Figured we could consolidate discussions to one thread till games start. D1 Baseball says McCarville is our Sunday guy.
Cam Chick at 2b, working with Max & Brice.
Cam Chick at 2b, working with Max & Brice.
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My guess is wherever he is most needed, but if Core can hold down 2nd then that should allow Cam to play an outfield role. Sounds like Sartori will start out in CF which makes sense.Do we think Cam will stick at 2nd b/c, you know, Core Jackson.
Do we think Cam will stick at 2nd b/c, you know, Core Jackson.
I could see Cam playing quite a bit of COF & 2B. Allows for guys to rest their legs a day and increases his draft stock a bit.My guess is wherever he is most needed, but if Core can hold down 2nd then that should allow Cam to play an outfield role. Sounds like Sartori will start out in CF which makes sense.
1. Amen to that! Time to upgrade baseball facilities big time and drag the Big 10 up with us.1. (Boy, do we need a new facility)
2. We really need someone to step in and up at 1B and allow Gomes to be our dude out of the bullpen.
I could see Cam playing quite a bit of COF & 2B. Allows for guys to rest their legs a day and increases his draft stock a bit.
I think he meant corner OF.COF, as in CF? Cam is a defensive liability, OF & IF, so whatever we get out of him defensively is a bonus. I don't think he has much of a draft stock, if any at all. He's gonna need to put up monstrous numbers in 2022 to even get a sniff.
I don't say this to degrade him either. Cam is a phenomenal human and great teammate.
I think he meant corner OF.
But we definitely need his bat. I wondered if he wouldn't be a DH candidate
In addition to being a stellar teammate Cam also improved his FLD% by ~100 pts last year on nearly double the tries (2021 vs 2019). Still a bit of a drag on the team average but only a little, .938% for him vs team .979%.COF, as in CF? Cam is a defensive liability, OF & IF, so whatever we get out of him defensively is a bonus. I don't think he has much of a draft stock, if any at all. He's gonna need to put up monstrous numbers in 2022 to even get a sniff.
I don't say this to degrade him either. Cam is a phenomenal human and great teammate.
Yeah, corner OF. He would be a train wreck in center 😂 Although I’m sure he would play hard.I think he meant corner OF.
But we definitely need his bat. I wondered if he wouldn't be a DH candidate
BTW, while cruising the stats for Cam's numbers I noticed that Hallmark didn't start one game. He played in it but didn't start. Anyone remember why?
Last year. He played 48/48 games but started just 47. I seem to remember a hand injury, maybe he got in late as a pinch runner.What year? He started many games in 2018, 2019 & the shortened 2020. He had to of been close to 100 starts heading in to 2021.
Based on my previous post, I'm probably bombing your question. It's one of those days.
Last year. He played 48/48 games but started just 47. I seem to remember a hand injury, maybe he got in late as a pinch runner.
I often remember dumb little things like that but drew a blank on this one.
Let's do it! I'm very ready for baseball.May even have beer at the ballpark this year @sklarbodds
Yeah, SHSU is a scrappy team with a Regional habit (five appearances in the last ten years) due to grabbing the Southland AQ spot and in 2017 they won the TTU regional for a Super Regional spot. They also beat Erstad's last team (2019).Sam Houston message board on Nebraska series has a few tidbits.
Sounds like they will have some speed and will be contact hitters vs power. Pitching staff throws hard.
Sam Houston vs. Nebraska
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A couple of comments about fall scrimmage with Rice which they won.
http://www.katfans.com/katsforum/showthread.php?23164-It-s-Game-Day
Also another thread had a comment about the Incarnate Word scrimmage. The remark was that Sam Houston juco pickups looked good in that game.
They return a fair amount of experience pitching and offense/defense. (Similar to Nebraska I think.) Should be a good test.
I think we have a good mix of competition and “gimmes” to get us ready to defend our conference title.This is a good time to ask everyone what do you think of our non-con schedule?
Obviously TCU is the big gun along with Long Beach St who is getting just as much love in the preseason polls as we are.
Adding in...
SHSU (four games)
NW St/Arlington (two games each)
Corpus Christi (Michigan opens with them)
And BYU in April (B1G bye week - four games)
Midweek games...
NM St (two games)
South Dakota St
Creighton (twice)
Omaha, N Dakota St, KSU and Oral Roberts (one game each)
At first glance then a second and third I'm thinking it is quite a bit weaker than Erstad's usual fare. And I like that. Also glad that TCU is not getting top 8 love this year.
I've always hated a tough non-con schedule where we would drag a bunch of Ls into conference play. The last several years the B1G has gotten 3-5 teams into the regionals and has been garnering a glimmer of respect. Pile up the Ws then work the conference schedule to a host spot. Can be done.
A few years ago Illinois ran a super weak non-con thing into a National 8 seed. I watched that and thought Erstad should have been doing that as well.
This is a good time to ask everyone what do you think of our non-con schedule?
Obviously TCU is the big gun along with Long Beach St who is getting just as much love in the preseason polls as we are.
Adding in...
SHSU (four games)
NW St/Arlington (two games each)
Corpus Christi (Michigan opens with them)
And BYU in April (B1G bye week - four games)
Midweek games...
NM St (two games)
South Dakota St
Creighton (twice)
Omaha, N Dakota St, KSU and Oral Roberts (one game each)
At first glance then a second and third I'm thinking it is quite a bit weaker than Erstad's usual fare. And I like that. Also glad that TCU is not getting top 8 love this year.
I've always hated a tough non-con schedule where we would drag a bunch of Ls into conference play. The last several years the B1G has gotten 3-5 teams into the regionals and has been garnering a glimmer of respect. Pile up the Ws then work the conference schedule to a host spot. Can be done.
A few years ago Illinois ran a super weak non-con thing into a National 8 seed. I watched that and thought Erstad should have been doing that as well.
Travel rosters can be 30 guys for this year.
So how many pitchers do you bring? 14 or 15 or 16?
Could have a student manager do bullpen and take Mason.
I'm likely heavy on my 5 subs between IF & OF as we have Chick that plays both plus Cervantes can play all IF positions at a very high level & lastly we have Gomes in an emergency at 1B. So it's likely we take 4 total back-ups instead of the 5 listed. I assume the last pitching spot is between Mason & Benson for SHSU. But, what happens if Jelkin gets out of the self-inflicted doghouse? He's a top 5 pitcher for us, without a doubt, after the fall season. Maybe Feekin is the odd man out, his velocity wasn't good at any point in the fall.
We took Wessel, as a redshirt, all of 2021 and he counted against the travel number. I don't believe he's healthy for 2022 & anticipate he'll be our bullpen guy once again.
Outside of regionals, I don't believe any student managers have traveled under coach Bolt.
That is very good news.Bragg making a hard push as the Sunday guy.
What happened with Randazzo?35 traveling.
OF - Anglim, Banjoff, Sartori, Jessen
Chick
IF - Anderson, Chick, Cervantes, Mathews, Petersen, Steihl, Jackson, Swanson
C - Everitt, Caron, Wimmers, Wessel
RHP - Schanaman, Gomes, Bragg, McCarville, Frank, Christo, Ornelas, Mason, Jelkin, Hood, Hawkins
LHP - Perry, Bradford, Olson, Bunz, Martin, Brockett, Feekin, Benson
Couple notes:
As mentioned above, Randazzo is officially gone. Palmer, Guthmiller & Walsh are the only players on the roster that aren't traveling this weekend. Bunz is questionable, something in his neck not related to the Arkansas Regional (sorry, had to, but it is something with his neck). Jelkin missed a full week of practice due to his immaturity but he is traveling.
What happened with Randazzo?