Best offense we've scouted. .485 team AVG, 12 runs/game, ~293 steals and 80 doubles — but only 4 HR all season. They don't beat you over the fence; they single, steal, and score. Nobody strikes out.
.485Team AVG
12R / game
7RA / game
62.3Strike %
5.8K / game
3.5BB / game
Hold — the whole lineup runs (SB)
Watson 42 SB
#17 Cratch 35
#4 Long 35
Medley 33
#1 Bochicco 30
Sturdivant 26
Ritter 24
Tilley 19
#2 Batcheller 14
#28 Keck 12
#44 Finn 12
#3 Andersen 11
Defend — don't let these bats start the inning
SM—
Samuel Medley
.621 AVG · 1.602 OPS · 36 H · 14 2B · 40 RBI · 33 SB
The best bat on the field. 14 doubles and 40 RBI in 26 games — gap power both ways. Do not give in with RISP; make him earn it off the plate.
17SS
Ryder Cratch
L/R · 4-7 · 75 lb · .477 AVG · 1.397 OPS · 43 R · 35 SB
Lefty engine — 2 HR, 6 triples, 43 runs. Their most dangerous baserunner and their only real over-the-fence threat. OF shade right and play him honest depth.
CS—
Colby Sturdivant
.557 AVG · .659 OBP · 1.380 OPS · 13 BB · 26 SB
Reaches base two out of three trips. Team-high 13 walks — a free pass is a double. Throw strikes and let the defense work; never nibble here.
23B
Kuper Batcheller
R/R · 4-10 · 85 lb · .560 AVG · 1.381 OPS · 14 SB (14 G)
Hottest bat by rate, but only 25 AB — small sample. Treat him like a top-3 hitter until he proves otherwise. 14 steals in 14 games.
BR—
Blake Ritter
.475 AVG · 1.224 OPS · 1 HR · 26 RBI · 24 SB · 3 CS
Run producer with sneaky pop. Caught 3 times — the one runner we've actually thrown out. Worth a throw-down if he gets on.
RW—
Rocky Watson
.475 AVG · 1.192 OPS · 80 AB · 38 H · 40 R · 42 SB
Table-setter — team-most 42 steals and 40 runs, zero homers. Pure slap-and-go. Get him out and the top of the order stalls.
Attack — the relative soft spots
28OF
Jimmy Keck
R/R · 5-0 · 90 lb · .357 AVG · .452 SLG · 10 BB
Least damage in the lineup and the only regular under .400. Patient — 10 BB in 42 AB. Fill up the zone; he'll take a strike rather than drive one.
33B
Keaton Andersen
R/R · 4-7 · 90 lb · .405 AVG · .435 OBP · 5 BB / 79 AB
Free swinger — 5 walks in 31 games, lowest OBP of the regulars. Start him off the plate and expand; he'll chase before he waits.
442B
Benny Finn
R/R · 4-6 · 70 lb · .516 AVG · .516 SLG · 0 XBH
Hits a lot, hits it nowhere — zero extra-base hits in 31 AB. Play the OF shallow, take away the bloop, and concede the single.
1OF
Greyson Bochicco
R/R · 4-10 · 86 lb · .467 AVG · .567 SLG · 12 BB · 30 SB
All singles and speed — .567 SLG with no homers. He's a runner, not a slugger: don't walk him, make him put it in play.
OF postureShallow to honest. Four homers all season across the whole roster — the extra base comes from us backing up, not from them hitting it over anyone.
OF shadeRight side for lefty #17 Cratch. Everyone else on the card is R/R — play the pull side. Charge everything; no lazy routes.
InfieldCorners hold runners on. Middle cheats to the bag with anyone aboard. Expect bunts and steals in the same inning.
CatcherLong day. Warm up early, throw down on the first opportunity to set a tone. Pitchouts on obvious counts are worth the ball.
PitchingStrike one, every hitter. Walks are the one thing that turns this offense from good into 12 runs. Keep it down — 80 doubles say elevated gets barreled.
Our pathThey allow 7 runs/game and their staff walks 3.5 — this is a game we can win at the plate. Be patient, run on them back.