Gator Baseball 2023 Gator Baseball Thread- CWS Bound

[Joegator96]

Bullpen has improved the last 2 games. Hopefully, that continues.

Waldrep and Slater were SO Kings today. 14 between them in a 7 inning run rule game.

 

[Bullag8r]

We will not face worse pitching the rest of the season and we left 9 men on base. I am delighted with the progress so far but it is safe to say that we will face much better pitching when the conference schedule starts next week. I'm not buying tickets to Omaha just yet.

 

[FireFoley]

I did not think this would grab a lot of attention in its own thread, b/c baseball in general does not. But here is a way to speed up games. Or maybe this may eliminate the home plate umpire all together.

College ump suspended after egregious strike call

Plate umpire Reggie Drummer, who made an egregious third strike call to end Friday's game between New Orleans and Mississippi Valley State, has been suspended indefinitely.

www.espn.com

 

[MertzJay26]

We will not face worse pitching the rest of the season and we left 9 men on base. I am delighted with the progress so far but it is safe to say that we will face much better pitching when the conference schedule starts next week. I'm not buying tickets to Omaha just yet.

Every team has games where hitting with RISP is a struggle, no matter the competition. I agree on not buying tix to Omaha yet, but that’s due to bullpen woes more so than the offense

 

[Joegator96]

I did not think this would grab a lot of attention in its own thread, b/c baseball in general does not. But here is a way to speed up games. Or maybe this may eliminate the home plate umpire all together.

College ump suspended after egregious strike call

Plate umpire Reggie Drummer, who made an egregious third strike call to end Friday's game between New Orleans and Mississippi Valley State, has been suspended indefinitely.

www.espn.com

Yeah this clown just wanted to go home and also punish the batter for challenging the pitch before which was a ball he called strike two. Good for that league administrator for suspending this bad actor.

Part of it may be the catchers are now taught to jerk balls or borderline pitches back into the strike zone after catching it. The art of framing a pitch is another lost art of baseball.

 

[Joegator96]

Looks like Lankford is going to miss another game after fouling a ball off his nuts Friday. Isn't really a problem today or Tuesday but we need this Johnny Hustle in the line-up Thursday against Bama. He may be the most fun Gator player I've watched in a long time.

Damn they just announced Lankford had to have surgery and will be out a couple of weeks. Thoughts and prayers for this young man are appropriate. The pain, the pain.

 

[PhD Gator]

Looks like Lankford is going to miss another game after fouling a ball off his nuts Friday. Isn't really a problem today or Tuesday but we need this Johnny Hustle in the line-up Thursday against Bama. He may be the most fun Gator player I've watched in a long time.

Damn they just announced Lankford had to have surgery and will be out a couple of weeks. Thoughts and prayers for this young man are appropriate. The pain, the pain.

Seems like how long he will miss is uncertain, but I read on Twitter it would likely be about 3 weeks. I can't seem to find the tweet that said it though. Hopefully he recovers fully and is back in the lineup when it really matters.

 

[Bullag8r]

Purnell. No
Hartzog. No

Insert sad face emoji.

Sienna batter swings at ball 4 ~ 4 times and then watches strike 3

Thursday we go from playing against rookie league pitching and hitting to playing against AA and AAA teams

 

[maheo30]

Hey, Purnell made it through an inning. That is sort of an improvement. Isn’t it?

 

[Bullag8r]

And . . . Hartzog came back strong in the 6th. I am glad to be wrong

 

[Joegator96]

And . . . Hartzog came back strong in the 6th. I am glad to be wrong

Damn Bull, made me delete a post, LOL

 

[Joegator96]

We need to enjoy Jac Cags! We have a superstar cruising thru the program so every AB and outing should be enjoyed. He is really the "straw that stirs the drink"

 

[FireFoley]

Purnell. No
Hartzog. No

Insert sad face emoji.

Sienna batter swings at ball 4 ~ 4 times and then watches strike 3

Thursday we go from playing against rookie league pitching and hitting to playing against AA and AAA teams

I just saw the box score. I see Purnell's Old Folks Country Sausage finally got another chance, against the worst team on the schedule. He did record 5 outs I see, but of course had to HIT 2 batters in the process. He blows.

 

[Joegator96]

I just saw the box score. I see Purnell's Old Folks Country Sausage finally got another chance, against the worst team on the schedule. He did record 5 outs I see, but of course had to HIT 2 batters in the process. He blows.

The opposition has learned not to try and HIT Purnell, just wait a few and he will HIT the batter.

 

[grengadgy]

Seems like how long he will miss is uncertain, but I read on Twitter it would likely be about 3 weeks. I can't seem to find the tweet that said it though. Hopefully he recovers fully and is back in the lineup when it really matters.

Florida Gators outfielder Wyatt Langford, No. 3 MLB draft prospect, expected to miss weeks after surgery

Langford was ranked by CBS as the No. 3 pick in the 2023 draft class

www.cbssports.com

Expected to miss weeks after surgery

 

[Joegator96]

Pitching woes return against the Ospreys. Thru 3 Nesbitt and Jameson aren't very good. Gators down 2-0 let's hit Gators.

 

[Fodderwing]

Jameson has an 18.00 ERA.

 

[Fodderwing]

Good guys win 7 to 2.

 

[Joegator96]

Jameson has an 18.00 ERA.

His second and third innings were solid. Fic was dominating for 3 and Neely looked like a solid closer. Had to manufacture some runs tonight since the top of the lineup couldn't buy a hit. It happens. Bama Thursday night on TV.

 

[FireFoley]

In total the staff only walked 1 and only hit one batter, so much improvement. Nesbitt was not as sharp as last week, but UNF is not a terrible team, but he did not have his A stuff. I like Jameson, but he just can't seem to get outs, but in fairness he walked no one so that bothers me less. He just can't quite locate when needed. It is not as frustrating watching the other team get hits as opposed to walking around the bases without swinging.

Looks like it is going to be the 3 starters from here on out and a bullpen of Slater, Fic, Fisher, Abner and Neely, barring a blowout game. Midweek game will be a potpourri of the hopefuls. The wildcard will be Coppola if he comes back. I am sure Sully will pitch him midweek if healthy just to see what he has before throwing him to the weekend wolves out of the bullpen, if his arm is healthy and his pitching stuff can measure up.

Rather see the little lefty playing left field this weekend. Fabian looks uncomfortable out there and of course Evans dropped another routine fly that would have ended the game.