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re: Who Should Be Playing 3rd Base????

Posted on 4/1/22 at 10:41 pm to
Posted by DRock88
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Posted on 4/1/22 at 10:41 pm to
Nobody really looks comfortable anywhere on defense, unfortunately
Posted by LSUMANINVA
West Virginia
Member since Sep 2004
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Posted on 4/1/22 at 10:41 pm to
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quote: Anyone any better than Berry? Yes. But Berry should be playing 3B.


Coach Johnson!!! What’s up? Welcome to the Rant.
Posted by Meauxjeaux
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Posted on 4/2/22 at 12:12 am to
Berry stays at third. The few problems he’s had are survivable.
Posted by ElderTiger
Planet Earth
Member since Dec 2010
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Posted on 4/2/22 at 6:47 am to
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Nobody really looks comfortable anywhere on defense, unfortunately


With the exception of Morgan, this is correct.
Posted by Datsmoneydude
Member since Jun 2021
2445 posts
Posted on 4/2/22 at 7:02 am to
He’s been pretty shaky too. We’d be going for a sweep today if not for that ole’ on Thursday
Posted by Tiger2424
Member since Nov 2015
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Posted on 4/2/22 at 7:06 am to
Okay who are you gonna put there?
Posted by Tiger2424
Member since Nov 2015
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Posted on 4/2/22 at 7:09 am to
You still didn’t put anyone at 3rd
Posted by Tiger2424
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Posted on 4/2/22 at 7:10 am to
Yeah that an he is also one of the top hitters.
Posted by Tiger2424
Member since Nov 2015
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Posted on 4/2/22 at 7:11 am to
You take your cleanup hitter out of lineup for merrifield? Really?
Posted by Tiger2424
Member since Nov 2015
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Posted on 4/2/22 at 7:13 am to
Hell no
Posted by ibleedprplngld
Lafayette, LA
Member since Jan 2012
4514 posts
Posted on 4/2/22 at 7:14 am to
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Anyone any better than Berry?


Defensively? Absolutely. Offensively? Absolutely not.

As has been pointed out, you need Berry and Jobert in the lineup. You live with the errors for the sake of the bat. Especially if you think Jobert doesn’t fit defensively.

I think Morgan is too good to move, but for the sake of discussion, one option is to bring Dugas in to 3rd (he was a really good SS in HS), throw Morgan in left and slide Berry over to 1st.
This post was edited on 4/2/22 at 7:16 am
Posted by Mobiletiggah
Mobile Alabama
Member since Mar 2021
3221 posts
Posted on 4/2/22 at 7:17 am to
Merrifield is better defensively, but it’s too big of a trade off at the plate and you can’t have two designated hitters.
Posted by Tiger1988
Houston
Member since May 2016
28068 posts
Posted on 4/2/22 at 7:34 am to
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Hellmers
he had a .667 fielding % last year
Posted by Tiger1988
Houston
Member since May 2016
28068 posts
Posted on 4/2/22 at 7:57 am to
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Merrifield is better defensively,
false .887 fielding percentage. At second based in 2021 he was .987.

Berry was a .82 fielding % at Arizona and has a .915 here. TERRIBLE.
Posted by Meauxjeaux
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Member since Jun 2005
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Posted on 4/2/22 at 8:37 am to
Berry has also made several really nice plays.

He’s 100% serviceable at 3rd. Keep it.
Posted by Tiger1988
Houston
Member since May 2016
28068 posts
Posted on 4/2/22 at 8:56 am to
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He’s 100% serviceable at 3rd.

.915 isn’t serviceable. Not in the least. That is weak. Hell, .938 at SS isn’t serviceable and that is what Thompson did last year. That is bad play. Bianco was a .99% fielder with over 120 tries. That is what you’re looking for up the middle.
Posted by Tiger1988
Houston
Member since May 2016
28068 posts
Posted on 4/2/22 at 8:59 am to
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Anybody know Doughty's fielding percentage last year at 3rd?
I don’t have the breakdown at only third but he was a .95% fielder overall which is ok. It isn’t above average or excellent.
Posted by LSUFanMizeWay
Picayune MS
Member since Sep 2014
6151 posts
Posted on 4/2/22 at 9:59 am to
Nathan Dunn
Posted by Penrod
Member since Jan 2011
46691 posts
Posted on 4/2/22 at 10:01 am to
Bench Gio, Berry to DH, Jobert to RF
Posted by Penrod
Member since Jan 2011
46691 posts
Posted on 4/2/22 at 10:07 am to
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He’s been pretty shaky too. We’d be going for a sweep today if not for that ole’ on Thursday

I didn’t see a replay, and I was watching on an iPhone. My impression was a rocket that he couldn’t get a glove on. Based on my poor perspective, I would not have called it an error, but I’ve read one here a lot of folks who thought it was. And many of them probably saw it on a TV in slow motion. Did Morgan fail to get in front of it because of lack of technique, or was it too far away and too fast to block it?
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