Post by richard44 on Dec 10, 2023 9:16:07 GMT -8
Starting 9 -
1st, 3rd, LF, and RF are somewhat difficult to predict because we switch guys in and out of those spots, and all those guys can start on any given day at multiple spots. This is just a prediction, so pick it apart as you please. So much talent on this team it’s hard to pick some guys over others in certain spots, definitely a good problem to have. Caraway was a third baseman coming in. If Guerra is playing third, not sure where Caraway will be, but the dude is so good we have to play him somewhere at all times.
The only 1-9 batting order I remember being this good was 2018. We could legitimately have 8 regular starters hit over .300 for the season (I can only ever remember that happening once since I started watching OSU baseball, and that was 2018). The only difference is, we could have 7/8 guys on this squad with 10+ home runs too. Ridiculous. There is a reason Mike Rooney from D1 baseball said that the pac 12 has one team that is on a tier 1 all on its own, and that’s OSU, and then there is everyone else.
Catcher - Smith/Weber
1st - Caraway
2nd - Bazzana
SS - Hainline
3rd - Guerra
LF - Macias
CF - McDowell
RF - Turley
DH - Kasper
Top Bench Guys
Trosky
Krieg
Talt
Reeder
Peterson
1st, 3rd, LF, and RF are somewhat difficult to predict because we switch guys in and out of those spots, and all those guys can start on any given day at multiple spots. This is just a prediction, so pick it apart as you please. So much talent on this team it’s hard to pick some guys over others in certain spots, definitely a good problem to have. Caraway was a third baseman coming in. If Guerra is playing third, not sure where Caraway will be, but the dude is so good we have to play him somewhere at all times.
The only 1-9 batting order I remember being this good was 2018. We could legitimately have 8 regular starters hit over .300 for the season (I can only ever remember that happening once since I started watching OSU baseball, and that was 2018). The only difference is, we could have 7/8 guys on this squad with 10+ home runs too. Ridiculous. There is a reason Mike Rooney from D1 baseball said that the pac 12 has one team that is on a tier 1 all on its own, and that’s OSU, and then there is everyone else.
Catcher - Smith/Weber
1st - Caraway
2nd - Bazzana
SS - Hainline
3rd - Guerra
LF - Macias
CF - McDowell
RF - Turley
DH - Kasper
Top Bench Guys
Trosky
Krieg
Talt
Reeder
Peterson
