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Milewski had higher exit velo's than Ace Reese.
The dude can smash a baseball.
How good is he defensively?Quote:
Originally Posted by KOdawg1
Not that great. He allowed a lot of stolen bases but many times, that's more so on pitchers than catchers.Quote:
Originally Posted by confucius say
I think he's okay at blocking and framing. Big guy at 6'5
Two down, top portal class already, more to come
His is a definite upgrade over what we?ve had the last few years. If we hold onto our catcher commits, we will be set at that position for several years to come..
Unless I’m misreading Kendall tweet and the comments, Becker and Ford to Tennessee. That’s unfortunate
He didn't say that.Quote:
Originally Posted by BigDawg81
Ford may end up going to Tennessee, but Becker is down to us, Texas, or going back to UVA.
He clarified it a little more
I think UVA crapped the bed on Becker.Quote:
Originally Posted by KOdawg1
65 Steal Attempts and 8 Caught StealingQuote:
Originally Posted by confucius say
8 pass balls
Many games with 5 or 6 bases stolen
His arm is pretty good. Pitchers have to do their job and help the Catcher. But he can swing it- and that?s what we were looking forQuote:
Originally Posted by The Federalist Engineer
Ross and Joe Powell combined for:
67 attempts and 9 caught (1 by Ross)
15 pass balls (11 by Ross)
That can be misleading a bit because as we all know that can be on the pitchers and it is a lot of times on them. Really what we need to know is his POP time. If he has like a 2.0 or so POP time then a lot of those steals were definitely on the pitching staff.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Federalist Engineer
Cheese was also not a very good coach as far as developing catchers. We'll see what Kirby can do with him.
Worst case scenario we are looking at a Mike Piazza style catcher here that probably is average defensively that has elite power and can give us 10-15 home runs. And as I suspect we will add another catcher in the portal to go along with Mislewski, Owen, and the two freshmen I wouldn't be surprised if first base is a potential secondary option for him depending on how things shake out.
I feel good about Becker
I would look at bringing in another catcher that's a 'defense first' kinda guy.
We have 3 in the incoming freshman group
No. We have 2. And they're freshmen.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pancho
Maybe 1 of them is a real player. If not, they'll split after a year or 2 in today's portal climate.