Gator Baseball 2022 Roster/Lineup/Batting Order

Apparently its true with Little League and Race Horses.

 

Well done 77 and might I add. Here's the rundown.
Officially Orange won it 7-2.

The batting order for the Orange
CF Jud Fabian - SO, FO, PO, HR (1-4 with a HR, 2 RBIs)
2B Sterlin Thompson - Single, Double, GO, Walk and then picked off first (2-3 with a walk)
SS Josh Rivera - Walk, Walk, SO, FO (0-2 with 2 walks)
1B Kris Armstrong - HR, SO, PO, GO (1-4 with a HR. 3 RBIs)
LF Wyatt Langford - SO, Single, GO, HR (2-4 with a HR, 2 RBIs)
C/3B BT Riopelle - FO, SO, HBP, GO (0-3)
3B/C Rene Lastres - GO, GO, SO (0-3)
RF Ty Evans FO, SO, GO (0-3)

Orange pitchers were Barco for 3 innings gave up 1 run, but was erased unsure why, on 3 hits with 1 walk and had 2 SO. Brandon Neely pitched 2 innings in relief giving up 2 runs on 2 hits with 1 walk and no SO. Also in relief Karl Hartman pitched 2 innings giving up no runs with 3 hits, 2 walks and 1 SO.

The batting order for the Blue
SS Colby Halter - Walk, Single, FO, GO, GO (1-4 with a walk)
3B Deric Fabian - Single, Sac Bunt, GO, Walk, SO (1-3 with a walk and a sac bunt)
1B Kenny Calilao - LO/DP, HBP, FO, LO, GO (0-4)
C Mac Guscette - SO, Single, GO, Single (2-4)
CF Mikey Robertson - GO, FO, Double, Walk (1-3 with a walk)
RF Tucker Talbott - PO, FO, Walk, GO/DP (0-3 with a walk)
LF Matthew Prevesk - SO, LO, Double, Double (2-4 with 2 doubles, 2 RBIs)
2B Grad Asst and did not bat

Blue pitchers were Coppola for 2 innings gave up 3 runs off of KA 3 run HR in the first, on 2 hits and a walk with 2 SO. Brandon Sproat came in and pitched 3 innings giving up 1 run on 2 hits with 1 walk and had 4 SO. Karl Hartman pitched 2 innings in relief, gave up 3 runs from 2 HRs, with 1 walk and 1 SO. The 2 HRs were the only 2 hits he allowed.

Pitcher notes....
Barco looked much sharper thru the first 2. The 3rd inning he gave up a leadoff single to Halter who was sacrificed by Deric with a bunt, and later scored on a sac fly but the run was called off. Otherwise stayed in control like you want to see mixing up his pitches as called. Coppola made the one mistake in the first to Armstrong and left one in the wheelhouse which he deposited over the LF wall as a RH batter. It was a short quick swing with not much effort. Came back in the 2nd and went 3 up 3 down. Neely and Hartman were a bit scattered and gave up some doubles but did their best to control the innings with Neely giving up 2 and Hartman with no runs scored. Sproat started out by giving up a double to Thompson who later scored in the 3rd. After that he settled down and faced the minimum in his next two innings, striking out 4 over 3 innings. Finnvold finished the last 2 giving up a HR in each of his 2 innings. Special note, after Finnvold had a rough outing over the weekend, Sully was very vocal trying to encourage Finnvold with loud assurances of good pitch and there you go's from the dugout but got quiet after the HRs.

Batter notes...
Jud remains calm at the plate but struck out his first time up. His last AB was a HR to left off of Finnvold and was a no doubter. There was no bat flip but he started his jog out of the batters box. Best batters of the day were Sterlin Thompson, Wyatt Langford, and Matthew Prevesk, all hitting sharp line drives most of their ABs. It continues to be clear that Sully wants to keep his first 5 in the lineup as Jud, Sterlin, Rivera, Armstrong, and Langford. These 5 produced 7 runs today and were hard to keep off the bases. I'm sure this will be the norm throughout the preseason to challenge these 5 to work together and continue the run production. Guscette was solid behind the plate today for the Blue and looks to be the starter with his bat. Each catcher had an occasional ball get away from bad pitches with Lastres getting called out on at least one of them. Halter and Deric saw time at both SS and 3B for the Blue. I saw no errors by the infielders. In the outfield Langford did misplay a deep fly that he might have lost in the sun or got turned around. Either way @gator1977 ruled it a double since Prevesk hit it and Gabe thinks Robertson should play LF, putting Langford in the DH (maybe, so many options still).

Special Note...
Their were 4 really good defensive plays made today, 2 by Jud Fabian running in making diving snags on 2 line drives, and 2 by Deric Fabian at third, one a slow roller in with runners on and 2 outs that retired the side with a strong throw to first, and the second a wicked snag on a line drive short hopper than skidded into his glove. He had it positioned well else any other third basemen would have watched it skid into LF. Even @gator1977 applauded that one. Strange that all four plays were by players named Fabian and both from Ocala. Who would have imagined that?

 

As of now the starting lineup might look like this.
1B - Kris Armstrong
2B - Colby Halter
SS - Josh Rivera (still not throwing)
3B - Deric Fabian
C - Mac Guscette
LF - Wyatt Langford
CF - Jud Fabian
RF - Sterlin Thompson
Weekend Starters - Barco, Coppola, Sproat or maybe Abner but I haven't seen him this spring

The batting order might look like this.
4 - Jud Fabian - R
26 - Sterlin Thompson - L
24 - Josh Rivera - R
34 - Kris Armstrong - S
36 - Wyatt Langford - R
43 - Matthew Prevesk (DH) - L
9 - Mac Guscette - R
5 - Colby Halter - L
23 - Deric Fabian - R

Notes- Unsure how long until Rivera is throwing in practice. Halter could also bat 6th or 8th in the lineup but I have him in 8th since Sully seems to have Halter and Deric working together. To me the DH is wide open and will probably be a situation by situation decision for Sully. Prevesk continues to be one of the best freshman hitters along with Deric. Calilao continues to backup 1B but I think he needs to start in LF and let Langford DH. Twice now Sully has let Coppola start for the Blue against Barco with Sproat only in for relief. Is that a clear message that Coppola looks to be a starter, unknown for now. I'm really hoping to see Abner next time I get the chance to go. One player I'm wondering about is Corey Robinson. He showed good ability in the fall but has yet to see the field this spring when I was there. Might be out for illness. No sign of De Goti either but was reported out until next week. Pogue was seen today in the stadium charting pitches.