Your 2023 Gold Glove Winner...
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Re: Your 2023 Gold Glove Winner...
Who else? Maybe Diaz at 3rd in a normal year, but EBjr was perhaps the best college outfielder I've ever seen.
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but he wasn't first team all SEC. Congratulations and well deserved.
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And, by all indications, an excellent young man!
Congratulations, sir!
Well, well deserved
Congratulations, sir!
Well, well deserved
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Re: Your 2023 Gold Glove Winner...
The story on vucommodores.com says he didn't commit an error all year. BUT, I distinctly remember a fly that he casually went over to and then dropped it. Do any of you remember this? Was it in post season?
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I don’t recall an error, but it seems there was a soft fly with a man on first when Enrique didn’t get to the ball — or dropped it — but still got a force out a second base.
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I believe Enrique will make the bigs because of his speed and defensive ability… and his batting will improve.
But Second Team All/SEC Outfielder makes sense when you look at the sluggers who were ranked ahead of him.
EBjr only hit .279 with 6 home runs. And despite a lot of walks, he was just third on the team in On Base Pct.
Related: I would like to see our fielding stats broken down by position (not necessarily CF/LF/RF). Davis Diaz’ fielding numbers at 3B were likely excellent (plus, he made some very tough plays), but his SS foibles really brought him down.
But Second Team All/SEC Outfielder makes sense when you look at the sluggers who were ranked ahead of him.
EBjr only hit .279 with 6 home runs. And despite a lot of walks, he was just third on the team in On Base Pct.
Related: I would like to see our fielding stats broken down by position (not necessarily CF/LF/RF). Davis Diaz’ fielding numbers at 3B were likely excellent (plus, he made some very tough plays), but his SS foibles really brought him down.
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Re: Your 2023 Gold Glove Winner...
You can find that at vucommodores.com. Got to baseball, then stats. Has all the stats...hitting, pitching, fielding.Versus75 wrote: ↑Thu Jun 22, 2023 1:26 pm I believe Enrique will make the bigs because of his speed and defensive ability… and his batting will improve.
But Second Team All/SEC Outfielder makes sense when you look at the sluggers who were ranked ahead of him.
EBjr only hit .279 with 6 home runs. And despite a lot of walks, he was just third on the team in On Base Pct.
Related: I would like to see our fielding stats broken down by position (not necessarily CF/LF/RF). Davis Diaz’ fielding numbers at 3B were likely excellent (plus, he made some very tough plays), but his SS foibles really brought him down.
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Re: Your 2023 Gold Glove Winner...
It’s a shame he didn’t make 1st team all-SEC, but he was against the best hitter in college baseball, Crews, from LSU. It would have been nice to put Crews as the DH, but he is a great player, as we will see in the MLB draft.
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EBJ will forever be one of my all-time favorite VandyBoys. I'm gonna miss him so much.
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It was recorded as a fielders choice. There was a man on first who had started to head back and Bradfield called off the other fielders to get the force out on second. While I’m not 100% sure I assume the chosen out was the more dangerous base runner. I am 100% sure that it was recorded as a fielders choice and not an error though.
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Re: Your 2023 Gold Glove Winner...
If that’s the way that went down that’s some savvy gamesmanship.NateSY wrote: ↑Fri Jun 23, 2023 9:16 pmIt was recorded as a fielders choice. There was a man on first who had started to head back and Bradfield called off the other fielders to get the force out on second. While I’m not 100% sure I assume the chosen out was the more dangerous base runner. I am 100% sure that it was recorded as a fielders choice and not an error though.
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Re: Your 2023 Gold Glove Winner...
So....any dropped fly with a runner on first can be scored a fielder's choice?
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Re: Your 2023 Gold Glove Winner...
If the runner on first is forced out at second base, yes.3rdFloorDyer wrote: ↑Sun Jun 25, 2023 9:52 am So....any dropped fly with a runner on first can be scored a fielder's choice?
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