Josh Hatcher

[Joe Mayo]

Scout I talked to at the SEC tournament last year was talking about him saying he was by far the best player he thought out of our whole class we had committed at that time.

He told me that he's going to be a phenomenal defender at first base and that's his true position. Said he reminded him of Evan White of Kentucky at first as a defender. He said the guy can flat out stroke it and said his power will come. He said by his junior year he'd be a 15 homer type of guy.

Haven't seen much talk about him so I thought I'd share what the scout told me on him.

 

[missouridawg]

Thanks for sharing. Can’t wait to see what Coach Cann puts together the next several years. He appears to be an absolute homerun of a hire.

 

[messageboardsuperhero]

Hatcher is one of several freshman position players we have that looks very good, according to people on the inside. Although this past class won’t have the same hype as pretty much any future class that Cann will sign, there are several really nice looking prospects.

Offense will be a struggle against quality pitching at times this year, but that will not be the norm for us going forward with Cannizaro.

 

[8dog]

And he hits a hr and two doubles
today

 

[Todd4State]

I could definitely see him winning the DH job or even a corner OF/1B job is he hits. We need some freshmen to step in and contribute pretty quickly because with our pitching we will be an Omaha contender if we can find some guys that can rake.

 

[Requiem For A Dawg]

Speaking of Hatcher he had a HR and 2 doubles in the scrimmage yesterday.

 

[messageboardsuperhero]

MacNamee played in the OF last night instead of 1B. Obviously players move around in scrimmages, but if he stays out there for the rest of the preseason, it’s very telling about what Cann thinks of our young infielders. Hatcher, Allen, Foscue, Jordan, and Westburg are all good looking freshmen.