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D1Baseball's Weekly Chat: Feb. 24
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Will
1:03
Hey guys! I know it’s early, but which teams have you been most impressed with after the first two weeks of the season? (Could be surprise teams or one’s you expected to perform well, yet they seem to be living up to the expectations)
Kendall Rogers
1:03
I thought Michigan looked really, really good Opening Weekend before losing that series to UConn this past weekend. Tennessee was terrific over the weekend in Round Rock. Seriously, it looked fantastic. And I have to give Florida and UCLA props. The Gators are the real deal as we suspected and I've been impressed with UCLA's sheer domination on the mound.
Caleb
1:05
Thoughts on Robert Moore so far? Has he entered the early conversation for freshman of the year in the SEC?
Kendall Rogers
1:05
Caleb -- Hah! Let's let the season play out a little bit before we anoint anyone, including Moore, FOY, but I was in awe of that defensive play he made over the weekend. That was simply ridiculous. I'm excited to get my eyes on him this weekend in Houston, and I definitely will have many more thoughts on him.
Luke
1:06
Tony Vitello has turned a historically bad Tennessee program into a respectable SEC team.  However, they don't have the fan support, facilities, or resources to keep him.  He's young, energetic, and is going to be a superstar.  Who makes a run at him?  And how soon until he makes a move?
Kendall Rogers
1:06
Luke -- Too early to tell, but don't discount Tennessee paying him a mint to stay put. I think you might be surprised. But as you said, the Vols won't and will never have the fan support of some other programs in the SEC. However, you could say the same for a program like Florida, whose fan support is minute compared to Arkansas, LSU, A&M, Ole Miss, MSU, etc. WTS -- you'd be insane not to look at Vitello if you are a premier program looking for someone to jump start the program.
DAW
1:08
Thoughts so far on USM BASEBALL
Kendall Rogers
1:08
DAW -- So far, so good. Central Arkansas is a quality club in the SLC (we had them finishing second in the league), and USM gets another test with McNeese on the docket twice this weekend. The most impressive guy to me has been Walker Powell. I just love the guy. He's not going to rack up gaudy strike out totals, but what a pitchability extraordinaire.
mike
1:10
What a week for AAC baseball! Big wins vs Michigan and Auburn took the spotlight. Tulane winning a tough series at CSF was like the fourth biggest win for the conference this week, which should tell you something. What is the conference outlook, with clubs like UConn, UCF, ECU, Tulane, etc off to a good start?
Kendall Rogers
1:10
Mike -- Looking very very good for the AAC right now. Let's hope the league can establish that consistency now. If it can, you could see the league wind up being a three-to-four bid league, we'll see. Very encouraging start, and I do think Houston is a solid club. Not great. But very solid with Clay Aguilar and Lael Lockhart on the front end of that rotation.
Not Kendall Rogers
1:11
How is TCU not ranked? Swept Kentucky, so far split with Minnesota on the road, and putting up ridiculous offensive numbers. Stop hatin Rogers!
Kendall Rogers
1:11
You know I gotta hate. Haters gonna hate. In all seriousness, I'm extremely encouraged by what the Frogs have done so far this season. Johnny Ray is meeting expectations and the offense is most certainly improved. They remind me of A&M in that regard. I'm interested to see if the Frogs can close out a series win over Minnesota or not.
Kendall Rogers
1:12
All right all. I have to run, but it was an outstanding chat yet again. Make sure you're a D1Baseball subscriber -- http://www.d1aseball.com/subscribe
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