re: Which players were not included on the regional roster?

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So all the extra work for cranford, Wyeth, and safford is really paying off??
And yes he’s a world class athlete. How and the hell else do you get offered over $1mill by MLB amd play football in the SEC??
At that point we were floundering at the plate.
Give him the 18 starts you gave drost and see where we are. Or the 12 by cranford.
Why does Safford have 32 ab’s? He’s all of 5’7” and can’t be more than 165# soaking wet,
I’ll take my chances with 6’ 215# 4.4 40 guy

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Hampton isn’t a catcher or infielder so Cranford and Wyeth are irrelevant. The majority of Safford’s ABs were after Hampton left, and very well may have been given to him if he had stayed around. There was no reason to replace Drost at the time Hampton left as he was hitting over .300 at that point, but as mentioned above he was beginning to slump and someone else was going to get a chance.

If MLB offered him $1mill and he turned it down it’s clear they didn’t think he was as certain to turn that athleticism into refined baseball skills as he or his family may have thought.

The bottom line is if he’s going to reach his potential in baseball he’ll have to give up football or go somewhere with no expectations, or very little talent, in baseball.

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And that’s what’s puzzling and dumb.
Doghouse might have been the wrong analogy. But he clearly was put in the back of the line since he didn’t participate in fall.
World class athletes just need the reps.
Put him out there especially after Gio injury and let him roll

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I don't understand how no one sees what clearly went on here with Hampton. He was not going to be a starter at safety, probably down to 3 or 4 on the depth chart. Orgeron quietly let Mainierie know that it wouldn't be the worst thing if he transferred, so Orgeron could get the scholarship back. Mainierie didn't have anything for him so he counseled him that he probably wouldn't get a lot of PT on the baseball field.

Given all that what do you think Hampton should have done? Stuck it out and hope he gets some special teams PT or a couple safeties get hurt and he gets some PT in certain situations?

This was a tag team effort to free up a schollie.

I bring up the others because of the opportunity. You could shuffle guys around. Like put Dugas at 2b, instead of LF and put Hampton out there. There’s any number of ways he could have been given more of an opportunity

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I bring up the others because of the opportunity. You could shuffle guys around. Like put Dugas at 2b, instead of LF and put Hampton out there. There’s any number of ways he could have been given more of an opportunity

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All of this was discussed in real time as it was happening. I know because I brought it up.

But at this point Hampton has been off the roster for almost 50 games and Mainieri is on his way out.

The rehash is unnecessary.

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We "know" he was behind how?

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Watching the substitutions.

Are you saying Cranford > all our 2B options? Since subs and all.

I’m not trying to gotcha. But let’s not pretend like PM was or is smart with who plays and when.

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As for Cranford, he played because of the failure of others. We have had an inordinate amount of kids who did have chances and did not take advantage of them.

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Zach Arnold was fricking thriving when Paul pulled Cranford out of his arse to start against Mississippi State.

This year? When?

Over his career. Give credit where credit is due. It’s clear you can’t stand him but he’s done way more good than bad. He should have respect