Mon 10/14 - Off Tue 10/15 - 2:30 practice Wed 10/16 - 2:30 practice & scrimmage Thu 10/17 - Off Fri 10/18 - 10:00 practice Sat 10/19 - 11:00 practice & scrimmage Sun 10/20 - 11:00 practice & scrimmage Reports will be posted in this thread. I’ll be there Wed.
Scrimmage Report for Wed, 10/16/24 On the field for BLUE: C #29 Jr Brody Donay 1B #21 RFr Caden McDonald 2B #4 Jr Cade Kurland 3B #13 So Landon Stripling (TX Tech) SS #6 Sr Bobby Boser (USF) LF #24 So Blake Brookins CF #3 So Kyle Jones (Stetson) RF #2 Sr Ty Evans BLUE pitcher summary: Inning 6: #22 Fr Jackson Barberi (Snellville GA) RHP: 4 hits, 4 runs, 0 walks, 2 K; 18 pitches Innings 7 & 8: #33 Fr McCall Biemiller (Tampa) LHP: 2 hits, 1 run, 2 walks, 2 K; 37 pitches Inning 9: #15 Fr Joshua Whritenour (New Port Richey) RHP: 2 hits, 1 run, 0 walks, 1 K; 25 pitches ORANGE batting: T6 0-0 #1 Jr Justin Nadeau (JU): Ground rule double to right. Runner at 2B - #5 Jr Blake Cyr (Miami): Single to shallow left. 1 in. Runner at 1B - #28 Jr Luke Heyman: B/B/Kc/F – double to left fence. Runners at 2B & 3B - #11 Fr Brendan Lawson (Toronto): Single to shallow right. 1 in. Runners at 1B & 3B - #30 Jr Ashton Wilson: F/B/F/E1 throw to 1B (we’ve now christened this a BPO – botched pick off), 1 in, runner to 3B/B/Ks – down swinging. Runner at 3B - #35 Fr Brock Clayton (Gulf Breeze): B – ground out to 2B. 1 in. #25 Fr Kolt Myers (St. Augustine): Kc/Kc/Kc – down looking. T7 Orange 4-0 #1 Jr Justin Nadeau (JU): B/F/B/Kc/B – grounder to 3B and beats the throw. Runner at 1B - #5 Jr Blake Cyr (Miami): F/B/Kc/WP – runner to 2B/B/B – walks. Runners at 1B & 2B - #28 Jr Luke Heyman: Kc – pop out to right. Runner to 3B. Runners at 1B & 3B - #11 Fr Brendan Lawson (Toronto): B/B/B/Kc/Kc – single thru right gap. 1 in. Runners at 1B & 2B - #30 Jr Ashton Wilson: B/Kc/F/B/B – grounds into 4-6-3 DP. T8 Orange 5-0 #35 Fr Brock Clayton (Gulf Breeze): B/B/B/B – walks. Runner at 1B - #25 Fr Kolt Myers (St. Augustine): B/Kc/F/Kc – down looking. Runner at 1B - #1 Jr Justin Nadeau (JU): Kc/Ks – runner gunned down at 2B/Ks – down swinging. T9 Orange 5-0 – New Blue catcher #40 Jr Cole Bullen (CCF). #5 Jr Blake Cyr (Miami): B – fly out to center. #28 Jr Luke Heyman: F/B/F/B/F – single thru right gap. Runner at 1B - #11 Fr Brendan Lawson (Toronto): Kc/B/Kc/F – single thru right gap. Runners at 1B & 2B - #30 Jr Ashton Wilson: Kc/PB moves runners up/Kc/B – fly out to center. 1 in. Runner at 2B - #35 Fr Brock Clayton (Gulf Breeze): B/F/Kc/B/F/B/Ks – down swinging. ------------------------------------ On the field for ORANGE: C #28 Jr Luke Heyman 1B #34 So Alex Philpott 2B #1 Jr Justin Nadeau (JU) 3B #25 Fr Kolt Myers (St. Augustine) SS #11 Fr Brendan Lawson (Toronto) LF #35 Fr Brock Clayton (Gulf Breeze) CF #5 Jr Blake Cyr (Miami) RF #30 Jr Ashton Wilson ORANGE pitchers: Innings 6 & 7: #37 So Matthew Jenkins (SFCC) RHP: 1 hit, 0 runs, 1 walks, 1 K; 35 pitches Inning 8: #26 Fr Niko Janssens (Spring Hill) LHP: 1 hit, 0 runs, 0 walks, 1 HBP, 2 K; 20 pitches Inning 9: #99 Fr Carson Montsdeoca (Bowling Green) RHP: 1 hit, 0 runs, 0 walks, 0 K; 4 pitches BLUE batting: B6 Orange 4-0 #6 Sr Bobby Boser (USF): Kc/B/Ks/F – ground out to 2B. #4 Jr Cade Kurland: F/B/Ks – fly out to right. Great diving catch by Wilson. #2 Sr Ty Evans: B – double to right fence. Runner on 2B - #29 Jr Brody Donay: Kc/Ks/B/B/F/B/Ks – down swinging. Last pitch 80 mph. B7 Orange 5-0 #24 So Blake Brookins: fly out to left. #21 RFr Caden McDonald: F/Kc – ground out to short. #13 So Landon Stripling (TX Tech): F/Ks/B/B/B/B – walks. #40 Jr Cole Bullen (CCF): B/Kc/F/F/B/B – fly out to left. B8 Orange 5-0 #6 Sr Bobby Boser (USF): B/B - HBP Runner on 1B - #4 Jr Cade Kurland: B/Kc/B/F/F – fly out to left. Runner on 1B - #2 Sr Ty Evans: B/F – double to right/center fence. Runners on 2B & 3B - #29 Jr Brody Donay: Ks/B/Ks/B/Ks – down swinging. Runners on 2B & 3B - #24 So Blake Brookins: F/F/Ks – down swinging. B9 – Orange 6-0. New Orange catcher #35 Fr Brock Clayton (Gulf Breeze). Heyman to 1B. #21 RFr Caden McDonald: B – ground out to 2B. #13 So Landon Stripling (TX Tech): single thru left gap. Runner on 1B - #40 Jr Cole Bullen (CCF): grounds into 4-6-3 DP. FINAL ORANGE 6-0
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FWIW I've only attended two scrimmages and I assume parking will be impossible Saturday, but here are a few observations that grabbed my attention: Ty Evans may be the breakout guy this coming season. His bat is hot to start the fall- 6 for 10, 1HR, 3 2B, 2 walks, 1 SO Young pitchers have had some good moment, but too many walks Transfer-in position players all look smooth in the field, so far, but what about their bats? Bosor hit the ball on the nose several times, including hard-hit outs. Many more basestealing attempts than past seasons. Many players making attempts. Donay nailed two last Saturday, but the other catchers got none.
Sunday's scrimmage produced the best pitching so far this fall. Peterson started the show by striking out the side in his one inning, then King Whitenour, Janssens, Barlow, Biemiller and Jenkins mowed down opposing hitters, lotsa Ks. Heyman had a 1B and a 2B, Cyr had a 1B and Evans had a 3B when Wilson couldn't make a diving catch. I think that was all of the base hits. There were a couple of walks and two caught stealing. I hesitate to suggest ANYONE already has won a job already, but a few guys are hitting well enough this fall and have performed well enough in the past that that it's easy to guess they will be in the opening night lineup. Evans easily is the top offensive player and seems ready to crash into the right field foul wall whenever that's what the play requires. I was somewhat slow to accept ANY transfer from scUM, but Cyr hits and plays good defense and seems likely to win either RF or CF. Heyman is hitting well, too, while there are crowds at DH, C and 1B, Heyman will play at one of those spots. Those three seem most solid, but Kurland and Shelton seem likely to hold on to the positions, too, in spite of promising play from newcomers in the INF- Boser seems to have a slight lead in that group. No one has played themselves out of a position, yet.
Scrimmage Report for Sat, 10/19/24 NOTE: If runners going for 2B are thrown out, the out counts but the runner goes back to 1st. On the field for BLUE: C #29 Jr Brody Donay 1B #21 RFr Caden McDonald 2B #4 Jr Cade Kurland 3B #13 So Landon Stripling (TX Tech) SS #6 Sr Bobby Boser (USF) LF #24 So Blake Brookins CF #3 So Kyle Jones (Stetson) RF #2 Sr Ty Evans BLUE pitcher summary: Innings 4 - 6: #20 RSo Jake Clemente RHP: 1 hit, 0 runs, 1 walk, 1 K; 33 pitches Innings 7 & 8: #27 Fr Blaine Rowland (Plant City) RHP: 1 hit, 0 runs, 1 walk, 0 K; 27 pitches Inning 9: #34 So Alex Philpott RHP: 1 hit, 0 runs, 0 walks, 2 K; 16 pitches ORANGE batting: T4 0-0 #1 Jr Justin Nadeau (JU): B/F/B/B/B – walks. Runner at 1B - #5 Jr Blake Cyr (Miami): B/F/K – runner gunned down at 2B – grounds into 6-4-3 DP. T5 0-0 #10 Jr Colby Shelton: Kc/F/F – single to shallow left. Runner on 1B - #28 Jr Luke Heyman: Pop out to 1B. Runner on 1B - #11 Fr Brendan Lawson (Toronto): B – runner steals 2B/B/Kc – fly out to right. Runner on 3B - #30 Jr Ashton Wilson: B/Ft/B/F – ground out to short. Great play by Bobby Boser. T6 Blue 1-0 #35 Fr Brock Clayton (Gulf Breeze): F – fly out to right. #25 Fr Kolt Myers (St. Augustine): Ks/B/Ks/B/Kc – down looking. #1 Jr Justin Nadeau (JU): Kc/B – ground out to 2B. T7 Blue 2-0 – New catcher #40 Jr Cole Bullen (CCF). Donay to 1B. #5 Jr Blake Cyr (Miami): F/Ks/B/B – fly out to center. #10 Jr Colby Shelton: F/B/B/Kc/B/B – walks. Runner at 1B - #28 Jr Luke Heyman: B – line out to left. Runner at 1B - #11 Fr Brendan Lawson (Toronto): Kc/B – runner steals 2B/Ks/WP moves runner to 3B/F/B/F – ground out to 1B. T8 Blue 2-0 #30 Jr Ashton Wilson: Kc – single to shallow left/center. Runner at 1B - #35 Fr Brock Clayton (Gulf Breeze): B/B – grounder to 1B and Orange gets runner at 2B. Runner at 1B - #25 Fr Kolt Myers (St. Augustine): B – runner gunned down at 2B & runner gunned down again at 2B! T9 Blue 2-0 #25 Fr Kolt Myers (St. Augustine): B/F/B/B/Kc/F/F/Ks – down swinging. (But I like the high ones!) #1 Jr Justine Nadeau (JU): F – doubles past 1B. Runner at 2B - #5 Jr Blake Cyr (Miami): Kc/Kc/Ks – down swinging. Runner at 2B - #10 Jr Colby Shelton: B/B – ground out to 1B. P covers. ------------------------------------ On the field for ORANGE: C #28 Jr Luke Heyman 1B #35 Fr Brock Clayton (Gulf Breeze) 2B #25 Fr Kolt Myers (St. Augustine) 3B #11 Fr Brendan Lawson (Toronto) SS #10 Jr Colby Shelton LF #5 Jr Blake Cyr (Miami) CF #1 Jr Justin Nadeau (JU) RF #30 Jr Ashton Wilson ORANGE pitchers: Innings 4, 5 & 6: #9 So Luke McNeillie RHP: 3 hits, 1 run, 2 walks, 3 K; 48 pitches Inning 7 & 8: #31 So Frank Menendez LHP: 1 hit, 0 runs, 1 walk, 1 E, 3 K; 33 pitches Inning 9: #99 Fr Carson Montsdeoca (Bowling Green) RHP: 0 hit, 0 runs, 0 walks, 1 K; 8 pitches BLUE batting: B4 0-0 #6 Sr Bobby Boser (USF): F/B/F/Ks – down swinging. #4 Jr Cade Kurland: B/Ks – ground out to 3B. #2 Sr Ty Evans: Ks/Kc/Ks – down swinging. B5 0-0 #29 Jr Brody Donay: Ks/Ks - ground out to short. #24 So Blake Brookins: B/Kc – single past 3B. Runner at 1B - #21 RFr Caden McDonald: B/B – ground out to 3B. Runner moves up. Runner at 2B - #13 So Landon Stripling (TX Tech): Single thru right gap. 1 in. Runner at 1B - #40 Jr Cole Bullen (CCF): Fly out to right. B6 Blue 1-0 #6 Sr Bobby Boser (USF): F/B/B/Kc/F/Ks – down swinging. #4 Jr Cade Kurland: B/Ks/B/B/Kc/F/B – walks. Runner at 1B - #2 Sr Ty Evans: B/Ks/B – Kurland caught off base/B/F/B – walks. Runners at 1B & 2B - #29 Jr Brody Donay: Ks/F/B – single thru left gap. 1 in. Runner to 3B. Runners at 1B & 3B - #24 So Blake Brookins: Kc/F/B – fly out to left. B7 Blue 2-0 #21 RFr Caden McDonald: B/Kc/B/F/B/B – walks. Runner at 1B - #13 So Landon Stripling (TX Tech): Reaches on E1. P misses picking up the infield blooper. Runners at 1B & 2B - #40 Jr Cole Bullen (CCF): Kc/B/B/B/F/F – grounds into 4-6-3 DP. Runner at 3B - #6 Sr Bobby Boser (USF): B/Kc/B/Ks/B/F/Kc – down looking. B8 Blue 2-0 – New Orange catcher #35 Fr Brock Clayton. Heyman to 1B. #4 Jr Cade Kurland: Line out to 3B. #2 Sr Ty Evans: Kc/Ks/Ks – down swinging. #29 Jr Brody Donay: F/B/Ks – double to left corner. Runner on 2B - #24 So Blake Brookins: B/B/Kc/Ks – down swinging. B9 – Blue 2-0 #21 RFr Caden McDonald: B/F/Kc/Ks – down swinging. #13 So Landon Stripling (TX Tech): Kc/B – pops out to short. #40 Jr Cole Bullen (CCF): Fly out to center. Nice grab by Nadeau. FINAL BLUE 2-0
I would add Nadeau to the guys that have really performed well this fall. I don't know how it plays out, but that kid seems really impressive to me. Him, Boser, Cyr and Jones are 4 really really good position player additions. Going to have some nice depth options for sure not even considering true freshmen
Scrimmage Report for Sun, 10/20/24 NOTE: If runners going for 2B are thrown out, the out counts but the runner goes back to 1st. On the field for BLUE: C #29 Jr Brody Donay 1B #21 RFr Caden McDonald 2B #4 Jr Cade Kurland 3B #13 So Landon Stripling (TX Tech) SS #6 Sr Bobby Boser (USF) LF #24 So Blake Brookins CF #3 So Kyle Jones (Stetson) RF #2 Sr Ty Evans BLUE pitcher summary: Inning 5: #12 So Liam Peterson RHP: 0 hits, 0 runs, 0 walks, 3 K; 11 pitches Innings 6 & 7: #15 Fr Joshua Whritenour (New Port Richey) RHP: 0 hits, 0 runs, 2 walks, 3 K; 34 pitches Inning 8: #33 Fr McCall Biemiller (Tampa) LHP: 2 hit, 0 runs, 0 walks, 1 E, 3 K; 24 pitches Inning 9: #37 So Matthew Jenkins (SFCC) RHP: 1 hit, 1 run, 1 walk, 1 K; 22 pitches ORANGE batting: T5 0-0 #1 Jr Justin Nadeau (JU): B/Kc/Kc/Ks – down swinging. #5 Jr Blake Cyr (Miami): F/Kc/B/Kc – down looking. #10 Jr. Colby Shelton: Kc/F/Ks – down swinging. T6 0-0 #28 Jr Luke Heyman: K/F – ground out to short. #11 Fr Brendan Lawson (Toronto): B/B/B/B – walk. Runner on 1B - #30 Jr Ashton Wilson: B/F/Kc/B/Ks – down swinging. Runner on 1B - #35 Fr Brock Clayton (Gulf Breeze): Kc/Ks – runner steals 2B/Ks – down swinging. T7 0-0 #25 Fr Kolt Myers (St. Augustine): Kc/B/F/Ks – down swinging. #1 Jr Justin Nadeau (JU): Ks/Ks/B/F/F – fly out to right. #5 Jr Blake Cyr (Miami): B/B/B/Kc/F/B – walk. Runner at 1B - #10 Jr Colby Shelton: B – fly out to center. T8 0-0 #28 Jr Luke Heyman: B – double to left/center fence. Runner at 2B - #11 Fr Brendan Lawson (Toronto): F/B/Kc/B – E1 on grounder to P. Runners at 1B & 3B - #30 Jr Ashton Wilson: F/Kc/F/F/Ks – down swinging. Runners at 1B & 3B - #35 Fr Brock Clayton (Gulf Breeze): Kc/B/B/Ks/Ks – down swinging. Runners at 1B & 3B - #25 Fr Kolt Myers (St. Augustine): Double to right corner. 2 in. Runner at 2B - #1 Jr Justine Nadeau (JU): B/F/F/F/F/Kc – down looking. T9 Orange 2-0 New Blue C #40 Jr Cole Bullen (CCF). Donay to 1B. #5 Jr Blake Cyr (Miami): F/B/F/F/B/F/B/B – walks. Runner at 1B - #10 Jr Colby Shelton: Ks/WP moves runner to 2B/F/B – fly out to center. Runner at 3B - #28 Jr Luke Heyman: B – single to shallow left. 1 in. Runner at 1B - #30 Jr Ashton Wilson: Fly out to right. Runner at 1B - #35 Fr Brock Clayton (Gulf Breeze): WP moves runner up/B/F/B/Ks/Ks – down swinging. ------------------------------------ On the field for ORANGE: C #28 Jr Luke Heyman 1B #35 Fr Brock Clayton (Gulf Breeze) 2B #25 Fr Kolt Myers (St. Augustine) 3B #11 Fr Brendan Lawson (Toronto) SS #10 Jr Colby Shelton LF #5 Jr Blake Cyr (Miami) CF #1 Jr Justin Nadeau (JU) RF #30 Jr Ashton Wilson ORANGE pitchers: Innings 5 & 6: #47 Fr Aidan King (Bryceville) RHP: 0 hits, 0 runs, 0 walks, 4 K; 25 pitches Inning 7 & 8: #23 RJr Billy Barlow (Clemson) RHP: 2 hits, 0 runs, 0 walks, 2 K; 24 pitches Inning 9: #26 Fr Niko Janssens (Spring Hill) LHP: 0 hits, 0 runs, 0 walks, 0 K; 10 pitches BLUE batting: B5 0-0 #6 Sr Bobby Boser (USF): Ks/B/Kc/Ks – down swinging. #4 Jr Cade Kurland: Kc/B/F/F – ground out to short. #2 Sr Ty Evans: Kc/Kc/Ks – down swinging. B6 0-0 #29 Jr Brody Donay: Ks/Kc/B/B/B/Kc – down looking. #24 So Blake Brookins: F/B/B/F/Ks - down swinging. #21 RFr Caden McDonald: Kc – ground out to short. B7 0-0 #13 So Landon Stripling (TX Tech): B - single thru left gap. Runner at 1B - #40 Jr Cole Bullen (CCF): Kc/runner gunned down at 2B/grounder to P gets runner at 2B. Late on DP. Runner at 1B - #6 Sr Bobby Boser (USF): B/F/B/B/F/Kc – down looking. B8 Orange 2-0 #4 Jr Cade Kurland: F/B – fly out to right. #2 Sr Ty Evans: B/Kc – triple to right Runner at 3B - #29 Jr Brody Donay: F – line out to short. Runner at 3B - #24 So Blake Brookins: B/Ks/Ks/B/F/Ks – down swinging. B9 Orange 3-0 #21 RFr Caden McDonald: B – fly out to center. #13 So Landon Stripling (TX Tech): B/B – ground out to short. #40 Jr Cole Bullen (CCF): Kc/F/B/B – ground out to short. FINAL ORANGE 3-0
Jones brings in strong credentials for both offense and defense and has played well in CF at some scrimmages, but has not played at all in others. However, he has not yet batted in the scrimmages- or in BP- I've attended or in GatorGal's play by play coverage. He pinch ran for Evans after a triple, but was stranded. There simply is too much good competition for OF positions to guess which of them win positions. Nadeau, Cyr and Jones have shared CF, so far, and all three have played good D, but Robertson and Guy played solid CF defense last year, but were not reliable at bat.
