Hearing Tidwell has come into his own and Chase , Halverson , Camden, and Ben Joyce will all be at the top of the rotation. Will Mabry has been strong as well, hearing he's up to 93 with an 87 cutter , Hearing this staff is loaded and that the biggest concern right now is the middle infield , Also hearing this lineup will has some serious pop in it ! Need someone to step up and relax ,hearing they might be pressing at the moment, the good news is it's early and sometimes it takes a minute to relax and play. also , we have several options. CTV will figure it out.
To further answer your question, based on info i am hearing Pitching will be the strength of this team , and any base ball person knows , it all starts on the mound. Hearing Great reports on Velo's and Command....These guys all seem to have Great Stuff and Pound the Zone!!!
OF - Beck , Gilbert , Booker , Tears , Scott , Chambers
IF - Luke ,Lipscomb , Burke , Lawson , Moore , Stephenson , Steenstra , Ortega , Chambers , Payne
C - Russell , Taylor , Jared Dickey , and others (just don't have their names in front of me) hearing this position may be stronger than originally thought .
DH - Tears , Burke , and any of the above on any given day. (Tears and Burke have some Serious LH'D POP)
w/ Luke , Gilbert , Beck and Russell back with their experience and a couple others having some SEC experience , I think we will be fine. Just need some guys to separate themselves....lost a lot defensively in the middle from last year.
and you never know who's going to step up... there's lot of talent on this team. All over the field too....good problem.
The road to Omaha hopefully goes through Knoxville !!! Go VOLS!!!!