ThomasTiger

[quote]This kid has taken $hit from a lot of you this season. You'd think he was batting .195 with a .295 OBP (oh wait, that's Stevenson) instead of his .265 and .407 OBP. May I remind you that he has bounced back from near paralyzingly injury last year, causing him to miss part of the last season a...

Gino Marucci, the leading hitter at UHigh, is Jack's son. I believe I heard he signed with Univ of Houston....

[quote]Mainieri is trying to figure out the proper balance between defense/hitting overall. Stevenson is the worst hitter but the best outfielder. Sciambra is an average hitter and average outfielder. Foster is a good hitter but probably the worst outfielder (At least he has an arm). McMullen i...

Laird .190 SEC .267 Overall .341 OBP Stevenson .100 SEC .176 Overall .273 OBP Sciambra .250 SEC .261 Overall .411 OBP So why is Sciambra out of the discussion? Seems to me he's by far the most consistent of the three. A little bit of defense does not justify .150 points in batting ...

[quote]As I said in a thread earlier this week, Coach has taken the DH against RHP from Moore. Makes no sense to me. Look at the numbers. [/quote] I completely agree. The kid is clutch. Can't see what he's done wrong this year to be at the lonely end of the bench....

So after the first time through the order, here's the string of batters Mizzou's pitcher will face in consecutive order: 7 Jones .193 8 Ross .192 9 Stevenson .226 1 McMullen .214 CPM is going to have to break that up somehow. Options: Foster .429 Yocom .333 Moore .275 Sciambra .262 ...

Did we not get charged an error in the 1st inning on the fly ball missed by Laird and Stevenson?...

After watching several scrimmages this Fall and Spring, I don't see any freshmen pitchers helping this team as a weekend starter this year. I believe spot relief is the best you're gonna get out of this class. None of them looked anywhere near being able to compete in the SEC. Not even close. Jo...

[quote]4-4, 0-2 with 2 walks, 1-2 with 2 walks 5-8 with 4 walks 0.692 OBP[/quote] My math says 9-12 is a .750 OBP. Can't keep up that pace (obviously) but his ability to take pitches, work the count and either put it in play or walk makes him a perfect lead off hitter. Looking back at last y...

Sciambra doubled off Nola in the 1st and then Rhymes doubled him in. Nola settled in after that. The hitting seems ahead of the pitching at this point of the Spring. ...