Shox get a juco shortstop for 2012-13

[Shocker85]

I think Gene does more scouting and recruiting that you folks are crediting him for. There are these new fangled devices called cellular telephones that can allow coaches to easily coordinate who is out and who is not.

WSU had one of its highest (if not the highest) fielding percentages ever in 2012. The middle infield was solid, but does not have great range. Adding a rangy SS would be a bonus. Stolen bases in 2012 were down quite a bit and became a virtual non-factor by the end of the season with Hall's transition to a back-up role (BTW, his SB effectiveness dropped badly as well). Getting back to the speed game is one thing #10 wants to do and this guy looks like he might be good there.

--'85.

[Ta town]

"Harbutz was .954 this kid had a .951 percentage but he also had a lot more putouts/assist so I'm going to assume more range."

I'm guessing he didn't play his home games on turf, so the fielding % may go up.

Well he played on turf and what ironically looks like Normal's best baseball stadium over ISUr's park.

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[ShockTalk]

I think Gene does more scouting and recruiting that you folks are crediting him for. There are these new fangled devices called cellular telephones that can allow coaches to easily coordinate who is out and who is not.

WSU had one of its highest (if not the highest) fielding percentages ever in 2012. The middle infield was solid, but does not have great range. Adding a rangy SS would be a bonus. Stolen bases in 2012 were down quite a bit and became a virtual non-factor by the end of the season with Hall's transition to a back-up role (BTW, his SB effectiveness dropped badly as well). Getting back to the speed game is one thing #10 wants to do and this guy looks like he might be good there.

--'85.

As for WSU's fielding this last year, I was amazed when it was first pointed out here that this last year was one of the best (top 2 or 3) fielding % they've ever had. Not amazed at their performance, but amazed that this top WSU fielding % was only good enough to be tied for 4th (actually 5th if you go beyond 3 decimal places) in the Valley this year. Not sure what that says about WSU's fielding % history.

If Cody can get on base and translate his stolen base abilities to D-I baseball, that will be huge. It's one thing when your team doesn't have much power, worse when your only middle of the road in batting average, and much worse when your not a threat to steal successfully.

[tripleshock]

I remember a day when this would have not even been a blip on the radar.

[Wuzee]

I remember a day when this would have not even been a blip on the radar.

There was a day when we wouldn't have discussed an incoming juco recruit during the off-season? Sorry, but I don't remember that day.