Baseball Preseason

[messageboardsuperhero]

So reports coming out of practice indicate that MacNamee and Vansau exclusively played OF and/or DH’d in all of the scrimmages this weekend. We still have a couple more weeks of preseason ball, but that tells me our freshmen infielders are ahead of our freshmen outfielders at this point. I wouldn’t be surprised if we start freshmen at both corner IF positions (Hatcher at first and Allen/Jordan at third). I like that group a lot.

Pitching staff looks good too. I always get a little optimistic around this time of year, but I’m starting to think my expectations of a 2 seed for this team might be selling them short... Especially when you consider we will almost certainly have a top 5 SOS.

 

[57stratdawg]

Hope so. This team is going to be tough to read until we’re into SEC play, IMO. I would imagine the first few weeks will be more of a rollercoaster than usual.

 

[bulldogcountry1]

Seems like the fall started with Vansau at 1st, and MacNamee in the OF. By the end of the fall, they had swapped. Interesting that neither won the job. Neither one looked overly comfortable in the OF last year.

It’s exciting to have 3-4 freshmen competing for major roles. Consistently elite teams have to have that every year in the lineup and on the mound.

 

[bruiser.sixpack]

Hope so. This team is going to be tough to read until we’re into SEC play, IMO. I would imagine the first few weeks will be more of a rollercoaster than usual.

Oh I think you can get a read after the first weekend in Hattiesburg. USM is a Top 25 team. How the Dogs play against them can certainly give you a read. I expect 2 out of 3 either way, but I sure hope it is in our favor.

 

[Todd4State]

I think that Hatcher is going to start at first, Rowdy Jordan at third but I still think Tanner Allen starts in the outfield. And then MacNamee starts in the OF- probably RF and Vansau DH's.

If Ethan Small emerges like he has been in practice and the scrimmages we're going to surprise a lot of people.