As fans, we see only the games and think we know everything base on a small sample size. I don't mean that towards you, HCB, I am referring to all of us. Mainieri who actually sees these guys practice has a little more info to go on. I am assuming Hellmers was hitting well in practice and showed a decent glove. Safford one of the early leaders for the job must have fell off a little bit. Thompson had a little accuracy issue with throws from third and not a great bat. It was a desperate move by Mainieri and having hindsight now not a good one. To expect this guy to come in and be a SEC level 3B without even much practice at the position, well..... It was actually unfair to Hellmers. This guy is a really good baseball player and he doesn't deserve the bashing, that should be on Mainieri.

I will get into the freshman pitchers on a different thread, once we have seen them all. Still waiting to see Rice and Murray.

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Posted by harry coleman beast

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Posted on 2/28/21 at 10:54 am to N2daWild

I like to keep things fun, but if we’re being honest paul found out hellmers played 3rd base in high school during a fall practice. Not a great look

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Posted by ell_13

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Posted on 2/28/21 at 12:37 pm to N2daWild

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Mainieri who actually sees these guys practice has a little more info to go on. I am assuming Hellmers was hitting well in practice and showed a decent glove.

He only saw him practice at 3B 4 times between last summer and opening day all of them the week before the first game because Hellmers also had covid. It’s disingenuous to say that PM saw something, anything, that would put Hellmers above guys who have been there all summer, fall, and spring. He admitted it was an experiment and he was just going with his gut. And he admitted it was a terrible move. It’s okay to be critical of that call.

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