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Weekend 4 Recap: SEC in Shambles?! | Ep. 017 · College Baseball Now

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Speaker 1: Major standouts, post incredible performances, a pair of unbeaten squads,
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whole court, and what exactly is going on in Baton Rouge.
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With a huge slate of midweek games to come and
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conference play firing up across the nation, we have plenty
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to discuss and we're gonna do it on this episode
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of College Baseball. Yeah, there ain't no problems.
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Speaker 2: Then no problems.
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Speaker 3: Don't want me?
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Speaker 4: Yeah, let me.
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Speaker 1: Turn to the chat.
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Speaker 3: They know what was going for a minute. I hit
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the be out beating, didn't grab a couple wins with
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a d They even know the kid I had to
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do a p I G news.
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Speaker 1: We can never beat average and they.
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Speaker 5: Want to pull them with the boy.
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Speaker 1: They don't know, no statics. I don't need so coach
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sign run a week, guy, I want.
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Speaker 3: To test that tad on the standing so control runs
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a game. Beth would leave of signing dogs, counting them
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my wins. Yeah, I love it when they count me
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y out, counting on the least. Sudden shame. Why men
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at the docks ben't believe.
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Speaker 1: I run the game? No one clean.
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Speaker 3: To Magot.
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Speaker 4: Don't want to stand it.
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Speaker 1: Live and in living color on your favorite podcast listening
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or viewing application. It is college baseball. Now your friends
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have joined you again to talk about weekend four in
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the twenty twenty six n c DOAA baseball season, and
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boy howdy, what a weekend it was. Lots to discuss
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and with you, as always your host and crew starting
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to coast with of course, with your friends, your host,
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your boy, Drew Wheeler, director of Amateur Scouting at Prospects Live,
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please be here with my friends, and you're starting with
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the gentleman to my right on your screen and is
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mister j B. Sebastiano. JB. What's good?
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Speaker 5: How are you doing, Drew?
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Speaker 1: I'm great, buddy, I'm doing really good. I have a
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question for you, JB. I'm sure you knew this wasna
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I have a question. Yeah, uh what, JB? Is the
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best flavor of Gatorade?
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Speaker 5: That's a great question. Out of the typical ish flavors,
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I'd say I'm like a glacier cherry type of person.
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I think is one of my favorites. If we're going
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like random and if you like know me, I like this,
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like the mango Gatoraide flavor that's like my favorite one
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if you can find it, like super random. But those
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are the two i'd go with right there.
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Speaker 1: I like it, okay, uh, definitely deep deep Lore there
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the Glacier because I would say, at least around here,
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Glacier is one of the rarer ones. Like if I
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can't find it.
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Speaker 5: Much sure, I mean maybe maybe I'm pulling out the
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bag like when I was a kid, you know, in California,
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like the Glacier series, Like I don't know, you'd see
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it everywhere, so I was. I was always a big
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glacier I ever, go more basic than that. I guess
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I said it was an orange gatorade person, so.
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Speaker 1: Orange is solid. I mean all of the ones you
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listener saw. The main go pull is insane tech. I
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love that though. So good call. Glad to know we're
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on the same page. We're simpatico on the gatorade in
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the bottom left. Today we have coach Jake Bargerie. Coach.
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It's good to see you, sir. I know you got
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out to the ballpark today. Hopefully we'll get a quick
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line about that from you later in the show. But curious, Jake,
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what is the best flavor of gatorades are?
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Speaker 2: So? I like the the Glacier Freeze one, the light
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blue one is usually, uh my go to gatorad. I'm
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not a big I'm not a big red Gatorade fan.
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I feel like a lot of people like the red one.
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That's just never been a thing for me. I've never
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been a big fan of it.
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Speaker 1: Why not red, Jake, Not that I'm a Red proponent.
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I drink the red Gatorade, but I get it, So
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why not Red?
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Speaker 2: To you? I don't know, It's just I don't know
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the fruit punch flavor like. I don't know. I like
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fruit munch like kool A better than I like the
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for punch Gatorade. I don't know. It's just not my thing.
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Speaker 1: I get it, I got it. Hey. I feel that
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you enjoyed your time at the park today.
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Speaker 2: Yes I did. I did. Finally got out. It's like
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seventy degrees out today, which was wonderful. Got a really
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fun game. I can mention it later at the end
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if you want to talk about it some more.
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Speaker 1: Seventy degrees in Pa, you were living a blessed life, Jake.
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Speaker 2: Sure, it's been a long time coming. Quinn. I'm sure
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can attest to that.
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Speaker 6: Too, Quinn, What do you mean, Quinn, that's Josh kat No,
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it's not. Look who's joining us on episode seventeen. It
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is our new friend joining us for the pod for
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the first time.
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Speaker 1: It's Quinn Martin.
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Speaker 4: Quinn, Hie, it's going on, Jarl, thanks for having me,
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of course.
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Speaker 1: It's my pleasure, buddy. You know, whenever we brought you
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on to the team, I asked if you were ever
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interested in podcasting. You said, yeah, that's something I'd be
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into doing. And it is overdue, but we're thrilled to
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have you with us on College Baseball now. And I'm
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gonna ask man Gatorade, what's the best flavor, Quinn.
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Speaker 4: Yeah, I'm gonna go with Jake. Also gonna throw in
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cool blue. Pretty similar but like both and I've never
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had it before, but I would like to try.
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Speaker 2: Grape.
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Speaker 1: Grape is solid. Grape is solid. Uh, none of you
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said my favorite gatorade? Green Apple Gatorade. It is outstanding,
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truly outstanding, and by the nods, Have any of you
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had it?
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Speaker 5: I can't say I have. I'm not a big Green
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Apple guy.
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Speaker 1: Quinn, save this graphic.
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Speaker 4: I didn't even know it was a thing.
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Speaker 1: Oh no, okay, well, I love lemon lime as well.
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It's it's hyper basic. But man, you come in hot day,
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like working in the yard or something. Man, limon lime
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gatorade hits like nothing else to take it.
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Speaker 2: I take it. You're just a big sour guy. You
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like you like a lot of sour things.
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Speaker 1: Not not like sour candy. I like sour flavor on
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gatorade for sure. It refreshes. Yes, I appreciate you. I
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appreciate you noticing Jake. Now whenever I see Jake, He's
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gonna have like hyper sour candy for you, And I'm oh, awesome, thanks, great, Thanks. Anyway,
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Botston discussed obviously, like we said in the College Baseball Universe,
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there's plenty of stuff going on, and we're gonna jump
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into it with some of the biggest storylines of the
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weekend to talk about. And Jake, we are going to
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stick with you, buddy. We let into it in the
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last episode and I don't even know that we would
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have predicted that this would happen, But Jake, what's happening
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in Baton Rouge Lsu looked to have completely lost the plot. Uh,
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let's let's talk about the Tigers.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, I honestly don't I mean I don't
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know what to say about what's happening about at LSU
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right now. I mean, like not only you know they
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were shocked and back to back mid weeks, but they
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and then they struggled last weekend against or I say struggled.
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They won the games, but like they struggled for their
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standards against Dartmouth and the Northeastern and then and then
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now they lost a series at home to sax State,
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Like I don't know, like I don't, I don't know
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what to think about them. Like Game one, no complaints,
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they handled their business in Game one, but like Game two,
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they only had three hits on the game and just
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one coming into the eighth inning. Game three today, uh,
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like they only got one run across and they lost again,
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Like I mean, I don't know, Like obviously we know
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the talent they have and and that's the reason they
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were ranked, you know, number one when we started putting
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our rankings out, and like I don't ex I mean,
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I don't. I don't expect it to be like a
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lingering issue the rest of the season, Like there's too
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many good players on the team for this to continue
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happening the rest of the year. But like you know,
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drew on your on your your worry meter like you
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like to talk about Yeah, a lot. I probably break
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the scale right now with LSU the way this plan
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right now, Like it's just it's really it's concerning, Like
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they're not scoring runs against teams they should be beaten,
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and like I don't know they can then to open
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SEC play next weekend. They got to go to Vanderbilt,
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which yes, you know hasn't had the best start to
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the year, but they're really good at playing at home.
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It just I don't know, it's just not getting any
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easier for him right now.
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Speaker 1: Lots hold on, lots to talk about it here. First
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of all, we are eight minutes into the episode. You've
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already broken the worry meter. Wouldn't need that later on,
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so I'm gonna need you to repair that. That get
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excellent excellent notes though, Jake, because I think Vanderbilt we
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have plenty of questions about as well. Obviously we've we've
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documented it very heavily. How this it feels like almost
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the anti Corbin team in a sense. They're all power.
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It's it's they're a very all gas, no breaks kind
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of team, and they're gonna be hosting LSU with Hawkins
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in Nashville, and that's gonna be an incredibly intriguing matchup
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for both teams. Uh, Jake, you talked about it a
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minute ago, but today, especially to watch LSU's you know,
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well manicured, inherited and brought in from the transfer portal,
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this roster of Juggernauts flailing against the admittedly efficient and
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talented Sacramento State pitching squad. Over the last two days,
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they looked lost, and I think that it kind of
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goes back to the point where we said a moment ago,
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all right, excuse me, in the last episode, it's a
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lot of these guys are trying to play hero Ball,
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and I feel like they're I'm gonna break this for
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all of us with this one at bat. And Jake,
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you said it yourself, there's no such thing as a
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six run homer.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, like you mentioned, like, there's just not
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there's just not much of an approach right now that
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feels like they're playing with like like the desperation, like
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I think I talked about it last time, like there's
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good desperation and there's bad desperation, and like this is
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the bad version of it right now. That LSU's kind
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of hitting with. Like like you mentioned, I mean, props
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to props to sack State Carson Timothy six and two thirds,
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four strike out, no runs, Trevor Wilson, I mean he's gift.
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He's given a two and a third inning save, but
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I mean he went too and a third no runs
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allowed on him. Like, really good job out of that
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pitching staff to hold down this.
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Speaker 1: Uh.
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Speaker 2: I mean we talk about how talented this lot LSU
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lineup is, topped about them, but like like you said it,
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I mean it's like they're all they're they're all trying
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to trying to be the heroes right now and it's
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not really working for for anybody.
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Speaker 1: Sure, definitely, Quinn. I'm gonna come to you here in
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just a second to talk about LSU's offense and maybe
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which guys we need to be most concerned with. But
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I did want to give the California boy. I want
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to give you an opportunity, JB if you want to
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prop up Sack State, you know, prop them a little.
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I don't know how much we could prop up this
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Sack State team, And Jake did a great job of it, man,
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because the pitching has been I think efficient is my
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favorite word. They went out and handled business on Saturday
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and Sunday, and realistically speaking, only in the eighth and
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ninth inning. Today was LSU a threat. Yesterday I feel
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like it was, you know, sporadic flayers with nothing really
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meaningful on the offensive front. What I guess if you
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wanted to if you want to praise sax State, if
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you want to praise your West Coast Baseball, do it.
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But then what's the outlook for sax State the rest
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of the way?
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Speaker 5: JD Yeah, I think I guess I'll start off with
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that sax State. It's kind of interesting. You know, we're
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always used to the Friday performance and the Friday Arms
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being the people that you're used to seeing shine, and
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it was kind of the opposite for sax State. Friday
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was the day that they struggled the most by committee,
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and then Saturday they went back to kind of a
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committee approach again with Kurt Martin kind of starting the
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way there four and a third, no runs, four strikeouts,
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and then kind of piecing it together through the rest
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of the way, and they had a lot of success
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with that, winning a game, and then Sunday, obviously they
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just went two guys that Jake talked about and kind
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of did a great job getting through it. I think
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for sack State it's it's a big confidence boosting win.
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I don't know if it necessarily makes me believe that
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they're gonna outperform themselves and you know, dominate everybody else.
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A lot of those West Coast mad major schools is
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kind of a dogfight to the end out there, you know,
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as we've seen with the Big West and all those
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other conferences out there. So I think sax State's a
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good team. I guess the point that I was more
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so going to make about this series is the concern
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of the LSU pitching staff. I know we're all going
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to talk about the offense, but I'll hit on a
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couple LSU pitchers here for a second. William Schmidt going
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five and two thirds, four runs, three earned kind of
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concerning on Sunday out of a game that they really
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needed a strong start. Gavin Gidgery also today two innings,
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he allowed a run, but the three walks is really
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what's more concerning to me in those two innings from
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a guy that's supposed to be a shutdown reliever. Cooper
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Williams also had a bad outing today. He gave up
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a run, didn't get an out, and then the day
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prior to that, Cooper Moore had a solid start to
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the outing, and then after that Devin Cheron comes in.
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It only gets one out and gives up three earned
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runs and he's supposed to be one of their best
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relievers at LSU this year. So kind of really, the
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LSU bullpen has not shown out very well recently, and
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a poor start from William Schmidt also is not great.
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And I know on Friday they run rule Sack State,
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but Cassan Evans has not been as dominant as we've thought.
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You know, five and two thirds too earned. It's not
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a bad stat line, but against a not great Sacramento
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State offense, it's kind of concerning. Hasn't dominated really anybody
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yet this year. So yeah, I'll leave it at that.
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That's that's my thoughts on that.
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Speaker 1: JB. I love it because you know, we talked on
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the last episode for sure about how this LSU bullpen
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has been shaky. Is maybe the kindest way we can
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say it just not what we expect out of them,
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and you called it. I mean, Gidriy has looked really rough.
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Shearing has looked really rough. H New I feel like
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has been back and forth. There's there's guys we can
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talk about. But then yes, when you talk about my
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boy William Schmidt and as well as Case and Evans,
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who you know we were all clamoring about as being
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a top four arm, a top five arm in the
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SEC preseason. It's just I'll kind of compound on what
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you're saying. JB with Evans gave up two and five
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and two thirds five and two thirds, right, Yes, five
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and two thirds two ernies over that to Sack State.
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What is Venderbilt gonna look like this upcoming Friday. Yeah,
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it's just you get really concerned because I think I
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think we'd all agree Vandy is maybe upper middle of
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the pack, middle of the pack SEC offense. Yeah, I'm
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curious what that jump is gonna be from I mean,
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God bless them Sack State to SEC play. It's just
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it could be really rude for the Tigers.
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Speaker 5: I agree. I think also, like as a whole, I
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think that series is the big test for both programs,
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two struggling programs going into a weekend that's really really
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big for both to show what they're going to be
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for the year.
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Speaker 1: So absolutely the blue Bloods are gonna have to test
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their metal. Only one can come away with the series win,
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and it's gonna be tough. Quenjamin Franklin my favorite nickname
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for you. I had to get it in on the air, Quinn.
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I'm gonna ask you when we talk about l s
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U which for the Tigers are we looking at as
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if this doesn't turn around soon, this player's entire outlook
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for us is going to radically shift. Yeah.
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Speaker 4: I think three of their main bats have just been
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not as good as anticipated. For starters, Kate Aaron Biday
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coming out of the fall, coach has been talking about
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him is like one of this one of the best
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catchers in the SEC and kind of just hasn't been yet.
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Strikeouts are near thirty percent and it's just not really.
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Speaker 1: There for me.
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Speaker 4: Stephen Mylins another one kind of mashed over his first
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two years in two fifteen now and I'm not sure
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if it's his approach changing. Maybe maybe he's trying to
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lift the ball a little more. It's just not who
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he is. Needs to be more of a gap to
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gap guy. And then you know, my first podcast throwout
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kind of a hot take. But I've never been a
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Derek Curry out guy. He's not been the player LSU
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needs him to be. He needs to be this superstar,
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that kind of Jake Brown has been just not a
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lot of power, a lot of singles, just not really
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where it needs to be.
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Speaker 1: It is interesting, Quinn, because you know, we talk about
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I guess you could say kind of our team meetings,
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we're like, now, well you're gonna have this year. We're
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gonna have a superstar do it all team on my
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back outfield or in LSU. Right, Derek Curiel's rub in
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his hands, right, No, No, Derek, not you. It's straight Brown.
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It's It's funny how that's kind of become the reality, though,
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isn't it. Yeah, you know Brown has been I think
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the first week of the season he was up there
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in terms of the hottest players on you know, on
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the planet, at least with regards to college ball, and Quinn,
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you said it there. Curiel's detractors have had a lot
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of ammunition going into I think a very important first
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month of this season where his draft stock. I think
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now we have to question the the toll that this
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is taking on it. Right.
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Speaker 4: Yeah, I've been questioning it since he was a senior
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in high school. Like a lot of the a lot
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of the positives have been okay. If he adds strengths,
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if he adds power, just kind of hasn't come. It's
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been talk for three years now about how he's gonna
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add weight, and it's just hasn't really happened. And LSU
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needs him to hit extra ray hits. They're not coming,
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So LSU, I mean, Vandy will be a big test.
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If he can get going, then I think it could
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drastically change our season. But if he's just gonna be
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hitting slap singles, then it's not gonna not gonna do
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too much for him.
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Speaker 1: Tigers fans, you heard it here. Courriel is bad. Attack
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the guy in the bottom right corner. He's the guy
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you want to flame. And I'm getting quite good point.
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It's certainly something we're gonna have to keep an eye
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on going forward. Speaking of keeping an eye on things, JB,
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you kept an eye on Chapel Hill over the weekend. Uh,
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not exactly the weekend I think you wanted for your
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heels though.
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Speaker 5: Yeah, you know, congrats to Drew and being the only
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one to get a point this week on that pick them,
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so you know, you can take a bow there. I
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guess really it's the storyline that we came in with
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that the pitching staff is what we really all talked
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very highly of, and it was what let them down
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the most this weekend, compiling with the slow start to
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the offense. But I think that we talked so much
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about the pitching staff being the key to pulling it
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all together, and the three outings that they received from
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the starting staff didn't necessarily help that case. With Jason
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mccerra going three innings five runs, only two of those earned,
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but not what you want on Friday, then he moved
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to Saturday. In the first game of the doubleheader, Lynch
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went four innings, five earned, and then you moved to
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the second game of the doubleheader with Folger bow As
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going three innings, four earned, so nobody made it to
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the fifth inning. Kind of something that is a big
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struggle there, and it's hard to win games, especially when
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you have to tax the bullpen that much in a
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weekend series against a quality offense and in a doubleheader.
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Fortunately enough, they pull out the last game of the doubleheader.
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Tyler Howell was kind of the breakaway star in that
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game for them, and he really stepped up big as
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a freight, and I think that was his first start
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of the weekend as well. He went two for five
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with the game tying homer and a walkoff single. Big
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game for him. Owen Hole also got going this weekend,
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two extra base hits, he had the game tying double,
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he had a homer in the game prior. But honestly,
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for Virginia, the guys that kind of stood out where
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Eric Becker had a nice weekend. Sam Harris was probably
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the winner of the weekend for UVA with I think
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he had two or three extra base hits. Noah Murray
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kind of a breakout random star of the weekend for them,
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Homer here. I think he had two homers, three extra
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base hits total or something like that, four or five RBIs.
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And Kyle Johnson had a nice game on Sunday or Saturday,
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excuse me. In the game of the doubleheader, he dash
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went two for three, so UVA nice weekend for them,
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kind of breaking out. I know some other outlets haven't
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show him a lot of respect them ranked him yet,
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but I think it's kind of at a point where
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it's hard not to but good UVA team, and I
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think it'll be something that we keep an eye on
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for the Heels with offensive pitching.
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Speaker 1: It definitely is I want to touch with you on Murray.
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He really likes it in the Chapel Hill when maybe
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we're getting him in an old portal, he's talking about
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Chapel Hill. He agrees with this kid. I agree with
20:12
you with your three pitchers, though I know we talked
20:15
a lot about Dakaro Lynchaboaz because obviously you know you
20:18
watch this team quite a bit. You have good insight
20:20
in this team with those three guys. Uh, Let's let's
20:23
play similar to the worry meter. Let's say if you
20:26
had to rank them in terms of adjustments needed at
20:30
one month into the season, what what's the ranking for you?
20:42
Speaker 5: I think Jason was more of a one off outing
20:44
type of deal where it didn't look like he had
20:46
a lot of command. He's kind of put two back
20:47
to back together where he's gotten hit around a little bit.
20:50
But against Uva, it was a lot of bad luck,
20:53
I'd say more so for him. A lot of soft
20:55
hit singles kind of just compiled together with walks and
20:59
was bad luck. I mean, I guess the guy had
21:03
say I'm worried about the most would be Folger Boaz,
21:06
but more so from an aspect of he's got the
21:09
ingredients to put it all together. I'm a big fan
21:11
of Folger Boas as you guys know. I just think
21:14
it's really putting it all together on the stage for
21:17
everybody to see. Because he's shown some really good outings
21:19
and he's had some really not so great outings so far.
21:23
I think it's just kind of being consistent with him.
21:27
Lynch is probably in the middle. I mean, he's kind
21:30
of been fairly steady or throughout. You know, it's the
21:32
same stuff. The commands a question, but he's always been
21:36
somebody that goes out there and competes for us in
21:37
the biggest stage. So I would probably say it would
21:40
go most worried about Folger, kind of in reverse order
21:42
of our rotation, Most worried about Folder, Lynch in the middle.
21:45
They care at last, all right, jab really quick?
21:48
Speaker 1: Great? This take? Okay? On the like school scale A
21:53
to F, you could use minuses or plus e. Sure,
21:56
let's give Folder a midweek to get right. Let's let
21:58
glad'er get a weekend start on Sunday.
22:03
Speaker 5: I would give it an A because I think it's
22:05
a realistic possibility. I think there's a world where he
22:11
King Robber forces his way into the rotation at some
22:14
point this year. When that happens, I don't know. There's
22:17
also the chance he stays in the pen, just from
22:19
the fact he's been our most reliable pen guy as
22:21
of late. So I think it's a two a double
22:24
edged sword. But it's not a bad teacher. It's a
22:27
real one. It's one that has been heavily discussed between
22:30
me and you know, my fellow Tarkil fans here, so
22:33
I know it's real.
22:35
Speaker 1: Okay, cool, cool, cool, Quenjamin looking at you, because obviously
22:40
jb led in with Virginia's offense, you know this is
22:43
a loaded squad with some guys that were really focusing
22:46
on for this summer's draft. When you think about Virginia's
22:49
offense and you think about the way that those stars
22:51
performed against you and c this weekend, Quinn, what stands out.
22:54
Speaker 4: To you, Eric Becker, I think he's just gonna keep
22:58
climbing so here all around.
23:01
Speaker 1: I really wouldn't be.
23:03
Speaker 4: Surprised at the end of the top ten pick Oh
23:07
I really, I really wouldn't. It's just all around very
23:12
solid players should stake it short. I really like them,
23:14
and I think continuing to perform against high level ACC
23:18
pitching is just going to keep doing the favors.
23:23
Speaker 1: Quinn, can you gather that I'm in Eric Becker support?
23:26
Speaker 4: I think I could tell. Yeah.
23:28
Speaker 1: I just wanted to make sure it came across.
23:29
Speaker 5: No jump on it with him.
23:31
Speaker 1: I jump on.
23:33
Speaker 5: He's number thirteen on my personal overall board, so I
23:36
think he's number thirteen of high school and college together.
23:40
Speaker 1: I think he's okay, both, okay, okay.
23:43
Speaker 5: I'll be combined board drive combined.
23:47
Speaker 1: My brain is very much in college board mode right now.
23:50
I know that I need to be thinking in terms
23:52
of combined, but we'll get there. Jake. Let's talk about
23:56
these two teams as we progress into the season. Right
23:58
ACC play is fired up, U and C is coming
24:01
off of I mean, this is a rough, a rough
24:03
series for them, and JB. I'm sorry to be so
24:05
blunt about it. This is a rough series for them.
24:07
Virginia looks really good coming out of this, Jake, I'm curious,
24:10
let's look at kind of your outlook for them going forward?
24:13
How much does this damage you and see, but how
24:15
much does it boost up Virginia in your in your
24:17
mind to coach?
24:20
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean I don't. I don't think it's like
24:23
crazy either way. I think this was a really good
24:25
performance from Virginia. This doesn't necessarily like completely tarnish what
24:30
I think about U and C. Even though this is
24:32
a bad series to lose at home the way that
24:35
they kind of lost it, especially in those first two games,
24:38
they didn't look great. But this is this is more
24:40
of just like you know, in those first two games,
24:42
like I just said, the Virginia just kind of flicked
24:44
its muscles on them a little bit, like the like
24:46
the lineup top to bottom just caught fire like they
24:49
have been all year. And what's crazy is like in
24:52
those first two games, like their best player a j
24:55
Garsia three for thirteen or three for thirteen on the weekend,
24:58
not just in those first two games, so like they
25:01
were they were hitting without like their their their their
25:04
star carrying them the way.
25:08
Speaker 1: Yes, I'm going to brought that up, Jake. That's such
25:13
a great point though, like to do it without kind
25:15
of the nucleus you expected it kind of emphasizes your
25:19
point though this team is loaded top to bottom with
25:22
quality hitters.
25:25
Speaker 2: Yeah, you're right, And like you asked at the beginning, like,
25:27
I think this is just more you know, both teams
25:32
are still really good in my eyes, I don't. I
25:34
don't think anything too negative about UNC after this. I
25:38
think that you know, Virginia just kind of caught them
25:40
at the right time, I guess. But I mean this
25:42
is this is a really good, uh, really good performance
25:45
from Virginia, and I like, I like the way that
25:47
I see them going forward. I think they're going to
25:49
be just fine.
25:51
Speaker 1: Pressure question, Jake, are these two both top fifteen teams
25:54
still for you?
25:58
Speaker 2: Yes? I think so. I don't. I think they are
26:01
definitely both top top fifteen teams.
26:04
Speaker 1: I think so for me too. I just kind of
26:05
wanted to hear it from you before I locked in
26:07
mind later on King. So, uh, Quinn, I have two
26:10
questions for you. First of all, uh, is it true
26:14
that you're beat on the Daily Sheet? The College Daily
26:16
Sheet on Prospects Live dot com. Dem ship starts a
26:18
little seven dollars a month if you want to read
26:20
that every day. Quinn's on it all the time, every
26:23
every episode d're on Quinn you do midweek SEC, and
26:25
if I'm not mistaken, you do Big ten weekends. Correct, Yes, sir,
26:29
Big ten weekends, Big ten weekends. Okay, glad to know that. Second,
26:34
what are you drinking? I noticed you pulled up the
26:36
flask a minute ago and normally Josh is the one
26:38
who's drinking the rum on the episode. So is this
26:40
something he passed to you?
26:42
Speaker 4: Just got a little blender bottle?
26:43
Speaker 1: Uh huh?
26:44
Speaker 4: Rum had some creating earlier, but now maybe mix, maybe
26:50
mixed with some other things.
26:51
Speaker 1: But Jake Whiskey, is that what you're Is that what
26:55
you're on today?
26:58
Speaker 2: Earlier? Not anymore?
26:59
Speaker 1: I'm talking God Whiskey at the ballpark coaches living his
27:03
best life. I love it, coach, all right, Quinn, let's talk.
27:07
Let's talk Big ten buddy. Uh, there happens to be
27:10
a fifteen to oh team USC. Guys, the Trojans are legit,
27:17
question mark. I think, just like we all drew it up,
27:20
USC one of the best teams in the country in
27:22
terms of the win loss record. Wank wank, nudge nudge, Quinn?
27:27
My question, do you to lead us off here? Is
27:29
USC legit?
27:31
Speaker 4: So I'd like to say that Southern cal is legit.
27:33
USC would be my alma mater. University is Oh, I
27:37
forget that.
27:38
Speaker 1: That's a sticking point for you. Huh yeah.
27:40
Speaker 4: Unfortunately, Universe Second is not legit.
27:43
Speaker 1: So what No.
27:45
Speaker 5: I strongly disagree with the statement of the using of
27:48
USC here, but this is this is the battle for
27:50
another time.
27:51
Speaker 4: I mean, the university was founded before California was a state,
27:54
So I'm just gonna leave it. Oh my gosh, A
27:58
passionate fighting point for me for over the last five years.
28:03
Speaker 1: All right, let me rephrase then, Quinn Quinn is Southern
28:08
California legitimate?
28:10
Speaker 2: Jure?
28:10
Speaker 4: That's a great question. Southern cal is absolutely legit. Rotation
28:15
is filthy. I mean Mason Edwards, Grank Govell. They've allowed
28:21
one run in fifty combined innings. I mean it's pretty good. Edwards,
28:26
especially just a competitor out there. Good left to eat
28:30
with the load in mid nineties fastball, breaking ball is
28:34
really good.
28:35
Speaker 2: Low eighties.
28:36
Speaker 4: Manipulates shape well, it's really tough to differentiate out of
28:39
the hand. I wouldn't be able to hit it, that's
28:41
for sure. Offenses good. They don't have a true star,
28:45
but they get production from one through nine. Adrian Lopez,
28:48
Maximo Martinez, Jack Iss here get a home run to day.
28:52
It's got eight extra race hits in ten games.
28:54
Speaker 2: It's been great.
28:56
Speaker 1: Yeah.
28:56
Speaker 4: I think USC, excuse me, Southern Cal could finish up
29:01
the season as a top three team Big Ten. And yeah,
29:06
I mean, I don't know if anybody's in the UCLA,
29:08
but if anybody is US, he's going to be right there.
29:12
Speaker 1: Interesting to bring that up. That is a point we're
29:15
going to get to in just a minute. Quinn, I
29:16
love that. I love that you teased that, Jake, you
29:19
handled the Big Ten beat last year and then you
29:22
handed it off to your Northeast compatriot Quinn for this season. Uh, obviously,
29:27
I know you kept you keep up with college ball, Jake,
29:29
You're you're aware of the Big Ten regardless. Where would
29:32
you put USC kind of in the pecking order of
29:35
the Big ten teams right now?
29:38
Speaker 2: I mean, looking at their start to the year, like
29:42
it's UCLA at the top of the Big Ten? I mean,
29:47
is USC right there with the Oregon? I mean it's
29:50
hard to say that they're not. I mean, they haven't
29:52
lost a game yet, Like I don't know, Like like
29:55
Quinn talked about it, like their pitching staff is just
29:57
going nuts right now. And Edwards is so good. I'll
30:01
say it again. He already touched on it. I'll say
30:02
it again. Six innings, eleven k's no runs, like Grant
30:07
Govel really good. Andrew Johnson got shaken up a little bit,
30:10
but you know, the bullpen picked him up there. Like
30:13
good defensive team. They're like they made a few errors
30:16
this weekend. They're top fifty in the country and field
30:18
in percentage, and like on offense, there isn't just like
30:24
one star on this offense. Jack, Butsiar is hitting really well.
30:27
Quinn talked about it, but like they only have two
30:30
guys with an OPS under like seven fifty in their
30:33
lineup right now, Like it's top to bottom. They're hitting
30:36
the ball well, like I don't know, and they have
30:39
a pretty light schedule coming up, even for the Big Ten.
30:41
But like, yeah, the team is legit, and I wouldn't
30:44
be shocked if we're talking about this team having you know,
30:47
I don't know, twenty five plus wins at the end
30:50
of like March, Like yeah, I think they're they're for real,
30:53
and I'll put them right up there. I think I
30:55
think I would put them right up there with the Oregon.
30:57
Speaker 1: Jake quick question, just a yes or no answer? Am
31:00
I insane for saying I like USC better than Oregon?
31:04
Speaker 2: No? No, not at all. The way they're pitching that
31:07
can compete with anybody in the in the country right now.
31:10
Speaker 1: Good to know, JB. I'm gonna give you an interesting
31:14
one because this is gonna be a I think obviously.
31:18
The question that we've established here is the two top
31:20
dogs in Big ten right now are gonna be teams
31:23
from your neck of the wood. It's it's it's UCLA,
31:25
it's USC. What would that matchup look like before we
31:29
get to it, obviously, because man, sendemah when you get there.
31:33
But I mean, in my brain, pal, this is a
31:36
hyper offense against a hyper pitching squad. However, is the
31:40
difference gonna be Can USC's bats contend with a UCLA
31:45
pitching staff that has been competent, if not excellent in
31:49
their own right?
31:52
Speaker 5: Yeah, that's a great question. I think that USC kind
31:56
of mirrors more of a traditional ish And this sounds
32:01
like an insult, but it's not a good mid major
32:04
offense in California. Like your UCR vines, you're Santa Barbara's,
32:08
they're not built to slug like UCLA is. It's more
32:11
of a play the small ball game, be fundamental, play
32:14
good defense, move guys around, and win a game. Then
32:18
that's kind of the offense that they're built around. Now,
32:21
I guess I'll go the other way with this question.
32:24
With UCLA playing against some of the best competition in
32:28
the country and facing some of the best arms in
32:29
the country, is it any different facing Mason Edwards and
32:35
Govel and those guys. I don't know for me, honestly,
32:41
I think UCLA will be able to handle that well enough.
32:46
But that's just my personal opinion.
32:51
Speaker 1: But yeah, I would agree with that JB because we've
32:54
seen I mean, and the one I'll go to because
32:58
I mean, it's obviously a game that I had a
33:00
deep rooted personal interest in. But I mean Teakan Koons.
33:02
Consider how Teakan Koon's from Tennessee looked at the end
33:04
of the game against UCLA. I think if that's kind
33:07
of your your bizarre ersatz from kind of what you
33:10
can expect of a Govell or An Edwards solid start,
33:14
nothing that's going to irreferably damage our opinions of these dudes.
33:19
Now after they've shoved. UCLA is just kind of a
33:22
different animal. They're in a they're in a tier almost
33:25
of their own, and I think that's kind of the
33:28
point you and I share.
33:29
Speaker 5: Right, Yeah, i'd agree. I agree. I think it's there
33:32
in their own tier. But I guess to give these
33:34
guys some credit, I guess I'll talk about some similarities
33:37
between Edwards and Govell, at least for a second. Sure,
33:40
So they're both running, or at least I should start
33:43
with Edwards. He is running an over sixty percent with
33:45
rate on his breaking ball and a fifty seven percent
33:48
with rate on the change up. The fastball is down
33:51
at twenty three percent, so it's fine. It's, you know, yeah,
33:54
kind of average. Govell, on the other hand, kind of
33:57
the same deal. It's forty four percent on the breaking
34:00
ball and fifty four percent on the changeup with twenty
34:04
five percent on the fastball. So it's heavy breaking ball
34:07
change up approach from both guys, especially to get the
34:10
swinging miss. I think against UCLA, you know, is that
34:13
approach gonna work? That's another question. Are they going to
34:16
have to move into that slot? Obviously? I think they
34:19
don't throw as many fastballs against them. So it's kind
34:22
of an interesting thing to see how it plays out.
34:24
Speaker 1: I love, Yeah, you're right, I mean, looking into the
34:26
kind of the chess match as it will be for
34:28
those matchups, I do think that at least the prior
34:32
version of a Gasparino, at least I think that's a
34:36
guy who maybe you know, you could see Edwards and
34:38
Govel succeeding against with the breaking ball approach. You really
34:41
want them to you want him to get aggressive and
34:43
chase on that. But then you talk about guys like
34:45
obviously Chilowski, Lavou, these are guys with like hyper advanced
34:50
play discipline. For the college game, I'm curious it's gonna man,
34:54
that's like I said, it's gonna be cinema. That's that
34:56
showdown between some SoCal teams is gonna be insane. On
35:01
the topic of undefeated teams, guys really quick, because I
35:03
know we got a lot to talk about Texas. Jake
35:06
brought it up earlier. Dude, we don't really talk about Texas.
35:09
It's kind of just like, Yep, they're good, let's move on.
35:12
But I mean, realistically, they've handled their they've handled their business.
35:16
They're fifteen to no sweep of USC Upstate or as
35:21
it says on the as it says on the sheet
35:23
update USC update either way, that team they lost three
35:28
times to Texas this weekend, but that's nothing new because
35:31
Texas has kind of collabored everybody. Jake really quick, like
35:35
maybe just a sentence or two, what's working for Texas?
35:40
Speaker 2: I mean, I think it all starts, like I love
35:43
to talk about pitching, but it kind of all starts
35:45
with the pitching staff. Like rio Jas continued to roll,
35:49
he's bawling right now. Luke Harrison was pretty good for
35:54
him again as well. Like, I don't know, I think
35:57
I like, I really like the pitching stuff, and you know,
35:59
if you want to talk about the offense, they're they're
36:02
all picking each other up right now. There's a couple
36:03
of guys that's really rolling. But I like the pitching
36:06
steph a lot.
36:07
Speaker 1: Yeah, definitely JB. Texas's offense obviously, we've we've touched on it.
36:12
They have insane level transfer portal guys. We've sad some
36:17
of their underclassmen step up. We've had dudes just this
36:21
Texas offense. Again, if there's anybody kind of at that
36:24
level with UCLA, I'd say it's Texas.
36:27
Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean Robbins has picked up right where he
36:30
left off, and the power that we were dreaming that
36:32
he would have has shown up now. Six homers, hitting
36:35
three ninety at twelve fifty three OPS. They have four
36:38
guys in this lineup with four more homers and five
36:41
with three or more, so that is huge for them
36:44
early going in the season. The power numbers have been
36:46
great for this team. I mean almost their entire lineup
36:49
starting is hitting over three thirty or around three thirty
36:53
right now, which is absurd. This lineup is just kind
36:56
of posted insane numbers. The OPS is every buddy in
37:00
the starting lineup I think right now is above with
37:03
one exception at eight eighty nine above a nine hundred OPS,
37:07
which is insane. This lineup just has been going ballistic,
37:11
and I think there's nothing that can stop it right now.
37:13
Speaker 1: Who's who's the frummy no good, awful hit or only
37:17
hit nine? What's funny enough?
37:20
Speaker 5: Adrian Rodriguez?
37:21
Speaker 1: What ay, Roger?
37:23
Speaker 5: You absolute garbage seven number one guys the old.
37:28
Speaker 1: Exactly so you guys will JB. You may remember this, Jake,
37:35
I know you'll remember it. The very first episode of
37:37
College Baseball Now we talked about how man, what if
37:40
Aiden Robbins could use some of this power he got
37:43
in the Cape and bring that all contact approach from
37:46
Seaton Hall. Could we be looking at a goliath and
37:49
you and I both kind of simultaneously. I think we could, Drew,
37:53
I think we could and uh, sure enough, buddy, that's
37:56
what's happening for us. Quinn. I'm gonna go to you
37:58
really quick for this question, and it's a loaded one,
38:00
and I'm sorry, to my knowledge, you're not currently ranking
38:04
college baseball teams. You may be for yourself, and that's awesome.
38:09
Who's better Texas or Ucla?
38:14
Speaker 4: I'm gonna go Ucla, but I think it's getting closer
38:18
every week. I think UCLA's pitching is still just a
38:23
bit of a step ahead, but I mean Riojas and
38:27
Valantis especially are kind of undeniable, so it's getting close.
38:33
Speaker 1: I also am a Dylan Valantis truther. So you're doing
38:36
very well. You're doing very well to earn yourself a
38:38
pay raise. All right, So we've got a couple more storylines,
38:43
but obviously we did kind of we did really go
38:45
in depth for you on the big ones. So let's
38:47
power through these other things really quickly. I'll jump in
38:50
super quick to talk about some Big twelve stuff because
38:52
that's obviously my beat for the Daily Sheet. Dee Kennedy
38:56
on fire again, question Mark X and L. That's a
38:59
hard nod. Three home runs today for de Kennedy. I
39:02
think he cemented himself over a gentleman we'll talk about
39:05
here in a minute. As my favorite breakout player of
39:07
the season. Kennedy is insane. I think he's got power
39:10
and hit. But obviously, JB. We talk a lot about
39:12
how there's some swing happy stuff with d Kennedy, there's
39:17
some issues under the hood, and yet I think he
39:19
remains a pretty intriguing player, especially one who is building
39:24
some really credible draft stock. But the player who I
39:27
think we're gonna and I don't mean to catch off, JB.
39:29
I'm just gonna try to power through this real quick.
39:31
Big twelve swept off the table. So we talked about
39:33
other things. Quentin Coates, Guys, Cincinnati's first basement is an
39:38
absolute goliath. Twelve home runs on the year, Cincinnati is
39:44
that's not pretty good, that's a pretty good squad. Jack
39:47
Natili got a lot of love and justifiably preseason from us,
39:51
and yet I think that that's just gonna be a team.
39:54
Then I'm finding myself really struggling not to rank them
39:59
even thinking about how good Cincinnati has played. Very good,
40:04
some solid pitching guys again, Nathan Nathan Taylor doing very well. Uh,
40:09
they've got hitters chechick I think returned this weekend. Just
40:13
the lineups getting deeper. So very good. U c f
40:17
with a sweep over Murray State, and we know that
40:19
the uh we know that Murray State lost a lot
40:22
of guys either to uh, you know, graduation, A couple
40:24
of guys picked up ud FA's a couple of transfers,
40:27
so they're not the same Murray State that we saw
40:29
last year. Coach Skirk is still doing a good job
40:31
with that squad. But at the same time, U see
40:33
f big sweep for the good, big sweep for the
40:35
Knights this weekend, and they needed it. Matt Souser one
40:38
of my favorite pitchers in the Big twelve. I think
40:40
he's not getting nearly enough love nationally either. Uh, very Jake,
40:45
you like Matt Sauser.
40:48
Speaker 2: I was just nodded my head because just how he
40:51
pitched this weekend. He went him in him in Uh,
40:54
it was the other one, Evan Jones. They both Evan Jones. Yeah,
40:57
like yeah, they've they went crazy in the second game
40:59
or first game.
41:00
Speaker 1: Even Jake Sauzer is on an eighteen and two third
41:03
scoreless inning streak right now.
41:07
Speaker 2: That's that's that's pretty good.
41:09
Speaker 1: It's sick. I mean, it's it's gross. It's gross. I
41:12
love it. Anyway, let's move on though, JB. We're gonna
41:15
come to you, pal because it is propaganda time really quickly.
41:21
A player that you and I both tend to gravitate towards.
41:24
I believe he made a triumphant return and we're gonna
41:26
play some trumpets.
41:28
Speaker 5: Yeah, Tyler Bell, he is back, you know, somehow he
41:31
is back. Everybody thought he was gone for the year
41:34
pretty much. You know, there's a lot of talk about
41:36
people saying we even discussed does he go back to school?
41:40
But Tyler Bell is back, and he is showing out
41:42
that there is no need for him to go back
41:44
to school next year. He is going to be easily
41:47
in the first round, no doubt about it. Some propaganda,
41:51
I guess that we would love to hear fifteen experiences.
41:53
I know, small sample size, but six point seven p
41:57
K raids so far for Tyler Bell. Love that and
42:00
twenty percent walk rate. We love that too. Expected slug
42:04
of seven point fifty one and eighty seven percent in
42:08
zone contact only a twelve percent chase rate. That is
42:10
everything that you want from a dude in your lineup,
42:13
switch hitting, good athlete, and when he's back on the diamond,
42:16
he's a plus defender too, So all the makings to
42:19
be a top ten pick. You know, the injury is
42:21
something that will probably scare some people, but he's got
42:23
the talent to be in the top of the first round.
42:26
Speaker 1: It's going to scare teams off, but some team is
42:29
going to get a gym who We talked about it
42:32
before the season rivals. If not, if not exceeds a
42:36
lot of the shortstops, other outlets are pushing above him.
42:39
So without a doubt, the rumors of his demise greatly exaggerated.
42:45
As they say, JB, I'm glad to know that you
42:47
and I are happy to have our boy back. Quinn,
42:50
did you happen to see the inside the park home
42:52
run that our boy Tyler Bell hit?
42:54
Speaker 4: I did, and I also love Tyler Bell. Would like
42:57
to get off. Yeah, I mean you guys have a
43:00
on my college board. So I'm all in, let's.
43:02
Speaker 1: Good, glad to have you aboard, Sir choo chow. Indeed,
43:07
Jake Tyler Bell obviously, man, we talked about it and
43:11
JB let us into it a minute ago. It's we
43:14
were concerned. Is this like a man? Maybe he comes
43:16
back to school for his for his next season. I
43:19
don't think that's gonna be necessary, though, dog.
43:22
Speaker 2: Yeah, No, I don't think so either. I mean, he
43:25
absolutely proved. I mean, I guess he proved himself to
43:28
everybody that was kind of doubting that he was going
43:30
to take a step back after you know, the injury
43:33
and whatnot. But I mean no, I think I think
43:35
he's he's right back where he was. I think he's
43:37
gonna be one of the best players again, without a doubt.
43:41
Speaker 1: Interesting, especially for Kentucky to get Bell back, because across
43:45
the SEC on Sunday, not mair fuel, everybody's losing look out. Obviously.
43:51
We talked aboutn LSU a minute ago, but Quinn several
43:54
several losses across the Southeastern Conference apparently on Sundays. It
43:59
just me that's okay, we'll lose this one.
44:02
Speaker 2: Yeah.
44:03
Speaker 4: SEC is a little weird. I mean, we talk about Arkansas, Vandy,
44:07
and Tennessee today, but Florida absolutely should have lost too.
44:10
That was ridiculous. I mean with these three Arkansas, Vandy,
44:15
and Tennessee, there's just fun. I find they're just being
44:19
fundamental lineup issues with all three that I just don't
44:22
know if they can seem to figure out.
44:24
Speaker 1: The right order.
44:25
Speaker 4: Vandy gets a bit of a pass. They've had a
44:27
lot of health issues. Hopefully they get Hopefully they get
44:31
back on track when Barksey's back. But yeah, for Arkansas,
44:36
I love the Arkansas lineup. I think Ruiz is fun.
44:39
I love Ryder help Frick, But left side of the
44:42
enfield struggling. Nolan Susa has been a high upside guy
44:45
since his freshman year and it's just not really coming together.
44:48
Brumball really highly touted freshman sitting sub two hundred. It's
44:52
just they need to find some consistency and stability on
44:56
the left side of the enfield. Tennessee, I'm not really
45:01
sure what their problem is. They don't have that star
45:04
power they've had over the last couple of years. They
45:07
needed Levi Clark to be what Levi Clark was as
45:09
a freshman he's also hitting sub two hundred. He's been
45:13
very bad and today I think I don't know if
45:17
this has been a consistent issue for them season long,
45:20
but it's been an aggressive approach at least today. I mean,
45:23
they didn't walk at all today against Wright State. I
45:26
have to assume they have some command issues at Wright
45:29
State and they didn't walk at all. So I think
45:33
I think the offense across the SEC is getting a
45:37
little stifled, and SEC play will be more interesting this
45:41
year than in years past.
45:43
Speaker 1: I'm certainly with you on that last one for sure.
45:45
Jake will go to you obviously to talk Tennessee. I
45:47
know that's our that's our squad we support, that's the
45:50
squadron we choose to support. I know Tennessee almost it's
45:55
almost like a mix of kind of the two things
45:56
that Quinn laid out for Arkansas and Vanderbilt. There has
45:59
been some injury issues. I mean, we just got Garrett
46:02
right this weekend. That's a wee. Tennessee just got Garrett
46:04
right this weekend. But there has been a lot of
46:07
lineup shuffling. I feel like with Clark, especially again, has
46:10
not been who we who Tennessee needs him to be.
46:13
And yet Jake, it's I think the lineup is weird.
46:18
I think we have had some Tennessee has had some
46:20
injury issues, and yet it's just something feels amiss there. Jake,
46:27
what do you think I mean?
46:30
Speaker 2: I don't know talking about this this game specifically, as
46:34
much as I don't really want to talk about this
46:36
game specifically, I'll do it anyways. First of all, chet
46:40
Lex for right State seven innings, no runs, uh pe
46:45
pep plinis. I hope I'm saying that right two innings,
46:48
no runs to finish it for a really good job
46:49
pitching there for them. But like, like like you're talking
46:52
about with this Tennessee lineup, like today, Jay Abernathy over
46:57
for Henry Ford one for four, Blame Round one for four,
47:00
who has been good this year but did not pull
47:03
his weight today. Blake Grimmer oh for four, Garrett Right
47:07
you just mentioned we get him back one for for
47:10
Chapman oh for like it just it just keeps going,
47:12
MANI Marin had a good day three for three with
47:14
a double. But like, I don't know if is it
47:18
just a super aggressive approach trying to like we've talked
47:21
about with some other teams kind of everyone's trying to
47:23
be the hero, but like they've struck out one hundred
47:26
and five times this year at only seventy one walks.
47:29
I don't know what the off the top of my head,
47:30
I can't do that math the percentage there, but that's
47:33
probably not what you want to see. The like the
47:38
power numbers are like all right, but it just comes
47:41
in spurts, like they're not stringing in like a ton
47:43
of hits together. I don't know. I don't really know
47:46
what the answer is for Tennessee. The starting pitching this year.
47:51
You know, it's they've they've kind of been good against
47:54
the teams they are supposed to be good against, but
47:57
other otherwise it's it's hasn't been you know, the absolute
48:02
best part of the team. I don't know. Tennessee is
48:04
a very inconsistent team right now. And like, yeah, you guys,
48:08
Titto hit on all the hot points there. It's just well,
48:11
there are definitely some concerns on Rocky Top.
48:15
Speaker 1: Without a doubt. JB. Will quote our homie Josh Catlet.
48:18
I see the vision with Tennessee. I do, and I'm
48:21
not just saying that to make the joke. I see
48:23
the vision. The upside here is the offense puts it together.
48:27
There's a solid lineup that we know makes good sense,
48:31
and everybody's hitting. The pitching is doing well, the bullpen
48:33
does what they're supposed to do. The puzzle pieces are there,
48:37
but it's JD. It's like, we can't excuse me. It's
48:40
like Tennessee can't put it together. I do not work
48:43
for the University of Tennessee.
48:46
Speaker 5: He wishes he does.
48:49
Speaker 1: Hard facts.
48:53
Speaker 5: Yeah, I feel like every weekend it's been a different
48:55
piece of the puzzle has been the issue, you know,
48:57
whether it's the offense or the bullpen or I feel
49:00
like the starting pitching has been the problem much. There's
49:02
a few outings here and there that have been you know, lacking,
49:05
I guess you could point out. But I think every
49:06
weekend it's been a very different issue for this Tennessee team.
49:10
I feel like they've struggled with runners in scoring position
49:13
a lot. From what I've seen. Kind of the offense
49:17
somewhat reminds me of an Arkansas offense that we see
49:20
at times where it's just very lackluster behind you know,
49:23
pitching staff putting up some good outing sometimes. So I
49:28
think it's something that it's a team just like Arkansas
49:30
is the other one that we're talking about in this.
49:32
You know that if everything gets put together, they're a
49:34
really dangerous team for a lot of people, especially in
49:36
the SEC. But right now they aren't at that point.
49:39
That is not to say they won't an SEC play,
49:42
and I think there's a high likelihood they both will,
49:44
and they'll both be very very good SEC teams down
49:47
the stretch. But you know, I think it's just kind
49:50
of bad timing right now for them or a team
49:52
that just hasn't looked ready to go necessarily in all aspects.
49:55
So maybe you chalk it up to by Tello leaving
49:57
in a sense a little bit, you know, probably not
50:00
full blame, but a little bit there. But yeah, I
50:03
think that's kind of where you look at it with them.
50:05
Speaker 1: I think it is hard not to look at the
50:07
tell leaving is almost like a bullet in the foot.
50:10
It's not gonna kill you, but it is gonna start
50:12
you a lot slower than I think you would have naturally.
50:16
That's a great point. JB. Let's go, let's do roundtable
50:19
game really quickly. We just talked about four SEC teams.
50:23
Actually we'll throw we talked a lot about LSU. We
50:26
won't do that. We'll compound this. Let's talk about four
50:28
teams Arkansas, Vanderbilt, Tennessee, Florida. Arkansas, Tennessee, Vanderbilt, Florida JB.
50:35
Who are you most worried about right now those four teams?
50:41
Speaker 5: Vandy probably. I think Vandy is the one that's like
50:44
the obvious. I think close second behind them is how
50:48
bipolar Florida is right now. I think is like kind
50:51
of a very concerning thing to me. And then it
50:55
would probably go Tennessee than Arkansas. I feel like just
51:00
Arkansas the pitching has been a little bit more stable,
51:02
I think in my mind, So that's the only reason
51:04
why I'd go in that order. But I think those
51:06
two are the safer picks that I'm confident are going
51:08
to turn it around. Vandy am the least confident in
51:11
right now. I think they're a good team, but just
51:13
the gauntlet they're gonna have to play in the SEC
51:15
and injuries and inconsistencies we've seen just think it bites
51:19
you in the butt. Florida, it's what team do you
51:22
get on each day? You know? Is it them that
51:23
should have been swept by High point, or is it
51:25
them going to Miami and kicking Miami's butt for a weekend.
51:27
So it's like you don't know what you're getting.
51:31
Speaker 1: So JB, I said, I did this exact same kind
51:33
of reference on the daily sheet this weekend. I said
51:36
that it's it's the same case with Florida on a
51:40
broader scale as it is with Arizona. Are you gonna
51:43
get Doctor Florida or mister Gators today? It's gonna be
51:47
one or the other. You're either gonna get the well
51:48
man or doctor or the monster that you can't control.
51:50
So Jake, same question to you, buddy. Of those four
51:53
teams again, Arkansas, Vanderbilt, Tennessee, Florida, who worries you the most?
51:58
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean I think I think JB kind of
52:00
nailed it with the order that I would put them
52:02
in as well. Vanderbilt is the team that I'm most
52:06
worried about, and the fact that they have to start
52:08
Conference plaid. I mean, I talked about it when we
52:10
talked about LSU that they get to they have to
52:13
go to Vanderbilt, which is not an easy place to play.
52:16
But on the flip side, a Vanderbilt team that hasn't
52:19
looked great, has to play LSU Like, Yeah, I think
52:25
they all have their own inconsistencies. But I mean, if
52:27
there's a team that I'm worried about the most being
52:30
able to keep up with the rest of the pack
52:31
in the SEC, it's got to be Vanderbilt.
52:34
Speaker 1: Quinn. Same question. I'm curious, does your rankings shift any
52:38
from JB and Jakes where it goes Vanderbilt, Florida, Tennessee, Arkansas.
52:43
Speaker 4: I think I'm going to put Florida in the safer
52:47
category and move Tennessee to the risk here. Right, it's tight,
52:52
but I kind of just think Florida is going to
52:55
put it all together. I think they have more pieces.
52:59
I think Brendan law Austin is one of the best
53:01
players in the country. I kind of just have to
53:02
bet on him, and I don't think I have anybody
53:05
to bet on in Tennessee's lineup, and then pitching wise,
53:10
I think it's fairly similar. I as of right now,
53:15
I'd rather bet on Peterson and Kon's if we're just
53:17
talking one of one's so sure, I think that's where
53:21
I go.
53:21
Speaker 2: That's where I differ.
53:23
Speaker 1: Okay, JB. Make a note for later that Quinn earned
53:27
a pay raise for his Becker and Bell takes. He
53:29
lost a pay Gray he lost a pay raise for
53:31
putting Tennessee under Florida in anything All.
53:34
Speaker 5: Right, good, Blaine Brown drew, he's disrespecting Blaine.
53:38
Speaker 7: Disrespecting Henry Ford. He's just respecting Blaine Brown. He's just
53:41
respecting jay Ebernathy. He's disrespecting me as a person. When
53:45
it's just really on tuh Jake. I will go back
53:49
to you here because I believe a victory lap is
53:52
in order for you, sir, our team gripes. Following our
53:56
top one hundred college prospects that released earlier this year,
54:01
you said, and I don't have it pulled up to
54:03
quote it, but you essentially said, we are too low
54:05
on von Lackey, Jake, on behalf of the world. You
54:09
were right, We're too low. You can take your victory lap.
54:14
Speaker 2: I don't mind. I've I've been a von Lackey fan
54:17
from the very beginning, and like, I'm just gonna read
54:20
some numbers here real quick. I'll keep it pretty short.
54:23
Fourteen hundred, twenty six ops. He's got six homers, he
54:29
has seventeen walks, only nine strikeouts and he's stolen six
54:34
bags on the years from as a catcher like, he's
54:38
doing everything offensively while playing really good catcher defense as well.
54:42
We knew about the arm, We knew about what he
54:44
was going to bring to the table on that side
54:46
of the ball as well. I don't mind taking a
54:49
little bit of a victory lap for von Lackey's been.
54:53
He's been playing some ball this year, man.
54:55
Speaker 1: Yeah, Quinn, I'm curious the von Lackey take of Jake's
54:59
I think we had Lackey at Jake off the top
55:01
of your head, twenty third. Is that where we had.
55:04
Speaker 2: I think so, I don't actually in that range. That
55:07
sounds about right.
55:07
Speaker 1: Yeah, that sounds right, Quinn, in that range, let's say
55:10
he's twenty third. Just for sake of argument, would you
55:14
agree with Jake that he was too low in our ranking.
55:18
Speaker 4: I think when you guys did it, I don't necessarily
55:21
blame you, but looking at it now, that's far too low.
55:26
Speaker 1: That's fair. I appreciate that you gave us a lot.
55:29
You know what, Quinn, You're back on my good side now,
55:31
all right, you're back on my good sid Gwinn. I'm
55:32
glad to know that. JB. Historically you've kind of knocked
55:37
this Georgia Tack team. I'm curious does that extend to
55:39
Von Lackey or can you even say? You know, this
55:42
kid's actually kind of.
55:43
Speaker 5: No, I was a fan of Drew Burris and Lackey.
55:47
I'd say Lackey'll admittedly has grown upon me. His USA
55:53
showing wasn't the necessarily the most impressive, so it's kind
55:57
of in the middle ground on him. But yeah, he's
55:59
a grown upon me, easy guy that I think is
56:01
really exciting. I think he's gonna be a great player.
56:05
And I think the Georgia Tech team too, has kind
56:07
of grown now. So I'll say no, they've grown a little.
56:12
Speaker 1: Shorts of texts growing on you, man, that's one of
56:14
our early seasonskies.
56:17
Speaker 5: This weekend, so you know, I'll leave it at that.
56:19
I'm not jumping on board to the full extent yet,
56:23
but they have grown.
56:25
Speaker 1: Quinn give us an out of ten? Well, you can
56:28
choose either do like classic school grading, like a plus
56:30
F minus or out of ten? What are we looking
56:33
at from Virginia Tech this year? If you had a
56:35
great deal.
56:36
Speaker 4: Oh, a solid start with a go with a solid B.
56:42
Pretty good.
56:43
Speaker 1: So I was thinking I was thinking kind of in
56:46
that range, like B B minus because we talked about
56:48
them heading into the the tournament that they were in
56:51
a couple of weekends ago. We said they were probably
56:53
the weakest link. But at the same time, it's a
56:55
loaded crop, so that's not really a detriment to them. Quinn.
56:59
Speaker 4: Yeah, pretty good team to two good players and Brett
57:03
Renfro and Ethan Ball two really good starts for them.
57:07
So definitely solid start for them. Excited to see what
57:10
they do this year.
57:12
Speaker 1: Yeah, it work absolutely all right. Obviously, we have some
57:15
mid weeks to talk about. I know we do have
57:16
to kind of put on the gas a little bit
57:18
for the episode. I know we're rounding on to an hour.
57:21
We've got some games that we want to talk about
57:23
for you, though, Quinn, we will start with you, which
57:27
midweek game or series are you most excited for?
57:31
Speaker 4: And why I want to go Maryland West Virginia just
57:36
because I think it's going to be fireworks. Maryland. Maryland
57:41
doesn't necessarily pitch it all that well, but they can bang,
57:44
and West Virginia's only played one midweek game so far
57:47
and they went with a bullpen game. They can also
57:50
kind of bang and I think it's just going to
57:52
be offense first offense.
57:55
Speaker 1: So West Virginia's offense has been one of my favorites
57:57
to watch this year, so I'm with you on that one, Jake.
58:00
Where are you looking in terms of midweek Buddy.
58:05
Speaker 2: I'll do Florida State at Florida. This is always a
58:09
fun matchup them. Those two in Miami always have their
58:13
kind of battle for the state of Florida, and this
58:17
is kind of kicking it off here Florida State at Florida's.
58:19
I mean, like most midweeks, it's not hard to predict
58:23
that there's gonna be a ton of offense, but I
58:25
think both of these both of these teams are going
58:27
to be scoring a lot of runs. Luke McNelly and
58:31
Billy Barlow have been the Florida's midweek starters because they've
58:36
played two every week so far the season. McNelly through Saturday.
58:39
Barlow didn't throw very many pitches on the weekend, so
58:41
I'm expecting it to be probably Barlow for them. FSU's
58:45
kind of mixes up who they started a midweek, so
58:47
it's hard to predict, but nonetheless, whoever's pitching, I think
58:51
there's gonna be a lot of run score.
58:54
Speaker 1: I think that's a safe assumption, isn't it. JB. Surely
58:58
there's not going to be another another quality matchup of
59:01
two Florida teams thisss midweek, right.
59:04
Speaker 2: You know?
59:05
Speaker 5: Sadly, I think that is not the case, and we
59:07
are running it back in an extra ding thriller from
59:10
the last time with UCF and Miami, this time in Orlando.
59:14
At UCF. It was a thirteen inning final last time
59:18
with an eight seven Miami victory. And now Miami, coming
59:21
off of a series lost to Boston College, which was
59:23
kind of a shocker, they're going to have to try
59:26
to get back on track against a UCF team that's
59:28
hungry and coming off of a sweep a Murray State.
59:31
So I think it'll be a very very interesting matchup
59:33
to see what type of offensive output we see this.
59:37
Speaker 1: It is going to be supremely interesting. I'm with you there.
59:42
It's going to be compelling. Even though it goes so
59:45
far as to say UCF has been an interesting team
59:47
in Miami, obviously we talk a lot about them as well,
59:50
it could be it could be a tricky one, to
59:52
say the very least. Let's talk about a midweek that
59:56
I know our boy, our boy Josh would have been
59:59
all over. You said it, JB. Whether we're talking about
1:00:02
the UTSA Roadrunners, whether we're going to talk about Texas Tech,
1:00:05
and that always invites love for his boy, Logan hughes
1:00:09
UTSA and Texas Tech. A little midweek series, a little
1:00:12
Tuesday Wednesday two step in Texas. I've got my eyes
1:00:15
glued on this one, guys. I think y'all know UTSA
1:00:18
is a team I had highlighted really early as being
1:00:21
a mid major that's got severe Omaha threat itis. That's
1:00:27
the diagnosis I'm making for them this weekend. Not exactly
1:00:31
their best showing, but yet it's gonna be one that
1:00:33
I think we can chalk up to. Is this some
1:00:36
of the first really real competition that they've played being
1:00:39
A and M perhaps with Tech. I've said it in
1:00:44
our group chech guys, Am I insane for thinking Texas
1:00:47
Tech is a great team? The answer is yes, But
1:00:51
I think that the insanity has some stock behind it.
1:00:54
I really think that man Lincoln Garcia has been a
1:00:58
revelation that kid is I'm gonna y'all are gonna not
1:01:01
You're gonna have to tell me to shut up about
1:01:02
Lincoln Garcia eventually, but then beyond that, Jesse Ruzenek, We've got,
1:01:07
you know, the speedster, We've got uh, you know obviously
1:01:10
Logan Hughes, You've got Robin Villa. Duave has been insane
1:01:15
at first base. But this just Tech is loaded with talent,
1:01:18
and I just I think that that's gonna be an
1:01:20
incredible matchup of two teams. I really like Tuesday and
1:01:23
Wednesday television viewing maybe dominated by the Great State of Texas. Uh,
1:01:28
really quick, I'll just throw out some other games that
1:01:31
we had highlighted. Uh. JB and I both thought that
1:01:34
Wake Forest at Coastal, Carolina is gonna be a I mean,
1:01:38
it's gonna be very interesting. I think Coastal an incredible
1:01:42
test for them coming off of a ECU series win.
1:01:45
Congrats to Jake and JB by the way for that
1:01:48
and ripping the chat for me and Josh. Uh. JB
1:01:51
also highlighted on on behalf of Mister Catlet his an
1:01:56
episode without Josh, we don't talk about Southern miss What
1:01:59
what in the world He's gonna He's gonna be so pissed.
1:02:01
Southern Miss, though, is gonna host Ole Miss. So after
1:02:05
the midweek thriller with Mississippi State, they're gonna host the Rebels,
1:02:10
and uh, it'll be curious to see which Ole Miss
1:02:12
team shows up to that. Is it gonna be the
1:02:14
one the old Miss team that looks like they've got
1:02:16
it together? Or are we gonna have you know, old
1:02:19
Old Miss, a team that wears those a group of
1:02:22
guys that wear those jerseys have may you know they
1:02:24
may be the old Miss team?
1:02:26
Speaker 5: Uh?
1:02:26
Speaker 1: Quinn, you highlighted some uh, some really quality California action.
1:02:30
You see Irvine taking.
1:02:31
Speaker 2: On U C.
1:02:32
Speaker 1: L A on Tuesday, And Jake, would you believe it
1:02:35
if I told you highlighted another in state battle, some
1:02:38
mid major, some mid major slugfest as McNeice is going
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to Louisiana on Wednesday. Huh, lots of stuff there. It's
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gonna be crazy. Also, Josh on your behalf you ab
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is coming to Auburn Tuesday. Anyway, there's your Auburn part
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for the week spot No Auburn, no Southern Miss r
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Josh Anyway, what a fun episode. Lots of stuff we've
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talked about. Hopefully you've enjoyed it. Do want to ask
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what is the midweek game you are most looking forward to.
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Drop it to the comments down below. We will reply
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and let you know what we think of that game
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or series as well. Also one of like we said
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earlier in the show, encourage you to check out Prospects
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is co authored on the rig by this gentleman, mister Quinn.
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Martin Quinn on behalf of JB and Jake. Amazing having
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you on the show. You did amazing. We want to
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have you back.
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Speaker 2: It was great to be here. I would love to
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come back.
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Speaker 1: We'd love to have you so in the interim between
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your episodes of College Baseball Now, please tell the audience
1:03:44
where they can find you on social media and what
1:03:46
you're working on right now.
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Speaker 4: I am on Twitter x whatever you wanna call it.
1:03:51
Quinn underscore Martin seventeen. I got occasional posts on there
1:03:54
talking about tie Head. Mostly big fan of a big
1:03:57
fan of that guy. Outside of that, just looking at
1:04:02
just watching games as we all do.
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Speaker 1: Quinna. I nearly said a really stupid thing. I nearly said,
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seems like we're all big fans of Head. And then
1:04:11
I was like, that's gonna sound terrible, So coach, save me.
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Coach tell us where they can find you between our
1:04:21
episodes and what you're working on, and also give me
1:04:23
a one line summary of the game you got to
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see today.
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Speaker 2: You said you were thinking about saying it and it
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wasn't gonna sound right, yet you said it anyways.
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Speaker 1: I said, save me, not very come on.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, you can follow me on Twitter at Jake Barge.
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I post on there sometimes as well. My mid to
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my mid major top thirty has been one of the
1:04:49
more fun things I've gotten to do this year. But
1:04:52
today I got to get out to the ballpark. Finally
1:04:55
talked about it at the beginning, you penn U NBC. Yeah,
1:05:00
it was, it was. It was just fun to be
1:05:01
back out there. Whether it was great. Thomas Shirtlift is
1:05:04
a dude for for pin some big offensive, big offensive
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performances on both sides, but I was just I was
1:05:12
just happy to be out there. I might have a
1:05:14
little Live Looks article coming out from that too, well.
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Speaker 1: Love Looks from Jake, that's going to be good stuff. JB.
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Where can the people find you between our episodes and
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what are you working on, sir?
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Speaker 5: Yes, JB under Sports of Astiano on extra Twitter. Yeah,
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I kind of see a couple occasional posts, a lot
1:05:32
of replies or retweets stuff everybody else talking about and
1:05:36
talking about some other people, and probably have some live
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looks from this u v A u n C weekend
1:05:40
which you know wasn't wasn't the brightest for our diamond eels,
1:05:44
but you know, still be there and uh, yeah, that's
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about it.
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Speaker 1: Awesome. Uh, if you're interested for whatever reason following me
1:05:52
between our episodes, you may do so on the Twitter
1:05:53
machine at dreus Okay, same handle on blue Scott and
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Instagram as well. We are working at the site.
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Speaker 5: Man.
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Speaker 1: The College Daily Sheet has been an undertaking, but it's
1:06:03
one that I'm really enjoying. I don't want to speak
1:06:05
for Quinn and for the rest of the guys, but
1:06:07
it's been a great treat. We're having a good time
1:06:08
with it. We hope that you guys are enjoying it. Obviously.
1:06:11
We do have rankings updates coming up soon. Got to
1:06:13
get that schedule gotta get that rolling for the top
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two hundred more college players for the NC double excuse
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me for the MLB Draft this summer, as well as
1:06:23
a combined list college and prep players for the draft
1:06:26
which is gonna be coming very soon as well. Lots
1:06:29
of fun stuff coming up and obviously you can catch
1:06:32
all of it and all the action broken down here
1:06:34
on episodes of College Baseball. Now so on. Behalf of
1:06:38
jb On, behalf of Jake On, behalf of Quinn. First
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of all, we miss you, Josh. Shout out to you.
1:06:42
Shout out to Grandpa Catland as well, since we didn't
1:06:45
get that shout out in today. Hope you guys are
1:06:47
doing good. Hope the trip's going well. But until next time,
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we will see you all. Behalf of the staff. Be
1:06:53
nice to yourself, be nice for each other to