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Rivera coming back is a big deal. He was solid last year and played a very good SS. Very respected by his teammates. Hard to find a guy to step in and consistently perform as he does.

 

Agree with you on Robertson, although it kinda feels like Halter's bat has been a little quiet in preseason as well. I'm a little triggered by last season and always thinking he would hit his stride and it never really happened.
Gaining confidence in Slater. Sure seems to be the most consistent guy in the pen right now

 

Less than 2 weeks from opening day and we seem to have more questions than answers.

 

Thanks 87,
A few notes from scrimmages I've attended:
Agree that Robertson has not been getting on base as much as I'd like but neither has Halter- in fact, I cant remember Halter getting a hit. For now, I'd stick with Robertson leading off based on speed and Halter's tendency to K- last year was brutal watching Halter's struggles.
The Catcher position is the most interesting: I continue to favor Lastres as our best Defensive catcher - and the play you describe from last night- I've seen him make two other times. For a 6'3" 220 guy he is surpringly agile and quick behind the plate. Heyman not quite as agile behind the plate- I've seen a few low but catchable balls get through the wickets- but overll solid and he's been among our best hitters-- right there with Cags, Riopelle, Langford of late. I've see Heyman ripping the ball nearly every at-bat. And to throw a liitle more drama on the Catcher position:Alvarez- right now the 4th guy on the depth chart is also an outstanding defensive catcher and has a short contact hitter's swing- reminds me of Mike Rivera.- I see that he had two hits last night. So a harvest of riches at Catcher.
If I were Sully, I would try to find a a way to have Riopelle, Heyman and Lastres in the lineup together as much as possible. All three can hit and hit with power.
On Kurland - I sense that Sully is favoring him to start at second but I've not seen outstanding abilities when I've been there- his range seems ok not great and he's not lit it up with the bat. We'll see.
In RF- Evans has been hitting of late and likely has secured that spot.
Relief pitching of an elite standard remains the main challenge and we'll see how Sully can cobble together a quality staff and hopefully 1-2 guys merge as clear top guy(s)... a few in the mix that we've discussed. I'd like to see more of freshman Cade Fisher who comes in highly rated. Again, we'll see. T
Thanks for all your great work providing quality insights for our continuing discussion!

 

Some of the exit velos reported yesterday off the bats of Cags, Langford, Heyman and Riopelle were ridiculous. 110s and 115s is simply insane.

 

But if we’ve got to—we’ll take it!

 

That is insane. Where is that info available? Would like to keep track. thanks

 

I hope and pray we can get away from the swinging for the fences mentality that Sully's teams seem to always have. I would much rather have guys on base all game long putting pressure on the other team's pitching and defense rather than a bunch of guys either striking out or hitting a HR. And also hope to see us get back to being a top defensive team that used to be a trademark of Florida baseball under KOS.

 

SULLY WILL BE ON THE AIR TOMORROW 7-8 PM with Jeff Cardoza for an hour long interview (not sure if they take questions from callers). Maybe he will provide some clarity on where everything stands:

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GAINESVILLE, Fla. - The spring edition of Gator Talk resumes Tuesday, Feb. 7 at 7 p.m. with Head Baseball Coach Kevin O'Sullivan joining host Jeff Cardozo on the airwaves at the Keys Restaurant at Celebration Pointe.

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Please...may someone ask Sully about Coppola.

 

I'm old school baseball. As in Langford would never lead off for me because his first at bat is with empty bases and during games he would be following the 7-8-9 hitters, not the higher on base or batting avg hitters. I don't like lead off HRs. That is only 1 run.

I go back to my era of Mays, Mantle, Aaron, Musial, etc. No one would in that era put one of them to lead off, maybe 2nd or 3rd, but not leadoff.

Putting pressure on pitchers is a 1 - 2 hitters role.... get on base and cause the pitcher to at least pay attention to them when they are on base, all the while having to throw strikes (and off speed stuff) to a big bopper.

IMHO, Sully needs to find the two guys who can set the table for Wyatt "The Sheriff" Langford.

 

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Pretty sure we went to the same school. I like WL in the 3 hole, Cags hitting cleanup and BT swinging in the 5 hole. I’m sure Sully can figure the rest of it out…