Noles are going to try and avoid the big bullpen arms in this one, but to do that you must score in bunches. No excuse for the offense not to figure it out
NIU is gonna swing it
Probably go Whited tonight, been the mid-week guy against UF. Knier/pen to follow him
Mendes could be your starter Monday, only threw 50 pitches. Abraham/pen to follow
Anybody and everybody for G7
Noles will be on starter 4. Next opponent will be on starter 3. Noles bullpen hasn’t thrown since Friday. Next opponent will likely have used bullpen earlier today. Not a bad situation actually
Gotta be thinking:
Beard to finish this one
Whited and others this evening
Mendes first game tomorrow (if you’re considering his outing yesterday a glorified bullpen)
Anybody and everybody in G7
To me, throwing off (saving your best arm as a regional host) is situational.
This team, in its current Myles Bailey-less form, needed Wes Mendes tonight.
And this team isn’t built to come out of a loser’s bracket.
Rays in agreement with reliever Craig Kimbrel on major-league deal, source tells @TheAthletic. Became free agent when he refused minor-league assignment with Mets.
If you’re the Noles I think you have to be satisfied here. No national seed, but paired with Bama and you avoid B12/SEC spoilers like Kentucky or OSU
Let’s get after it on Friday!
Tallahassee: Florida State, Coastal Carolina, Northern Illinois, St. John's. Interesting there—everybody is seeded appropriately; Coastal has CWS pedigree but hasn't played great down the stretch. NIU probably one of the bottom 3 seeds, but St. John's one of the top 4s. Balanced.
Going to be harder than they thought to get this through the city
As an Orlando resident, this falling through would be great, but I think it finds a way and the Rays will thrive in Tampa
City of Tampa votes:
Yes:
Alan Clendenin
Luis Viera
Naya Young
Bill Carlson
No:
Charlie Miranda
Lynn Hurtak
Guido Maniscalco
The non-binding MOU passes, but woo buddy. There is a lot of work to be done at the city level.
One of the very few Link moves I don't agree with
How are we not setting Mendes up to pitch the Winner's Bracket game of a regional?
Beard is more than capable of handling Pitt playing their 3rd game in 4 days
Link Jarrett: "We are going to stay the course with our starting pitching."
Wes Mendes will start against Pitt on Friday. Trey Beard would start a potential second game.