Gator Baseball 2023 Official Roster Tracker/Lineup???

If Abner could take over the closer role, I would feel much better about the 2023 season. Boy would that help.

 

Abner made a cosmic advance in improving his control issues in the summer league.

If this holds look out. He'll be a great one.

 

Note - on the recruiting trail Abner was considered to be on par with Jac Caglianone as a hitter.

 

Re Abner - does anyone know if he had control issues in HS or was this a new thing in college?? Just curious.

 

Abner's HS stats are behind a pay wall on Perfect Game Scouting Report but if you read his write-up he was a strike thrower so control issue appears to have popped up in college ball- and clearly for those who followed his performances- it was a breakdown in mechanics as was the case with Manning. Surprising that the coaches were unable to work it out with Manning and only until the last stretch with Abner.
And as 5220 noted, Abner was considered a two-way threat with pull power from the left side- not sure on par with Jac but write up sounds impressive.

 

2023 Baseball Roster
# FULL NAME POS. HT. WT. B/T CL HOMETOWN / HIGH SCHOOL (PREVIOUS SCHOOL)
1 Dale Thomas INF 54-10 175 R/R JR* De Leon Springs, Fla. / Bishop Moore
2 Ty Evans OF 6-2 205 R/R SO Auburndale, Fla. / Lakeland Christian
3 Cade Fisher LHP 6-4 200 L/L FR Dalton, Ga. / Northwest Whitfield County
4 Cade Kurland INF 5-11 185 R/R FR Tampa, Fla. / Berkeley Prep
5 Colby Halter INF 6-1 205 L/R JR Jacksonville, Fla. / Bishop Kenny
6 Tyler Shelnut INF 6-2 185 R/R JR Lake City, Fla. / Fort White
8 Brandon Sproat RHP 6-3 210 R/R JR* Pace, Fla. / Pace
9 Salvador Alvarez C 5-10 175 R/R FR Miami, Fla. / Montverde Academy
10 Tyler Nesbitt RHP 6-3 195 R/R RS SO* LaBelle, Fla. / LaBelle
11 Michael Robertson OF 6-2 190 L/R RS FR Venice, Fla. / Venice
12 Hurston Waldrep RHP 6-2 205 R/R JR* Thomasville, Ga. / Thomasville
13 Ryan Slater RHP 6-3 185 R/R RS SO Palm Harbor, Fla. / East Lake
14 Jac Caglianone LHP/1B 6-5 235 L/L SO Tampa, Fla. / Plant
15 BT Riopelle C 6-0 205 L/R SR Marietta, Ga. / Lassiter
16 Rene Lastres C 6-3 220 R/R SO Hialeah Gardens, Fla. / Calvary Christian Academy
17 Yoel Tejeda Jr. RHP/1B 6-7 215 S/R FR Davie, Fla. / North Broward Prep
18 Pierce Coppola LHP 6-8 220 L/L SO Verona, N.J. / Verona
20 Jake Clemente RHP 6-4 210 R/R FR Coral Springs, Fla. / Marjory Stoneman Douglas
21 Sam Sloan RHP 6-3 190 R/R RS FR Bartow, Fla. / Lakeland Senior
22 Brandon Neely RHP 6-3 205 R/R SO Seville, Fla. / Spruce Creek
23 Deric Fabian INF 6-4 185 R/R SO Ocala, Fla. / North Marion
24 Josh Rivera INF 6-2 210 R/R JR* Avon Park, Fla. / IMG Academy
25 Richie Schiekofer OF 6-0 195 L/R GR Millburn, N.J. / Millburn
26 Clete Hartzog RHP 6-1 185 L/R JR* Panama City, Fla. / Mosley
27 Fisher Jameson RHP 6-5 225 R/R SO Lake Worth, Fla. / Park Vista
28 Luke Heyman C 6-3 205 R/R FR Longwood, Fla. / Lake Brantley
32 Tucker Talbott OF 6-2 195 R/R RS SO* Atlantic Beach, Fla. / Providence School
33 Erik Blair OF 5-11 185 L/L FR Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. / American Heritage
36 Wyatt Langford OF 6-1 225 R/R JR Trenton, Fla. / Trenton
41 Blake Purnell RHP 6-3 210 R/R RS FR Boynton Beach, Fla. / St. Thomas Aquinas
43 Matt Prevesk OF 6-3 205 L/L SO Apopka, Fla. / Apopka
46 Nick Ficarrotta RHP 6-3 180 R/R RS SO* Palm Harbor, Fla. / Palm Harbor University
47 Chris Arroyo LHP/OF 5-10 175 L/L FR Coral Springs, Fla. / Marjory Stoneman Douglas
49 Carsten Finnvold LHP 6-1 180 L/L SO Boca Raton, Fla. / American Heritage
50 Anthony Ursitti RHP 6-4 210 R/R SO Fort Myers, Fla. / Canterbury
55 Philip Abner LHP 6-1 220 L/L SO Charlotte, N.C. / Charlotte Christian

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This has the potential to be one of the most talented rosters in UF history. Obviously a lot is based on projection, however the return of WL and BS already give you two potential 1st rounders. Add in JC, transfer from Southern Miss and others and you have a LOT of talent on this roster.

The question will be can they gel TOGETHER. Sully's recent engagement hopefully has him refocused and more disciplined.

 

Great points @jdgator — team and together — that is the key. The potential approaches the WOW factor.

 

Saw that...looks like got engaged at Spurriers, even got SOS and Jerri in the pics

 

We lost some good hitting. Which newcomers could step up for us there?

 

Disappointed he got pushed to UNF....saw him a few times and thought he had excellent upside.

 

The only bats gone: Fabian and Thompson.

Thompson, as a 2B, is replaced by Thomas. That should be a fine like-for-like replacement based on stats but we have to see how Thomas handles SEC pitching.

Fabian, not sure there is a like-for-like replacement. The Rutgers transfer plus a number of the now Sophs plus a couple FR will have to replace him.

 

Rutgers Transfer, Richie Scheikofer - The Germanator.

 

Losing Thompson's consistent and quality presence at the plate and Jud's power and D in CF will hurt but the new guys and second year guys should be able to make up for the loss. Hoping for solid contributions from Michael Robertson- very highly recruited and blazing speed 6.3 40. Langford is a hoss and should have a huge year. I expect Jac and Evans to continue to develop and hoping for great year from Halter following his excellent summer on the Cape. Several of the incoming guys look promising and I circled Yoel Tejeda from Broward. Kid is 6'6' and still filling out- could be a major contributor. His scouting report is cause for great optimism.