I think we got a little lucky last night, in that VERY few balls were hit to right field. The one that did gave Jace big problems. It basically turned what would ordinarily been a line out into a double. At the moment, he can't run. Further proof of that was in evidence when he "ran" home on the sacrifice fly (plus the grimace on his face).

All this to ask - would we be better off using Jace as DH in place of Schott and moving Gavin to RF?

Do we lose too much at the plate lifting Schott from the lineup? Does it make, under the current circumstances, our right field play better or worst moving necessary players around?

It will be fun to watch this play out and see the moves Schloss makes.

It comes down to if you'd rather have Jack Bell in the lineup instead of Schott or Jace. Would you rather have a power bat in the line-up or have an outfielder that could catch one or two balls that would've dropped for base hits because Jace can't get to them

Schott wouldn't play, in my scenario. He would be lifted from the DH role for Jace.



It appears I'm the only one concerned with Jace's ability to get to ball not hit right at him/near him. Noted.

I thought it was a big mistake playing him in right (yeah, I know, Schloss....). I was shocked how few balls were hit to right (heck, hit AT ALL). The extra bases and erstwhile outs that would become hits would have been a huge risk compared to the extra hitting power we might gain from him. We were very fortunate our pitching was beyond stellar.

But even that (the hitting) appears to be affected, and understandably so. I would expect his condition to improve somewhat, but I'm afraid we might see a loyalty-trumping-risk thing. I'd rather a lineup shakeup with the addition of another player instead. TN will exploit that if he's slowed.

(and yes, I hope I'm wrong and Jace hits two homers.... just my thoughts based on what I saw)

Divining Rod said:

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I thought it was a big mistake playing him in right (yeah, I know, Schloss....). I was shocked how few balls were hit to right (heck, hit AT ALL). The extra bases and erstwhile outs that would become hits would have been a huge risk compared to the extra hitting power we might gain from him. We were very fortunate our pitching was beyond stellar.

But even that (the hitting) appears to be affected, and understandably so. I would expect his condition to improve somewhat, but I'm afraid we might see a loyalty-trumping-risk thing. I'd rather a lineup shakeup with the addition of another player instead. TN will exploit that if he's slowed.

(and yes, I hope I'm wrong and Jace hits two homers.... just my thoughts based on what I saw)

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This was my line of thought, too. The only glimpse into how much the injury is "hamstringing" his play was on the liner hit to him early in the game and it wasn't pretty. Could it have been a bad angle he took initially? Sure, but it was hard watching him chase the ball once it got past him. In his current state he is, unfortunately, a net negative in the field. Not his fault, he's injured.

Apparently, Diamond doesn't think you can ask questions or encourage dialogue, if it mentions making any sort of change. For the record, I wasn't on the "bench Schott" bandwagon when he went through his slump a few weeks ago. A hamstring injury an entirely different thing.

I'm not expecting much of an improvement from Jace. Hamstrings heal very slowly. Chestnut can cover a crazy amount of ground though, so I'm not terribly worried about it either.

Schloss is a master at moving the right pieces at the right time. He'll get the most out of the boys.

LB12Diamond said:

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No

These threads crack me up.

Some of my fav posts from this week.

"Why is Lamkin starting!"

"We need to move Gavin 6-8 in the line up!"

And now

"Bench Schott!"

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You forgot about run rules and Cortez seems wild and why aren't we home team.

I guess you didn't read the last line of the OP.

Capstone said:

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I guess you didn't read the last line of the OP.

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Last line::

It will be fun to watch this play out and see the moves Schloss makes.

It appeared to me Schloss was making a mistake and he should switch to your lineup.

Perhaps I misread.

Mypoint is we have the best baseball manager in college baseball. I'm willing to follow his lead.

Gig em

Yeah, nowhere in my post did I ever question the job Schloss is doing/has done, moves he's made, etc.- he's been nails.

IMO he is the best head coach we have had in any of the major 3 sports in a LONG time.

My entire post was an observation and a couple questions. Observation - Jace is having a rough go chasing balls in the field (same observation that was shared by many in the game thread). Questions - do we lose too much of our offense moving him to DH and taking Schott's bat out the lineup and would a more mobile right fielder make that a good decision or not.

Ended up with it will be fun to see how Schloss handles the sitch.

I'm sure there are plenty of Aggie coeds who would happily massage Jace's hammy until he heals before game 2.

Defensively:
Jace with a tweaked hammy >>>>>> Schott with a torn meniscus

Do we have any position flex with an infielder who can play outfield and stash schott or Jace at 1B? Would their defense hurt us worse at first or RF?

bdgol07 said:

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Defensively:
Jace with a tweaked hammy >>>>>> Schott with a torn meniscus

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From a running standpoint he's not especially if he is moving like he did yesterday.

You really think Jace could have tried to turn a single down RF line into a double the way Schott did against UK Or scored from first the way schott did against UF game 1? Not a chance the way Jace is moving right now. He was gingerly moving to home on the deep sac fly in first inning yesterday

Now if we want to discuss a 75% Jace being a better defender and having better arm than Schott I think that's a good debatable point to weigh whose the better option

From strictly a running and tracking baseballs down standpoint Schott is a lot faster and moving a lot better than Jace right this second. Again look at Schott running stats from yesterday and UK…he's literally running almost the same speed he did all season long without the tear. Listen to schloss interviews and he's basically saying everyone is overblowing Schott injury like he can barely walk

We also need to consider Tenn is going to put the bat on the ball a lot more than UF did. We aren't going to get lucky and have only 2 playable balls JL had to go track down. I think we can expect a heavy dosage of a variety of plays

Gavin plays outfield.

There's not an infield position to "stash" a player with poor mobility at.

Joe Schillaci 48 said:

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Reading line up advice from people who peaked in baseball in 5th grade Little League, telling one of the best collegiate baseball managers in world how to set a line card, never cease to amaze.

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i'm amazed at hiw many people read posts here and are incapable of discerning the meaning, purpose, or intent of the posts.

Capstone said:

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I think we got a little lucky last night, in that VERY few balls were hit to right field. The one that did gave Jace big problems. It basically turned what would ordinarily been a line out into a double. At the moment, he can't run. Further proof of that was in evidence when he "ran" home on the sacrifice fly (plus the grimace on his face).

All this to ask - would we be better off using Jace as DH in place of Schott and moving Gavin to RF?

Do we lose too much at the plate lifting Schott from the lineup? Does it make, under the current circumstances, our right field play better or worst moving necessary players around?

It will be fun to watch this play out and see the moves Schloss makes.

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Yeah lets ditch our most consistent hitter in the post season for a guy that cant buy a hit.

Know Your Enemy said:

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Schott has a torn meniscus. The fact that he can even play at all is crazy.

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Cortizone injections into the knee help with the pain. He will need surgery next week. Can cofirm they hurt like hell!