Grat post! BTW, Holocher's fielding improved immensely towards the end of the HS season and over the summer. If this continues, he will do a nice job in the field next year:banana:

 

I will agree his fielding was better during the regional tournament. However the last two years his consistency throughout the season to make routine plays has been quite poor. I have not seen him play much this summer but if he can cut down his errors it will only help the Colonel defense.

I will agree his fielding was better during the regional tournament. However the last two years his consistency throughout the season to make routine plays has been quite poor. I have not seen him play much this summer but if he can cut down his errors it will only help the Colonel defense.

 

You have to remember LaFever's job is to bunt in the lineup. If Siemer was to take the 2nd base spot, the fielding % would improve but Seimer would not hit above .250 IMO. This summer for the KY Kings I believe he struggled to hit .200. Although maybe improving in on the D, I cannot see him contributing to the Colonels lineup offensively.

You have to remember LaFever's job is to bunt in the lineup. If Siemer was to take the 2nd base spot, the fielding % would improve but Seimer would not hit above .250 IMO. This summer for the KY Kings I believe he struggled to hit .200. Although maybe improving in on the D, I cannot see him contributing to the Colonels lineup offensively.

 

LaFever is head and shoulders above Seimer in the batters box

You have to remember LaFever's job is to bunt in the lineup. If Siemer was to take the 2nd base spot, the fielding % would improve but Seimer would not hit above .250 IMO. This summer for the KY Kings I believe he struggled to hit .200. Although maybe improving in on the D, I cannot see him contributing to the Colonels lineup offensively.

 

LaFever is head and shoulders above Seimer in the batters box.

You have to remember LaFever's job is to bunt in the lineup. If Siemer was to take the 2nd base spot, the fielding % would improve but Seimer would not hit above .250 IMO. This summer for the KY Kings I believe he struggled to hit .200. Although maybe improving in on the D, I cannot see him contributing to the Colonels lineup offensively.

 

I don't see why seimer can't bunt. From what I have seen of him he is a pretty decent bunter. Also, with his speed he might even be able to get some bunt hits. The Colonels, last season, didnt have trouble scoring so I would have to say that's not the issue. Especially with Maile, Darner, and Isler's bats. They can always DH for Seimer if he doesn't hit well. Imo, you go with defense first since that seemed to be the problem last season.

Replacing Siemer with LaFever would still be perfect to me because I still believe even though LaFever might be a better hitter, he is not great by any means and even if his job was to bunt, it was still a sacrafice. LaFever struggles to hit the ball as does Siemer but Siemer to me is just a much more solid choice!

Both players seem about the same to me from what everyone says here, so is it even worth talking about? How much will either of these players impact a team with hitters Maile, Darner, Isler, and Nutini and pitchers like Isler, Nutini, and Klien.

He could probably come back.

 

Probably not though.

Edited August 18, 200818 yr by STRIKE3

Probably not though.

Welcome to BGP love the game and be sure to visit the New Member forum....

 

New Member forum

 

Read the "Everything a Rookie" thread and it will answer, any questions.

Replacing Siemer with LaFever would still be perfect to me because I still believe even though LaFever might be a better hitter, he is not great by any means and even if his job was to bunt, it was still a sacrafice. LaFever struggles to hit the ball as does Siemer but Siemer to me is just a much more solid choice!

 

To say Seimer is a good hitter what so ever is bizarre. Like I stated earlier in the forum, if you struggle to hit .200 in the SWOL at the 16u division, how can you possibly argue he can hit at the varsity level?

Any other new players at other schools?

Seimer will compete with Lafever for a starting position. Seimer has good range and makes very few errors. Although his bat is a conern I wouldn't make it a big one. Lafever, according to (http://preps.cincinnati.com/team.aspx?sp=102&tid=1123&y=2008&b=1) didn't even hit .300.

 

In addition, Holocher I believe led the team in errors and had one of the lowest batting averages around .200. Last years team had problems with their middle infield. This team was carried by Maile, Darner, Isler, and Nuntuni.

 

BTW, if Mitch Shover decides to return to play baseball this season, (don't count him out is what I am hearing) he is my starting second baseman and lead off hitter.

 

I agree with the Old Guy and his sources have always been credible given how close he is to the program.

 

It appears to me that if they want to contend for a state title why wouldnt you want another player who could help out? Every team needs to have as much talent as possilbe. In the past 2 years Cov Cath was favored to go to state and came up short both times. Although CCH24 pointed out that their record was 24-10, which is a great record, they still fell short.

 

False.

Seimer will compete with Lafever for a starting position. Seimer has good range and makes very few errors. Although his bat is a conern I wouldn't make it a big one. Lafever, according to (http://preps.cincinnati.com/team.aspx?sp=102&tid=1123&y=2008&b=1) didn't even hit .300.

 

In addition, Holocher I believe led the team in errors and had one of the lowest batting averages around .200. Last years team had problems with their middle infield. This team was carried by Maile, Darner, Isler, and Nuntuni.

 

BTW, if Mitch Shover decides to return to play baseball this season, (don't count him out is what I am hearing) he is my starting second baseman and lead off hitter.

 

I agree with the Old Guy and his sources have always been credible given how close he is to the program.

 

It appears to me that if they want to contend for a state title why wouldnt you want another player who could help out? Every team needs to have as much talent as possilbe. In the past 2 years Cov Cath was favored to go to state and came up short both times. Although CCH24 pointed out that their record was 24-10, which is a great record, they still fell short.

 

 

 

Tyler had a great summer with the Colonels and IMO will be one of the best shortstops in NKY next year. That .220 average should be up more in the .310 or hopefully .350 range next year. And the problem in the tournament was not at all the infield it was the speed of the outfield along with the offense not being as good as they needed it to be. The beginning of the year was rough for the infield but Darner, Holocher, LaFever, and Isler didn't have a single error except for a fly ball miscue when Isler was on the mound.

False.

 

Wrong. Mitch has not at all ruled out the possibility of playing ball again next season.

Wrong. Mitch has not at all ruled out the possibility of playing ball again next season.

 

The bold part was wrong, my apologies. The first bold part of that was the one I was referring to, not the statement about Mitch. I would not be surprised at all if Mitch decided to show up to see what he could do.