re: Silver lining: Jay as a 30-day head start

How about hitters who can drive the ball rather than send it straight up? Purely using our two games in Hoover as the control group, that was our main problem. Pitchers did enough for us to win those games imo. And we were missing Schimdt and Cooper.

In fact, maybe hire a hitting coach.

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First order of business. Pitchers who can throw strikes and mix it up.

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First, outfielders who toss between innings.

I gave $200 today. Everybody give $200 it’ll add up.

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I think we need 2-3 arms and 3-4 position players that can be difference makers from day one to go with what's returning and what's coming in the recruiting class. I'm not exactly sure how the pitching shakes out but I'm glad to have Evans and Schmidt back

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If we go get 2 lock starters, at least one of those two won’t be here next year. Possibly both. They aren’t going to take demotions before their money seasons start. That’s just reality.

I’m not saying Jay shouldn’t explore bringing in an experienced starter, but some of you need to wake up. I’ve seen people here talking casually about just moving Evans back to the pen as if it doesn’t even occur to them that he would almost certainly leave to be a lock starter somewhere else.

So yes, no one should be guaranteed anything and Jay has a job to do. But there would be consequences to some of the portal decisions people here are advocating.

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Japanese/Chinese pitchers are legit. I’d load up on some chinks in the pitching staff if I were Jay.

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"Dock that chink a days pay for sleeping on the job"

IYKYK

Naw. Next year we'll go on the road for a super and lose

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If we go get 2 lock starters, at least one of those two won’t be here next year. Possibly both. They aren’t going to take demotions before their money seasons start. That’s just reality.

I’m not saying Jay shouldn’t explore bringing in an experienced starter, but some of you need to wake up. I’ve seen people here talking casually about just moving Evans back to the pen as if it doesn’t even occur to them that he would almost certainly leave to be a lock starter somewhere else.

So yes, no one should be guaranteed anything and Jay has a job to do. But there would be consequences to some of the portal decisions people here are advocating.

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You could quote my entire post. I said 1-2 starters and a wipe out reliever. 1 starter if Moore is an option, 2 if he's not an option. I already feel like I explain too much on here so I apologize if you think that means I'm sleeping. I'm not sorry for wanting 1-2 more front end starters, with a big question mark on Moore.

Jay is on his way to Japan to get a few egg rolls that can throw strikes and play infield. frick it, all in

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I’d load up on some chinks in the pitching staff if I were Jay.

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nm

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Pitchers did enough for us to win those games imo. And we were missing Schimdt and Cooper. In fact, maybe hire a hitting coach.

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hitting was not the problem for this team this year once the freshmen came in and took the portal guys spots. Fielding and consistently throwing strikes were the main issues.