re: Opening weekend thoughts

-the most frustrating was Papierski. Reminded me of last year when Bregman stung everything, eventually they found grass!
-I believe jordan romero showed enough this weekend to atleast get a look at DH.
-Trey Dawson is going to have to come along really quickly because ONeal is on his heels (Freeman would move to SS and ONEAL to 3B in my scenario).
-Hopefully the defensive miscues were just opening weekend jitters.
-pitching looked great. I think Valek would be a hell of a swing man/LR in the bullpen coming behind the power arms. Would be quite the different look
-think Deichmann will get it going, not sure how much Kramer can bring to the table after 3 years, could open a spot for o'neal/romero
-Mainieri is pretty dead set on keeping the Jordan's in the lineup, which is a shame because I see multiple people being able to slide in those roles and succeed
Overall nice weekend. good to win one like Friday night and then win one like today!

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quote:Even though, Romero had some good production, he really didn't look that outstanding at the plate overall. He swung at quite a few pitches out of the zone. He was 3 for 4 with 2 BB and 4 RBI and his OB% was .714.

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I know. Like I said, good production. He really only put 2 good swings on the ball, though-- his first hit and the homer. Papierski put 2 good swings on the ball as well-- they were both line drives out to the first baseman. I am obviously not trying to be negative towards Romero, I am just stating that statistics can be very misleading over such a short sample size and I knew that everyone would look at the stats and say that Romero is ahead of Papierski when that just isn't the case. There is not even a competition for catcher. Papierski will be the starter.

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I know. Like I said, good production. He really only put 2 good swings on the ball, though-- his first hit and the homer. Papierski put 2 good swings on the ball as well-- they were both line drives out to the first baseman. I am obviously not trying to be negative towards Romero, I am just stating that statistics can be very misleading over such a short sample size and I knew that everyone would look at the stats and say that Romero is ahead of Papierski when that just isn't the case. There is not even a competition for catcher. Papierski will be the starter.

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I don't think anyone really is considering him as a catcher replacement, if they are then they are dead wrong. No one is taking Paps spot, he is far away the best defensive catcher on staff and he was very unlucky this weekend.

I think people are on the Romero for DH campaign.

I thought we looked like a young talented team. As you could expect for opening weekend we had some base running head scratchers, kicked the ball around a bit, and swung at some bad pitches. I like the fact that we are being extremely aggressive on the base pads. I think with a little time under us some guys with solidify some key positions.

Like others have stated, i like the Freeman kid. Scrappy player that plays with a lot of passion.

I know Cincy is pretty poor, but we played better than i expected overall.

We played a far inferior opponent like the young, inexperienced team we are. Best days of this team are ahead of them. There will be highs and lows and they MAY reach their full potential this year.

Cole McKay expected to ease into that Sunday starter role?

I don't think so. Didn't look that sharp today and he doesn't seem to be the "fireball" pitcher people were talking about when he was in high school. Maybe he starts throwing harder when he gets better command but I don't expect him to play a big role this year.

Alex's 2nd to last pitch was 94. He was very much in midseason form. Didnt matter the skill of the opposing team, he was perfectly hitting his spots. Dotting fastball, changeup and curve low/in the dirt had him on auto pilot. As for surprises: Caleb Gilbert is going to be huge for LSU in his time here. Russell Reynolds allowed a hit but struck out 3 all on FB in the 90s which I was told was the highest hes hit all year. Stallings hit 96. Pitching this year will be

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f I were running this team based off what I saw this would be my line up

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this is the most decent "alternate" lineup i've seen. If bryce adams can catch up to the D1 off speed stuff, he could be a monster. all these guys will get better with time. its still too early for too many changes, but dawson is 0-7 with 5ks and a GIDP against a terribly cincinnati pitching staff. 3 other guys atleast earned looks this weekend.