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Cam Sanders should be the Sunday guy this weekend
Posted on 5/31/18 at 12:02 pm
Posted on 5/31/18 at 12:02 pm
Over the last couple of weeks Cam Sanders has made a ton of progress in terms of his consistency with his command. He has the most electrifying stuff of current active pitchers. Yes, we are talking a relatively small sample size in terms of this alleged improvement but when he is on, his stuff is lights out. His wicked Jekyll and Hyde tendencies that were present early in the season seem to be fading. His dropoff now seems more gradual and predictable. His fastball, curve, and changeup offer more of a problem to hitters than a less than fully healthy Hilliard with only 2 pitches in his bag of tricks. Unless that 3200 RPM curve is at 100% he becomes just another average pitcher with a lower speed fastball. If Sanders can go five, with Fontenot, Beck, Gilbert, and Peterson available, the Tigers will be hard to compete with. I definitely don't want to see Caleb Gilbert starting an elimination game or any game for that matter. None of this is a stretch.
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Posted on 5/31/18 at 12:04 pm to RowdyMcflowdy
Might need him earlier
Posted on 5/31/18 at 12:08 pm to RowdyMcflowdy
Colonel Sanders has been doin' work
Posted on 5/31/18 at 12:10 pm to RowdyMcflowdy
how many of those appearances have been starts?
Posted on 5/31/18 at 12:36 pm to RowdyMcflowdy
I've decided it's best if Coach Dunn and Coach Mainieri make the decision who to start this weekend.
Posted on 5/31/18 at 12:38 pm to TheGodfather
3-4 starts early in the season the rest were outta the pen
Posted on 5/31/18 at 12:47 pm to tigerskin
Yep, it's possible that they stumble out the gate and need him just to survive game 2, but I am thinking we win Friday. If we lose Friday, we will not need to worry about Sunday.
Posted on 5/31/18 at 12:49 pm to LSURussian
You are right. I couldn't agree with you more. I am surprised nobody has upvoted this yet.
Posted on 5/31/18 at 12:50 pm to RowdyMcflowdy
Heres your ideal situation.
Busch gives you 5, and you jump out to a big lead. Don't need Peterson or Fontenot for more than an inning each. Don't need Sanders at all.
Game 2- Hess gives you 7, 8 or 9 of dominating stuff. Peterson/Fontenot an inning each.
Game 3- Hillard, if he is ready. If not Sanders, Beck, whatever is left.
That's a perfect scenario, that likely won't play out. You have to play it one game at a time and then piece it together as you survive at this point.
Busch gives you 5, and you jump out to a big lead. Don't need Peterson or Fontenot for more than an inning each. Don't need Sanders at all.
Game 2- Hess gives you 7, 8 or 9 of dominating stuff. Peterson/Fontenot an inning each.
Game 3- Hillard, if he is ready. If not Sanders, Beck, whatever is left.
That's a perfect scenario, that likely won't play out. You have to play it one game at a time and then piece it together as you survive at this point.
This post was edited on 5/31/18 at 1:29 pm
Posted on 5/31/18 at 12:51 pm to BayouTecheBengals
right. some people are better suited to come out of the pen. its better if they show up to the park not knowing if they are going to pitch or not. knowing you are starting a week in advance may give some guys too much to think about and they dont handle starting as well as coming out of the pen. he's been lights out recently doing what hes doing. changing that may screw him up.
Posted on 5/31/18 at 1:17 pm to LaBR4
Dude has legit stuff!!!! We sure gonna need him a lot!!!
Posted on 5/31/18 at 1:19 pm to RowdyMcflowdy
How many years does he have left at LSU?
Posted on 5/31/18 at 1:28 pm to Walt OReilly
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How many years does he have left at LSU?
He's a Juco guy and we will be lucky to have him back next year.
Posted on 5/31/18 at 1:36 pm to Midtiger farm
He will be back. Hes too small still. He needs to fill out before he will stand a chance in the minors, or especially the majors. Hes like 170/175lbs
Posted on 5/31/18 at 1:41 pm to Midtiger farm
Yep, he and his father made it very clear from the get-go they're looking for him to 1) improve and 2) be highly drafted. Well he's on fire right now. Most want to strike while the iron's hot.
Posted on 5/31/18 at 1:47 pm to jgriffith
Lol, he will not be getting drafted high at 170lbs
Strike while the iron is hot? He is on an upward trajectory but I would hardly say scouts are looking at him like we need this guy right now.
He keeps improving and puts on some weight, NEXT year will be his year.
Strike while the iron is hot? He is on an upward trajectory but I would hardly say scouts are looking at him like we need this guy right now.
He keeps improving and puts on some weight, NEXT year will be his year.
Posted on 5/31/18 at 1:49 pm to RowdyMcflowdy
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Lol, he will not be getting drafted high at 170lbs
Then why did he get drafted last year? Did he lose weight this year or something?
Posted on 5/31/18 at 1:51 pm to RowdyMcflowdy
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Strike while the iron is hot? He is on an upward trajectory but I would hardly say scouts are looking at him like we need this guy right now.
He keeps improving and puts on some weight, NEXT year will be his year
This is not like the NFL draft. Why is this so hard of a concept for some people here to grasp?
Posted on 5/31/18 at 2:03 pm to ProjectP2294
I thought we were talking about him being drafted highly.
He was drafted in the 18th round. I would not call that being drafted highly. He was mostly drafted even there because of who his father is. He does not yet have a strong body of work to merritt higher AND he needs to add weight.
He was drafted in the 18th round. I would not call that being drafted highly. He was mostly drafted even there because of who his father is. He does not yet have a strong body of work to merritt higher AND he needs to add weight.
Posted on 5/31/18 at 2:14 pm to RowdyMcflowdy
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I thought we were talking about him being drafted highly.
Where was that mentioned? There were no qualifiers.
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He was mostly drafted even there because of who his father is.
Not really how the draft works.
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He does not yet have a strong body of work to merritt higher AND he needs to add weight.
He touches mid 90s and has a hammer curve. He performed in one of the top couple JUCO leagues in the country for 2 years. He proved his stuff multiple times over the course of the very heavily scouted SEC tournament. There is enough there to get him drafted and get him a good bonus.
How much he weighs is absolutely immaterial.
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