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Neal is your everyday catcher

Posted on 2/17/23 at 3:36 pm
Posted by CWILKS3
Covington
Member since Apr 2020
986 posts
Posted on 2/17/23 at 3:36 pm
I don’t care if it’s after one at bat. The kid looks different for a freshman
Posted by Relham10
Ridge
Member since Jan 2013
18532 posts
Posted on 2/17/23 at 3:37 pm to
Nice stroke
Posted by 0
Member since Aug 2011
17106 posts
Posted on 2/17/23 at 3:37 pm to
He has some pop for sure
Posted by SouthOfSouth
Baton Rouge
Member since Jun 2008
43522 posts
Posted on 2/17/23 at 3:37 pm to
He's looked good behind the plate too.
Posted by LSU316
Rice and Easy Baby!!!
Member since Nov 2007
29980 posts
Posted on 2/17/23 at 3:37 pm to
It sure was different to see a catcher flashing some power at the plate that's for sure.
Posted by tke_swamprat
Houma, LA
Member since Aug 2004
10543 posts
Posted on 2/17/23 at 3:40 pm to
Whenever they showed him next to Skeens, he looked more like 5'6 than 5'10. I had to look to see how tall he was.
Posted by STTDB07
Member since May 2020
31 posts
Posted on 2/17/23 at 3:52 pm to
Would like to see him get the throw back to the mound a little quicker. Thrown a couple of lollipops back but he’s turned a couple of balls outside into strikes.
Posted by BiggaGeauxrilla
North Louisiana
Member since Dec 2017
2399 posts
Posted on 2/17/23 at 5:46 pm to
He did an awesome job framing pitches and pulling a few of those 97 98 mph fastballs into the strike zone. He got Skenes a few calls.
This post was edited on 2/18/23 at 8:03 am
Posted by fastlane
Member since Jul 2014
3531 posts
Posted on 2/17/23 at 5:48 pm to
I got torched for saying this. Oh well.
Posted by LSUgrad88
Member since Jun 2009
7929 posts
Posted on 2/17/23 at 6:00 pm to
[quote]don’t care if it’s after one at bat. The kid looks different for a freshman[/quot

Let’s try this just one more time. No catcher on this team (barring multiple injuries) will catch “every day.” It would be stupid. As just about everyone has said, if Neal is good enough defensively, he will start 2 out of 3 on weekends.
Posted by LSUgrad88
Member since Jun 2009
7929 posts
Posted on 2/17/23 at 6:01 pm to
quote:

got torched for saying this. Oh well.


Nice revisionist history. You got torched for maliciously bashing Milazzo.
Posted by Tigerpride18
Lakewood Colorado
Member since Sep 2017
30992 posts
Posted on 2/17/23 at 6:04 pm to
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It sure was different to see a catcher flashing some power at the plate that's for sure.


shite man, millazo was the exception, not the rule.

Our catchers last year after millazo got hurt were travinski and McManus. They both had raw power.
Before that , think back to papierski and Saul Garza

We’ve had power at catcher most years besides the one year that millazo started the most games which was the year before last
This post was edited on 2/17/23 at 6:05 pm
Posted by A Menace to Sobriety
Member since Jun 2018
31822 posts
Posted on 2/17/23 at 9:28 pm to
Agreed. Has to be.
Posted by ibleedprplngld
Lafayette, LA
Member since Jan 2012
4523 posts
Posted on 2/17/23 at 9:36 pm to
quote:

Would like to see him get the throw back to the mound a little quicker. Thrown a couple of lollipops back


This isn’t your kids’ fricking travel ball team. The criteria for the catcher throwing the ball back to the pitcher is as follows:
1. Don’t make your pitcher work to catch it
2. See rule #1
Posted by GMoney2600
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2005
14582 posts
Posted on 2/17/23 at 9:39 pm to
quote:

Would like to see him get the throw back to the mound a little quicker. Thrown a couple of lollipops back but he’s turned a couple of balls outside into strikes.


Riiiggggghhhhttttt
Posted by LSUBALLER
Louisiana
Member since Jul 2013
19393 posts
Posted on 2/17/23 at 9:53 pm to
Def put the fat part of the bat on the ball. Good contact guy. Looked good behind the dish too.
Posted by Lester Earl
3rd Ward
Member since Nov 2003
285114 posts
Posted on 2/17/23 at 10:15 pm to
Was he able to catch the pitches of Skenes & Little?
Posted by Datsmoneydude
Member since Jun 2021
2543 posts
Posted on 2/17/23 at 10:28 pm to
Yeah it’s pretty evident why he’s the staring catcher
Posted by josh336
baton rouge
Member since Jan 2007
80405 posts
Posted on 2/17/23 at 10:33 pm to
The overreactions tonight are great
Posted by Lester Earl
3rd Ward
Member since Nov 2003
285114 posts
Posted on 2/17/23 at 11:21 pm to
Ok, whew
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