re: Safford reminds me of another LSU freshman ...

No disrespect, but I’ve never seen so many bad 2nd base fielding plays in one game.

Ever. And he can’t hit either.

Kid is not LSU material.

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If anyone is a KRob type player it's Thompson.

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For most of the year Thompson was way better than Kramer was his first two years at LSU

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hes to busy jacking off to Coach O

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Fans support their coaches.

Drama queens only care about drama.

Safford’s peripherals look more similar to Kramer than Thompson

Safford vs Kramer

17% BB vs 13% BB

20% K vs 16% K

Take what you want from Safford’s .120 BABIP

You need a much larger sample size for that to truly stabilize. But .120 shows there’s prob some bad luck there

Dude I was going to write like this same exact thing. He reminds me of Freeman so much. Except Freeman got the “luxury” of getting Juco experience instead of or before being thrown straight into SEC level ball right out of highschool. The kid made some decent plays last night; and once he gets the nerves worked out of his system I think he will be a tremendous player. I don’t understand the hate everyone on here has for him... yeah he made some bad throws to 3 but nothing absurd. Throws like that come from nerves and being scared to make a bad throw; then in turn ending up making a bad throw. But once he gets his rhythm and gets all that out of his mind he will be solid. That just takes repetition and experience. And he has a beautiful swing that reminds me of Griffey Jr. back in the day.
I guarantee this kid will be a solid player in the future. The rant just forgets that we have a lot of young players. Or should I say they are entitled as hell and expects every single player to be an all American/Alex Bregman type dude right away. And if they aren’t; then it is because of shitty recruiting or Manieri didn’t do enough to develop him.... even Bregman had a few costly errors and slumps at the plate when he was a frosh. Remember the UCLA game? Omaha was Bregman’s kryptonite. He was 0’fer there until he was senior. So people need to realize and understand that it takes time and experience to become great. Instead of just saying a kid is trash or pm is terrible just because a kid doesnt break records right out the gate.

Fielding includes catch & throw. Some he caught & had lousy throws, some he just fumbled.

2B is the easiest infield position to play & the kid couldn’t play it. I played it ‘cause I didn’t have the arm to play SS. All you have to do is field a grounder cleanly or knock it down & you have plenty of time for the throw to 1st.

Your post was a good effort. It really was. But everyone knew the former player you were referring to from the very first word, so the big reveal (...Kramer Robertson) kinda fell flat. Now, if you had said "Alex Bregman" you would have had something.

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I still don't agree with throwing him in at 2B in the regional opener.

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You could have started and ended it right there. Because that's all that should be said about the kid at this point.

Last night was not the time or the place to give him some training time.

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Morgan saved his arse several times. Spiking throws in the dirt from 2nd isn’t good. He also booted an easy double play only to be bailed out on a Baserunning error by Gonzaga.

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Dude your exaggerating. All of those throws; any, even just decent, 3 should and is expected to be able to pick. The kid is very young and is playing in a regional. Bad throws come from nerves. And to say he booted the DP is unreasonable; you can’t ever assume a double play; he got the force; the 2nd out being at first would be assumed then and you don’t know if Thompson would’ve made a bad throw or if Morgan would’ve dropped another easy ball right to him. So your assuming; but you’re assuming and throwing the blame to 4 when there could have been blame on any of those fielders.
He had an awesome diving play and Morgan should have easily had that at 3 but booted it and everyone is saying it was Saffords fault. It was a one hopper to Morgan. A throw that my sons 11u first baseman could have picked.

I just don’t see all the hate or criticism he’s getting. That was practically his first game (first in a long time thats for sure) and it was a regional. Kid had nerves galore. But so did a lot of our kids. Morgan should have had 2 errors last night but no one is complaining abt him?
Yes Bianco is better and should have been our starting 4 but that does not warrant trashing and condemning the kid that did start.