Gator Baseball 2022 Roster/Lineup/Batting Order

From the game notes......
4 12 FSU (PDF) - Florida Gators
PROB. STARTER
RHP Nick Pogue (1-1, 3.38 ERA)
RHP Carson Montgomery (3-1, 3.89 ERA)

 

PROJECTED STARTING LINEUP
NO NAME CL------------------- AVG OBP
C 15 BT Riopelle JR*--------- .314 .368
1B 6 Kendrick Calilao JR*---- .281 .352
2B 5 Colby Halter SO--------- .299 .393
3B 23 Deric Fabian FR-------- .242 .358
SS 24 Josh Rivera SO*------- .287 .345
LF 36 Wyatt Langford SO----- .350 .431
CF 4 Jud Fabian JR*----------- .284 .440
RF 29 Sterlin Thompson SO-- .339 .404
DH 9 Mac Guscette SO-------- .280 .339

 

Here's a great stat line found in the game notes.....
MARCH ON, JUD
During the month of March, Fabian led the SEC in total bases (54), slugging (.857), walks (22) and home runs (10).

 

I might not have an answer for our pitching problems now but here is some names to keep track of for the future.
Florida Baseball Earned Run Average - MaxPreps

Name------------------ School --------------------------- ERA IP ER R BF GP
1 Jake Clemente - Sr Stoneman Douglas (Parkland) ----- 0.00 32 0 0 118 18
2 Jerandy Carballosa - Sr Gateway Charter (Fort Myers) 0.00 18.2 0 1 70 22
3 Wyatt Speers - Fr Cottondale----------------------------- 0.00 16 0 3 58 15
4 Brock White - So Forest (Ocala)------------------------ 0.00 15.2 0 2 66 14

All four of these pitchers have not given up an earned run this year. First on the list is current Gator commit Jake Clemente who is a RHP for the top team in Florida, Stoneman Douglas, who should march their way thru the state playoffs again. At the bottom of Jake's notes, it says excellent student. We can only hope he doesn't go pro and has ambitions of college. 2 and 3 on the list I know nothing of. Number 4, Brock White, is a very interesting name because he is from OCALA and he is a sophomore LHP. Everyone has been wondering if we can get a pitcher from Ocala, so let's hope he is interested. I'll be checking with any of my contacts here. Ocala Forest is the same school that Kirby and Hunter McMullen were at so maybe we have an in. His velocity only says 79 but that was last fall.
Jake Clemente
Jake Clemente Class of 2022 - Player Profile | Perfect Game USA
Brock White
Brock White Class of 2024 - Player Profile | Perfect Game USA

 

If Vandy starts a RHP on Sunday my lineup would be.....
Jud Fabian (R)- batting .400 this season when leading off an inning and our highest OB% in SEC games
Thompson (L)- even though in a slump hits RHP much better than LHP
Langford (R)- No comment needed
Riopelle (L)- No comment needed
Rivera (R)- holding solid in the 270s
Guscette (R)- hits RHP better and our third best average in the SEC
Armstrong (S)- someone else who can play third but with power
Calilao (R)- up and down
Halter (L)- Struggles against RHP and most everybody else for now

 

At 6-9 we are 3 games out of 3rd in the SEC. Sad part, if we had won just 1 game at Georgia we would only be 1 game out of 3rd right now. The further we fall this coming weekend makes it more important the teams between us and 3rd struggle as well to give us a shot at going on a run to finish out and give us any chance of a decent finish. Doubtful we finish in the top 4 but something worth keeping an eye on. Georgia is at Bama this weekend so have to hope Bama wins the series.

 

I was contacted over the weekend with information that Sully's future at UF is very much in doubt. Apparently the Sully to LSU talk last year was real to the point that LSU rescinded their offer. It was said that UF admin wants Sully out sooner than later but is hoping Sully will get another offer before then in hopes of not dealing with the buyout. It seems either Sully will be fired after the season or they will mutually part ways.
Call it rumors if you want but the information I get is almost always right. I believe it because of the strange things we have seen in games between the continual lack of enthusiasm on this team, the strange ending to last year and the regional collapse, the pitching staff lack of development, and the lack of changes in the lineup.

 

Alright baseball aficionados, Sully suggested that they will meet with team doctors tomorrow to discuss Barco about this Friday. That makes me wonder if Barco can't start then who do we go to for our weekend rotation?
I say leave Sproat and Neely in the Sat/Sun spots and then try to figure out what to do about Friday. That might leave a few clues from tonight's game if they are grooming someone in case. My two possibilities would be Nesbitt or Manning. Nesbitt first off did not pitch tonight and has shown decent stuff at times and could go up to 3 innings to get us once thru the lineup. Manning is my dark horse because he hasn't pitched in a while. But I did find it very interesting that before the game tonight someone, not a player, was working with him on his throwing motion out on the field by himself. It looked like they were over expressing a long pitching motion to set his wind up and release point. He also ran out shortly after the starter Hartman to throw some before the game before going out onto the field for additional work. Maybe nothing but Manning is the one pitcher with 4 starts this year and might have a chance to settle himself down against the number 1 team coming in.