re: Spring scrimmage stats

games playing catcher:

Milazzo (9)
Travinski (7)
Neal (6)
Jones (4)
Frey (3)

I said in the preview thread, that we would see Jones behind the plate. I know the coaching staff is very confident in Jones' ability to catch. He's only at 1B b/c we are stacked behind the plate. It's already going to be hard to fit him in the catching rotation after the first couple of weeks. If he keeps batting the way he has been, he won't see much playing time at 1B either. You can have a catcher that can't hit if his defense is that good, but no one wants a 1B that can't get on base.

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You can have a catcher that can't hit if his defense is that good, but no one wants a 1B that can't get on base.

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I haven't seen Jones catch, but I'm assuming he's not on the level of Neal or Milazzo. Hell, even Travinski showed nice improvements defensively. Two out of those three can also rake.

I don’t see any scenario that Jones is catching besides mop up duty or maybe a midweek game, but even that is a stretch. He’s likely the third best catcher defensively and the third best catcher offensively. We have better options at that position.

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games playing catcher:

Milazzo (9)
Travinski (7)
Neal (6)
Jones (4)
Frey (3)

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A break down by innings is prob a more reliable number to use.

Jones isn’t going to catch much unless there is an injury to 2 of the catchers.

LSU was in a unique situation last year where the depth was short & an injury happened. So it was all hands on deck.

In a given year you hope to not cycle through that many starters.

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I haven't seen Jones catch, but I'm assuming he's not on the level of Neal or Milazzo. Hell, even Travinski showed nice improvements defensively. Two out of those three can also rake.

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Jones is a good catcher, but I'm not saying he's going to replace Neal, Milazzo, and Travinski in the top 3 at that spot. I still think we will see him catch in the first 8 games b/c of the schedule.

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With the amount of games that will be played in the next 2 weeks I'm sure the ones you mentioned will get starts. Anyone of Hurd, Holman, Jump, Coleman, Herring, Ack could get starts. I think you see Anderson with starts also and not sure how they plan to use Cam Johnson yet.

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At this point I'm not expecting to see Jump start. Not this weekend anyway. I'm sure something is going on. Hopefully it's nothing to really worry about, but I'm sure he will be handled very cautiously this early.

These stats are too small of a sample size to judge a pitcher. the Starters have the equivalent of 1 game. So 1 bad outing destroys the stats. It happens. We won't have a Skenes, but should be deeper. Plus as someone said, they could be working on something specific in an outing. Only thing possible to read is the number of innings, for Gage Jump. Since many have him penciled in as a weekend starter. He will either be on a very small pitch count or not start yet. But of course, we don't know all the details.

I’m very interested to see how the pitching staff turns out. I know we are going to be deeper, but I don’t think anyone is expecting any elite arms. Very curious to see how well it all fits together.

I don't expect to see him start this weekend, but I still think his name should be included in starter candidates. That is why I have him with that group.

I am not sounding the alarm bell, but this team's outlook looks very different if Hurd is still inconsistent and Jump isn't contributing.

Still have concerns about protecting White in the lineup. I was hoping that would be Jones coming into the year but it may have to be Travinski.

Good to see Kling with the .472 OBP. He has to play up to his potential this year. No one else on the roster has his combination of size, power, and speed.