Gator Baseball 2022 Roster/Lineup/Batting Order

In 9 games, 9 different Gators have now hit at least 1 homerun.

 

After 9 games Gator pitchers have 112 strikeouts. Last year after 9 games they had 91 strikeouts.

 

So far Gator hitters have 18 homeruns. Last year after 9 games they had 9 homeruns.

 

For those interested in Jud Fabian and strikeouts, last year after 9 games Jud had 15 strikeouts and this year Jud has 8 strikeouts.

Edited: In his last 4 games Jud is 7 for 17, just another improvement to his batting.

 

Here's a very good stat to see. As a team the Gators batting average is now .300 compared to our opponents at .199.

 

Speaking of weapons here's their standings after 9 games, minimum 14 ABs.
2022 Baseball Cumulative Statistics - Florida Gators

# Player ..................... AVG OPS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO OB%
5 Halter, Colby............ .447 1.263 38 12 17 3 0 3 7 29 .763 3 1 8 .500
15 Riopelle, BT............ .412 1.206 17 6 7 2 0 1 4 12 .706 2 1 1 .500
26 Thompson, Sterlin.. .400 1.250 35 7 14 2 0 4 12 28 .800 4 0 4 .450
23 Fabian, Deric.......... .310 .826 29 7 9 0 0 1 6 12 .414 4 1 8 .412
24 Rivera, Josh............ .300 .949 30 7 9 2 0 2 7 17 .567 3 1 8 .382
36 Langford, Wyatt...... .273 .878 33 8 9 0 0 3 7 18 .545 2 1 7 .333
4 Fabian, Jud............... .235 .732 34 7 8 2 0 1 5 13 .382 5 1 8 .350
6 Calilao, Kendrick....... .217 .584 23 3 5 2 0 0 3 7 .304 2 0 5 .280
34 Armstrong, Kris....... .115 .423 26 2 3 2 0 1 1 8 .308 0 0 7 .115
9 Guscette, Mac........... .118 .334 17 1 2 1 0 0 1 3 .176 1 0 2 .158

 

And our other weapons after 9 games. Who here thought before the season we would be thinking of our pitchers as weapons. As @74nole says when you are on the mound you have to be attacking the hitters. Everyone on here except Ursitti and Abner are heading in the right direction. I'll revisit the hitting and pitching numbers after this weekend.
# Player......................... ERA WHIP B/AVG
49 Finnvold, Carsten....... 0.00 1.00 .100
41 Purnell, Blake............. 0.00 .72 .200
12 Barco, Hunter............. 0.75 .50 .100
13 Slater, Ryan................ 1.29 1.14 .167
22 Neely, Brandon........... 1.42 .79 .136
46 Ficarrotta, Nick........... 1.64 .45 .118
8 Sproat, Brandon........... 2.00 1.00 .188
28 Hartman, Karl............. 2.70 1.50 .091
3 Milchin, Garrett............ 3.00 2.00 .333
18 Coppola, Pierce.......... 4.15 1.62 .278
44 Manning, Timmy......... 5.63 1.88 .333
50 Ursitti, Anthony.......... 9.00 1.50 .333
55 Abner, Philip............. 12.27 3.27 .375

 

Interesting stat....
Last year after 10 games the Gators had hit 10 homeruns.
This year after 10 games the Gators have now hit 24 homeruns.
I heard they are currently in the top 5 of NCAA teams with HRs but that was before the 6 homeruns hit tonight against FAMU.

 

Sure there will be some settling with the stats and I'm sure a few reality checks will come from this weekend for some younger players. That's the way every season starts against the teams we play. Sure we haven't played Miami yet but that Liberty team was very good. Don't assume they were less competition because they are currently 7-1 on the year with their only loss against Barco in the season opener. The stats will always settle in as we start the SEC campaign but we are off to a much better start than last year and that's a good feeling for now.

 

JD made me wonder which is what I like.
Here's a comparison of returning players current batting averages as of March 3rd from this year to last year, minimum 15 ABs.
Player Name ......... BA 2022 ..... BA 2021 ..... Difference
Jud Fabian ------------- .289 ----------- .237 -------- +52
Colby Halter ----------- .429 ----------- .321 -------- +108
Kenny Calilao ---------- .192 ----------- .286 -------- (-94)
Josh Rivera ------------ .300 ----------- .205 -------- +95
Sterlin Thompson ----- .425 ----------- .280 -------- +145
Kris Armstrong -------- .138 ----------- .296 -------- (-158)
Comparisons for Mac Guscette, Tucker Talbott, and Wyatt Langford not showing because LY they were short of 15 ABs by March 3rd. Certainly as most here know Kenny and Kris have a lot more potential but its good to see Jud, Colby, Josh and Sterlin all doing so much better.
But to JD's point that will change after this weekend. Then I would counter that playing Liberty and Miami this early in the season is tougher competition than last year.