So far overall... I think we should end up better than we were last year...
Our pitching looks to have settled on our 2nd and 3rd guy, and honestly until the past couple[weekends, our ace was struggling. With Hohensee out for a bit, it gave us a chance to build some depth and it looks like Howell is going to be a nice set-up man, we will get Hohensee back to be our other guy to lean on before handing the ball of to Roeder. Our mid-day starters still have something to prove in my opinion, but we have looked pretty good there so far against competition we should be dominating. However, Loyola Marymount is a good club, FGC made it to the tournament last year, UNLV is decent, and obviously LSU and A&M are who they usually are...
But it's going to come down to our offense like everyone has already mentioned. Boldt will be fine, Schleppenbach was a great addition to the leadoff spot, and I think now that we have settled on Alvarado in LF as opposed to Cox, that helps to have a more fluid lineup. During this 5 game home stand we have had, we are averaging seven runs a game, with only a 3 spot this past game that I think would have been more if we didn't have 3 starters out. Miller is seeing the ball a lot better and Headley hopefully comes back from his illness the same way. I think eventually we are going to hit a rough patch pitching and our bats will need to keep us in it just like our pitching kept us in some ball games early on. But with that being said, sometimes it's easier for the pitching to be ahead of the offense for these northern teams as pitching indoor or outdoor you can really get the same things done...
Hopefully this is Erstad's best team to date and we get a couple wins in a regional, heck, maybe we can make it out of one if we host?