re: Looks like Hurd had a rough start

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I’m talking about the play after the balk and the hit, with a runner on first and Milazzo not in a proper throwing stance causing him to make a weak throw off his knee and having no shot to get a runner he gets 99/100 times when he plays it right

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Dude that base was stolen off the pitcher. He had 0 chance of throwing that runner out. It was a desperation attempt.

He had little to no movement on his fastball and the slider from last year was nonexistent. Was a matter of time before balls met barrels. Much work to be done by him. No reason to think he won’t be a solid starter but the bottle of lightening was left in Omaha.

After watching his last scrimmage outing last week I was encouraged by Hurd's performance outside of the leadoff batter in the 1st.

Obviously things unraveled somewhat after the walk and balk. But he easily could/should have been out of there with little to no damage.

VMI put a lot of pressure on our defense and they are good offensively.

I still think Holman should have gotten the start based off of how he's looked In the spring. Pretty sure he gets you through at least 5 innings yesterday even with their pesky bats.