flatwaterfan Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 Good job Huskers! Fun game to listen too. Compete Compete Compete. I like our chances tomorrow. Quote Link to comment
95huskers Posted March 10, 2012 Author Share Posted March 10, 2012 that was a great game to go to. I was happy to see the starter get into the 6th inning to preserve bull pen for the series. some of the pitching was suspect but these guys battled. even with 2 errors they managed to keep Cal to just 5 runs. well done today. Congrats to Sango for his MONSTER SLAM dead into the wind and he SMOKED it! I think my only beef right now is Christiansen at short. He just doesnt have much zip on the ball. Yesterday there were a few times that routine grounders where hit his way and the runner beat it out. I think he needs to be at second and schieffert at 3rd with farmer at short. Quote Link to comment
huKSer Posted March 11, 2012 Share Posted March 11, 2012 Good job Huskers! Fun game to listen too. Compete Compete Compete. I like our chances tomorrow. Its supposed to rain here in KS all day Sunday - what's the forcast for Lincoln Quote Link to comment
Comish Posted March 11, 2012 Share Posted March 11, 2012 Good job Huskers! Fun game to listen too. Compete Compete Compete. I like our chances tomorrow. Its supposed to rain here in KS all day Sunday - what's the forcast for Lincoln 60% showers in the afternoon....... Quote Link to comment
huskerswrkhavoc Posted March 11, 2012 Share Posted March 11, 2012 that was a great game to go to. I was happy to see the starter get into the 6th inning to preserve bull pen for the series. some of the pitching was suspect but these guys battled. even with 2 errors they managed to keep Cal to just 5 runs. well done today. Congrats to Sango for his MONSTER SLAM dead into the wind and he SMOKED it! I think my only beef right now is Christiansen at short. He just doesnt have much zip on the ball. Yesterday there were a few times that routine grounders where hit his way and the runner beat it out. I think he needs to be at second and schieffert at 3rd with farmer at short. Christensen played short last year. He projects as an OF at the next level and the coaches had him playing there until the injury to Pat Kelly earlier in the year. The fact that Chad was willing to come back in and help the team shows a lot to me. Quote Link to comment
95huskers Posted March 11, 2012 Author Share Posted March 11, 2012 i get that. the guy wants to play. im not discounting chad as a person, i just dont want to see him at short anymore. he had a pretty decent game today. but there were many close plays that should not have been. Quote Link to comment
huskerswrkhavoc Posted March 11, 2012 Share Posted March 11, 2012 Then moving him to 2nd you take Peters' bat out of the lineup? He's hitting .320 on the year.... Quote Link to comment
95huskers Posted March 11, 2012 Author Share Posted March 11, 2012 im not saying he SHOULD play second just that his arm is better suited for 2nd Quote Link to comment
huskerswrkhavoc Posted March 11, 2012 Share Posted March 11, 2012 Then I guess I'm confused on what you think they should do. Renda is the best middle infielder in the nation and his range seems better suited for SS.. But that's why I'm not coaching. Quote Link to comment
95huskers Posted March 11, 2012 Author Share Posted March 11, 2012 i think they should give chad a total arm replacement! 1 Quote Link to comment
huskerswrkhavoc Posted March 11, 2012 Share Posted March 11, 2012 i think they should give chad a total arm replacement! lol while we're at it let's give Keller and Lemke clones of Strausberg's (healthy) arm and give Hirch and Kubat Halladay's arm... please? Quote Link to comment
flatwaterfan Posted March 11, 2012 Share Posted March 11, 2012 Renda probably doesn't have the arm to play short. I understand the concern about short. It's our weakest spot in the INF. Chad is adequate at SS. He has his limitations there but he is the steadiest guy we have at that spot right now. Eventually I think they will work Kelly back in there but I could be wrong. There's some growing pains to work through there. Depends upon how the bats go too. Quote Link to comment
KJ. Posted March 11, 2012 Share Posted March 11, 2012 No matter what you do, we are going to have some really good guys on the bench. It's a good problem to have, but it's frustrating. We have 8 spots to look at for our starting lineup (3 OF + 4 INF + 1 DH; i'm going to exclude C), and I listed 11 guys. Which means 3 of them can't start in any given game. Who should those 3 be? Here's how our players are doing so far (AVG/OBP/SLG) Outfielders Pritchard .447/.500/.474 Kiser .214/.421/.405 Sanguinetti .283/.345/.472 Darby .294/.375/.382 Infielders Farmer .289/.341/.395 Peters .317/.383/.415 Stock .463/.488/.683 Kelly .429/.467/.571* Other Christensen .424/.477/.644 Scheffert .343/.378/.429 Kalkowski .273/.294/.425 *Limited sample size So, who are some obvious chioces that need to be playing? Christensen, Stock, Pritchard. Right now, they have incredible lines. Who is the next line of players that need to be in the game? Sheffert, Peters, Kiser, Sanguinetti. These guys are getting on base, which is they key to winning games. Look at a guy like Kiser, he may not have the best AVG but his OBP is very good. When he can start hitting the ball a little better he will definitely be in the "needs to play" category. Where does that leave us? So far I have listed 3 OF, 2 INF, and 2 others. Sheffert and Christensen can both go back and forth between INF and OF, so it can become a bit of a puzzle. Who's the next guy we want in the game? And where do we put him? Here's a few ideas: 1B: Stock 2B: Peters 3B: Scheffert/Farmer SS: Christensen LF: Pritchard CF: Sanguinetti RF: Kiser DH: Kalkowski/Farmer/Sheffert With something like this, ONE of Kalkowski, Sheffert, Farmer would have to sit out. Or, we could switch things around a bit more and get: 1B: Stock 2B: Peters 3B: Scheffert SS: Farmer LF: Kiser CF: Sanguinetti RF: Christensen DH: Pritchard This leaves Kash out. Kash hasn't been hitting the ball too well this year, but he should be one of the better players on the team when he comes around. Hopefully Darin can see who has the hot hand and get them in the game, but right now to me it seems like we defintely need to see MORE Pritchard and Stock. If Kelly can continue to post those numbers, that just adds another element to the discussion. Like I said, it's a good problem to have. Hopefully we can find a good mix between playing time for everyone and rewarding those who are hot. If only the pitching had this much depth! Quote Link to comment
flatwaterfan Posted March 11, 2012 Share Posted March 11, 2012 Terrific Post KJ. Lots of good stuff there. Quote Link to comment
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