Texas A&M baseball begins postseason run against Grambling with eye on CWS

Can Texas A&M baseball reverse recent trends this postseason beginning with Game 1 vs. Grambling?

A gloomy, overcast sky hangs over College Station today—one that Texas A&M baseball fans hope is not an omen for their postseason chances. With a team that was rolling the way these Aggies were earlier in the season, you wouldn’t think they’d enter the tourney with this level of concern, but things have been rough going recently.

The Aggies lost two of their last three series in SEC play—granted, those two losses were on the road, and, for the most part, close games—and failed to win a single game in the SEC tournament. Now, Schloss didn’t put his best pitchers on the mound in Hoover, but it still has Aggie fans concerned.

Complaints about plate approach and a stagnant offense have been readily offered over this last three-week stretch. The BAS is setting in about how the Aggies might fare in this postseason, even after all this team has accomplished.

And don’t get it twisted—they’ve accomplished a lot. This team has set records on the stat sheet and looked the part of a championship contender before this slump.

So what should we make of this down stretch? We can offer excuses and explanations, but we really won’t know until we see how the Aggies look today, and maybe not even then.

As of right now, the Aggies are still scheduled to begin at noon against Grambling. The Tigers bring a 26-26 record into the regional and should be a team the Aggies should find runs against with ease.

But what if they don’t? What if these struggles continue?

The grace period is over. This is put up or shut up time. I, personally, am choosing to believe that the Aggie team we saw for the first three-quarters of this season is what we’ll get here in the tournament. Schloss isn’t known for wilting in the postseason, and I don’t think this team will either.

I guess we’ll find out, though.