04-30-2023, 05:21 PM
I will be very happy if we get to the CWS. Unfortunately, I don't think we have the team to win it all. We are weaker on offense than last year although I think there's a slight uptick in our pitching over last year.
On offense, we lost starters:
Jones
Crampton
Huff
Barrera
Replaced by:
Moore
Cobb
Rios
Various
The only player I think we replaced (by position) without dropoff is Huff. Moore is playing very well.
Jones, of course, can't be replaced by someone new. Even with the improvement of returning players from the previous year, I don't see the bottom of our order being feared as it was last year. No easy outs in our lineup last year.
Not the case this year as we have seen with some glaring offensive dry spells. Our bottom of the lineup doesn't have the same pop from what I have seen so far.
Our pitching has improved as last year we had 1 terrific starter and 1 or 2 reliable bullpen pitchers. This year we have 2 good starters (although Scott may be hitting the freshman wall) and around 3 reliable bullpen pitchers.
On offense, we lost starters:
Jones
Crampton
Huff
Barrera
Replaced by:
Moore
Cobb
Rios
Various
The only player I think we replaced (by position) without dropoff is Huff. Moore is playing very well.
Jones, of course, can't be replaced by someone new. Even with the improvement of returning players from the previous year, I don't see the bottom of our order being feared as it was last year. No easy outs in our lineup last year.
Not the case this year as we have seen with some glaring offensive dry spells. Our bottom of the lineup doesn't have the same pop from what I have seen so far.
Our pitching has improved as last year we had 1 terrific starter and 1 or 2 reliable bullpen pitchers. This year we have 2 good starters (although Scott may be hitting the freshman wall) and around 3 reliable bullpen pitchers.