Looks like a Duer-type bat?

ensign_beedrill said:

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greg.w.h said:

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AgRyan04 said:

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Go get pitching....and when you think you have that solved, get more pitching.

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Get ALL the pitchers???

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I want a team of ONLY pitchers.

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Pitchers and Shortstops who can hit, sprinkle in a Catcher or two… that will do the trick.

Def OF. Bindy did enough for me to think he can lock down 1B.

Like the pickup AND Brauny still owes us one!!!

Too Chains said:

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Def OF. Bindy did enough for me to think he can lock down 1B.

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Yes, Bindy could if he ever became consistent.

Where are the pitchers with good hard sliders (not slurves) or splitters and plus changeups? Or who throw good sinkers that are hard to get underneath. Let's sign several of those.

Need guys who can throw pitches that look like fastballs for longer. Freshcorn and Billings had the only memorable sliders, and it seemed like everyone else had some form of slurve (which IMO is a HS pitch). And aside from Sims and Bond, we were almost entirely incapable of disrupting hitters' timing this year. That's why we gave up so many HRs and ended up with opponents fighting at the bat rack.

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Are we excited about this guy???

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im excited to learn how someone of his stature can only hit 6 home runs

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I was thinking the same

Thisguy1 said:

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"Guys, you're still trying to replace Grahovac. I told you we can't do it, and we can't do it. Now, what we might be able to do is re-create him."

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I don't have the full context of this, but there are potential new Grahovic's out there, but they are likely to be pricey NIL wise. Maybe this is saying we aren't going to pay as much NIL for 2027 for bats, and are looking to allocate more to the pitching?

The combination of Grahovic + Sorrell + Hacopian had to eat up quite a bit of the 2026 NIL funds available.

Redfishag93 said:

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Binderup's ob% was .440
The only guys w better was bear and royo, and that includes Sorrell and Grahovac
Jorian was at .351

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I am sure this is accurate, but I think it may be somewhat comparing apples to oranges a bit. Wilson likely had a higher % of his AB's against SEC competition, which is going to be detrimental to his numbers. But obviously towards the end of the season Wilson slid off a cliff and that killed his overall numbers. Hopefully he can learn from that and be in a better position to handle SEC pitching next season.

Redfishag93 said:

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Binderup's ob% was .440
The only guys w better was bear and royo, and that includes Sorrell and Grahovac
Jorian was at .351

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LOL Thats right. Binderup tore up the Oakland and Tenn tech pitching staffs. Meanwhile the good hitters also faced SEC pitching every game of conference play.

kwunsch45 said:

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Where are the pitchers with good hard sliders (not slurves) or splitters and plus changeups? Or who throw good sinkers that are hard to get underneath. Let's sign several of those.

Need guys who can throw pitches that look like fastballs for longer. Freshcorn and Billings had the only memorable sliders, and it seemed like everyone else had some form of slurve (which IMO is a HS pitch). And aside from Sims and Bond, we were almost entirely incapable of disrupting hitters' timing this year. That's why we gave up so many HRs and ended up with opponents fighting at the bat rack.

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Cmon 45, Hunter Vincent had by far the best slider on the team. If that dude ever gets his confidence back, look out!

RBI's + Runs Scored as a Percentage of Plate Appearances...

55% Grahovac, Gavin
54% Sorrell, Caden
50% Binderup, Blake
50% Farr, Sawyer
44% Wilson, Jorian
41% Partida, Nico
38% Hacopian, Chris
38% Harrison, Bear
37% Jordan, Wesley
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36% Duer, Jake
35% Royo, Ben
31% Kellner, Boston
31% Kiel II, Terrence
29% Chestnut, Travis

Pitching was different at the beginning of the season.
Lost Stewart, McCoy, and then Sims late.

traco said:

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Pitching was different at the beginning of the season.
Lost Stewart, McCoy, and then Sims late.

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Every single year you're going to lose arms to injury, which is why I would always overload and stack up arm talent.

Redfishag93 said:

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Binderup's ob% was .440
The only guys w better was bear and royo, and that includes Sorrell and Grahovac
Jorian was at .351

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…and he struck out over 40% of the time, with the bulk of his ABs against non-conference teams. Good to see him improving towards end of year RE K percentage, but for significant portions of the year he looked completely lost at the plate.

As for comparing him to Sorrell and Grahovac, he's not a guy anyone focused on and was therefore able surprise some folks. S & G got everyone's absolute best stuff, every AB. Plus Bindy looks like he's standing still compared to S&G when it comes to baserunning.

But again to my main point: We need more guys who can put the ball in play and get on base against even the elite pitchers so that we keep pressure on them and force their pitch count higher. Uncompetitive strikeouts do nothing but boost the confidence of the pitcher.