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Early Look at Next Season
Posted on 6/12/18 at 11:08 am
Posted on 6/12/18 at 11:08 am
RNK - TEAM (2018 SEC RECORD)
1 - Florida (20-10) will just reload and likely #1 again
2 - Ole Miss (18-12) slight step back
3 - Georgia (18-12) should be really good again/even better
4 - Arkansas (18-12) slight step back
5 - South Carolina (17-13) rebuilding year
6 - Vanderbilt (16-14) should be much improved
7 - Auburn (15-15) similar/about the same, maybe a tad worse
8 - LSU (15-15) will be MUCH better - faves to win the West probably
9 - Mississippi State (15-15) probably fairly big step back
10 - Kentucky (13-17) rebuilding year - shouldn't be that good (had 13 current players drafted - will lose at least 11 or so of them)
11 - Texas A&M (13-17) hard to say. Probably about the same/slightly better.
12 - Missouri (12-18) probably about the same/slightly worse
13 - Tennessee (12-18) should be a lot better
14 - Alabama (8-22) should be a few games better
STAB at Lineups for 3-4 teams:
Alabama
C - Sam Praytor
1B - Justin King
2B - Morgan McCullough
3B - Kobe Morris
SS - Isaiah Byars
LF - Joe Breaux
CF - TJ Reeves
RF - Tyler Gentry
C/2B - Brett Auerbach
1B/DH/3B - John Trousdale
OF - Walker McCleney
SP's - Brock Love, Deacon Medders, Garrett Rukes, Sam Finnerty, Will Freeman
RP's - Kyle Cameron, Casey Cobb, Garrett Bye, Sam Gardner, Connor Shamblin, etc.
AUBURN
C - Steven Williams
1B - Conor Davis
2B - Ryan Bliss
3B - Devin Warner
SS - Will Holland
LF - Judd Ward
CF - Jeremy Johnson/Cade Evans/Brody Moore
RF - Eduoard Julien
DH - Rankin Woley
SP's - Tanner Burns, Cody Greenhill, Garrett Wade, Jack Owen, Ryan Hoerter
RP's - Elliott Anderson, Welby Malczewski, Richard Fitts, Ryan Watson, etc.
LSU
C - Saul Garza/Brock Mathis
1B - Bryce Jordan/Nick Webre
2B - Brandt Broussard
3B - Josh Smith/Drew Bianco/Gavin Dugas
SS - Josh Smith/Hal Hughes
LF - Daniel Cabrera/Nick Webre
CF - Zach Watson
RF - Daniel Cabrera/maybe Duplantis
SP's - Zack Hess, Eric Walker, Ma'Khail Hilliard, AJ Labas
RP's - Todd Peterson, Caleb Gilbert, Matthew Beck, Devin Fontenot, Landon Marceaux, Nick Storz, etc.
FLORIDA
C - Cal Greenfield
1B - Keenan Bell
2B - Blake Reese
3B - Cory Acton
SS - Brady McConnell
LF - Austin Langworthy
CF - Kendrick Calilao
RF - Wil Dalton
DH - Nelson Maldonado
SP's - Jack Leftwich, Tommy Mace, Hunter Ruth, Jordan Butler
RP's - Tyler Dyson, Andrew Baker, David Leuthje, Nick Pogue, Christian Scott, Hunter McMullen, etc.
GEORGIA
C - Mason Meadows
1B - Patrick Sullivan
2B - LJ Talley
3B/RP - Aaron Schunk
SS - Cam Shepherd
LF - CJ Smith
CF - Tucker Maxwell
RF - Tucker Bradley
DH - Adam Sassder
SP's - Emerson Hancock, Ryan Webb, Tony Locey, Cole Wilcox
RP's - Zac Kristofak, Will Proctor, Tim Elliott, Justin Glover, etc.
1 - Florida (20-10) will just reload and likely #1 again
2 - Ole Miss (18-12) slight step back
3 - Georgia (18-12) should be really good again/even better
4 - Arkansas (18-12) slight step back
5 - South Carolina (17-13) rebuilding year
6 - Vanderbilt (16-14) should be much improved
7 - Auburn (15-15) similar/about the same, maybe a tad worse
8 - LSU (15-15) will be MUCH better - faves to win the West probably
9 - Mississippi State (15-15) probably fairly big step back
10 - Kentucky (13-17) rebuilding year - shouldn't be that good (had 13 current players drafted - will lose at least 11 or so of them)
11 - Texas A&M (13-17) hard to say. Probably about the same/slightly better.
12 - Missouri (12-18) probably about the same/slightly worse
13 - Tennessee (12-18) should be a lot better
14 - Alabama (8-22) should be a few games better
STAB at Lineups for 3-4 teams:
Alabama
C - Sam Praytor
1B - Justin King
2B - Morgan McCullough
3B - Kobe Morris
SS - Isaiah Byars
LF - Joe Breaux
CF - TJ Reeves
RF - Tyler Gentry
C/2B - Brett Auerbach
1B/DH/3B - John Trousdale
OF - Walker McCleney
SP's - Brock Love, Deacon Medders, Garrett Rukes, Sam Finnerty, Will Freeman
RP's - Kyle Cameron, Casey Cobb, Garrett Bye, Sam Gardner, Connor Shamblin, etc.
AUBURN
C - Steven Williams
1B - Conor Davis
2B - Ryan Bliss
3B - Devin Warner
SS - Will Holland
LF - Judd Ward
CF - Jeremy Johnson/Cade Evans/Brody Moore
RF - Eduoard Julien
DH - Rankin Woley
SP's - Tanner Burns, Cody Greenhill, Garrett Wade, Jack Owen, Ryan Hoerter
RP's - Elliott Anderson, Welby Malczewski, Richard Fitts, Ryan Watson, etc.
LSU
C - Saul Garza/Brock Mathis
1B - Bryce Jordan/Nick Webre
2B - Brandt Broussard
3B - Josh Smith/Drew Bianco/Gavin Dugas
SS - Josh Smith/Hal Hughes
LF - Daniel Cabrera/Nick Webre
CF - Zach Watson
RF - Daniel Cabrera/maybe Duplantis
SP's - Zack Hess, Eric Walker, Ma'Khail Hilliard, AJ Labas
RP's - Todd Peterson, Caleb Gilbert, Matthew Beck, Devin Fontenot, Landon Marceaux, Nick Storz, etc.
FLORIDA
C - Cal Greenfield
1B - Keenan Bell
2B - Blake Reese
3B - Cory Acton
SS - Brady McConnell
LF - Austin Langworthy
CF - Kendrick Calilao
RF - Wil Dalton
DH - Nelson Maldonado
SP's - Jack Leftwich, Tommy Mace, Hunter Ruth, Jordan Butler
RP's - Tyler Dyson, Andrew Baker, David Leuthje, Nick Pogue, Christian Scott, Hunter McMullen, etc.
GEORGIA
C - Mason Meadows
1B - Patrick Sullivan
2B - LJ Talley
3B/RP - Aaron Schunk
SS - Cam Shepherd
LF - CJ Smith
CF - Tucker Maxwell
RF - Tucker Bradley
DH - Adam Sassder
SP's - Emerson Hancock, Ryan Webb, Tony Locey, Cole Wilcox
RP's - Zac Kristofak, Will Proctor, Tim Elliott, Justin Glover, etc.
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Posted on 6/12/18 at 11:10 am to Tom Haverford
Great job, but we lose so much I just think we have to take a step back at some point.
Posted on 6/12/18 at 11:13 am to Tom Haverford
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9 - Mississippi State (15-15) probably fairly big step back
I beg to differ. MSU returns a lot, and it's highly unlikely that they get off to such a horrible start again next year.
-They won't play the first month and half on the road, for starters.
-The coach won't be fired 3 qames into next season (fingers crossed, knock on wood)
I wouldn't pick State to win the league, but they shouldn't have to sweep #1 just to make the SEC tournament next year either.
This post was edited on 6/12/18 at 11:15 am
Posted on 6/12/18 at 11:13 am to Tom Haverford
The only people we are losing is Konnor Pilkington, JP France, Zach Neff, and possible Hunter Stovall. Not sure what the pitching staff will be like but we do bring back a majority of our players and may not lose a single person from our batting lineup. I just cant see how we could regress that much.
Posted on 6/12/18 at 11:13 am to Tom Haverford
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6 - Vanderbilt (16-14) should be much improved
Need so see who makes it to campus. But yes, Vandy should be very good next year.
This post was edited on 6/12/18 at 11:15 am
Posted on 6/12/18 at 11:18 am to Tom Haverford
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Mississippi State (15-15) probably fairly big step back
what? Posted on 6/12/18 at 11:19 am to Tom Haverford
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9 - Mississippi State (15-15) probably fairly big step back
Uhh. Based on what reasoning??
Posted on 6/12/18 at 11:25 am to Tom Haverford
Duplantis is returning and Webre is transferring.
This post was edited on 6/12/18 at 11:26 am
Posted on 6/12/18 at 11:30 am to Tom Haverford
wait wut
This post was edited on 6/12/18 at 11:32 am
Posted on 6/12/18 at 11:33 am to Tom Haverford
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11 - Texas A&M (13-17) hard to say. Probably about the same/slightly better.
Who are we losing? Which recruits are going to sign? What do you think of the JUCOs coming in? How many weekend arms will be back?
Posted on 6/12/18 at 12:16 pm to Tom Haverford
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9 - Mississippi State (15-15) probably fairly big step back
Asinine. We have a team full of freshmen with an interim head coach, and so many other issues this year. We will not take a step back, but we will improve.
Posted on 6/12/18 at 12:31 pm to Tom Haverford
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9 - Mississippi State (15-15) probably fairly big step back
State's current lineup, with returning status:
1 - CF - Mangum (.353) - Returning Senior
2 - LF - Jordan (.333) - Returning Sophomore
3 - 1B - Allen (.300) - Returning Sophomore
4 - 2B - Stovall (.319) - Potentially returning Senior
5 - RF - MacNamee (.318) - Returning Junior
6 - 3B - Foscue (.256) - Returning Sophomore
7 - SS - Alexander (.213) - Returning Senior but will likely get processed on account of influx of new talent
8 - C - Skelton (.248) - Returning Junior
9 - DH - Westburg (.250) - Returning Sophomore
All but one in our starting lineup, which has looked very dangerous this postseason, will definitely be back next year. Very potentially all will be back. We have 4 guys coming in that will be immediate impact guys as well and easily fight to take a starting spot from the back end guys. With freshman->soph year over year improvement, we could easily have 8 guys batting .300+ in that lineup. You don't need phenomenal pitchers to win with that lineup.
But let's look at pitching:
Ethan Small is our ace. He was selected in the 26th as a sophomore. He'll come back for his junior year and boost that stock way up as one of the best lefties in the league.
We also lose Pilkington and Billingsley from the weekend rotation, two 4+ ERA guys with a combined 7 wins. Nothing special, nothing unreplaceable. One spot will likely be filled by stud current bullpen man Riley Self. The other will likely come from the return of one of several big arms we lost to injury.
We also get back Spencer Price, our shutdown closer who was out this year.
We're going to be much improved next year. Big step back?? Ha.
Posted on 6/12/18 at 1:02 pm to Tom Haverford
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13 - Tennessee (12-18) should be a lot better
I do believe that Tennessee will be better next year...they were 1 game away from making he SEC tourney this year.
I wish UT would tap into the talent from nearby Walters State for some JUCO help...but so far the only transfers I have seen declare from there is going to Bama.
Posted on 6/12/18 at 1:14 pm to Tom Haverford
LSU is going to be a nightmare for teams next season.
Posted on 6/12/18 at 1:15 pm to Tom Haverford
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9 - Mississippi State (15-15) probably fairly big step back
wut? We return literally everyone except maybe Stovall and our second best starter and bring back our closer who had 14 saves a year back from injury.
Posted on 6/12/18 at 1:52 pm to Tom Haverford
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9 - Mississippi State (15-15) probably fairly big step back
You realize that State likely returns every starting position player on our roster including All SEC OF Jake Mangum, NCAA regional hero Elijah MacNamee as well as the 4 freshmen who have been starting for us Rowdy Jordan, Tanner Allen, Justin Foscue, and Jordan Westburg (the rally banana guy) The we return both Catchers (Skelton and Gilbert), Alexander at SS and possibly Hunter Stovall at 2B
Pitching wise we return Ethan Small who will be our ace, and relievers such as Riley Self, Keegan James, Denver McQueary, and 3 pitcher signees who got drafted out of HS
Posted on 6/12/18 at 2:01 pm to Tom Haverford
I think we take a step back next year after losing our top 2 pitchers and best position player.
Posted on 6/12/18 at 2:05 pm to Tom Haverford
Davis Daniel is coming back for Auburn btw
Posted on 7/6/18 at 12:43 am to Tom Haverford
At least put baseball in the title so red blooded Americans don't have to open this shite and read it.
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