Opening weekend observations

[MAYHOO22]

Hello everyone. My observations from the opening weekend trip against USC Upstate;

First of all it was cold! I went Friday & Sunday, and those days were cold. From what I was told, it was much colder on Saturday! Glad I was at home listening.

* Friday Pitchers:
T. Smith was ok. Struggled a little with control, but overall not a bad performance. Only was in trouble once.
T. Pooser was just ok. Got hit but wiggled out of jams. Threw strikes
E. Byers threw hard. Looked good! Only faced 1 batter, but struck him out.
* Friday hitters
Lopez is a dude! Was on every pitch!
Nicholson is also a dude! Guy can really hit.
G, Smith was staedy at the plate & unreal at short.
E. Pitre the same as Grant.
J. McCoy struggled. Lots of swing and misses.


Sunday:

* Pitchers

Mason looked good. Lots of ground outs. Steady!
O'Brien threw well. Only faced 2 batters.
Robinson got hit hard in his inning & third.
Nove did well. Threw strikes, but did walk a few.
Frieda pitched well. Throws hard with a good curve.

* Hitters
Crittenberger on every pitch! Really good at bats!
Scrham looks good. Built like a Greek God. Strong. Killed the homer. Just needs playing time.
Herrrea, Daley, and McCarthy all had good at bats!
Burkes is our star. Leader in every sense of the word!

I cannot remember a time where our starters and bench are so even. Kids really battling for PT.

 

[Comebakatz3]

Like I said before, I'm really shocked we've got at least 2 freshmen fighting for PT in the field. Nothing against those guys, it's just that we're a deep team even without them so I'm really surprised they may not be redshirting. Of course, I think they can play a good chunk and preserve the redshirt but a guy like Cameron starting two games makes it seem like that isnt the plan.

 

[MAYHOO22]

I was pretty shocked Cameron started over Crittenberger Friday & Saturday. Ty had a big day Sunday, so we shall see. I hope Small or Fawley can spell Burkes some on weekday games....or in late innings on weekends.

 

[dtjr]

Like I said before, I'm really shocked we've got at least 2 freshmen fighting for PT in the field. Nothing against those guys, it's just that we're a deep team even without them so I'm really surprised they may not be redshirting. Of course, I think they can play a good chunk and preserve the redshirt but a guy like Cameron starting two games makes it seem like that isnt the plan.

Seems like we are pretty deep. Hopefully Ming works it out or it works itself out.