Official Tennessee at Belmont - Game Thread - 4:30 PM

[TechnoVol]

Hope they make it back okay. Roads are getting bad quickly.

 

[OldTimer]

Hope they make it back okay. Roads are getting bad quickly.

I think they are flying to Cali from Nashville.

 

[TechnoVol]

I think they are flying to Cali from Nashville.

Well that would certainly help! :hi:

 

[NewJerseyVol]

I wouldn't mind seeing Simcox moved back into the #2 spot.

Agree. While his slugging is remarkably poor, he gets the bat on the ball and has speed. SBs have to improve, he was down 50% last year.

 

[TechnoVol]

Agree. While his slugging is remarkably poor, he gets the bat on the ball and has speed. SBs have to improve, he was down 50% last year.

I agree, Simcox has decent size and you would think he would hit with more power than he does. He's basically a contact hitter that finds gaps in the infield for singles.

 

[Dave1967]

Hopefully the batting will improve over the season

 

[Backwards K]

Vols need to shake up the lineup or at least the batting order. Hard to generate a lot of offense when you are getting 6 for 41 from the first two batters in the order and the combined OBP is at .220. Throw in 10 Ks and only one RBI from these two spots and you have a big drain on the offense.

It's early in the season and both will get it going. But, it wouldn't hurt to break those two up at the top of the order until they do.