[personal] Re: [Husker] Husker Baseball Pre-Season Notes...

[Skylar Dodds]

jcc> Jeff, Jeff, Jeff! What about third base? Who's going to replace Gordon?
jcc> What about Ledbetter at first? 

The infield will consist of Brandon Buckman at first base, second I
think is going to be Jake Mort (not sure), Ryan Wherle will move from
2nd to short to try and replace Simmokitas, and Jake Opitz will try to
fill the biggest shoes of all at third.

I have a lot of confidence in Wherle as he really looked good last
year and Opitz certainly had spots (although he didn't play that much
coming off the bench) and Buckman could be great.

Andy Gerch will probably have a breakout year this year to continue
what he did late last year.  He's a flat out great ballplayer.

Our strength is CLEARLY our pitching though.  Our top two starters
will probably end up all Big XII, and our closer is back and may also
be the best in the Big XII.

It will be an interesting year though, this is a VERY young team this
year.  Expect a little up and down, especially in hitting.

Skylar

P.S. I might the only person on this list who starts counting the days
to next baseball season every June....