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Message: [QUOTE="dbmill, post: 4079361, member: 2504"] No question in my mind from looking at the UConn baseball roster that UConn had a surplus of potentially quality players contending for the nine spots in the lineup, even with the Crawford injury. It would have been nice to have Crawford's power in the middle of the lineup, but I expect UConn won't be having problems on offense. In my mind, the following are the main contenders for the starting nine in the field: At catcher, you have Donlan and Garbowski who will handle the chores. I Garbowski ends up showing enough development at the bat, it is possible he could get time at D.H. as well, but we will have to see how that plays out during the spring season. Other players at this point in strong contention for the other 8 regular spots in the everyday lineup: Christian Fedko Zach Bushling Chris Brown David Smith Ben Huber Casey Dana Erik Stock T.C. Simmons Kevin Ferrer In addition to these guys, I also expect Korey Morton might be on the cusp of getting a bit more playing time as well. During this summer season, I have to admit that I was not exactly a fan of his play especially with his many strikeouts early in the summer season, but there was also no question that his play had certainly improved during the last part of the summer season, including showing some power potential to add to his speed. From what I can tell, this progression seems to be showing up for Morton in the fall ball season as well. Coach Penders will no doubt continue to make use of his speed as he did last season. Always possible one of the other position players not mentioned could emerge as well, just as Chris Brown did last year, coming from what seemed to be nowhere after getting virtually no attention last fall. [/QUOTE]

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