Corbs showed us on Sunday that he's still tinkering with the line-up with just 1 game until SEC play begins.
Being a long-time Vandy fan (first game I attended was 1962, we lost to Tulane in football either 7-0 or 7-6) and baseball season ticket holder (my 18yr although 2020 really shouldn't count.)
As such I believe I've earned the right to make suggestions to Corbs who, if he's smart, will totally ignore me like he usually does.
I basically like where we are but my BIG suggestion is to move Humphrey to the 2 spot. (I think Corbs did this for 1 or 2 games earlier.)
So I'd go with this:
Austin R
Humphrey R
Nelson L
Johnston R
DH L/R
Barzci R
Mancini S
Holcomb R
Vastine L
Odds are 1 or more of our top 3 would get on base in the 1st (BA of .350 to .440 and OBP .468 to .549), leaving Johnson up with them on base. We need men to be on base when he comes to bat (BA .372, 3 HR.)
Now I'm going to use Holcomb as my 2nd clean-up hitter (and trust that he'll get going soon, I think he's close. (BA .167, OBP .297.)
Never know what Vastine's going to do other than he usually is on base at least once a game. (BA .240, OBP .361.)
Now we turn the line-up over and, in many cases, will already have someone on base with 2 or less outs.
Now we're back to the top and in good position for 1 or more of our top 3 to once again bring Johnston up with men on base.
Once Holcomb gets going we can slide him up to 5th and move the DH down to 8th. Also might swap Barzci and Mancini to get a better L/R mix.
Anyway, that's the theoretical situation and how it looks on paper.
What will it look like in reality?
As Nate Bargatze would say, "Nobody knows."
Being a long-time Vandy fan (first game I attended was 1962, we lost to Tulane in football either 7-0 or 7-6) and baseball season ticket holder (my 18yr although 2020 really shouldn't count.)
As such I believe I've earned the right to make suggestions to Corbs who, if he's smart, will totally ignore me like he usually does.
I basically like where we are but my BIG suggestion is to move Humphrey to the 2 spot. (I think Corbs did this for 1 or 2 games earlier.)
So I'd go with this:
Austin R
Humphrey R
Nelson L
Johnston R
DH L/R
Barzci R
Mancini S
Holcomb R
Vastine L
Odds are 1 or more of our top 3 would get on base in the 1st (BA of .350 to .440 and OBP .468 to .549), leaving Johnson up with them on base. We need men to be on base when he comes to bat (BA .372, 3 HR.)
Now I'm going to use Holcomb as my 2nd clean-up hitter (and trust that he'll get going soon, I think he's close. (BA .167, OBP .297.)
Never know what Vastine's going to do other than he usually is on base at least once a game. (BA .240, OBP .361.)
Now we turn the line-up over and, in many cases, will already have someone on base with 2 or less outs.
Now we're back to the top and in good position for 1 or more of our top 3 to once again bring Johnston up with men on base.
Once Holcomb gets going we can slide him up to 5th and move the DH down to 8th. Also might swap Barzci and Mancini to get a better L/R mix.
Anyway, that's the theoretical situation and how it looks on paper.
What will it look like in reality?
As Nate Bargatze would say, "Nobody knows."
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