gators had the luxury of depth that we don't have.

You can interpret his overall performance anyway you want, but to say he has had only 1 outstanding start is hate.  He hasn't been as good in conference play as we would all like, but he still has 8 starts of allowing 1 earned run (3 in conference) or less.  That's outstanding regardless to anyone being truly objective.

Shane is good. There's no doubt. He just hasn't been consistently good like you need out of your Friday starter. We've had a lot of Friday starters over the years with lesser stuff, but they gave us good outings every week (Mark Roberts, John Gorham, Casey Hudspeth, Randy Fontanez, etc.) - outings you could count on. I think we were all hoping for that from Shane. If he was more consistent on Fridays, we'd be having a pretty dominant season in the league. We'd probably be 15-5 right now.

[BrassBulls12]

4 minutes ago, Dave_Glaser said:

If he was more consistent on Fridays, we'd be having a pretty dominant season in the league. We'd probably be 15-5 right now.

For sure

[chapelbull]

1 hour ago, Dave_Glaser said:

 If he was more consistent on Fridays, we'd be having a pretty dominant season in the league. We'd probably be 15-5 right now.

Well yeah, if he pitched better we'd be better.  But like I pointed out above, we've also taken 2 L's on fridays in which he gave up 1 earned run.  So we could say, if we hit more consistently, we'd be 14-6 right now or if pitched better and we hit better we'd be 20-0.  Or if a frog had wings, he wouldn't bump his ass on the ground.   Bottom line, we would like SM to be better, but he has been very good in 9 of 12 starts and stunk up the joint in 3 and we're still sitting in 3rd in the conference with a NCAA tournament locked up.  Not bad for a team with only 2 legit starters and a fairly young, inexperienced staff outside those two and Perez

Edited May 15, 2018 by chapelbull

[Brad]

3 hours ago, chapelbull said:

8 starts of allowing 1 earned run (3 in conference) or less.  

Assuming you have it handy, how many total IP in those 8 starts?

[chapelbull]

5 minutes ago, Brad said:

Assuming you have it handy, how many total IP in those 8 starts?

At least 6 per, probably 48 - 50

[BrassBulls12]

D1 baseball projections are still sending us to Tally  GAINESVILLE		CONWAY
1 Florida* (1)		1 Coastal Carolina* (16)
4 Hartford*		4 Kent State*
3 UCF		3 Mississippi State
2 Jacksonville		2 UConn
STANFORD		MINNEAPOLIS
1 Stanford* (2)		1 Minnesota* (15)
4 Grand Canyon*		4 Bryant*
3 Northeastern*		3 Washington
2 Texas A&M		2 Louisville
FAYETTEVILLE		DURHAM
1 Arkansas (3)		1 Duke (14)
4 Oral Roberts*		4 Davidson*
3 Louisiana Tech		3 St. John's*
2 Oklahoma		2 South Carolina
CHAPEL HILL		LUBBOCK
1 North Carolina* (4)		1 Texas Tech (13)
4 North Carolina A&T*		4 San Diego State*
3 UNC Greensboro*		3 Dallas Baptist*
2 Kentucky		2 UCLA
CORVALLIS		GREENVILLE
1 Oregon State (5)		1 East Carolina (12)
4 Pepperdine*		4 Campbell*
3 Cal State Fullerton*		3 Missouri State
2 Ohio State		2 Auburn
OXFORD		RALEIGH
1 Ole MIss (6)		1 NC State (11)
4 Jackson State*		4 Navy*
3 Baylor		3 Vanderbilt
2 Southern Miss*		2 Tennessee Tech*
ATHENS		TALLAHASSEE
1 Georgia (7)		1 Florida State (10)
4 Wright State*		4 Sam Houston State*
3 Houston*		3 LSU
2 Florida Atlantic		2 South Florida
CLEMSON		DELAND
1 Clemson (8)		1 Stetson* (9)
4 Yale*		4 Marist*
3 Indiana		3 Illinois
2 Oklahoma State*		2 Texas

[BrassBulls12]

Bottom line is if we had a true ace we could be winning this conference. 

Edited May 16, 2018 by BrassBulls12

[chapelbull]

lol, when was the last time we won a conference