Couple of thoughts
1. Kilen has an amazing turn at second. He gets the ball out of his glove so quickly and fires a bullet.
2. Phillips. Meh. Seems like there is very little fire from him. Maybe his confidence is not all the way back yet.
3. Grundy got roughed up some; but, love what he brings to the mound.
4. Anderson. Man, if he is hitting the ball how does he sit? RHP he shoukd DH at a minimum. His glove is excellent.
5. I still think Kilen is a better option at short. Better range and arm than Knap.
But…no one who makes decisions cares what I think LOL.
Regarding #5 specifically and the previous post above, we have been saying for 2 years that Knap is not a SS and he continues to prove us wrong. First, it was Beard, then Noah Smith and Kilen. If those guys were better than Knap at SS, don't you think they would be playing there? He's made it through 2 fall + 2 spring seasons. Yeah Mac loves his players but he's not sacrificing Knap playing at SS with going to Omaha.
There have a been a ton of U of L players, Chris Dominquez, the first one to come to mind that made it to the majors but had to change/switch positions. More recently, Nick Solak plays OF is another. Alex Binelas started at 3rd for us but we moved him to 1st because he made too many errors. Well, now he's playing 3rd for the Red Sox organization.
Knap doesn't have to prove he can play SS or 2B, he just has to play baseball and hit, which he does but more importantly get on base. He's the sparkplug.
Coach Mac is a former infielder and as usual I will defer to his knowledge.
Go Cards!
