Todd4State
02-18-2014, 10:14 PM
No Ole Miss football players were arrested during this post. Now that that is out of the way...
We are redshirting 9 players. And some of these guys would have played key roles for us 5 years ago- so we've come a LONG way. The only one that surprised me to a degree was Walker and maybe Swinarski. But very briefly some thoughts about these players and the big picture.
We have some very unbalanced classes and that's causing us to have a big class followed by a small one. Redshirting some of these players is going to help with that over time where we can be pretty balanced as far as what we can offer every year.
P- Ben Hudspeth: He was a catcher at Tupelo and sometimes pitched. The guy is a competitor and I saw him battle against MC's Dandy Dozen guys and led Tupelo to the state championship round. Then he pitches at ICC exclusively and goes 11-0. He struggled as a sophomore and then struggled with us. A year off and working with Butch will probably do him some good- but he's no doubt a Cohen guy in the competitive department. He'll be solid for us in the bullpen in 2015 and 2016.
P- Glenn Irby: He's a LHP that has a lot of different angles. He'll sit out this year and then go off somewhere this summer and refine those arm angles and be ready next year. I think he's going to have a good career as a relief pitcher for us.
P- Avery Geyer: He throws hard, but is on the small side. He's another guy that will be a solid bullpen arm for us and he'll spend this year bulking up.
P- Jacob Billingsley: I really like him a lot. He burst on the scene his senior year at Magnolia Heights and is sort of like Geyer- a RHP pitcher who is a little bit on the small side. He can run it up in the high 80's, low 90's.
P- Levi Mintz: He has a big frame and is supposed to have a good split finger fastball. We'll see what Butch can do with him.
C- Cody Walker: As I said, this surprised me a little bit. We'll see what the future holds for him, but it may depend on what Vallot does as far as coming to school and if Collins and Garner improve defensively. Him transferring out is probably not outside the realm of possibility at this point.
1B- Dylan Ingram: He made a late run to make the squad. Him being redshirted is a combination of the fact that we have Wes Rea and because he played at a very small private school in Alabama. He will benefit from summer baseball.
OF/1B- Brent Rooker: Gentlemen, we are redshirting a guy that made it to the National Power Showcase. He struggled in the fall, but the talent is there. He just has to develop confidence in himself.
OF- Joey Swinarski: This surprised me, but I'm glad we are doing it. We have a crowded outfield and he struggled in the scrimmages. IMO, he probably should have stayed in HS, but on the other hand, he gets an extra year of getting coached by Cohen.
We are redshirting 9 players. And some of these guys would have played key roles for us 5 years ago- so we've come a LONG way. The only one that surprised me to a degree was Walker and maybe Swinarski. But very briefly some thoughts about these players and the big picture.
We have some very unbalanced classes and that's causing us to have a big class followed by a small one. Redshirting some of these players is going to help with that over time where we can be pretty balanced as far as what we can offer every year.
P- Ben Hudspeth: He was a catcher at Tupelo and sometimes pitched. The guy is a competitor and I saw him battle against MC's Dandy Dozen guys and led Tupelo to the state championship round. Then he pitches at ICC exclusively and goes 11-0. He struggled as a sophomore and then struggled with us. A year off and working with Butch will probably do him some good- but he's no doubt a Cohen guy in the competitive department. He'll be solid for us in the bullpen in 2015 and 2016.
P- Glenn Irby: He's a LHP that has a lot of different angles. He'll sit out this year and then go off somewhere this summer and refine those arm angles and be ready next year. I think he's going to have a good career as a relief pitcher for us.
P- Avery Geyer: He throws hard, but is on the small side. He's another guy that will be a solid bullpen arm for us and he'll spend this year bulking up.
P- Jacob Billingsley: I really like him a lot. He burst on the scene his senior year at Magnolia Heights and is sort of like Geyer- a RHP pitcher who is a little bit on the small side. He can run it up in the high 80's, low 90's.
P- Levi Mintz: He has a big frame and is supposed to have a good split finger fastball. We'll see what Butch can do with him.
C- Cody Walker: As I said, this surprised me a little bit. We'll see what the future holds for him, but it may depend on what Vallot does as far as coming to school and if Collins and Garner improve defensively. Him transferring out is probably not outside the realm of possibility at this point.
1B- Dylan Ingram: He made a late run to make the squad. Him being redshirted is a combination of the fact that we have Wes Rea and because he played at a very small private school in Alabama. He will benefit from summer baseball.
OF/1B- Brent Rooker: Gentlemen, we are redshirting a guy that made it to the National Power Showcase. He struggled in the fall, but the talent is there. He just has to develop confidence in himself.
OF- Joey Swinarski: This surprised me, but I'm glad we are doing it. We have a crowded outfield and he struggled in the scrimmages. IMO, he probably should have stayed in HS, but on the other hand, he gets an extra year of getting coached by Cohen.