Softball Players Arriving for 2021

[JMV JustMyView]

I thought most high level college teams were de-emphasizing slappers due to the new rules.

Everyone is looking for speed. Might this kid be used for base running and defense? Gray is a slapper who never bats.

[60swerethebest]

Speed makes catchers nervous. Can lead to pass balls. Which makes them more nervous. Paraphrase Mel Didier.

[JMV JustMyView]

Coach Glasco's next move COULD be a Slapper from Arizona.

It's possible but it definitely wasnt high on his priorities list a few days ago. With that being said he is after one more transfer but this isn't who he mentioned. Who knows things could have changed.

[JMV JustMyView]

I thought most high level college teams were de-emphasizing slappers due to the new rules.

That is correct.

[CajunsSball22]

That is correct.

The rules have certainly changed the slap game in the last few years, but to say high level teams are de-emphasizing slappers may be a stretch. In the 2019 WCWS, 6 of the 8 teams had at least one slapper the lineup. If Glasco can have a kid on his roster that can impact a game like Keeli Milligan, trust me she will be in the lineup. In the postseason when you may have to win a 1-0 game to advance, and home runs can be a little more difficult to come by against elite pitching, speed can be the difference. No guarantees here, what I said is that his next move COULD be a slapper from Arizona.

[JMV JustMyView]

If we get a slapper it will be more of a power slap kid then a touch and go slapper.

[JMV JustMyView]

The rules have certainly changed the slap game in the last few years, but to say high level teams are de-emphasizing slappers may be a stretch. In the 2019 WCWS, 6 of the 8 teams had at least one slapper the lineup. If Glasco can have a kid on his roster that can impact a game like Keeli Milligan, trust me she will be in the lineup. In the postseason when you may have to win a 1-0 game to advance, and home runs can be a little more difficult to come by against elite pitching, speed can be the difference. No guarantees here, what I said is that his next move COULD be a slapper from Arizona.

Who are we looking at then slapper wise? I know power wise we are after the John's kid.

[Turbine]

I don't know if it works the same in softball (I suspect it does) but in football when every team moves away from a certain philosophy, the team who picks it up often has an edge.

[JMV JustMyView]

The rules have certainly changed the slap game in the last few years, but to say high level teams are de-emphasizing slappers may be a stretch. In the 2019 WCWS, 6 of the 8 teams had at least one slapper the lineup. If Glasco can have a kid on his roster that can impact a game like Keeli Milligan, trust me she will be in the lineup. In the postseason when you may have to win a 1-0 game to advance, and home runs can be a little more difficult to come by against elite pitching, speed can be the difference. No guarantees here, what I said is that his next move COULD be a slapper from Arizona.

The rule also changed after the 2019 wcws, slappers are a dying bred.

[CajunVic]

The rule also changed after the 2019 wcws, slappers are a dying bred.

This has risen to a level of genetics?

[JMV JustMyView]

As of the now the slapper from Arizona says she will remain a student there. Not sure that we will bring in a kid who has only 1 at bat in 2 years.

[John Ellyson]

As of the now the slapper from Arizona says she will remain a student there. Not sure that we will bring in a kid who has only 1 at bat in 2 years.

Maybe that isn’t the same slapper That you have seen in the porrtal? Maybe it’s a different slapper.