Gator Baseball 2022 Roster/Lineup/Batting Order

Thanks to John's reminder with 12 days until Opening Day here is Number 12....
Hunter Barco - Baseball - Florida Gators

 

I haven't seen a schedule for the week but I did see a tweet that practice starts today at 4:30.

 

I cleaned up the OP lineup putting Guscette back as the starting catcher batting 6th. Top 5 in the order look solid with Sully but the bottom of the order remains to be seen. I put Calilao in as the DH and still backing up 1st and RF but I wouldn't be surprised if Prevesk gets time at DH and who knows where. Its a good problem to have.

 

Thanks, have you seen or heard what the schedule for this week is yet?

 

Hot off the presses, I'll be typing up my scrimmage report from tonight's practice here shortly. It was a homerun derby of sorts with a few good nuggets along the way. I'm glad that Ethan got to tweet the 2 HRs by Langford but there were several others of note. Also you'll be interested in the great pitching I saw by one particular arm out there tonight. Unfortunately it was just one.

 

5 innings played
Final Score 11 to 3 Orange
Notes in post below

Orange Lineup
P Manning 4 inn. No runs 3 hits. Ursitti 1 inning 3 runs
1b Caglianone non throwing
2b Thompson
SS Rivera non throwing
3b Armstrong
C Riopelle
LF Langford
CF Jud Fabian
RF Prevesk

Blue Lineup
P Abner 3 1/3 inning 6 runs, Jameson 1 2/3 innings 5 runs
1b Calilao
2b Halter-alter
SS Deric Fabian
3b Guscette
C Lastres
LF Talbott
CF Robinson
RF Evans

/ indicates end of the inning
// indicates end of inning called by dugout

Orange Batting
Thompson -FO, W, FO/, SO, single (1 for 4 with a walk)
Jud -W stole 3rd, SO/, FO, W//, HR deep lf (1 for 3 on 1 HR with 2 walks)
Rivera -GO, GO, W, double, single (2 for 4 with 2 walks)
Langford -SO/, HR cf, HR rf, SO, W// (2 for 4 on 2 HRs and 2 walks)
Riopelle -double to rc, single, W pitch change, double rf line (3 for 3 with 2 doubles and 2 walks)
Armstrong -GO, HR rc, W , PO (1 for 3 on a HR and a walk)
Prevesk -SO, SO, E rf, single (1 for 4)

Blue Batting
Halter -SO, FO, FO (0 for 3)
Talbott -GO, GO, W (0 for 2 with a walk)
Deric -SO/, GO/, SO (0 for 3)
Calilao -single, FO, double rc (2 for 3 with a double)
Guscette -GO, double lf line, GO/ (1 for 3 on a double)
Evans -Bunt single, LO dp/ (1 for 2)
Lastres -SO, HR lf (1 for 2 on a HR)
Robinson -SO/, W (0 for 1 with a walk)

 

Notes from scrimmage

Pitching -
Manning Well the main good point was all about Manning. Starting for the Orange he pitched great and went 4 full innings giving up no runs and only 3 hits, 1 of those on a well placed bunt. Manning looked great, in that he no longer relies on the big breaking ball. He is throwing fastball, a more normal curve, and a decent little slider and mixing them up very well. He stayed in command giving up no walks with 4 strike outs. He looks ready to go as a starter.
Ursitti Not much to say but he came on in relief up 11 with 3 outs to go to go and gave up 3 runs. His first pitch to Lastres was deposited half way up the stairs in left. After 2 more walks he gave up a bases clearing double to Calilao to finish the scoring.
Abner Starting for the Blue he pitched very good for 2 innings having to deal with a runner in scoring position in both innings but not letting it bother him. For instance in the first inning Jud got on from a walk and made it to third. While there it was clear Jud was instructed to make as much distractions on the base paths as he could like running towards home after every pitch to try and get a reaction but Abner stayed focused and got out of the first 2 unharmed. Then in the 3rd it all broke lose. Abner got the first batter Rivera to ground out but then gave up a homerun over the deep center wall to Langford followed by a single to Riopelle and another homerun to Armstrong that went oppo to right. After getting out of the 3rd he came back out for the 4th and couldn't throw a strike in warmups. He managed to get the lead off hitter Jud out on a towering fly ball to the warning track in right but then gave up a walk to Rivera another homerun by Langford oppo to right center and then a walk to Riopelle ended his night after 5 runs had scored and his runner at first made it 6 runs in all..
Jameson Then Jameson came in for the Blue and it kept going downhill from there. Put it this way in both the 4th and 5th innings that Jameson pitched both innings had to be stopped by the dugout before he could get the third out. He gave up 5 runs in 1 and 2/3.

Fielding-
Best play of the night came from Langford in LF who made a diving grab stealing a short line drive hit off of Halter's bat. Halter almost made a Halter Alter on a diving stab at second but his throw was late and Calilao was unable to get a glove on it. The runner stayed preventing a error on the throw. The main error made was by Evans for the Blue in RF who dropped a fly ball from Prevesk. Overall the fielding was good with few questionable calls to be made. The catchers all had a few passed balls but they didn't effect the outcome in a negative way. Jud did steal third in the first inning off of Abner without a throw from Lastres. Guscette started at 3rd and later moved behind the plate.

Hitting -
After a low run scoring weekend it seems Sully decided to shakeup the usual 5 man batting order for the Orange and he went Thompson, Jud, Rivera, Langford and Riopelle. Obviously it worked with the Orange scoring 11 runs from 4 homeruns and 3 doubles. Write it down, Wyatt Langford is our starting left fielder and as Ethan says use a sharpie. He is crushing the ball right now with just about any pitch. That leaves Jud in center and Thompson in right. The amount of RBIs and runs they will score will far outweigh any lack of defense over the whole season. Jud BTW remained cautious at the plate, only struck out once and got 2 walks, then later hit a bomb to left that cleared the berm. As to what happens with Armstrong, Calilao and Deric that's TBD. Armstrong is doing very well at third and making very good throws to first usually on a line. He can start at 1st or 3rd. Deric has shown no problems at third or shortstop making good throws but they usually tale off a little from third. We all know Calilao who is really good in the OF and is probably our best defensive 1st basemen. I'm fine with any combination of those three but there's only 2 positions. Coming from Ocala I hope to see Jud, Sterlin and Deric all get to start on Opening Day. I will be proud to say we had 1/3 of the starters from Ocala if it happens. But I won't be surprised if we see more of Armstrong at 3rd when SEC play comes around with Calilao back at 1st. Defensively it might be best if Armstrong is the DH but he really has been solid at 3rd and 1st this year, really! So why waste the DH on someone who deserves to be in the field. That might change once the season gets going but for now look for Armstrong to start at 1st or 3rd.

 

I guess it depends if you can stretch the said well placed bunt into a well placed triple.

 

I know its hard to believe but I haven't seen Armstrong make a bad play with his glove since the fall and that was maybe once or twice. If he keeps playing the way he has I don't see how you keep him off the field.