good job Rebs
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but Miami is mighty good. I think we will see Miami vs Lsu in the championship game, they look to be the best two teams.
What in the world has happened to Satterwhite. I see he is projected to be taken in the first thru third rounds but it seems he has underachived with the potential he had. Why did he only pitch one inning in the last game or did I miss something?
What in the world has happened to Satterwhite. I see he is projected to be taken in the first thru third rounds but it seems he has underachived with the potential he had. Why did he only pitch one inning in the last game or did I miss something?
I'm thinking he's pretty much a one-trick pony - and a bit of a head case to boot. But I'll let the resident baseball experts opine on why he sucks.
Those lofty preseason predictions and rankings were predicated on the assumption that Lynn/Satterwhite was going to be a hell of a one-two punch for teams to face Friday night and Saturday.
The bright side for me is that getting your *** beat down by an obviously-better #1 Nat. seed is a hell of a lot less gut wrenching than the way we lost those last 3 SR's. I think MB will EVENTUALLY get to Omaha at some point, some day, eventually, hopefully. But, he made some shitastic coaching hires the last couple of years and will need to remedy that situation in the off-season.
I guess it's now football season for all of us in the Magnolia State (with the exception of your coaching search).
Those lofty preseason predictions and rankings were predicated on the assumption that Lynn/Satterwhite was going to be a hell of a one-two punch for teams to face Friday night and Saturday.
The bright side for me is that getting your *** beat down by an obviously-better #1 Nat. seed is a hell of a lot less gut wrenching than the way we lost those last 3 SR's. I think MB will EVENTUALLY get to Omaha at some point, some day, eventually, hopefully. But, he made some shitastic coaching hires the last couple of years and will need to remedy that situation in the off-season.
I guess it's now football season for all of us in the Magnolia State (with the exception of your coaching search).
That mouth breathing goon Satterwhite can sling it. His problem is his fastball has zero movement. Bittle has a wicked out pitch but his fb looks a little flat,too. He didn't even throw fb's until late. Satterwhite was more effective with his off speed stuff.. Bittle's fastball is more effective because he doesn't show it much. If I had to face Bittle I would keep the bat on my shoulder. If you swing you are screwed. I think Satterwhite goes early because you can't teach 95mph.
potential. Satterwhite and Lynn have more tools than Bittle. The pros think they can teach you better than you got in college. State, thru the years have had good college pitchers that had wicked out pitches, i.e. Harden. However, in the show, you have to have more. Papelbon is a good example. Pretty good college pitcher, with lots of potential. Who knew he would be as good as he is?
he learned to throw his out pitch. I'd bet Bittle's cutter is probably partly a result of his natural arm motion and release and therefore, something you can't teach. I'd take him over the other two in a heartbeat. He has really good hitters confused often. 12 ks in 4.1 innings today would suprise me, but Im use to seeing similar lines like that from him.
I think Satterwhite is a reliever, and not a starter. I think he will be used as a reliever in the pros. A similar example is our very own Aaron Weatherford. We tried him as a starter last year, and he had very average results because he was out of his element. Put him in the bullpen, and he's lights out.
I can understand why Bianco had him start- you have Bittle and as far as starters you have Lynn, Pomeranz- a freshman, and then a conglomerate of Buckvich and Baker. However, if I was Bianco, I would have taken my chances with one of those two knowing that Bittle and Cryer could eat innings and Satterwhite could go two. But that's just me.</p>
I can understand why Bianco had him start- you have Bittle and as far as starters you have Lynn, Pomeranz- a freshman, and then a conglomerate of Buckvich and Baker. However, if I was Bianco, I would have taken my chances with one of those two knowing that Bittle and Cryer could eat innings and Satterwhite could go two. But that's just me.</p>
I believe Satterwhite's chances in the pro's are a set-up man kinda like Jay Powell. I don't think he has what Powell had and that is confidence in his stuff. Powell played around 11 years and was very productive as a pro as well as a college reliever. I would have loved to have seen his bat in our lineup, we'll never know but he had potential as a hitter.
hitting a home run in the Mayor's Trophy Game. Unfortunately, he also blew the game for us as a reliever that day.
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He was not going to be anything unless he learned how to throw an out pitch. The same can be said for Satterwhite. Having the badass fastball isnt going to do anything unless he develops something else and I'm sure that they will.
Very few guys come around that are as tall as he is and can throw as hard as he can. He isn't anything but potential at this point, but then again so was Paps, as others have mentioned. Get some movement on the fastball, add a wicked out pitch and you've got a beast that can come out of the pen and clean house. Guys like Bittle are more common and therefore in less demand. There's no doubt Bittle is better right now, but that isn't the issue that the pros concern themselves with. What you did in college doesn't matter.
I agree on the way the pros evaluate, but I still think Bittle has a lot of upside. He just started to develop his change up this past year, which is the main reason he was so much better this year. And he also started to throw his slider for strikes on occasion.
His fastball is nothing special, but he only uses it as a show me pitch. He'll run into trouble if they ever figure out how to read his pitches, but with the right training, they should be able to develop him so that all of his pitches look the same at least as far as his motion and release.
His fastball is nothing special, but he only uses it as a show me pitch. He'll run into trouble if they ever figure out how to read his pitches, but with the right training, they should be able to develop him so that all of his pitches look the same at least as far as his motion and release.
I think the guy is awesome and would take him in a heartbeat. But the pros would say that Satterwhite has more potential and is a rarer breed of pitcher and thus will go earlier.
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