I wonder if Henderson should consider defensive replacements

[Ezsoil]

Rowdy has had some defensive issues and he had just made the last out in the eighth .... shouldn?t he have been replaced by Poole who is a solid defensive player?

[mparkerfd20]

Replacing catcher saves 4-5 runs alone last night.

[MetEdDawg]

Rowdy has had some defensive issues and he had just made the last out in the eighth .... shouldn?t he have been replaced by Poole who is a solid defensive player?

Ball hit about 8-10 feet up the wall. It would have been a hell of a play for him to make. And if we go into extras you want Tanner Poole in the game getting ABs?

Heck no. We are fine defensively. We crapped ourselves a little bit there at the end but that's not surprising. This isn't always going to look pretty. This team has overachieved to me so we are going to not look great sometimes. But Rowdey is fine.

[starkvegasdawg]

Ball hit about 8-10 feet up the wall. It would have been a hell of a play for him to make. And if we go into extras you want Tanner Poole in the game getting ABs?

Heck no. We are fine defensively. We crapped ourselves a little bit there at the end but that's not surprising. This isn't always going to look pretty. This team has overachieved to me so we are going to not look great sometimes. But Rowdey is fine.

I won't say we're fine defensively. Seems we average about three errors a game.

[msstate7]

Absolutely we should defensive sub in the 9th. Poole is a really bad hitter, but a plus defender. Poole should play the 9th when we have a lead

[MetEdDawg]

I won't say we're fine defensively. Seems we average about three errors a game.

68 errors in 62 games. That's basically 1 per game. So let's not get carried away with having one bad defensive game.

[Rick Danko]

Rowdy has had some defensive issues and he had just made the last out in the eighth .... shouldn?t he have been replaced by Poole who is a solid defensive player?

Any poster who ever suggests putting Poole in the lineup should have all posting privileges revoked

[justwin]

Absolutely we should defensive sub in the 9th. Poole is a really bad hitter, but a plus defender. Poole should play the 9th when we have a lead

Hell no. Ever. 2 years ago va Arizona, cohen took out rooker who hit 2 hrs and replac D by the kid whom promptly struck out after we gave up the lead

[justwin]

Rowdy has had some defensive issues and he had just made the last out in the eighth .... shouldn?t he have been replaced by Poole who is a solid defensive player?

Poole is not an elite defender. Just because people keep saying it doesn't make it true. Poole & vansau do not deserve any more PT.

[KOdawg1]

Any poster who ever suggests putting Poole in the lineup should have all posting privileges revoked

This. If you have to make a defensive sub in the outfield, go with Anderson.

[msstate7]

Some of you let seeing a guy struggle at the plate cloud your judgement on a guy's ability to play defense. Poole can go get em defensively. In the 9th with a lead, you want your best defenders on the field when you have your closer in the game. Poole tracks down that ball to LF in the 9th easily.

[Rick Danko]

Some of you let seeing a guy struggle at the plate cloud your judgement on a guy's ability to play defense. Poole can go get em defensively. In the 9th with a lead, you want your best defenders on the field when you have your closer in the game. Poole tracks down that ball to LF in the 9th easily.

Good god, just stop it. All due respect to Poole, I couldn?t hold his jock strap at this point in my life, but he is not an SEC player, and pulling a young player who could be the next star in MSU history because he didn?t have a rocket up his ass to make the catch off the fence last night is borderline insanse

[msstate7]

Good god, just stop it. All due respect to Poole, I couldn?t hold his jock strap at this point in my life, but he is not an SEC player, and pulling a young player who could be the next star in MSU history because he didn?t have a rocket up his ass to make the catch off the fence last night is borderline insanse

Rowdey is a star in the making. I love the kid, but he struggles in the OF. His fielding % is .951 (4 errors). This doesn't even tell the whole story bc he gets bad reads all the time on balls. This kid should play despite that though bc he can flat out smash. When you need 3 outs though with the CWS on the line, I play the better defender bc you take a glove to LF, not a bat

[HoopsDawg]

68 errors in 62 games. That's basically 1 per game. So let's not get carried away with having one bad defensive game.

We are 117th in the country in fielding percentage.

[HoopsDawg]

Rowdy has had some defensive issues and he had just made the last out in the eighth .... shouldn?t he have been replaced by Poole who is a solid defensive player?

Yes, good call. Since Rowdy made the last out, that would have been a good decision to bring in Poole. Poole is 6'4, he would have made that catch rather easily. And to the other posters in this thread, Poole is definitely a plus defender.

[preachermatt83]

Any poster who ever suggests putting Poole in the lineup should have all posting privileges revoked

+1000

[msstate7]

Yes, good call. Since Rowdy made the last out, that would have been a good decision to bring in Poole. Poole is 6'4, he would have made that catch rather easily. And to the other posters in this thread, Poole is definitely a plus defender.

Prepare to be attacked. Some posters here can't see that with 3 outs remaining with a lead, you make decisions based on defense not offense

[bulldawg28]

Prepare to be attacked. Some posters here can't see that with 3 outs remaining with a lead, you make decisions based on defense not offense

Truth. No way the game should have ended the way it did. Catch the pop up and win the game. The positive is maybe it deflated Vandy losing in that way yesterday.

[sleepy dawg]

+1000

You are a habitual "over-pluser", but I agree +∞ in this case.

Rowdy roughly averages an error once ever 100 innings this season, which is not great but not definitely not something you should place much concern in either. Poole has no errors, but has played less than half the time Rowdy has played.

Rowdy has a .93 OPS while Poole has a .63 OPS, and Rowdy's in the past couple of months would be quite a bit higher. That is a substantial difference with the bat.

[Ari Gold]

That’s not on Rowdy. Its on the terrible relay throw to third.