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Post by beavs6 on Apr 24, 2022 5:02:59 GMT -8
Just thought this BEAVER deserved his own thread.
I really liked how he battled back after the error yesterday. Could have shook him up…has this year in prior games. Yesterday he just refocused and mowed down the batters he faced.
if he can get back to prior form, or close to it, it can really help the Team with the prize at the end of the line!
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Apr 24, 2022 10:11:31 GMT -8
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Post by collegiate on Apr 24, 2022 10:11:31 GMT -8
Agree. It was a real good outing for him, including taking down the top of the order. Very good to see. Happy for him personally and hopeful he can be a key piece for the remainder of the year. This team could really use an A-game Verburg heading into tournament play. .
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Apr 24, 2022 10:20:49 GMT -8
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Post by flyfishinbeav on Apr 24, 2022 10:20:49 GMT -8
Glad to see him not tubing fast balls. Looking good
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Post by qbeaver on Apr 24, 2022 10:29:27 GMT -8
Last few opportunities to pitch have been excellent for Mitch...hope this bodes well for the rest of the season.
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Post by obf on Apr 25, 2022 15:17:17 GMT -8
Both Verburg and Carpenter rounding into form coming down the stretch is HUGE good news for the BEAVS. Not only will we need their arms, but their struggles have meant that others have stepped up to be key cogs and learn to pitch in big moments and clutch spots. What was considered at least a question mark and probably even a weakness at the quarter pole (just look at threads ere from a month ago as evidence), is now a big time strength! Fire ballers who can close or setup: Brown, Carpenter, Verburg Trust worthy in any situation for a batter or two or several innings: Sebby Super underrated guy who should be our Sunday starter: Ferrer Mid week / middle relief guys who don't scare me at all picking up for a scuffling starter or starting in a pinch: Townsend, Hunter, Lawson, Lattery. Really the only thing we are missing is that all important, shut down LOOGY. Maybe Thorsteinson? Crazy that we don't have a single lefty in the pen other than Thorsteinson (who isn't actually listed as a LHP, but as a UT). Only four on the roster in total, two of whom haven't seen the field yet. I bet Gundy could still pass for 20.... suit him up!  This is our new guy Gevin Kunderson  |
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Post by mbabeav on Apr 25, 2022 15:25:08 GMT -8
Both Verburg and Carpenter rounding into form coming down the stretch is HUGE good news for the BEAVS. Not only will we need their arms, but their struggles have meant that others have stepped up to be key cogs and learn to pitch in big moments and clutch spots. What was considered at least a question mark and probably even a weakness at the quarter pole (just look at threads ere from a month ago as evidence), is now a big time strength! Fire ballers who can close or setup: Brown, Carpenter, Verburg Trust worthy in any situation for a batter or two or several innings: Sebby Super underrated guy who should be our Sunday starter: Ferrer Mid week / middle relief guys who don't scare me at all picking up for a scuffling starter or starting in a pinch: Townsend, Hunter, Lawson, Lattery. Really the only thing we are missing is that all important, shut down LOOGY. Maybe Thorsteinson? Crazy that we don't have a single lefty in the pen other than Thorsteinson (who isn't actually listed as a LHP, but as a UT). Only four on the roster in total, two of whom haven't seen the field yet. I bet Gundy could still pass for 20.... suit him up! This is our new guy Gevin Kunderson  We have a lock down closer now - you forgot Mr. Brown. |
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Post by mbabeav on Apr 25, 2022 15:36:06 GMT -8
Both Verburg and Carpenter rounding into form coming down the stretch is HUGE good news for the BEAVS. Not only will we need their arms, but their struggles have meant that others have stepped up to be key cogs and learn to pitch in big moments and clutch spots. What was considered at least a question mark and probably even a weakness at the quarter pole (just look at threads ere from a month ago as evidence), is now a big time strength! Fire ballers who can close or setup: Brown, Carpenter, Verburg Trust worthy in any situation for a batter or two or several innings: Sebby Super underrated guy who should be our Sunday starter: Ferrer Mid week / middle relief guys who don't scare me at all picking up for a scuffling starter or starting in a pinch: Townsend, Hunter, Lawson, Lattery. Really the only thing we are missing is that all important, shut down LOOGY. Maybe Thorsteinson? Crazy that we don't have a single lefty in the pen other than Thorsteinson (who isn't actually listed as a LHP, but as a UT). Only four on the roster in total, two of whom haven't seen the field yet. I bet Gundy could still pass for 20.... suit him up! This is our new guy Gevin Kunderson We have a lock down closer now - you forgot Mr. Brown. Ok you didn't forget Mr. Brown, my mistake, but he's become an eraser. I don't think of him as a set-up man anymore. |
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Post by obf on Apr 25, 2022 15:56:29 GMT -8
We have a lock down closer now - you forgot Mr. Brown. Ok you didn't forget Mr. Brown, my mistake, but he's become an eraser. I don't think of him as a set-up man anymore. Here you go, Fixed  Shut down Eraser/Closer: Brown Fire ballers / setup: Carpenter, Verburg Trust worthy in any situation for a batter or two or several innings: Sebby Super underrated guy who should be our Sunday starter: Ferrer Mid week / middle relief guys who don't scare me at all picking up for a scuffling starter or starting in a pinch: Townsend, Hunter, Lawson, Lattery. |
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Post by ricke71 on Apr 25, 2022 16:46:06 GMT -8
Ok you didn't forget Mr. Brown, my mistake, but he's become an eraser. I don't think of him as a set-up man anymore. Here you go, Fixed Shut down Eraser/Closer: Brown Fire ballers / setup: Carpenter, Verburg Trust worthy in any situation for a batter or two or several innings: Sebby Super underrated guy who should be our Sunday starter: Ferrer Mid week / middle relief guys who don't scare me at all picking up for a scuffling starter or starting in a pinch: Townsend, Hunter, Lawson, Lattery. As for Ferrer, not sure who is "super under-rating" him - surely not Canham or Dorman. Given that he pitched just over 3x as many innings as the actual starter yesterday, he is kinda/sorta the Sunday 'starter'. It's a real luxury to have a re-habing guy like Pfennings AND a veteran pitcher like Ferrer in the wings, come Sunday. |
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Post by irimi on Apr 25, 2022 17:25:50 GMT -8
Here you go, Fixed Shut down Eraser/Closer: Brown Fire ballers / setup: Carpenter, Verburg Trust worthy in any situation for a batter or two or several innings: Sebby Super underrated guy who should be our Sunday starter: Ferrer Mid week / middle relief guys who don't scare me at all picking up for a scuffling starter or starting in a pinch: Townsend, Hunter, Lawson, Lattery. As for Ferrer, not sure who is "super under-rating" him - surely not Canham or Dorman. Given that he pitched just over 3x as many innings as the actual starter yesterday, he is kinda/sorta the Sunday 'starter'. It's a real luxury to have a re-habing guy like Pfennings AND a veteran pitcher like Ferrer in the wings, come Sunday. This is why I like our chances in the post season. If we use the Pac 12 tournament to give some guys some action, we’ll have a pretty awesome stable of pitchers to take to Omaha. What people saw as our weakness at the beginning of the year is becoming a strength. That’s great coaching. |
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Post by chinmusic on Apr 25, 2022 18:28:31 GMT -8
Without getting into great detail, credit MC and RD with some real accomplishment with this pitching staff. The pitchers you are seeing are not the same pitchers they were when they arrived on campus. Pitches have been modified, and improved, with some being discarded. Mechanical flaws have been eliminated and motions tweaked. Mixes have been re-worked and sequencing changed.
OSU pitchers are "educated" on the art of pitching. Lots of classroom and individual teaching on pitching philosophy, setting up hitters, finding swing holes and pitching to your strengths. Heavy emphasis on the "think" side and and psychology of pitching..
One guy eliminated 2 pitches and is having great success throwing his two best offerings. Another threw about 85% fastballs and now throws 2 wicked breaking balls and 50% fastballs. Another was the beneficiary of a pitch design and now throws a slider with MLB + metrics. Our coaches know "pitch" and they are good at teaching it.
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Verburg!
Apr 25, 2022 18:46:03 GMT -8
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Post by beavs6 on Apr 25, 2022 18:46:03 GMT -8
Without getting into great detail, credit MC and RD with some real accomplishment with this pitching staff. The pitchers you are seeing are not the same pitchers they were when they arrived on campus. Pitches have been modified, and improved, with some being discarded. Mechanical flaws have been eliminated and motions tweaked. Mixes have been re-worked and sequencing changed. OSU pitchers are "educated" on the art of pitching. Lots of classroom and individual teaching on pitching philosophy, setting up hitters, finding swing holes and pitching to your strengths. Heavy emphasis on the "think" side and and psychology of pitching.. One guy eliminated 2 pitches and is having great success throwing his two best offerings. Another threw about 85% fastballs and now throws 2 wicked breaking balls and 50% fastballs. Another was the beneficiary of a pitch design and now throws a slider with MLB + metrics. Our coaches know "pitch" and they are good at teaching it. So I think what you are saying is RD is our Coach M of the baseball staff. In other words, the Coach we would most like to NOT get poached off of the Head Coach's staff.(OK, my Coach M of the Baseball staff) |
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Post by nuclearbeaver on Apr 25, 2022 19:07:37 GMT -8
Without getting into great detail, credit MC and RD with some real accomplishment with this pitching staff. The pitchers you are seeing are not the same pitchers they were when they arrived on campus. Pitches have been modified, and improved, with some being discarded. Mechanical flaws have been eliminated and motions tweaked. Mixes have been re-worked and sequencing changed. OSU pitchers are "educated" on the art of pitching. Lots of classroom and individual teaching on pitching philosophy, setting up hitters, finding swing holes and pitching to your strengths. Heavy emphasis on the "think" side and and psychology of pitching.. One guy eliminated 2 pitches and is having great success throwing his two best offerings. Another threw about 85% fastballs and now throws 2 wicked breaking balls and 50% fastballs. Another was the beneficiary of a pitch design and now throws a slider with MLB + metrics. Our coaches know "pitch" and they are good at teaching it. More detail is okay, I’m intrigued. Going into this season I thought we were screwed for pitching. We started the year with 8 solid contributors from last years staff gone and then pfennigs dropped. That we not only recovered but now have a good verging on elite BP is crazy. |
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Verburg!
Apr 25, 2022 20:44:50 GMT -8
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Post by flyfishinbeav on Apr 25, 2022 20:44:50 GMT -8
Guys I have ultimate confidence in right now.....Hjerpe, Kmatz, Ferrer, Brown, Reid.
Guys who have come along nicely....Carpenter, Lattery (where is he?)
Guys with question marks still.... Verburg, Townsend, Hunter, Lawson, Pfennings, Thorsteinson, Grewe, Quinn, Hibbard
I'm sure I'm forgetting a guy or two.....but we need a few guys from the question mark group to come up big against a good hitting team. I'm not talking about mowin down a bad huskie lineup. Pfennings will hopefully come back into form. He was shaky on Sunday. Verburg has been pleasantly surprising, but I wanna see it against better hitting teams more consistently. Lawson took a step back, but he has good stuff. Hunter and Townsend still scare me, but they are competitors, so I'm not betting against them at this point. Overall, I think Dorman has done a fantastic job.
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Apr 25, 2022 20:53:12 GMT -8
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Post by flyfishinbeav on Apr 25, 2022 20:53:12 GMT -8
Without getting into great detail, credit MC and RD with some real accomplishment with this pitching staff. The pitchers you are seeing are not the same pitchers they were when they arrived on campus. Pitches have been modified, and improved, with some being discarded. Mechanical flaws have been eliminated and motions tweaked. Mixes have been re-worked and sequencing changed. OSU pitchers are "educated" on the art of pitching. Lots of classroom and individual teaching on pitching philosophy, setting up hitters, finding swing holes and pitching to your strengths. Heavy emphasis on the "think" side and and psychology of pitching.. One guy eliminated 2 pitches and is having great success throwing his two best offerings. Another threw about 85% fastballs and now throws 2 wicked breaking balls and 50% fastballs. Another was the beneficiary of a pitch design and now throws a slider with MLB + metrics. Our coaches know "pitch" and they are good at teaching it. Is Verburg the 50% FB guy? I noticed he isn't tubing fast balls trying to blow it by guys now......which didn't work for him. His last couple outings he's mixed it up, kept the ball on the edges, and changed speeds...good breaking stuff. My understanding is it's all mental with him.....I mean not surprising. At this level you have to be mentally dialed. And he has the velocity...now he's had a couple good outings to build his confidence. |
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