Florida Baseball 2025
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Best team we've played so far and hung with us most of the game. We got solid pitching again and big, timely hits to win.
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No. 8 Gators Rally Late to Top Hatters - Florida Gators
Blake Cyr swatted a go-ahead solo shot in the seventh and Aidan King earned his first-career win.
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A win is a win.
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No. 8 Florida Outlasts Ospreys in Ninth - Florida Gators
Brendan Lawson (3-for-5) raced home on a wild pitch for a walk-off, 7-6 victory.
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I thought the pitching was pretty solid. A couple guys got roughed up Sully was definitely getting the young guys some looks. Bats kept coming and put up a decent number. 10 Ks and 3 walks. Seems like every time you look up Gators batters are in an 0-2 count.
They look like they can really play defense.
They look like they can really play defense.
These mid week games against in state mid majors are always tough. Florida mid majors have talent, plus throw in we are a huge game to them leads to close games. Good start to the season. Much better than last year.
We had a rough regular season in 2024, got hot at the end and made it to the semifinals for the national title. This year, the season is off to a MUCH better start. No Cags, of course, but more balance in the lineup top to bottom. And the weekend pitching rotation seems to be set, while last year there were struggles from the get-go. Also, the pitching depth is unquestionably better, which will help us win more midweek games, I think. Anyway, each year is it's own animal and so far I like what I'm seeing from this team. But our first major test is coming up this weekedn when Miami comes to town with an 8-1 record. Even though they're not in the Top 25 right now, it's a huge baseball rivalry and the Canes always have plenty of talent.
Last season blew chunks, and then what a fun post season ride. Once something clicked, the team took off. This year we feel deeper on the mound and in the lineup. Last year you expected to lose the mid week game as you never knew what the heck was going to happen on the mound. But as you mentioned, the season really gets going this weekend.
Great pitching tonight and timely hitting. OUr bullpen is better than Miami's. They have excellent starting pitchers, but we got to their pen.
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No. 8 Gators Erase Early Deficits to Take Opener vs. Miami - Florida Gators
Bobby Boser (3-for-4) and Brendan Lawson (2-for-3) swatted homers as Liam Peterson earned his third-straight win.
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Gators win the series as well as lead overall, 136-135. My son and I are heading to Gainesville tomorrow.
Good to lock down the series. Now lets break out the brooms!
2 key injuries early in the game, though. Pierce Coppola comes out in the 3rd inning with an undisclosed injury. Cade Kurland hurts his shoulder making a great play diving for a nall in the 1st inning and is in a sling later. But this Gator team looks very good - lots of balance and deep piyching.
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Heyman Homers Twice as No. 8 Florida Secures Series Against Miami - Florida Gators
The victory gave the Gators their first lead in the head-to-head series vs. the Hurricanes since 1969.
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I read on another board that Coppola had a blister. Pickel juice is the old time fastest and easiest fix, but can take several days to a couple of weeks to get the hand back ready to pitch. Kurland dislocated his shoulder and even though it popped back in, ligaments get stretched and it can take several weeks before you can strain it again by throwing a baseball. We shall see.
Fortunately we have enough depth to cover both injuries, although Kurland had been pounding the ball of late. Today, USF transfer Bobby Boser is moving from 3rd to 2nd and Texas Tech transfer Landon Stripling will play 3rd.
well we ran into the limits of our bullpen depth today. Still a good series win and great start to the season. The guys that caved in today look like our midweek guys.
Today was the first game this year where the pitching just fell apart. We couldn't use our top 3 bullpen pitchers because they had been used Friday & Saturday. And the guys they did bring in didn't have it. But you expect your weekend starters to go more than 4 innings. Oh well. 11-1 is really good. 2 tough midweek games next -@UCF and home vs Florida Atlantic. Then hosting Harvard over the weekend.
Goal is always 2 of 3. We did that. Today was less about Miami, and more about what we gave them. Can't give up 11 freebies and expect to win.
No. 8 Gators Suffer First Loss of Season to Miami in Finale - Florida Gators
Brody Donay (3-for-4) hit his sixth homer and Colby Shelton (2-for-4) logged multiple knocks.
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Yeah I expect we’ll be looking for more innings out of our starters as the season goes on and they build up their conditioning. Clemente was going great until he lost control and started walking and hitting everyone. Then the next two bullpen arms had nothing and gave the game away. Losing Coppola early with an injury obviously hurt.
We look pretty good though. Looks like the ingredients are there. Hopefully Kurland isn’t out long term but that sounds like a nasty injury. We’ve got a lot of infield depth but losing him would hurt.
We look pretty good though. Looks like the ingredients are there. Hopefully Kurland isn’t out long term but that sounds like a nasty injury. We’ve got a lot of infield depth but losing him would hurt.
I'm curious why younger guys that don't have the blazing fastball don't pick up and learn the knuckleball in high school. It's a devastating pitch once learned and "somewhat" controlled. Those guys can come in and start the midweek games, and still throw relief anytime they don't have a start. That is truly a lost art.
Have you ever tried to catch a butterfly with a net? You chase after it, swinging the net, trying to capture it, but just when you think you have a bead on it, it flutters in another direction. It leaves you flustered and preparing for another swipe at the elusive insect.
That is kind of how it is trying to hit a knuckleball with a baseball bat. When a knuckleballer is on his game, the pitch does a dance between the pitcher's mound and home plate, seemingly changing directions a dozen times along the way. If hitting a moving target wasn't hard enough, after facing numerous at-bats trying to time his swing to hit a fastball in the 90s, a batter is now swiping at a pitch that tops out in the 60s. In hitting, timing is everything, and nothing throws a monkey wrench into a hitter's timing more than a craftily-thrown knuckleball. (a lot higher % of foul ball off a Knuckleball and middle 3's ERA is usual)
If, IF you're good at throwing it though, All Star and eventual HoF is likely. They don't wear out the arms as quickly and usually have a longer career.
Knuckleballers (pitchers) are baseball players who rely on the knuckleball as their primary pitch, or pitch primarily based on their ability to throw a knuckleball. The inventor of the knuckleball has never been established, although several pitchers from the early 20th century have been credited.
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My hands weren't big enough to throw a knuckler. I tried for a while but quickly gave it up as beyond me. It's takes an above average hand size to kuckleball. But I always liked watching a good knockleballer in a game, if he was on. Most have an above Ave. on walks with a lot of foul balls.
That is kind of how it is trying to hit a knuckleball with a baseball bat. When a knuckleballer is on his game, the pitch does a dance between the pitcher's mound and home plate, seemingly changing directions a dozen times along the way. If hitting a moving target wasn't hard enough, after facing numerous at-bats trying to time his swing to hit a fastball in the 90s, a batter is now swiping at a pitch that tops out in the 60s. In hitting, timing is everything, and nothing throws a monkey wrench into a hitter's timing more than a craftily-thrown knuckleball. (a lot higher % of foul ball off a Knuckleball and middle 3's ERA is usual)
If, IF you're good at throwing it though, All Star and eventual HoF is likely. They don't wear out the arms as quickly and usually have a longer career.
Knuckleballers (pitchers) are baseball players who rely on the knuckleball as their primary pitch, or pitch primarily based on their ability to throw a knuckleball. The inventor of the knuckleball has never been established, although several pitchers from the early 20th century have been credited.
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My hands weren't big enough to throw a knuckler. I tried for a while but quickly gave it up as beyond me. It's takes an above average hand size to kuckleball. But I always liked watching a good knockleballer in a game, if he was on. Most have an above Ave. on walks with a lot of foul balls.
