ReelAg6 said:
hsvag said:
Blake is hitting but needs to tighten up his defense to be the regular at 1B.
Was the same last year. Did he miss some picks on bad throws yesterday? He makes the routine plays, but he rarely bails his infielders out on tough throws. I think he's probably a DH after Schott moves on.
My biggest takeaway was that I may have some crow to eat if the pitching staff performs like this all year. I've been worried about Kelly, but we could actually be better on the bump next year. UH is a bad ball club, but we just seem to have incredible depth in the bull pen.
All four errors on Friday against UH were due to defensive shortcomings at 1B. One was a flat out booted routine medium paced ground ball by Binderup. He had another on a pick off move from the pitcher that he's got to be able to knock down and keep it around the bag. The final was a throw from shortstop that was not a tough pick that he just didn't see into his glove.
I was hoping Bergevine would do better when he came in but he also missed on a relatively routine pick from a low throw by an infielder.
We are going to miss "Teddy Two-Bags" defense over there.
In my opinion both of
those guys are going to have to put in some serious work defensively or perhaps give
Schott a look at 1st Base and see if he can pick it any better. Possibly
Jamal George or
Sam Erickson would be another option with a better glove if those guys don't improve.
We can't afford 4 errors a game to not be routinely cleaned up by a quality 1st Baseman. That could cost us a National Championship.
Those guys should be taking 500-1000 short throw picks a day between now and the season if they want to stay in the line up.
