SoonerSpock
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Made 3 of the 4 games this weekend. Because of competition I do not know if you can really tell anything from two games against JC schools and two against NAIA schools. Kelsey Stevens definitely had better control (11 innings, 1BB) than anytime since 2014 She looked sharper and more confident. Might mitigate her KO's (15) somewhat because of the level of competition but she looked sharp.
Romero had the best swing of anyone on the team for the three games I saw. Knighton looked good but appears to be not close to Romero. Aviu did not look as good as Knighton with the bat but a quality hitter. Lundberg did not look good at bat. I thought Finney would pitch more innings (2) as some saw her making a contribution in the circle this year similar to Parker last year. I also expected to see he take some swings but she did not.
I am inclined to think that Patty's focus is on getting Kelsey back to her late 2014 level control wise then make the improvement you home to see for a senior. The question is Finney or Chestnut their reliever or are we scrambling.
This team hit only one HR in 25 innings against low level competition so I suspect their power numbers will be way down from 2015 maybe as many as 20-30 fewer big flys. But 85 HR's for the year would be good numbers. May hit for average similar to last year but we have a new hitting coach and he is going to factor into those results.
OU did have 8 stolen bases (5 runners) so they were running a little more but did not steal a base against St. Gregory's. Looks like Knighton will start at 2nd, Romero at SS and Aviu in LF.
Two biggest surprises to me were Reagan Rogers who swung the bat extremely well, stole a base and played LF and SS. Also Paris Townsend was doing a good job swinging the bat. Much, much better than a career .148 hitter. Macey Hatfield looked really good. Kelsey Arnold is again trying to develop as a left handed slap hitter like last year. Would guess that is a Patty's request because we need a couple of good slap hitter. Based on how she was making contact I would not be surprised to see her revert back to hitting exclusively from the right side like she did last year.
Still appears to be a question as to who will start at first base. Based on this weekend I do not think Patty is thinking about Lundberg playing their as was hoped when she signed. Townsend and Hatfield both took turns as the first sacker. Caleigh Clifton played both SS and 3rd. Wodach caught and played LF.
Four games does not make a trend so it is way too early to make any final judgement. We can probably have a better guess after we play North Texas on the 14th and close the fall season with two games against Arkansas October 31. Much better competition.
Romero had the best swing of anyone on the team for the three games I saw. Knighton looked good but appears to be not close to Romero. Aviu did not look as good as Knighton with the bat but a quality hitter. Lundberg did not look good at bat. I thought Finney would pitch more innings (2) as some saw her making a contribution in the circle this year similar to Parker last year. I also expected to see he take some swings but she did not.
I am inclined to think that Patty's focus is on getting Kelsey back to her late 2014 level control wise then make the improvement you home to see for a senior. The question is Finney or Chestnut their reliever or are we scrambling.
This team hit only one HR in 25 innings against low level competition so I suspect their power numbers will be way down from 2015 maybe as many as 20-30 fewer big flys. But 85 HR's for the year would be good numbers. May hit for average similar to last year but we have a new hitting coach and he is going to factor into those results.
OU did have 8 stolen bases (5 runners) so they were running a little more but did not steal a base against St. Gregory's. Looks like Knighton will start at 2nd, Romero at SS and Aviu in LF.
Two biggest surprises to me were Reagan Rogers who swung the bat extremely well, stole a base and played LF and SS. Also Paris Townsend was doing a good job swinging the bat. Much, much better than a career .148 hitter. Macey Hatfield looked really good. Kelsey Arnold is again trying to develop as a left handed slap hitter like last year. Would guess that is a Patty's request because we need a couple of good slap hitter. Based on how she was making contact I would not be surprised to see her revert back to hitting exclusively from the right side like she did last year.
Still appears to be a question as to who will start at first base. Based on this weekend I do not think Patty is thinking about Lundberg playing their as was hoped when she signed. Townsend and Hatfield both took turns as the first sacker. Caleigh Clifton played both SS and 3rd. Wodach caught and played LF.
Four games does not make a trend so it is way too early to make any final judgement. We can probably have a better guess after we play North Texas on the 14th and close the fall season with two games against Arkansas October 31. Much better competition.
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