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Paul Suellentrop's Fall Baseball Wrap Up (Shockwaves)
Nice mix with 3 righties and 3 lefties. My guess is Josh Smith (L), Mitch Mormann (R), Albert Minnis (L) and Zach Beringer (R) will make up our starting rotation with Kris Gardner (L) and A.J. Ladwig available for spot starts and middle relief.
Also available for middle relief would be TJ McGreevey (R), Drew Rainey (L), Foster Vielock (R), Aaron LaBrie (L), Kyle Vail (L), and Kyle Bouman (L).
Cale Elam will be the primary closer with perhaps closer by committee to backup Cale.
That's 13 guys which should be plenty enough depth. Oher possibilities include freshmen Conner Knight, Tyler Baker, Dillon Kerans and Derek Haas. Not sure what the deal is with Derek Haas as he is not listed on the roster but he was effective in his 4 FWS innings allowing no hits but he did walk 4. Of course, that is a very minimal sample size. Kerans was not effective in the FWS. I would not expect too many innings out of this group.
Tobin Matechick remains a big question mark as to whether or not how he will come back from his surgery. But I think we have enough depth that we don't need to rush Tobin.
I don't thinks we will be able to overpower teams with our offensive attack so the pitching staff, as is usually the case will be the key to a successful season. Need to back them up with improved defense this year. I expect Walker Davidson to be steadier defensively at SS than Tyler Grimes was last year, but we also may give up quite a bit offensively in that position. Seems like 3B is there for Erik Harbutz to lose. Obviously, the drop off at the catching position looks like it will be substantial. Defensively we look to be very solid in the outfield. Remains to be seen how much offensive production we will get there. Kevin Hall had a very strong FWS. Don Lambert was OK. Micah Green struggled at the plate going 5-27 (.185) but the guy has all kinds of athletic ability. Garret Baylif's comeback from his leg and ankle surgeries remains a question mark.
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Stephenson listed six pitchers in the mix for starting spots – Josh Smith, Albert Minnis, Mitch Moorman, Zach Beringer, Kris Gardner and A.J. Ladwig.
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Nice mix with 3 righties and 3 lefties. My guess is Josh Smith (L), Mitch Mormann (R), Albert Minnis (L) and Zach Beringer (R) will make up our starting rotation with Kris Gardner (L) and A.J. Ladwig available for spot starts and middle relief.
Also available for middle relief would be TJ McGreevey (R), Drew Rainey (L), Foster Vielock (R), Aaron LaBrie (L), Kyle Vail (L), and Kyle Bouman (L).
Cale Elam will be the primary closer with perhaps closer by committee to backup Cale.
That's 13 guys which should be plenty enough depth. Oher possibilities include freshmen Conner Knight, Tyler Baker, Dillon Kerans and Derek Haas. Not sure what the deal is with Derek Haas as he is not listed on the roster but he was effective in his 4 FWS innings allowing no hits but he did walk 4. Of course, that is a very minimal sample size. Kerans was not effective in the FWS. I would not expect too many innings out of this group.
Tobin Matechick remains a big question mark as to whether or not how he will come back from his surgery. But I think we have enough depth that we don't need to rush Tobin.
I don't thinks we will be able to overpower teams with our offensive attack so the pitching staff, as is usually the case will be the key to a successful season. Need to back them up with improved defense this year. I expect Walker Davidson to be steadier defensively at SS than Tyler Grimes was last year, but we also may give up quite a bit offensively in that position. Seems like 3B is there for Erik Harbutz to lose. Obviously, the drop off at the catching position looks like it will be substantial. Defensively we look to be very solid in the outfield. Remains to be seen how much offensive production we will get there. Kevin Hall had a very strong FWS. Don Lambert was OK. Micah Green struggled at the plate going 5-27 (.185) but the guy has all kinds of athletic ability. Garret Baylif's comeback from his leg and ankle surgeries remains a question mark.
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