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re: Mainieri says Drost practicing in CF
Posted on 2/26/21 at 9:50 am to Lester Earl
Posted on 2/26/21 at 9:50 am to Lester Earl
quote:Yeah. And?
Dude is playing drew Bianco in CF for goodness sake.
quote:It hasn’t been 10 days but okay. It was dumb. You arguing it wasn’t?
You’ve literally spent 10 days telling everyone how dumb he was to play Hellmers at 3B
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Posted on 2/26/21 at 9:51 am to doubleb
quote:Yet your better athletes are at SS. That’s my point. CF gets the best athletes because of chances and ground to cover. That alone doesn’t make it more difficult to play. RF at the box is tougher for a young kid.
I played third base. It’s way tougher to play SS
This post was edited on 2/26/21 at 9:55 am
Posted on 2/26/21 at 9:54 am to UpToPar
quote:
This. CF requires more tools (I.e. speed), but if you have two players with similar speed then CF is not significantly more difficult than RF. If Crews is not significantly faster than Drost then is doesn’t really make sense to move Crews over to CF.
Brody is more athletic than many realize, moves well for a big guy. He has also touched 90mph off a mound, so the arm strength is there as well. I think he has enough tools to be adequate in CF if need be. CPM is simply trying to find a way to get him more AB's. If a guy hits, they find a way to get him on the field/in the lineup.
Posted on 2/26/21 at 9:55 am to Lester Earl
quote:
PM is known for putting weird fits in CF.
quote:Do you just make up random bullshite so you get responses from people and you can argue with them sometimes? There's no way that you really believe half the stuff you type.
by Lester Earl
This post was edited on 2/26/21 at 9:55 am
Posted on 2/26/21 at 9:57 am to TigerAlum93
quote:
Brody is more athletic than many realize, moves well for a big guy.
He’s listed at 6’2”, 205lbs. That’s obviously not small and skinny but it’s far away from being a big guy if we’re being honest. The kid is definitely athletic enough to play CF in college.
Posted on 2/26/21 at 9:57 am to doubleb
quote:Probably catch heat here, but I think we are applying major league thoughts to college baseball. College teams are limited in talent and people. You gotta make do. My two cents are that I prefer speed in CF, allows a player to play up more often as he has the speed to go back....so I go with the speed in center...of course if I had a speedy CF WITH a cannon I would go with him. You may not have that choice and I choose speed over arm in center. Just more flexible.
CFers need plus arms too. The best ones have that. The throw to the plate from CF is longer than any of the other OF positions.
Posted on 2/26/21 at 10:00 am to ell_13
quote:
Yet your better athletes are at SS. That’s my point. CF gets the best athletes because of chances and ground to cover. That alone doesn’t make it more difficult to play. RF at the box is tougher for a young kid.
Lol
Tell a slow, guy like me with good instincts that CF is easier to play at LSU than RF because you don’t have to worry about the Sun, and I’m not buying what you are selling.
There are way more athletes who can play RF well than CF well.
Posted on 2/26/21 at 10:01 am to Penrod
quote:
He didn't say it, but what he means is discounting range, it's harder
Discounting the one most important & coveted skill of an OF seems damn silly
Posted on 2/26/21 at 10:01 am to tigerfoot
quote:
Probably catch heat here, but I think we are applying major league thoughts to college baseball. College teams are limited in talent and people. You gotta make do. My two cents are that I prefer speed in CF, allows a player to play up more often as he has the speed to go back....so I go with the speed in center...of course if I had a speedy CF WITH a cannon I would go with him. You may not have that choice and I choose speed over arm in center. Just more flexible.
Not from me.
Posted on 2/26/21 at 10:06 am to deaux
quote:
He’s listed at 6’2”, 205lbs. That’s obviously not small and skinny but it’s far away from being a big guy if we’re being honest.
That’s a big guy for an 18 year old.
Posted on 2/26/21 at 10:06 am to deaux
quote:
He’s listed at 6’2”, 205lbs. That’s obviously not small and skinny but it’s far away from being a big guy if we’re being honest. The kid is definitely athletic enough to play CF in college.
I hope he can play CF, but I have no opinion as to his abilities to do so because I don’t know.
I do know that I played softball at LSU with an AA DB and while he could play pro football he couldn’t judge fly balls at all.
Instincts plus speed are vital for a top CFer.
Now I’m not saying he doesn’t have that, but timing a guy in the 60 isn’t going to tell you that.
Posted on 2/26/21 at 10:07 am to doubleb
quote:What freshmen OFs are slow? Why is that relevant to this?
Tell a slow, guy like me with good instincts that CF is easier to play at LSU than RF because you don’t have to worry about the Sun, and I’m not buying what you are selling.
Posted on 2/26/21 at 10:07 am to doubleb
Certainly; I merely commented that he’s athletic enough to play the position. Whether he has the instincts to play it well, is another matter.
Posted on 2/26/21 at 10:08 am to ell_13
quote:
That alone doesn’t make it more difficult to play. RF at the box is tougher for a young kid.
after actually getting to balls, what is left that makes it more difficult
Posted on 2/26/21 at 10:09 am to Lester Earl
quote:why are you taking away half the responsibilities of the position to make your point? Ask yourself that then get back to me.
after actually getting to balls, what is left that makes it more difficult
Posted on 2/26/21 at 10:10 am to Lester Earl
quote:
after actually getting to balls, what is left that makes it more difficult
The Sun and the old school bullpens are a lot more difficult to manage than a lot of people realize.
This post was edited on 2/26/21 at 10:13 am
Posted on 2/26/21 at 10:12 am to ell_13
quote:
why are you taking away half the responsibilities of the position to make your point?
I’m not, you are
You just said outside of range, RF is more difficult. I’m asking you why
Posted on 2/26/21 at 10:14 am to Lester Earl
quote:Thats not what I said and now what you asked.
You just said outside of range, RF is more difficult.
Posted on 2/26/21 at 10:15 am to CottonWasKing
Eh, that doesn’t sway much
Posted on 2/26/21 at 10:17 am to ell_13
You very literally just said this lol
CF gets the best athletes because of chances and ground to cover. That alone doesn’t make it more difficult to play.
CF gets the best athletes because of chances and ground to cover. That alone doesn’t make it more difficult to play.
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