2026 Lineup/Depth

#26
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taylorvol said:
If you’d seen Antigua at SS yesterday, you’d reconsider. Might be best defensive SS in college baseball. His athleticism and hustle are off the charts. Marin is no slouch but Antigua is all time special on D. If he can hit ,270 and lay down an occasional bunt, he will play.

PS. Plus Antigua had a better Fall than Marin so it’s Antigua’s spot to lose.
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Defensively, I agree. Antigua looks like a pro playing the position. You are right, he is perhaps the best defensive SS in college baseball. No reason he can't play SS and slide Marin to 2B, if necessary. AA does have to improve with the bat to even a serviceable level. I really thought he'd have gotten there by now, but we are still waiting. Hopefully it improves.
 
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preacherman20 said:
AA's problem has never been the field, it is the bat. If he can't bat, he can't make up for his bat in the field. I hope he can but will wait to see.
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Agreed but hard to hit when you are consistently injured. I think with finally being at full strength, Antigua will hit enough to justify starting at SS. If he can take his walks, hit .270 and show the ability to occasionally sacrifice at the plate to move over runners, I think he will stick at SS. He was magical yesterday on D.
 
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taylorvol said:
Myatt homered and hit a hard single.
Lawless homered
Brown doubled.
It’s going to be really hard to keep Myatt’s bat out of lineup.
Chapman dazzled on D. His vocal leadership is noticeable
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Interestingly, Grimmer was nowhere to be seen yesterday or today. Assume he might be sick as he didn’t participate in workouts or scrimmages.
 
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taylorvol said:
Myatt homered and hit a hard single.
Lawless homered
Brown doubled.
It’s going to be really hard to keep Myatt’s bat out of lineup.
Chapman dazzled on D. His vocal leadership is noticeable
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Chapman has always excelled in the OF
Diving plays, MLB arm for an outfielder and I believe had 0 errors last season
Hoping Chuck and E get him up to .300 this year
 
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volfan411 said:
I think Antigua could be the best defensive shortstop in the SEC. The question is can he stay healthy?? That is what has hindered him the last two seasons.
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The injuries he had two years in a row were just rotten bad luck. I think percentages alone are in his favor to be healthy. Have wondered what he could do when completely healthy. Hopefully, we will see.
 
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taylorvol said:
Myatt homered and hit a hard single.
Lawless homered
Brown doubled.
It’s going to be really hard to keep Myatt’s bat out of lineup.
Chapman dazzled on D. His vocal leadership is noticeable
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Was the homers off of our starting rotation?? I never know what to think of our pitching getting hit hard are our hitters that good or is our pitching mediocre??
 
#42
#42
cardvolfan said:
The injuries he had two years in a row were just rotten bad luck. I think percentages alone are in his favor to be healthy. Have wondered what he could do when completely healthy. Hopefully, we will see.
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Agreed. It is hard to overcome all the missed opportunities at the plate he has missed during the fall and spring the last two seasons.
 
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volfan411 said:
Was the homers off of our starting rotation?? I never know what to think of our pitching getting hit hard are our hitters that good or is our pitching mediocre??
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Neither Appenzeller or Krenzel were very sharp. Now, Mack and Kuhns were lights out on Thursday—both looked like Friday night SEC starters.
 
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volfan411 said:
Agreed. It is hard to overcome all the missed opportunities at the plate he has missed during the fall and spring the last two seasons.
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It’s D1 baseball. Guys are going to get hit hard occasionally. Dollander/Beam/Burns/Doyle all got hit hard at one point or another, it happens.

I think if you’re Elander, you don’t mind in the preseason having days where the pitching shines and then days where the hitting shines
 
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Lineup

C: Stone Lawless/Garrett Wright/Trent Grindlinger/Cash Williams
1B: Levi Clark/Blake Grimmer/Evan Hankins
2B: Chris Newstrom/Ariel Antigua/Finley Bates/Tyler Myatt/Ethan Moore
SS: Manny Marin/Ariel Antigua/Ethan Moore
3B: Henry Ford/Tyler Myatt/Blake Grimmer/Chris Newstrom/Ethan Moore
LF: Blaine Brown/Garrett Wright/Hutson Chance
CF: Jay Abernathy/Chris Newstrom/Henry Ford/Nathan Eisfelder
RF: Reese Chapman/Hunter High/Taylor Tracey
DH: Tyler Myatt/Blake Grimmer/Blaine Brown/Trent Grindlinger

Weekend Starters

Tegan Kuhns-RHP
Landon Mack-RHP
Evan Blanco-LHP

Bullpen

Weekend:
Brandon Arvidson-LHP
Brayden Krenzel-RHP
Mark Hindy-LHP
Nic Abraham-RHP
Brady Frederick-RHP
Bo Rhudy-RHP (Closer)

Midweek:
Cameron Appenzeller-LHP
Ethan Baiotto-RHP
Blaine Brown-LHP
Taylor Tracey-LHP
Darrell McDowell-RHP
Jax Bishop-RHP
Sawyer Deering-RHP
Chandler Day-LHP
Art Bethea-RHP
Evan Hankins-LHP

Jackson Estes- LHP, William Haas-LHP-injured
Blaine Brown, Evan Hankins, Taylor Tracey-2-way players

Batting Order​
1) CF: Jay Abernathy-L
2) 3B: Henry Ford-R
3) DH: Tyler Myatt-L
4) 1B: Levi Clark-R
5) LF: Blaine Brown-L
6) SS: Manny Marin-R
7) RF: Reese Chapman-L
8) 2B: Chris Newstrom-R
9) C: Stone Lawless-R/Garrett Wright-R
 
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#46
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taylorvol said:
Myatt homered and hit a hard single.
Lawless homered
Brown doubled.
It’s going to be really hard to keep Myatt’s bat out of lineup.
Chapman dazzled on D. His vocal leadership is noticeable
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Anything on Abernathy? We all expect him to make a jump this year, but is he showing that he will?
 
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#47
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NighthawkVol said:
Anything on Abernathy? We all expect him to make a jump this year, but is he showing that he will?
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Abernathy is a leader on the field. The way he directs the young guys and gets them in position in the outfield is impressive. He will crush it this year both at the plate and in CF. He’s a stud.
 
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