Word: shortstops
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...coach Joe Walsh says. “We’ve got a chance to score some runs, which has been our problem.” The Crimson also has high expectations for a trio of players coming off exceptional rookie seasons. Center fielder Dillon O’Neill, shortstop Sean O’Hara, and catcher Tyler Albright all provide stellar defense at their respective positions, but they’ve also shown that they can handle the bat. O’Neill fits the bill as a prototypical leadoff hitter, with his ability to hit for average...
...plays second base, shortstop, third, pitches, plays outfield,” captain Harry Douglas lists. “Coach had him throw a bullpen [session] the other day because he has a really strong...
...four recruits, and only Bock and Vertovez remain. Three years of trial by fire in the Ivy League have honed the duo’s talents into two very different and specific roles on the team, with Bock as starting catcher and Vertovez likely to see time at both shortstop and on the mound this season. “On the field, they’re both experienced players—they know the league,” Harvard coach Jenny Allard says. “They’ve played in the league for three years, they?...
...recruited as a pitcher—I pitched my whole life, ever since I was nine years old,” Vertovez says. “They needed me in the outfield freshman and sophomore years, and last year we didn’t have a shortstop so I assumed that role, but I’m really excited to get back to the mound, to have control of the game. That’s what I loved about it from the beginning...
...prediction of a player’s performance for a season at the beginning of the year. He also has created a model to quantify position scarcity, or the idea that there are more players of high fantasy value that play certain positions (like first base) than others (like shortstop).“I quantify stuff that a lot of other people just guess at,” Swanay says.This quantitative approach continues to gain popularity in fantasy circles, but it has also pervaded the thinking of front offices in professional baseball, along with other sports.More and more, general managers...