re: WCWS preview and predictions LSU softball

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I think Doyle, Springfield, Dawson, Serrett, Antoine will all need to continue to up there offensive game for next year. Every single one of them has all the tools to put up All American type numbers.

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Antoine is good. She played for Papa Griggs which will be a massive help for her getting in the line up.

Doyle and Springfield will hit in the middle of the order and Serrett has some ability like you said but is incredibly inconsistent. Forget Dawson. She will never be a starter for Beth. Mark it down, it won't happen.

With the power coming to DP in the next class and Doyle shifting to 3rd with Springfield moving back in at 1st, Sanchez will play 2nd even if she hits .230 and fields .920. It'll be deja vu all over again.

2018

Griggs CF
Andrews LF
Doyle 3B
Springfield 1B
Freshman Hitter DP
Transfer C
Serrett SS
Sanchez 2B
Antoine RF

i do hope you are wrong. At the very least, I'd have Nicky as DP. Even if i did that, i'd still have her a decent amount of time playing at second base.

Some think Sanchez will be next year's Quinn, and no matter how bad she plays, she will always start. I just hope that is not true.

I think, just as badly as you do, I want to know why Nicky played so sparingly. I think she was held back from running so that she could pinch hit if need be.

The reason I didnt pitch my senior year is because i wanted to play in the outfield. They wanted me to pitch because I could, but I saw it as being used against what i really wanted to do, play the field. Likewise, I think right now Nicky Dawson is wondering if she was a little slower would she get actual field time rather than being a base runner.

OU and A&M are the teams to beat IMO

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hat tip to Beth and the team on a great year. Rest assured, unless some unforseen superstar shows up at LSU next year, this will be LSU's best chaance in the next three years to win a national championship.

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Can't disagree- the pitching will be there next year, but we lose too much in the hitting department.

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Some think Sanchez will be next year's Quinn, and no matter how bad she plays, she will always start. I just hope that is not true.

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It is true. Look at this year. We have started a couple of below average defenders that are both hitting .240 or less and never even experimented with anything different.

If there is one thing we know about Beth it is her predictability when it comes to line ups. Once she decides someone is going to play they are penciled in forever barring major injury. She has a strange loyalty to underachieving, bad players.

Sanchez is this years Quinn. The only reason why we are not talking about how bad Quinn has been this year and even Serrett in many instances is because Sanchez has been worse than both of them. We made 40 errors at those three positions. Think about that 40, FORTY and not an inkling of change for this season or the future. That's more than four SEC teams made this season.

Quinn was really bad the last two years and much better this year but still a far cry from being a production asset. Sanchez beat out Dawson this year. You can't say Dawson is an All American type player or even a future star if she cannot beat out two of the lower tier players in the entire SEC.

I will be the first to say that I was obviously wrong about Dawson. I had her as one of the most dynamic players I had ever watched on the high school, travel ball level. She is the best pre-college lead off hitter ever and its not close. She is superior in every measurable way to Antoine coming in and she could not sniff the field this year. She had a top 25 OBP in the entire SEC and never started consecutive days. There is simply no way Dawson would have hit below .250 this year. I said it earlier and will say it again, I think Cunningham and Dawson would be foolish to return and take there chances with burning another year in this scenario.

I would expect to see some major roster changes for the 2018 team. Aside from the 4 seniors and the 18 class coming in I think we will see significantly different personnel.

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and i totally agree on oklahoma being the team i hate the most. something about their fat pitcher

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She wouldn't put out on your date I see.

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OU and A&M are the teams to beat IMO

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A&M? Not at all

They were lucky to not be bounced in their regional. Auburn is just a train wreck right now.

Every team looks vulnerable to me. Florida and LSU have elite pitching, but the offenses can sometimes be anemic at times.

Oregon and Washington can be contained when they face solid pitching.

When everyone plays to their potential, I think OU is the scariest team but I still don't think they are playing their best at the moment.

Cristiona Caccamise isn't really a homerun hitter, she is more a gap hitter.

Sunseri does have a lot of pop, I am curious what we will do with her. She is really can hit well and I am sure she will be played with in the circle.

Antoine will likely start in RF.

I don't really see goff contributing any next year.

Sprinfield is a natural 1st baseman, Doyle can really play anywhere on the infield but I think she is the best defensive 3B by far.

guess we will have to wait and see

For baseball and softball I like to check out twitter to get reads on recruits and athletes sometimes because there's so much less information on them relative to football and basketball



the Cunningham girl seems like she still enjoys LSU and doesn't intend on transferring


I really hope Dawson sticks it out and doesn't transfer. She's just too talented, and I agree with the above poster that it's a joke she isn't in the lineup at this point