Very good question. We still have a nucleus of experienced players. Cohen has said repeatedly that experience is the key. Well, in 2014 we wil be young in spots. We won't have any SEC game experience at catcher, a real big position. The infield will be fine. The outfield will be fine. All those guys have experience.
We will have several new pitchers. They will pitch a lot in the fall and the early season. They should know their roles by SEC season.
What concerns me is the catching position and the lack of experience. And the loss of all those HR's and hits by Renfroe and Frazier. We will have to have more guys across the board to make up for those.
In the batting order, we will lose the best lead off hitter we have had in a long time (Frazier). Renfroe is gone with his 16 HR's.
But bc of our recruiting we are bringing in guys who can hit and pitchers who throw hard.
It is always hard to say what we will do bc getting to Omaha means you have to be hot at a certain time. See Vanderbilt in 2013 for not being hot. But we will be in the SEC tournament for the 4th straight year and we will be in a Regional 4th straight year. Hosting one? Again, this process has changed, politics is included, hard to tell until you get to May.
A part of the 2013 team is gone and you have to replace it with new faces. These new faces have to get better in the fall and most of all, mesh with the returning players. They have to know their new roles. We only had 1 major injury in 2013 (Brandon Woodruff) and it hurt us. So it goes without saying we can't have any major injuries in 2014 if we want to go far in the postseason.
Each year, there are only 2 goals (IMO). To win the SEC Regular Season and to win the National Championship. That's it. Nothing else matters. Winning the SECT don't matter at all to me.
Season starts on February 14th!
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