re: two moves that should be looked at...

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The hole in the lineup is Braswell. Cant have a corner infielder bunting and slapping singles and batting sub 250 and expect to be top tier.

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bingo. Braswell has 10 hits. Let's look at those 10 hits:

-3 were against Purdue Fort Wayne, 1 against Nicholls, 1 against Sam Houston, 1 against ND State
- Both his XBHs were against Purdue Fort Wayne
- 3 of his 10 hits are infield singles/bunts

With a batting average sitting at .200, I feel like this is Hal Hughes all over again. Braswell got hot last year the last month and change of the season. But he kinda is what he is. He's ok defensively, has more SEC experience than anyone on the roster, but really gives you nothing at the plate unless his ground balls find holes in the infield.

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it's not. He's bad.

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Reaves and Braswell both have 2 errors on the year and it’s not like Reaves has just been kicking around routine plays.

Reaves’ diving stop yesterday prevented a 2-run double.

The difference in Reaves and Braswell’s defense doesn’t come close to justify keeping a .370 hitter who can hit for power to both sides of the field on the bench for a .200 hitter who can put down a sac bunt.

in SEC play he is slashing .316/.458/.526 he has 4 double and has scored 8 times. More than anyone else on the team. He also plays elite CF defensively.

Biggest issue is power, throw and hitting, but he gets on at the back end of the line up a lot and him and Curiel set the table for jones and dickinson.

Yeah I take that back. More along the lines of someone who can handle the bat.

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Derek Helenihi says hello. He was a tick above .250 but has a lot in common with Braswell. Other than Sunday the lineup is scoring runs I am not sure why you take his glove, speed, and experience out of it.

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Helenihi only started 20 games at 3rd base in 2009 and only 10 in 2008. He wasn't inserted as the everyday 3rd baseman until Tyler Hanover hit a freshman wall. Hanover also was dreadful in the field. With the lineup that team had, having guys like Helenihi and Nola start can work out when you don't need their bats. We don't have a lineup lime that this year. We have to manufacture runs way more than that team did.

i would like to see more Reaves

but you need to be so far ahead of your competition for jay not ton play the matchup game

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Did y’all see that ball that Curiel dove at yesterday? In that situation? And yall want him at CF?

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Why does this place fixate itself on one incident and then act like that’s how it’s always going to be in the future?


That was probably his first mistake in the OF all year, now you want him labeled as a liability




This place

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Reaves and Braswell both have 2 errors on the year

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... with Reaves having less chances.
Braswell .931 fld%
Reaves .882 fld%
Braswell isn't a great third-baseman, but he's better defensively.

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The difference in Reaves and Braswell’s defense doesn’t come close to justify keeping a .370 hitter who can hit for power to both sides of the field on the bench for a .200 hitter who can put down a sac bunt.

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Which is why I said Reaves should be starting until Braswell starts hitting. I'm fine with Reaves at 3B as long as he's hitting. We need the bat in the lineup. I am just pointing out that Reaves' defense is pretty bad. If it wasn't, there would be no platooning.

I can’t tell if you are trolling or not

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Why does this place fixate itself on one incident and then act like that’s how it’s always going to be in the future?


That was probably his first mistake in the OF all year, now you want him labeled as a liability




This place

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It was a response to criticizing our best defensive outfield and then just (with no criticism) slotting Curiel into CF.

Cur Dog is a freshman that defensively, makes freshman decisions out there. He will be a starting CF for us for 2 years, and a good one. Defensively i would rather he and Stan be out there.

Im not knocking him for one play.