to do the same bullet back up
the middle.
Now it's great Rogers can
continue this little to outrun
good pick off the jump Fontaine
, getting back to taylor again
real quick.
I mean I think he's got great
balance rhythm and timing at the
plate.
He's got a very repeatable
swing.
He's got a good feel for the
strike zone.
I really don't think he's got a
ton of weaknesses offensively
and he's going to continue to
grow into that body.
I think there's a ton of power
left in there for him.
No , I agree.
He's going to get better and
better.
And I was checking our statcast
metrics 101.3 exit velocity on
that double.
Now Rogers watch his teammate
Taylor.
Lefty Taylor Rogers senior been
in the program a little bit.
It has been a mainstay for sure.
Started 48 52 games a year ago ,
beloved in the dugout and
clubhouse magnetic personality
can't emphasize enough how
important it is to have guys
that end up staying four years
in the program.
There are the standard barriers
, they set the bar for other
players to understand what it
means , you know , to be in that
particular program this case of
horn frog and you know what you
have to live up to and it goes
beyond even their ability on the
field , the impact that they
make on the cultures of these
individual teams.
And we talked a lot about the
Covid 19 college baseball in the
impact it had on college
athletics and in addition to
life as a whole , but TCU tried
to find the positive in that
negative and they had eight
Covid 19 years stay from 2000
and 22 2000 and 21.
The focus on staff say that that
was huge for guys like Taylor
and Elijah Nunez , otherwise
they would have had to carry the
load without any sort of
experience.
The other thing is that because
protocols in place for coaches ,
players , a lot of these seniors
and upperclassmen , they ended
up being coaches in some way
shape or form.
So a lot of development of those
younger players were placed in
the hands of these upper class
and that's a good thing that
came out of Covid 19 forced
internal leadership to develop
in the clubhouse is all across
college baseball.
What can you tell us Jim Callis
about the TCU starter ? Yeah ,
they're happy to have him back
and he is a guy who they could
have lost last year.
I thought he had a chance to go
in that 6 to 10 round range
wound up not getting drafted.
This sign ability and ability
didn't quite lineup for teams
but we're going to see a lot of
sliders tonight.
That's his best pitch , 18 95
mile an hour two plain break
offering when it's at its best.
He will use that , let's say 40%
of the time is his track record
fastball range anywhere from 89
to 92.
Usually little touch 95 on
occasion , it's more angle than
life.
He gets kind of straight so he's
got to located , well we can get
it if he doesn't Nixon a
curveball , he's got a changeup
to throw strikes and you know ,
you've got a veteran here , best
game of his career was his last
20 pitch last year struck out 13
regionals against McNeese State
and he's getting the ball on
this one deep breath before
throwing the first pitch of his
evening.
Kevin Millar strike one there
one he knew it was highlighted
featured player for you dont and
are open 17 doubles , eight bags
stolen , 44 games up the middle
off the glove of Rogers.
He's a perfect leadoff man.
He's going to get on base too
much.
He's not a power guy , but he
walks almost as much as he
strikes out and put the ball in.
Play a line drive approach goes
gap to gap here up the middle
turns into a base hit and
they're really getting , you
know , he's the leader of the
offense this year last year ,
they one of the most potent
lineup's in the country , lost a
lot of those guys and he is the
top returning hitter bunt
attempt foul from really
interesting for me tonight guys
, when you look at the san ,
Diego State lineup , I mean
they're loaded with freshman ,
they've got 123455 freshmen ,
three sophomores in this lineup.
So of the the eight players who
you know , eight of them are
underclassmen.
So they are definitely giving an
opportunity to a lot of younger
players.
Big test against the defending
Big 12 champions.