A couple of defensive stats stick out to me:
The Good: Logan Tanner has been excellent behind the plate. Among the leaders in caught stealing percentage. Tied for the lead with fewest passed balls.
The Bad: our fielding percentage is awful. Clearly our recipe this year should be pitching and defense. I’m worried we won’t hold up our end of the deal on the latter. I am hopeful the switch to Forsythe at short makes a big difference here.
Team has made one error since the switch at SS. Fielding % should be going up from here on out. One thing that has made it look so bad is because of our pitching striking out so many, it has kept our fielding chances down some. Of course it is all relevant, but we had a rash of errors from one position that has skewed the numbers.
Sheesh, half the league has a team ERA under 3.00.
I think we are really good and it still wouldn't shock me if we finished anywhere between first and seventh in the league. We live in our own bubble sometimes and focus on our team without realizing how good other teams around us are, and this is a freaking loaded year for the SEC. We could finish right around .500 in SEC play and still end up hosting a Regional this year just because the league is so dang good.
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