I feel bad for Jordan Little, coaching staff tried to ride him a bit...
too much this weekend. I know we don't have many consistent options in the bullpen but one thing that should be clear to the staff at this point is that Little is not effective as his pitch count goes up.
For the year, here are his pitching lines for appearances under 25 pitches and those with 25+:
<25: 9 GM | 0-0 5 SV | 8.0 IP | 6 H | 1 ER | 0 BB | 13 SO | 0 HR
25+: 5 GM | 0-2 0 SV | 8.2 IP | 14 H | 12 ER | 3 BB | 8 SO | 7 HR
Basically, he either has it or he doesn't and when he doesn't, he is giving up home runs at a high rate.
Heading into this weekend, he hadn't thrown more than 43 pitches in a single week (43 pitches in a game last week against GT) and this weekend he ends up throwing a total of 74 pitches with 35 on Friday and another 39 on Sunday.
It will be interesting to see if Szefc tweaks the approach with the starters next series. I think the move of Renfrow to Saturday gives us a better chance at a win on Saturdays and Stieg has given us a chance to win a number of Sunday games but going with Neff on Friday and only getting 2 innings out of him puts a lot of strain on the bullpen right out of the gate and leaves little margin for error the rest of the weekend with our relievers.
Posted: 04/22/2024 at 12:33 AM ET
Thread Replies (9)
I feel bad for Jordan Little, coaching staff tried to ride him a bit...
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-- QCP
Apr 22, 2024 at 12:33 AM ET
QCP
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04/22/24 12:33 AM ET
But this goes back to the Coaching issue.
-- Grandpaw
Apr 23, 2024 at 06:10 PM ET
Grandpaw
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04/23/24 06:10 PM ET
I think Neff 3 innings, Exum 3 innings
-- hokiepro
Apr 23, 2024 at 08:39 AM ET
hokiepro
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04/23/24 08:39 AM ET
Has Parliament been demoted to the pen for good or just last weekend?**
-- chagerma
Apr 24, 2024 at 12:53 PM ET
chagerma
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04/24/24 12:53 PM ET
Any idea about Vera? Is he hurt or just fell out of favor? Hasn't thrown
-- HokiePWC
Apr 22, 2024 at 09:46 AM ET
HokiePWC
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04/22/24 09:46 AM ET
I don't hate moving Renfro to Saturday. Seemed to work well when we
-- HokiePWC
Apr 22, 2024 at 09:38 AM ET
HokiePWC
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04/22/24 09:38 AM ET
Yeah, I don't have an issue with Renfrow on Saturdays. With Fridays...
-- QCP
Apr 22, 2024 at 10:28 AM ET
QCP
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04/22/24 10:28 AM ET
Good thoughts. I'm pretty pleased with recruiting. Two arms from last
-- HokiePWC
Apr 22, 2024 at 11:14 AM ET
HokiePWC
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04/22/24 11:14 AM ET
He had to roll with him and find out
-- HokiesACC2004
Apr 22, 2024 at 01:54 AM ET
HokiesACC2004
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04/22/24 01:54 AM ET