re: New Baseball America Rankings- Tigers up to No. 3...

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Yeah Larson, who isn't great defensively and is batting .231 in SEC play?

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Yea, Larson. The guy who hit .337 in SEC play as a freshman.

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Stanfield, Larson, and Frey are all extremely different players and not super comparable. Stanfield was never in jeopardy of getting benched.

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And? Acting like Curiel, Larson, Brown and Frey couldn’t man the outfield is dumb. Throw in Pearson who always seems to heat up at the right time.

Stanfield was outstanding against Oklahoma. He’s the starting CF, but to act like there aren’t 5 other guys who can play OF for this team is disingenuous.

Stanfield is good, but he’s far from irreplaceable.

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Nah I saw it. I was really just addressing the you though Stanfield was possibly going to get benched was dumb imo.

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Ironic.

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Yea, Larson. The guy who hit .337 in SEC play as a freshman.

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I’m not saying Larson is bad. You were judging Stanfield off a small sample size of SEC at bats so I did the same with Larson.

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Acting like Curiel, Larson, Brown and Frey couldn’t man the outfield is dumb. Throw in Pearson who always seems to heat up at the right time.

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I never said they can’t man the outfield. But there wouldn’t be a significant drop off defensively and I think that plays a role.

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but to act like there aren’t 5 other guys who can play OF for this team is disingenuous.

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It seems like you think that I said this… am I missing something?

The only reason I brought up that post was because you are saying that I overreact every time LSU loses. I was just pointing out the fact that you once threw out the possibility that our starting center fielder, who has played in every single game this season could possibly get benched based on 23 at bats. But you’re right, that does seem ironic. Do you think maybe you overreacted?

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I didn’t arbitrarily pick a number. I used SEC stats, which is common.

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That's exactly what I did with Larson.

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Acting like Stanfield is irreplaceable implies it, does it not?

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Did I do that?

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Whataboutism. You’ve mastered it.

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So you agree that you overreacted?

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No you didn’t.

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I used Larson's batting average from the season. I didn't arbitrarily pick a random number.

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Yes, you did. I know you’re slow, but come on man.

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Show me where I acted like he was irreplaceable. You can't because I didn't. I said I don't think he was ever in danger of being benched. Which he wasn't.

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Saying LSU has other talented guys and Stanfield needed to pick it up a bit isn’t overreacting to anything.

Had I said he was garbage and needed to be benched would be overreacting.

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If I said that Milam needs to pick it up because we have talented guys on the bench and he might lose playing time, do you think that would be an overreaction? After all, he is 10-42 in SEC play and both Braswell and Reaves are both hitting over .300. You think Milam might get benched down the stretch?

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I don’t think it’s an overreaction to believe anyone can find the bench if they aren’t producing, including Milam (and I think Milam is an excellent player).

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Milam’s defense is irreplaceable. Zero chance he would find the bench. Besides I don’t believe it’d be a worry since he’ll heat up at some point.

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So are you right now saying that Milam "better heat up with the bat or he won’t see much action in the back half"?

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I don’t think there as nearly as many good options at SS as there are for the outfield, so it’s less likely.

I don’t think anyone in the lineup is irreplaceable like you seem to. (Yes I know you didn’t “say” it but your obtuse questioning of me saying someone could be replaced shows what you think. Time to move on from that)

I think the depth on this roster is one of its major strengths.

All of you who are making reservations to Omaha need to think about behind home plate tickets to Hoover first. If everbody keeps improving that's gonna be the showcase of the college baseball best of the best. Can't wait to see that show!

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I don’t think there as nearly as many good options at SS as there are for the outfield, so it’s less likely.

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You are comparing one position to three positions.

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I don’t think anyone in the lineup is irreplaceable like you seem to.

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You are the only one that is saying irreplaceable. I have never said that. But I think there are 5 players that will play almost every game barring injury.

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You are comparing one position to three positions.

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Sort of. Curiel sliding to CF wouldn’t be nearly the downgrade as whoever replaces Milam. Defense at the corner OF spots is much less important.

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You are the only one that is saying irreplaceable.

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You implied it, even though you clearly didn’t realize it.

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But I think there are 5 players that will play almost every game barring injury.

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Sure, with Stanfield being the one who would lose ABs first if he struggles, which was my entire point in that old post you tried to gotcha me with.

Glad you’re finally coming around.