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Day 2: Captains Practice

ErickMarreroU

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First two pitchers on the Mound: Brian Walters, Griffin Hugus

- Walters: He was sitting between 94-96MPH, First time pitching in a scrimmage/game in 2 months, The bats were cracking against him: Odgen, Galvin, and Bobby Marsh all hit a double against hit in the first 6 pitches of the outing. Pitchers only threw to 10 batters, Walters gave up 5 hits and 2 runs. His Velo was very impressive
- Hugus: He does not look like a starting pitcher in my opinion. Sitting 90-91, he has a lot of work to do in my opinion for him to be a starter. Balls were also flying against him. He looked like batting practice to me, everyone was hitting off him, Galvin, Odgen, Bobby Marsh, Derek Williams and Nolan Johnson. In the first inning he allowed bases loaded with no outs and freshman C Nolan Johnson had a nice hit between the 2B gap to bring in a run, because of the 5 batter rule the inning ended (Luckily for Hugus) He also walked a lot of guys. First outing for him in two months. A lot of work to do

Next two pitchers
Freshman LHP: Michael Fernandez. He looked really good, he has some command issues but he has the stuff to be a contributor. He was sitting 92-93 and show three pitches. He will have his freshman hiccups but he is a very nice piece to have to develop. He finished with 4K's no Hits 1 Walk (He faced mostly Freshman)

Freshman RHP: AJ Ciscar: Very fast pace pitcher, he does not waste much time between pitches. He was sitting between 92-94, he looked really really good. He had 4K's 1 hit allowed, 1 Walk. He showed two pitches but he's mainly a fastball guy. He will be a nice bullpen guy to bring in for one inning or two innings. Another Player we can develop. (1st inning he faced freshman) (2nd inning Williams, Jake K, Renzo, Gaby, Fabio)

Final two pitchers

Freshman RHP: Tate Derias: He without a doubt has the most potential out of anyone i saw today, he showed a mix of 3 pitches and was sitting between 93-95MPH. He faced the cream of the crop of our batting imo. First AB: Odgen (K) Second AB: Galvin (BB) Third AB: Marsh (Bunt down the 3rd base line for a base hit) 4th AB: Nolan Johnson: (Hit between 3rd Base line RBI Single) 5th AB: Michael Torres (Runners on 1st and 3rd 1 out) ball is hit down to dorian attempts for a double play but misses the baseball, runners stay at 1st and 2nd. End of inning (1st Inning 1K 1BB 2H 1 RBI 1 Defensive Error (Dorian)
- 2nd Inning: First AB: Cuvet (Line Drive to left field for an out) Second AB: Tanner Smith (First pitch HR) Third AB: Areziega (Fly out to LF) 4th AB: Tavares (K) End of outing.
Overall rough outing for Derias but i like the stuff he has. Needs to work on his command like all the freshman in my opinion.
 
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Others pitching notes
- Reese Lumpkin was sitting between 92-94MPH, He showed he can be serviceable in the bullpen

- Carson Fischer: All fall he was sitting between 89-90MPH, the first pitch he threw today was 94MPH, he was sitting between 93-94MPH, which is about a 4MPH increase in two months, pretty crazy. He showed he can be serviceable in the bullpen

- Jake Dorn: Sitting between 89-90MPH, I don't know how much we can count on him truly.

Right now we have: Walters, Robert, Rob Evans, Fischer, Lumpkin, Cleveland as guys I think we can count on in this bullpen/rotation. I think we will find out after more practices if other guys make their way into that list. I think a guy like AJ Ciscar can provide something for 1-2 innings max out of the bullpen, 1 inning would be preferred. Fernandez and De Rias need to continue to get better but i like their potential.

Last thing on pitcher: I also think we need to give our recruiting coordinator Jonathan Anderson some credit for getting us some freshman arms that have Velocity and players we can develop into future key contributors. Can they make an impact this season (Yes)
 
Hitting Notes

Bobby ******* Marsh as @Canesfreak calls him. He went 5/5 3 2B's / 1HR / 4 RBI's / 1 Bunt Single... talk of about versatility. I don't like him... I love him.
Max Galvin 2/4
Jake Odgen 3/4
Fabio Peralta 2/4 (Diving catch in the outfield, nice play) (JD said he is our 2nd best defender, he will play a factor this season)
Nolan Johnson 2/3 RBI
Tanner Smith 1/3 1 HR / 1 BB
Brandon Degoti 1/4
Derek Williams 1/4
 
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hill33 said:
Worried about the pitchers? or no since practice is just starting
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The latter. Scrimmages can be all over the place especially this early.

A lot of the reason they have unofficial scrimmages the week before practice officially opens is because the amount of time the NCAA allows is about a week short of the proper buildup time. That should be increasing by two weeks next year.

www.baseballamerica.com

NCAA D1 Council Approves Extended Preseason, Tables Vote On Fall Exhibitions

The council approved new legislation that allows teams to begin their preseason practice period 35 days before the start of competition.
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ErickMarreroU said:
Others pitching notes
- Reese Lumpkin was sitting between 92-94MPH, He showed he can be serviceable in the bullpen

- Carson Fischer: All fall he was sitting between 89-90MPH, the first pitch he threw today was 94MPH, he was sitting between 93-94MPH, which is about a 4MPH increase in two months, pretty crazy. He showed he can be serviceable in the bullpen

- Jake Dorn: Sitting between 89-90MPH, I don't know how much we can count on him truly.

Right now we have: Walters, Robert, Rob Evans, Fischer, Lumpkin, Cleveland as guys I think we can count on in this bullpen/rotation. I think we will find out after more practices if other guys make their way into that list. I think a guy like AJ Ciscar can provide something for 1-2 innings max out of the bullpen, 1 inning would be preferred. Fernandez and De Rias need to continue to get better but i like their potential.

Last thing on pitcher: I also think we need to give our recruiting coordinator Jonathan Anderson some credit for getting us some freshman arms that have Velocity and players we can develop into future key contributors. Can they make an impact this season (Yes)
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if Hugus and Giroux are not starters who do you have in the mix ? Would it be Walters / Robert and Evans on the weekend ? Mid week ? Maybe Fischer during the week ? My guess is Stanyek and Collera will help in the backend of pen ? Encouraging seeing some of the velo’s up !!!
 
@sms4 I think Hugus is definitely still in the mix for a weekend start imo. This was probably his first bad outing including the fall. I think Walters is locked in and Evans is locked in because he's a lefty. It comes down to Robert and Hugus, both I don't mind in the pen. It's more of a case of having too many guys to split the pot with, a problem we did not have last year.
 
My hope for the season is that we continue this fall/ early spring momentum and are good enough to let freshman pitch mid-week against the weaker teams. Let them get their struggles out of the way and let the vets go after bigger fish, and hopefully 1 or 2 become factors down the road. As @ErickMarreroU said, Mikey Fernandez could sneak his way into a key spot here, kid's electric.
 
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Holding out hope that the pitching comes together this season. It would have to with a pitching coach as the head guy and the increase in technology being used.
 
Sebastian Font said:
My hope for the season is that we continue this fall/ early spring momentum and are good enough to let freshman pitch mid-week against the weaker teams. Let them get their struggles out of the way and let the vets go after bigger fish, and hopefully 1 or 2 become factors down the road. As @ErickMarreroU said, Mikey Fernandez could sneak his way into a key spot here, kid's electric.
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He still has a lot of command issues imo, Also whenever he gets thrown off his rythem its very hard for him to bounce back. I want to see him face the cream of the crop in our lineup like DeRias did. I like the freshman as developmental guys at the moment. They can come in at spots to make an impact.
 
sms4 said:
if Hugus and Giroux are not starters who do you have in the mix ? Would it be Walters / Robert and Evans on the weekend ? Mid week ? Maybe Fischer during the week ? My guess is Stanyek and Collera will help in the backend of pen ? Encouraging seeing some of the velo’s up !!!
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What has me encourage is that we have fixed our Velo issues in my opinion. Every is between 92-95 that i saw yesterday. Only pitcher that wasn't was Jake Dorn sitting 89-90
 
ErickMarreroU said:
He still has a lot of command issues imo, Also whenever he gets thrown off his rythem its very hard for him to bounce back. I want to see him face the cream of the crop in our lineup like DeRias did. I like the freshman as developmental guys at the moment. They can come in at spots to make an impact.
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Absolutely, but once he gets that down he could be a true steal. I have a video of him going after Cuvet in the fall and striking him out twice. Completely agree that they're developmental, but one or two are going to break into a role
 
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ErickMarreroU said:
What has me encourage is that we have fixed our Velo issues in my opinion. Every is between 92-95 that i saw yesterday. Only pitcher that wasn't was Jake Dorn sitting 89-90
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Thats Nick Soto for you, just look at Adrian Ariezaga on his instagram. He's up in speed and up 15 pounds. I put on 10 pounds myself from his workouts while getting even faster. Soto is the best hire of the last decade, hands down.
 
honestly between what I see/hear on other teams, what we get here, then mixing in our trajectory and coaching (Soto aside).

I'm taking a different approach for the first time in my life with Cane Baseball. I'm fully expecting a very disappointing season. Horrible to say...yes as a fan. But to many signs over the years point to this being true. I also think quietly the ACC is really becoming legit top to bottom. I mean **** I know a kid that Pitt just got from Iona that went all in a few years ago on developing and rebuilding who he is and now its starting to pay off. 95+ and with stuff and locates.

What does that have to do with anything....well in 2025 every team in a P4 basically has the same caliber of athletes in baseball. So it comes down to executing and doing the little things at a high level. (no errors, walks, baserunning mistakes, etc). Step back and ask yourself "Is that Miami baseball the last few years..."

Until proven differently I just see a program that took a bunch of transfers from smaller programs that likely wont play up. I think this is probably it for JD. With the new scholarship rules and a baseball mind/developer and keeping Soto we can turn it around in 1-2 years the same way FSU and some other have.
 
ErickMarreroU said:
He still has a lot of command issues imo, Also whenever he gets thrown off his rythem its very hard for him to bounce back. I want to see him face the cream of the crop in our lineup like DeRias did. I like the freshman as developmental guys at the moment. They can come in at spots to make an impact.
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Where's Collera in all of this???
 
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