re: Neal for DH?

I'm a huge Milazzo fan, but I'm not sure he should ever be inserted into a lineup bc of his bat.

He does have good at bats against SEC pitching, though. He can work a count and if he doesn't draw a walk or get a little single up the middle, he's usually getting the pitcher to throw about 10 pitches. That's also huge because we've had trouble working counts at times this year.

In a season where our pitchers have struggled with control at times, Milazzo is greatly needed behind the plate. He gives pitchers the confidence to throw whatever pitch because they know he's most likely going to stop it. Can't say the same about a Neal or Trav.

Last night was a good example of that. Sure, Neal gave us the early lead, but then he helped give it right back up with a couple of bad passed balls.

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If it were milazzo, the opponent does not matter

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I get your point. the milazzo love is exaggerated and so is the Neal hate. They especially turn a blind eye to any defensive issues.

But you can’t ignore that Milazzo is getting on base and hitting well.

in SEC play he has our 4th highest OB%. getting goes in at the end of the lineup is important. we just don’t have enough baserunners.

travinski’s defense is better than Neal’s. At least compared to Neal’s defense recently

the Neal outfield experiment didn't work so well