New Basevol committ. Logan Chambers, JUCO from Crowder College

[Bigun]

Pretty impressive hitting stats...

 

[BigDave]

Welcome to Rocky Top!!

GBO - beat the Colonels!

 

[VolMarine1371]

Juco has produced some great talent over the years in Tennessee. Wonder if UT has anyone on there radar from Walters State and Dyersburg State as both teams are nationally ranked this year?

 

[W.TN.Orange Blood]

It's always great to have another slugger slugging Home Runs for the TN Vols. Welcome Aboard young man..

 

[Volfan1000]

Great pickup.

 

[DeusExMachina]

I'm going to watch this fella play this Saturday. Crowder is playing St. Louis Community College, all proceeds go to an autism foundation. I cordially invite any and all Vols in the area (Neosho, Missouri) to join me.

I'll be the guy in the checkerboard facemask.

 

[DeusExMachina]

I'm going to watch this fella play this Saturday. Crowder is playing St. Louis Community College, all proceeds go to an autism foundation. I cordially invite any and all Vols in the area (Neosho, Missouri) to join me.

I'll be the guy in the checkerboard facemask.

And oh yeah. Tickets are $5.

 

[DeusExMachina]

I'm going to watch this fella play this Saturday. Crowder is playing St. Louis Community College, all proceeds go to an autism foundation. I cordially invite any and all Vols in the area (Neosho, Missouri) to join me.

I'll be the guy in the checkerboard facemask.

Game pushed to Sunday at 1 due to weather. I won't be able to make it (work).

 

[Bigun]

 

[Gilbert]

He’s the kid that caused the issues between Vitello and Van Horn.

 

[chuckiepoo]

He’s the kid that caused the issues between Vitello and Van Horn.

Thank you for "The Rest of the STORY"

 

[NighthawkVol]

He’s the kid that caused the issues between Vitello and Van Horn.

He must be good then.

 

[NighthawkVol]

Any idea what position he is expected to play at UT? Since we’re replacing the entire infield, I’d expect him to play wherever he is best. Steenstra will be SS or 3B, I would assume.

 

[Ttucke11]

Looking at some box scores, he seems to primarily play 2B.

 

[preacherman20]

I'm guessing he will play SS or 2nd according to who all shows up on campus. I'm thinking Steenstra will go to 1st and Lipscomb will play 3rd. Lawson will also play somewhere and Ortega if he can get bat going next spring. I don't think it will be as clear cut as it is this year with all being new players. I think you will have some trading spaces for a while.

 

[Ttucke11]

I'm guessing he will play SS or 2nd according to who all shows up on campus. I'm thinking Steenstra will go to 1st and Lipscomb will play 3rd. Lawson will also play somewhere and Ortega if he can get bat going next spring. I don't think it will be as clear cut as it is this year with all being new players. I think you will have some trading spaces for a while.

Lipcius could also return I believe. I'd love to see Lipscomb finally get in the lineup. Steenstra as well. Lawson and Ortega will have a fight on their hands though with Chambers, Moore, and Spikes coming in. Beck, Booker/Scott, Gilbert should have the OF locked down. Going to be impossible to project at this point, but we should be extremely talented again.

 

[txbo]

Any idea what position he is expected to play at UT? Since we’re replacing the entire infield, I’d expect him to play wherever he is best. Steenstra will be SS or 3B, I would assume.

I think Steenstra would feel more at home on first base.

 

[DeusExMachina]

He must be good then.

Yup. Saw him live a couple times. Kid can rake.

Any idea what position he is expected to play at UT? Since we’re replacing the entire infield, I’d expect him to play wherever he is best. Steenstra will be SS or 3B, I would assume.

Looking at some box scores, he seems to primarily play 2B.

He plays 2B at Crowder, for what it's worth.

 

[DeusExMachina]

 

[AthensVol2007]

I'm guessing he will play SS or 2nd according to who all shows up on campus. I'm thinking Steenstra will go to 1st and Lipscomb will play 3rd. Lawson will also play somewhere and Ortega if he can get bat going next spring. I don't think it will be as clear cut as it is this year with all being new players. I think you will have some trading spaces for a while.

Agreed on all fronts. I think Steenstra’s future is at 1st. His “position player” skill set combined with size makes him ideal at first IMO. Combine that with his struggles to stay down on the ball sometimes at SS, I just see 1st being a better long term fit. Chambers JUCO coach has said he’s greatly improved his glove up the middle so I think he fits in at 2nd. If his bat translates to SEC ball he can continue where Max has left off and be a Robert Moore clone in terms of power and avg. From a bat perspective only, I believe Trey and Lawson can give us more than Jake and Liam in terms of power. I really think given the reps those two can be 8-10 HR/year guys.

 

[chuckiepoo]

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This reminds me of "Captain Jackass" of Dallas Mavericks twitter/YouTube fame back a couple of years ago. That poor kid had an anger management issue. Love that checkerboard mask, though!

 

[DeusExMachina]

This reminds me of "Captain Jackass" of Dallas Mavericks twitter/YouTube fame back a couple of years ago. That poor kid had an anger management issue. Love that checkerboard mask, though!

Never heard of him. Thanks for the compliment, I hand-painted the mask.