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re: Next years starting pitching?
Posted on 7/22/22 at 4:31 am to Coldcushcush
Posted on 7/22/22 at 4:31 am to Coldcushcush
Coleman won’t be back till April at the earliest
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Posted on 7/22/22 at 4:48 am to landrywasbeast30
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I thought they were bringing in guys from other teams to fix the problem, but apparently the solution is two guys who were on the team last year. I’m so confused.
Unless you have Nola and Gausman on your staff, all you can do is assemble a lot of talent and let it shake out in the spring. I think they’ve done that. They have a lot of good possibilities, but each of these possibilities has to overcome something - injuries, lack of an out pitch, consistency. Each one represents a chance. You get enough chances and you’ll probably have a good staff. This thread is a bunch of enthusiastic fans guessing which chances will hit.
Posted on 7/22/22 at 4:51 am to landrywasbeast30
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What if a pitcher on the team isn’t a Christian? Will he not work as hard with that kid?
Forget it man. If we were in Turkey they’d be calling him a faithful son of the Prophet.
Posted on 7/22/22 at 3:10 pm to Penrod
Here is a write up about Taylor from his last start on the Cape. It's Geoff Pontes of Baseball America (formerly of Prospects Live). It's illustrative of why he's going to be competing for a weekend starting job (bolding is my own, for emphasis):
He's got as many as 5 distinct pitches he can throw. He worked through the lineup twice. Worked deep into the game.
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A freshman for the Tigers this spring, Taylor made a handful of starts for Brewster before being shut down for the summer. Taylor is a physical righthander with a heavy rock back, longer arm action and a vertical release point. He saw limited work for LSU this season, pitching 31 innings across 17 appearances.
On July 12 Taylor made his final start for the Whitecaps at Yarmouth-Dennis. He went six innings, allowing an earned run on four hits, striking out 12 and not walking a batter. He mixed a kitchen sink worth of pitches, but primarily worked off of his fastball and curveball. His four-seam fastball sits 93-94 mph, touching 95 mph with heavy bore, and it generated swings and misses throughout the outing. He showed strong command for the fastball as well in this outing, locating at the top and bottom of the zone and showing no fear when it came to locating in on lefties.
His primary secondary was a jaw-dropping curveball at 77-78 mph with over 20 inches of drop at its best. It was a higher-spin offering, clocking in at 2,500-2,600 rpm. He mixes in a cutter, slider and changeup, all showing unique shapes and giving him three different pitch shapes and velocity bands to mix off of his fastball and curveball. Beyond just the depth of Taylor’s arsenal, he commanded everything extremely well.
He didn’t walk a batter in his final outing, leaving few mistakes for hitters to jump on all game. It should be noted that Taylor’s July 12 start came at Yarmouth-Dennis’ Red Wilson Field—one of the best hitting environments on the Cape. He controlled the zone and the pace all game long, mixing in his deep arsenal as he ran through the Y-D lineup twice. How Taylor fits into the complicated puzzle of LSU’s roster next spring remains to be seen, but he showed his upside as a draft-eligible pro prospect for next July’s draft.
He's got as many as 5 distinct pitches he can throw. He worked through the lineup twice. Worked deep into the game.
This post was edited on 7/22/22 at 3:13 pm
Posted on 7/22/22 at 3:36 pm to ProjectP2294
Can’t hate on that Taylor was one of the few pitchers in the squad with a second pitch
I think 0 pitchers have a guaranteed spot.
I think They all have shown inconsistency or have injury questions.
But I like the method of grabbing every guy we can and figure if it out.
Is there a big time transfer out there at the position we didn’t get?
I think 0 pitchers have a guaranteed spot.
I think They all have shown inconsistency or have injury questions.
But I like the method of grabbing every guy we can and figure if it out.
Is there a big time transfer out there at the position we didn’t get?
Posted on 7/22/22 at 4:29 pm to SammyTiger
Paul Skenes TBD.
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