So who will start for us next year?

[Quaoarsking]

OF - 3 out of Aidan Teel, Vytas Valincius, James Nunnalee, Bryce Chance, Gehrig Frei?
1B - ?? One of guys above? Chone James?
2B - Gatlin Sanders?
SS - ?? Another transfer or Frei?
3B - Ace Reese
C - Kevin Milewski, presumably?
DH - Noah Sullivan if he doesn't go pro, or someone listed above?

Am I forgetting anyone?

[maroonmania]

Well, Bevis from Ball State is likely the 1B. Also, Stallman was originally signed to be Hines' replacement at 1st base when we thought Hines was going pro, so I assume he could play there some as well. Also, Woodson (transfer from NC State) will likely be in the mix to start at either 2B or SS.

[Coach34]

We got to get thru the draft first. We gonna lose at least 1 and could lose 2-3 before it's over. I dont see Frei returning the way he swings the bat. All he did was show scouts he is a team player thats willing to learn a new position. We have others that will be tempted

[msstate7]

We got to get thru the draft first. We gonna lose at least 1 and could lose 2-3 before it's over. I dont see Frei returning the way he swings the bat. All he did was show scouts he is a team player thats willing to learn a new position. We have others that will be tempted

I really want his bat back.

[HoopsDawg]

Good chance Teel goes pro which would put Chance in CF again.

[KOdawg1]

Good chance Teel goes pro which would put Chance in CF again.

Nunnallee

[Coach34]

And the 1st baseman portal could get grabbed as well. He swings and misses too much but has serious pop. We gonna be sweating him also

[Coach34]

I really want his bat back.

#MeToo

[Todd4State]

Like Coach said we really won't have a good idea of what we have until after the draft. Also, if I had to guess under O'Connor we will have our freshman and JUCO class arrive the first week in July to begin workouts and that will give us an even better idea of what we have most likely. I can attempt to piece it together though because we have addressed most of our needs so we do have a pretty decent idea of what we have.

Fri- Volincius
Sat- McPherson
Sun- Foster
Midweek- Always a toss up. Could be a freshman or a potential returning player like a Ben Davis. I'm going to say Jackson Logar for now but who really knows? I would keep an eye on William Kirk who entered the portal recently and played at Virginia. Missed all of last year with an injury but if we land him he will compete for rotation spot and might end up being in the weekend rotation or midweek spot.

Closer- Maddox Webb
Set-up- Dane Burns
Relief ace Tyler Pitzer

Again this is going to be very fluid. If we keep anyone from the Siary, Ben Davis, Nate Williams group it will be a big plus. We have some freshmen and JUCO pitcher that will be competing for innings as well.

Catcher- Milewski is the starter for now. I believe we will add another catcher in the portal that is a Johnny Long/Joe Powell back up type. Alex Sosa would be ideal and would probably make Milewski the back up. Also have Jackson Owen coming back as the third guy. Good chance we add a couple of freshmen here as well depending on the draft.

1B- Blake Bevis, Reed Stallman, Vytas Valincious, and maybe Gehrig Frei are going to be the top candidates here. Draft pending of course.
2B- Chone James with Gatlin Sanders backing him up. Could also see Ryder Woodson start with a strong fall/spring. I could see them giving Gehrig Frei a look here too.
3B- Ace Reese. Even my Mom knows he is our third baseman.
SS- I'm pretty sure we're going to add one from the portal. Not getting Becker is very disappointing but there are still some pretty good options out there even though they aren't as good as Becker. My guess is we get one this week. If hell freezes over and we completely strike out we might be looking at either Woodson or Jones at SS. As far as the portal goes my preference would be Maddox Latta from Cal State Fullerton who A&M was after but they just added another SS in the portal.

LF- I think Bryce Chance starts here. And I do think he will find his way into the lineup.
CF- Aiden Teel
RF- James Nunnalee. I know he played LF at Virginia but I'm going off of the skill sets of Chance and Nunnalee and putting the guy with the better arm in RF.
Pretty much all of the first base candidates are outfield candidates as well.
DH- Noah Sullivan if he comes back and I think he probably will. If not we'll just put one of our first basemen here or Milewski depending on how catcher shakes out.

[Todd4State]

And I'll say this too- even with the present hole at SS that is a much better team on paper than what we had this time last year. I remember being very concerned about CF and MIF plus the fact we didn't really add another catcher which I thought was risky given Highfill's injury status. I was also concerned about our starting pitching. We should all be thankful that Siary stepped up.

[parabrave]

Ask in December after fall ball