Whispers from the baseball scrimmages this weekend

[confucius say]

Milewski, but here is a good possibility we also see Raymond and can't rule out Owen depending on how the other 2 perform.

Catcher is a concern until proven otherwise.
So is infield defense.
And while we have a lot of talent on the mound, we don't have a single arm who has been a frontline SEC guy yet. We're banking on guys developing.

[Ranchdawg]

Agreed, high hopes for baseball but our sports programs overall are in about as bad a place as I can remember right now. Football has been in the toilet since Leach passed, MBB was at least competitive under Jans but now its looking rough, baseball hasn't even hosted a regional since the Natty that was 5 years ago and WBB hasn't been anywhere close to the same since Cohen pissed off Schaefer and he flew the coop. I know NIL is a big part of the problem but its tough sledding out there right now for State fans. I actually feel the worst for our students right now that dont have any good sports team to enjoy while living there student life there. Just another reason we need something special out of this baseball team.

Exactly! My granddaughter that was cheerleader 2023-25. She worked her tail off only to cheer for football games that there were more fans of the opposing team in the stands. She did get to go to Las Angeles for several days with the women?s basketball.

The one I really feel sorry for are the average Joe that spends thousands traveling, tickets, Bulldog club donations, lodging, dining and tailgating. For what a subpar performances by most sports.

[EdwardDrayton]

LOL!!!

[cheewgumm]

If you had to put Frei into a position and leave him there all year?.can?t change your mind, once you pick that?s not he plays there in the field all year long what would it be?

[Coursesuper]

If you had to put Frei into a position and leave him there all year?.can?t change your mind, once you pick that?s not he plays there in the field all year long what would it be?

2nd.

[Coach34]

If you had to put Frei into a position and leave him there all year?.can?t change your mind, once you pick that?s not he plays there in the field all year long what would it be?

He would be the LF'er if I made the line-up out

[AlSwearengen]

Agree on LF. He survived it last year; didn’t look good but survived with what I believe was limited time out there beforehand. I’m assuming that he has been working out there a good bit since then so you would hope that he has improved.

He came in as a 3B but the only thing 3B and 2B have in common is that balls come on the ground. The middle infield is more complicated and requires a lot more movement among other things.

[Saltydog]

Sounds like a DH. . . . . .

[maroonmania]

He would be the LF'er if I made the line-up out

Agree, if he has to play in the field he would be less of a liability in LF than at 2nd or 3rd.

[Coach34]

Sounds like a DH. . . . . .

Already have one and he is one of the best in the country

34 can play LF. 2B? We shall see. Our 3rd baseman is also a LF'er or 1st baseman. That's another problem we have

[Todd4State]

I don't know where I would put Frei. I want to see how he looks at second because that might be the best for the team. In the offseason I toyed around with the idea of him at first base because then we could get Wyers in at 2B, Woodson in at SS, Noah at DH. And yes, Chance will play some at LF. I think if someone overtakes Chance it's actually going to be Parker which is why I didn't put Frei in LF for this discussion.