Tennessee Softball Position Preview: Outfielders - University of Tennessee Athletics
Ayala is the big name here need her to be vastly improved at least something around .350 average and a .380 obp. Holcomb is a slap hitter who had a good season all you can expect out of her is getting on first base a lot when she is up. She is not going to drive in any runs so you have to have someone that can drive her in close to her in the lineup. She is a terrific outfielder saved a lot of hits last season. I was comfortable when she was in there made some super catches. The rest of the names on the list not that impressive Bearden can't play the outfield think that would be a Horror movie. Batts, Hannon, and Poindexter have mostly been pinch hitters and runners for players like Bearden. I am thinking maybe Osborn or Pancini could get the third outfielder job. This outfield not gonna have much power hopefully they will all be efficient getting on base and players like Shipman, Morgan, and Seggern will drive them in. Ayala is the mystery player only two homers last season but she looked like she could develop into a power hitter so a lot of interest in how much she has improved.
The players I am really up on is Osborn think she could develop into a bigtime hitter. Shipman of course is another freshman we need to come up big. Also Phillips hit .735 as a senior how that relates to the bigtime yet to be seen.