Baseball America preseason Top 25: Frogs #9

[peacock]

 

[bmoney214]

That's a hell of a start to the season. Games against #17, #10, #19 in Arlington and then a trip to #1 the very next weekend.

 

[bmoney214]

3 weeks out!!! Guys make Valentines Day plans for a different day. We need as many Frogs at Globe Life as possible to help offset the hillbilly invasion that night. They always try to take the stadium over that weekend.

 

[Frogenstein]

They do better than try.

 

[TopFrog]

 

[An-Cap Frog]

They do better than try.

 

[TopFrog]

 

[TopFrog]

 

[bmoney214]

Frogball is 2 weeks away!!!!

 

[ShreveFrog]

Lineup speculation (guesses): We start over at SS with the freshman Lucas Franco? Newcomer Liddington at 1B? (6'3" and appears to throw left.) Usual OF of Stro, Brunson and Noah Franco? Maybe Arthur fits out there some, and DH? Cramer stays at 2nd and Bell and Griffin continue to rotate at 3B?
Weekend rotation of LaPour, Brassfield and Thomas? Baumler midweek? Stern closes?
I don't know enough about all our newcomers to know where all the pieces fit.

 

[bmoney214]

Lineup speculation (guesses): We start over at SS with the freshman Lucas Franco? Newcomer Liddington at 1B? (6'3" and appears to throw left.) Usual OF of Stros, Brunson and Noah Franco? Maybe Arthur fits out there some, and DH? Cramer stays at 2nd and Bell and Griffin continue to rotate at 3B?
Weekend rotation of LaPour, Brassfield and Thomas? Baumler midweek? Stern closes?
I don't know enough about all our newcomers to know where all the pieces fit.

The other question is how much will Noah have to pitch this year? That could impact the DH situation.

 

[ShreveFrog]

@bmoney214 - A lot to like with him on the mound. Maybe late relief as a situational lefty?

 

[One Frog Nation]

and the first tournament games are only on pay tv?

 

[hometown frog]

Liddington, Cramer, Franco and Bell around the infield 1st thru 3rd. Traeger behind the dish. Brunson and Stro in the outfield. Franco, Arthur, Griffin and Eaton in that 3rd outfield spot battle depending on who’s hitting well and how the DH position plays out. DH can be Franco, Dallimore or Hutchinson. Im really excited for that to play out as I think all are impact players at the plate.

LaPour is the Friday night guy. And Sagouspe/Davis on the back end of the pen. Everything else in between on the mound is a total guess for me.

man I can’t wait for the season to kick off.

 

[ShreveFrog]

@hometown frog - Hutchinson does look like a good bat. Hope he can produce at Big XII level.

 

[hometown frog]

@hometown frog - Hutchinson does look like a good bat. Hope he can produce at Big XII level.

I continue to be the eternal optimist when we pull in a dude that crushed at Weatherford or an area JUCO that this will the one that dominates here. And almost every time they struggle. But this guy raked at ASU and I think he jumps in w Liddington and Dalimore and make this lineup as deadly as any we’ve had in recent history.

 

[ShreveFrog]

Couple of pics from the TCU Baseball Facebook page. Looks like from hype video shoot. Holy leaping Frog, Strosnider! And looks like we added numerals to the front of the throwback jersey. Like it!

 

[ShreveFrog]

Though I liked the throwback jersey better back when it had "Frogs" in script across the piping. I think the piping was thinner. Also liked the throwback lids that had the piping.

 

[bmoney214]

This guy has us at #7.

 

[TopFrog]