Quote Originally Posted by confucius say View Post
Our pitching will keep us in it on the weekends.

We have to figure it out at catcher. Sigh.
The good news about catcher is we know that Powell can do the job. Highfill missed a lot of time rehabbing and just started throwing I think in December. It has definitely put him behind developmentally. He seems to grab at the ball sometimes and that would be where a lot of his passed balls come from if I had to guess. Not sure what his future path is with MSU but I could definitely see him switching positions next year (OF? 1B?) when some guys graduate. We have some elite catching prospects coming in if we can get them through the draft plus there is also the portal of course if we need a catcher. I think recovering has also affected him offensively some- we know he has power but it hasn't shown this year which is kind of similar to Aaron Downs last year who also wasn't 100%.

My hope is we are playing Highfill as much as possible to catch up on lost development and then go with Powell mostly during SEC play.

My fear is we are going with the more talented player and won't make a change until he costs us a game because of catching mistakes. Which is likely what will happen.

If I were in the coach's shoes, I would start Powell on Fri and Sat and then use Ross on Sun when we're likely going to need more offense.

The coach's really like Ross a lot though. So, I expect him to start the lion's share at least early on.