They do have some solid depth. Heller "starting line up" changes every game. Last few years he has maybe 5 guys that start and moves people I'm assuming based on match up and who is hot. Other than maybe Whelan a couple years ago at lead off, I can't think of anyone that stayed at one spot in the line up consistently. You can look back and on the conference weekends one day a guy will be starting in center batting 5th and then on Saturday he is not in the lineup or playing left field.
So predicting a line up is virtually impossible. You can probably pick your 3 conference starters: Judkins, Dreyer, Bauman, maybe Davitt/maybe Wednesday again
C- Martin
1B- Adreon
2B- Sher
SS- Elion
3B- Fullard
LF- Norman
CF- Jenkins
RF- Wallace
DH- Padgett
There is 100% chance that is not all correct, with transfers, freshman, etc not in the equation yet. Padgett, Adreon and Fullard all are interchangeable virtually. Interesting to see where Fullard lands. He played 1B, 2B and 3B. Padgett was hurt the whole year. Adreon really came on the end but never consistently plays. Heller seems to really like Wallace and I'm not sure why. Maybe he is good in practice. Sher had a great freshman year. But we have seen sophomore slumps in the past. Elion and Sosa are seniors and was hoping they were going to take a bigger step up last year. They each had some clutch pinch hit AB's. Having Probst and Dreyer back will give them a lot more depth. You have McCaffery and McCleary that each have had some quality games. Hopefully the bullpen can come together this year. Last year they blew several games. Gorzelanny as the pitching coach didn't last. These seniors have had a new hitting or pitching coach every single year. I know philosophically things have stayed virtually the same but there has been a lot of turnover. I know some of it is a compliment to the program of getting quality coaches but from the player side it is a detriment. I think they should have a great year!!
