Predictions for 2023

#26
#26
nashvillepanther said:
No offense to him personally, but is Dickey fast enough to play CF? CF is all about angles, acceleration, and top-end speed. I was under the impression Dickey had the arm more suited for a Beck/RF position.

Edit - I (clearly) haven't been keeping up with him physically over the fall, but from knowing him from the Knights, I was initially confused as to how he would have the top-end speed to play CF effectively.
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Vitello mentioned yesterday that Dickey has really worked on his speed. Said he would now consider it a tool for him.
 
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#33
#33
Zvols said:
Let’s hear some predictions for the 2023 season.
I think this is “the year after the year”. I’m all in on this being a national championship contender. I don’t expect us to be as dominant during the regular season, but I think we’ll be ready when the post season comes around…

58-12 (22-8)
National Champions

Burke .324 25 HRs 14 2B
Dickey .362 18 HRs 19 2B
CMo .318 17 HRs 18 2B
Denton .308 19 HRs 10 2B
Merritt .327 21 HRs 14 2B
Ahuna .353 12 HRs 18 2B
Dollander 1.64 ERA 122 Ks 21 BB
Burns 2.04 ERA 116 Ks 28 BB
Beam 3.01 ERA 91 Ks 30 BB

1 midweek loss, 2 SEC Tourney losses, 1 Omaha loss

Omaha Bound…
Tennessee
LSU (SEC Reg Season & Tourney Champion)
Arkansas
Florida
Stanford
Louisville
TCU
ECU
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I think last year’s team has some of you spoiled big time. I would be very surprised to see this team win more games than last year’s, even if they go to Omaha.

You have the top 6 bats projected at 112 homers between them. Frankly I don’t think we’ll hit that many as an entire team.
 
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#34
#34
SGMVols said:
I think last year’s team has some of you spoiled big time. I would be very surprised to see this team win more games than last year’s, even if they go to Omaha.

You have the top 6 bats projected at 112 homers between them. Frankly I don’t think we’ll hit that many as an entire team.
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A lot of season left. Obviously my expectations may have been overblown, but let’s let it play out before we drop the hammer on the season
 
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#35
#35
SGMVols said:
I think last year’s team has some of you spoiled big time. I would be very surprised to see this team win more games than last year’s, even if they go to Omaha.

You have the top 6 bats projected at 112 homers between them. Frankly I don’t think we’ll hit that many as an entire team.
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Agree. The schedule is a lot harder this year. Who cares about the polls, it’s an even playing field once post season gets here.
 
#36
#36
SGMVols said:
I think last year’s team has some of you spoiled big time. I would be very surprised to see this team win more games than last year’s, even if they go to Omaha.

You have the top 6 bats projected at 112 homers between them. Frankly I don’t think we’ll hit that many as an entire team.
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I can’t imagine anyone with a brain would remotely expect to match last year’s win total even with postseason factored in. There’s only been 3 teams in the 2000’s that have won the CWS and had 57+ wins. That kind of number just doesn’t happen with regularity.
 
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#37
#37
TheMookieMonster said:
I predict @mad4vols breaks his own record of negative pick’em points!

In all seriousness, I predict this team to have a worse regular season than last year, finish in 2nd in the conference and to lose in the semi-finals of the SEC Tournament……but, I think this team is built to make an Omaha run and our experienced pitching staff will lead us to another national seed and Omaha trip in June.
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Your prediction is gonna be way off.
Two weeks down and not in the negative numbers.

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