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Wait until next year as we lose 6 position players and our DH plus two weekend starting pitchers and our outstanding closer.  

Is that a confirmation that Bellafronto won't be back?
It always seemed unlikely as 5th years in baseball are so rare - but he didn't get drafted. 

Some thoughts on next year:

I think pitching will be okay. Weekend starters will be Beck, Williams, and a battle. I currently have an eye on Jensen. As a frosh he got 33 innings out of the pen, and had some quality outings in the postseason. He was part of the melt down at cal, but I hope that was just in the air that day. [Jensen ended with a 3.55 ERA, without the cal debacle it would have been 2.01.]

In the pen that still leaves Palisch, Weiermiller, Rudd, and maybe Grech (junior, not drafted) as guys we've already seen a fair amount. Dieter had one promising outing on the mound, but figure he'll be a full time infielder. 

Clearly we're going to need some stepping up among position players.
Tawa comes back to some position. Dieter started at short early on, but got demoted primarily because he wasn't hitting. I suspect he'll be back starting next year.
Brueser started a bunch of games, and was hitting well until the end of the season. He mostly played outfield this year but is also an infielder.
I thought frosh Kretzschmar showed some promise in limited appearances - I think he played 2B.

At catcher I don't know. Frosh Martinez had a single start. 

In the outfield, it would appear that Robinson is likely to have a spot. After that the only real experience is Brueser, as noted above.

Some opportunities for playing time for frosh. Sure hope some guys step up strongly.

[CTcard]

Wait until next year as we lose 6 position players and our DH plus two weekend starting pitchers and our outstanding closer.  

Is that a confirmation that Bellafronto won't be back?
It always seemed unlikely as 5th years in baseball are so rare - but he didn't get drafted. 

Some thoughts on next year:

I think pitching will be okay. Weekend starters will be Beck, Williams, and a battle. I currently have an eye on Jensen. As a frosh he got 33 innings out of the pen, and had some quality outings in the postseason. He was part of the melt down at cal, but I hope that was just in the air that day. [Jensen ended with a 3.55 ERA, without the cal debacle it would have been 2.01.]

In the pen that still leaves Palisch, Weiermiller, Rudd, and maybe Grech (junior, not drafted) as guys we've already seen a fair amount. Dieter had one promising outing on the mound, but figure he'll be a full time infielder. 

Clearly we're going to need some stepping up among position players.
Tawa comes back to some position. Dieter started at short early on, but got demoted primarily because he wasn't hitting. I suspect he'll be back starting next year.
Brueser started a bunch of games, and was hitting well until the end of the season. He mostly played outfield this year but is also an infielder.
I thought frosh Kretzschmar showed some promise in limited appearances - I think he played 2B.

At catcher I don't know. Frosh Martinez had a single start. 

In the outfield, it would appear that Robinson is likely to have a spot. After that the only real experience is Brueser, as noted above.

Some opportunities for playing time for frosh. Sure hope some guys step up strongly.