It sucks that both Senese and Diamant entered the portal. I was hoping one of them would lock down the second base spot. And now that FittedJacket said that Jaros won't be available to start the year, the other at 3rd would have been nice. I know we have some stud shortstops coming in though if they don't get drafted.
And we just got one of the top portal players. A SS from Augusta University
This is a DII school right? Where is my friend talking about our transfers leveling down as a negative? Is he excited about this one?
Based on a few other comments you've made, I think you're talking about me. If you are, you're not just putting words into my mouth that I never said, you're putting an entire 2 hour speech into my mouth that I didn't say. Nowhere did I say a single word about transfers into the program, it simply wasn't a part of the discussion. What I did ask was an honest and simple question, that being who was the last transfer out of the program who went on to do well at his next school. Not stated, but implied, was someone who we regretted letting leave our program. Bradley Frye was mentioned as one, and I made the observation that perhaps he counts, but probably not since he has earned a starting position at a lower level school and performed decently, but I wouldn't say he has been a great player there. I challenge you to explain how that even comes closet to implying that transfers from lower level schools are a bad thing, I would have to ignore reality to make that argument.This is a DII school right? Where is my friend talking about our transfers leveling down as a negative? Is he excited about this one?
That's big news
I like the sentiment. But if putting together the best roster year to year is the goal... you have to use the portal. Lots of excellent players (ready to contribute) look to transfer.
I just believe you gain nothing by playing a 5th year transfer over a guy who committed to your program especially if that guy struggles all season. There was zero gain from Ga Tech by playing Bobby Z even half the time. Now we did rotate freshman INF but that was mainly due to the Giesler injury and Bechetti starting ACC play 3-32
This is incorrect. Will be ready by November
We will see he got lucky it was his non throwing arm
I agree about the senior transfers with only one year to play. Perhaps one of these to plug an area of need, I'm thinking Matthew Ellis and the catching position here before the emergence of Vahn Lackey, but not on a large scale like we had this past season. This "problem" will lessen as we see the 6th year guys with Covid seasons remaining cycling through (Matthew Ellis is also an example of this). When you get down to it, there are only about 11 or 12 roster spots for hitters who get playing time (we seem to be talking only about hitters here) unless you have injuries. You have the starting 9, a 2nd catcher, and one or maybe two platoon type players. With 6 different classes still being eligible to play, that is only 2 spots per class. This past year we played 3 true freshmen a lot (Burress, Lackey, Kerce), and a 4th got a decent amount of action before what appears to be an injury based on the chatter from the past couple of days. That is a decent showing; without doing the research; my guess is that it is above the norm. The issue, of course, is next season....without developing more young position players, are we going to fill the need to bring in a bunch of transfers again? It becomes a vicious cycle.
Nathan Waugh. He hit .283 with 7 Hrs this year. Also only made 2 errors behind the plate. I would imagine that he is the DH next year and then gives Lackey a day off behind the plate once in a while.
If we can get him throwing strikes more often I like Kovala as a back-end of the bullpen piece. I think we under-utilized him this season.
I expect him to get drafted but it would definitely be nice to have him back next year.
