re: Should Lowrey replace Edwards at 1st base Tonight

Last year was Blake's first year to play 1st base in college and he made 1 error all year, so I would say CPM has reason for concern. All he has to do is catch he rarely has to make a throw, so it is much easier position to field.

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All he has to do is catch he rarely has to make a throw, so it is much easier position to field.

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and field grounders, which is prob the hardest thing to do as a 1B. As well as feed the pitcher covering the bag.


i dont recall how Edward's errors came about, but it could just be 2 fluke things.

by my recollection Lowery is a middle INF by trade, im not sure his transistion would be much better.


playing 1B has a lot of layers too it. Just about anyone could play the position "OK", but a great first baseman is great because he understands angles, hops, and positioning.

Dean was an OK 1B, he was better than people thought he'd be. He may have ended the season with 1 error, but there were times he missed on some routine short hops and other times he didnt touch them, which would put the error on the other fielders. Not that a converted OF should make those plays, but saying he only had 1 error doesnt tell the whole story.

Agreed, he was a little harsh, but understandable right after the game.

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11 games into his first season playing first at the collegiate level, I think we should cut him some slack.

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I would agree...but that wasn't your argument.

more than likely he's getting sick of edward not picking balls in the dirt. he's pretty bad at it.

Alex Edward is struggling and PM needs to give someone else a chance just to see what they can do before UF comes to town.

And if we really want to get technical...one of Nola's errors should have been charged to Edward this past weekend. That would put them both at 3 for the season, we all know how the official scorer can be at times.