Reeves and Cupp and way better offensively than Trout. He is garbage. Trout is a .230 SEC hitter with no arm in CF. His arm is embarrassing in CF. Pick which one can play SS and put the other in CF and let's roll.
This shit aint hard
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Reeves and Cupp and way better offensively than Trout. He is garbage. Trout is a .230 SEC hitter with no arm in CF. His arm is embarrassing in CF. Pick which one can play SS and put the other in CF and let's roll.
This shit aint hard
Didn't Stevens sit out today? Nevermind, saw he was hurt.
In addition to the annual we are Omaha bound Todd post, didn?t somebody say that Highfill was a first round pick at catcher? :)
This whole team is weak
Reeves is your SS until he proves otherwise.Quote:
Originally Posted by Coach34
You want Cupp to play centerfield?
This is Lemo?s issue. He can?t make a decision and stick to it. Period end of story. Great leaders make hard decisions and hard decisions quick.
You wouldn?t see a CEO of F500 company waffle on product line/strategy like Lemo does. You wouldn?t see military leaders waffle on plan of attack either. It?s just lack of decision making ability or ability to make the difficult decision.
Got to say the Transfer hitter scouting and recruiting was very well done:
(1) Sullivan - All SEC
(2) Reece - Very complete and could be All SEC next year
(3) Reeves - would be cool if he had another year
(4) Stallman - not super but way better than expected + 1 year
(5) Frei - very competent switch hitter and gets another year
Baseball is weird and often times we see a team leave many many guys on base as we did yesterday but to then pitch hit in a way that appears to be just giving up in the 9th is perplexing. Heck just put Highfill in CF in place of trout.
He can’t hit either.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pancho
Yes- I want the better player on the fieldQuote:
Originally Posted by confucius say
And, Downs to CF today.
hmmQuote:
Originally Posted by Coursesuper
You mean better hitter.Quote:
Originally Posted by Coach34
On what are you basing your assertion that Cupp can play CF? He's an average SS and, to my knowledge, has never practiced at or played CF.
I do agree that our lack of a CF is ridiculous.
His average is at the Mendoza line.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tater
I've never seen a SS that couldnt play the OF. Cupp hits better, has a better arm. Should be just as good if not better out there with the glove.Quote:
Originally Posted by confucius say
what is downs Avg in SEC play? lemo just gonna lemo, i guess?
we could go Frei, Stevens, and Stallman left to right. Stevens runs pretty well.Quote:
Originally Posted by Coach34
Getting regular AB's makes a difference. I'm never going to bang on a guy getting 3 AB's a weekend. I've been thereQuote:
Originally Posted by Pancho
My juco coach was an idiot- when I played regularly? I hit .300
When I played sparingly? I hit .200
But why? I'd rather Cupp play over Stallman. Cupp is more consistent while Stallman has more powerQuote:
Originally Posted by HoopsDawg
Yeah maybe. Altuve and others have struggled in the bigs this year in the OF. Stallman should be a high OPS guy with consistent ABs.Quote:
Originally Posted by Coach34
Didn't Ace Reese play some OF in the fall and last year at Houston? Could we shift him to a corner OF spot, move Stevens to CF, and Cupp to 3B? I don't know but Cupp's bat is a really good one to be left out of the lineup. He also has an OBP over 100 points higher than Chance.Quote:
Originally Posted by Coach34
Cupp is supposed to be a fielder, not a hitter. This year his fielding hasn't been good. But his hitting has been better than expected. He has a decent average, has some doubles, has walked a lot, and has been hit by a lot of pitches. His OBP is great for a #9 hitter. He's done the job at the plate. We haven't seen the last of Cupp.
Downs has played like Tarzan against the bad nonconference teams, and played like Jane against the good teams. He can't hit good pitching.
Chance is a nice player, he's just limited from a talent perspective.
I've seen a lot that couldn't play it nearly as well. Coached a lot. I was one, actually.Quote:
Originally Posted by Coach34
Maybe Cupp could do it, I don't know. But I bet it'd be a big drop off defensively from chance/downs to Cupp.
People won't like it. But...
Ace Reece plays corner OF and Cupp can play 3B.
Then you get a pretty decent lead off man and a very good 3B.
Yes, AR already plays a good 3B.