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Catching
For discussion not a riot.
I'm not saying highfill isn't our future. And maybe sooner rather than later. Moreso bc we are better at first when he catches. And I get they have run on Luke more, Mostly bc of more opportunities, combined with poor times to the plate and other factors. With all that said Hancock has 5 starts one pb. Highfill has 3 starts and 5 pb. Again just food for thought.
Last edited by Homedawg; 02-26-2023 at 11:14 PM.
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Homedawg gets it! Highfill has a high ceiling and is gonna be good but he's still to jittery and not settled enough back there, yet. SEC pitchers a little different than high school pitchers. He'll adjust with time but once again more to catching than just throwing, way more! Luke's a better receiver and blocks better right now, but as Homedawg said Luke at first makes our defense better too. Great post!
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Agree with all points. Luke started the season back there because he was a better receiver. Otherwise it would've been Highfill. Highfill needs to be catching one to two games a weekend still so that we can get him acclimated and continue to refine his receiving skills behind the plate so that hopefully by April he's our full-time guy back there and we can move Hancock to weekdays and maybe one game a weekend here and there.
Luke needs to stay in the lineup though. His bat has been great so far this year.
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Originally Posted by
StarkVegasSteve
Agree with all points. Luke started the season back there because he was a better receiver. Otherwise it would've been Highfill. Highfill needs to be catching one to two games a weekend still so that we can get him acclimated and continue to refine his receiving skills behind the plate so that hopefully by April he's our full-time guy back there and we can move Hancock to weekdays and maybe one game a weekend here and there.
Luke needs to stay in the lineup though. His bat has been great so far this year.
I think splitting time is what they are gonna do or close. But that's my opinion. Pros and cons want way we go. Give up offense here. Get defense there. Give up defense here take it there. It's a puzzle. Who is pitching is important. For the opposing team and for us....
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Originally Posted by
Homedawg
I think splitting time is what they are gonna do or close. But that's my opinion. Pros and cons want way we go. Give up offense here. Get defense there. Give up defense here take it there. It's a puzzle. Who is pitching is important. For the opposing team and for us....
Agree on all.
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Back when Highfill flipped to us, the story was that he had tons of upside but was a late bloomer and had alot of work to do and polishing up before he would be ready. He is probably further along at this point that I was expecting though. Hopefully we have plenty of low pressure opportunities to get him time behind the plate.
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Didn't Luke throw some people out this weekend? Or am I making that up?
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I think ideally you would want Highfill and Hancock to split the load. We may have to match it up based on how much a team runs too. Catching in this league as a freshman is really tough.
Highfill has hit pretty well but I like our lineup better offensively with this group:
C- Hancock
1B- Hines- he needs to work on his defense anyway
2B- Larry
3B- Alford
SS- Forsythe
LF- Jordan
CF- Ledbetter
RF- Clark
DH- Chance
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Originally Posted by
Todd4State
Didn't Luke throw some people out this weekend? Or am I making that up?
He technically threw 1 out, although it was a terrible decision because he let the run score on the 2 out double steal. Teams are 17-19 on SB attempts on him this year.
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They said on the broadcast today no sec team has thrown out more than 2 base runners so far this year. Everyone's getting run on because pitchers aren't interested in holding runners only on how hard they can throw. Holding runners is becoming a lost art.
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Look, in SEC world, every single is going to be a double. Runners will take third if there is less than one out. Hancock hasn?t been close in 17 of 19 throws. Hasn?t sniffed the panties of throwing someone out.
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Originally Posted by
Commercecomet24
They said on the broadcast today no sec team has thrown out more than 2 base runners so far this year. Everyone's getting run on because pitchers aren't interested in holding runners only on how hard they can throw. Holding runners is becoming a lost art.
The pitch clock is giving any decent runner an advantage. Pitchers are focusing on that instead of runners and they are getting better leads and jumps. Catchers stand no chance. Steals are up across the board and as you said, no SEC team has more than 2 CS by catchers.
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Originally Posted by
Commercecomet24
They said on the broadcast today no sec team has thrown out more than 2 base runners so far this year. Everyone's getting run on because pitchers aren't interested in holding runners only on how hard they can throw. Holding runners is becoming a lost art.
Interesting.
At some point the bio mechanical side of the game has to intersect with the fundamentals.
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the clock is ticking......gotta get the ball to the plate
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Originally Posted by
Commercecomet24
They said on the broadcast today no sec team has thrown out more than 2 base runners so far this year. Everyone's getting run on because pitchers aren't interested in holding runners only on how hard they can throw. Holding runners is becoming a lost art.
Pitch clock working in favor of runners too
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Originally Posted by
BrunswickDawg
The pitch clock is giving any decent runner an advantage. Pitchers are focusing on that instead of runners and they are getting better leads and jumps. Catchers stand no chance. Steals are up across the board and as you said, no SEC team has more than 2 CS by catchers.
This is dead on. Pitchers need to throw over just to reset the clock
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Originally Posted by
Cowbell
This is dead on. Pitchers need to throw over just to reset the clock
But they only have 3 times to throw over also.
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Originally Posted by
Homedawg
For discussion not a riot.
I'm not saying highfill isn't our future. And maybe sooner rather than later. Moreso bc we are better at first when he catches. And I get they have run on Luke more, Mostly bc of more opportunities, combined with poor times to the plate and other factors. With all that said Hancock has 5 starts one pb. Highfill has 3 starts and 5 pb. Again just food for thought.
Yep and it was a problem in the fall and in the preseason scrimmages as well.
"The QB and the receiver weren't on the same page there, but hey its only week eleven". (Jack Cristil)
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Originally Posted by
Tbonewannabe
But they only have 3 times to throw over also.
If that is the case, then they really only have 2 times to throw over. If a pitcher does throw over 3 times, the lead taken will get increased and make stealing even easier. We need a catcher with a snap pick off throw, but by the time that play happens, the runner is 2/3 of the way to 2nd.
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