Power and speed and patience — the most complete lineup of the weekend. Real extra-base pop (Lowery, McLamb, Daniels, Beasley), ~160 steals as a team, and several hitters who draw walks. Limit walks, keep the ball down, and control the run game.
Hold — they all run (SB)
#77 31
#28 30
#2 28
#7 20
#99 16
#13 16
#4 10
#10 9
Defend — biggest bats, play honest-to-deep
2OF
Phoenix Lowery
R/R · .537 AVG · .805 SLG · 28 SB
Best hitter on the team — power and speed. 19 extra-base hits (11 2B, 4 3B, 1 HR) and 28 steals. Keep it down, play him deep, don't let him reach.
77C
Tucker Daniels
L/R · .493 AVG · .573 OBP · 31 SB · 5 K
Lefty bat, on-base machine who barely whiffs (5 K all year) and steals at will. A walk here turns into a triple — throw strikes; OF shade right.
101B
Brooks McLamb
L/R · .443 AVG · .686 SLG · 9 2B · 4 3B
Lefty, most extra-base power on the team — 13 doubles and triples. Play the gaps deep and shade right; don't give him a pitch to drive.
281B
Cameron Pergola
L/L · .519 AVG · .552 OBP · 30 SB · 1 XBH
Lefty slap-and-run — high average, 30 steals, almost no power. Field clean and control him on the bases; he beats you with legs, not pop.
133B
Weston Beasley
R/R · .379 AVG · 1.004 OPS · 8 XBH · 16 SB
Gap power, speed, and patient (11 BB). Down in the zone; don't walk him into a steal.
Attack — go right at them
4MIF
Trey Zelenka
S/R · .213 AVG · .422 OBP · 18 K · 16 BB
Switch, weakest bat but the most patient — 16 walks. Don't walk him; he's a .213 hitter — make him swing.
993B
Elijah Gramza
R/R · .364 AVG · .879 OPS · 16 SB
Most strikeout-prone of the regulars — 25 K. Attack the zone; get ahead and he'll chase.
71B
Smith Pierce
R/R · .377 AVG · .476 OBP · 20 SB · 2 XBH
Table-setter — patient (13 BB) and runs, but little power (2 XBH). Throw strikes; make him earn it without gifting the base.
OF posturePlay honest-to-deep — this team has real extra-base power (#2 Lowery, #10 McLamb, #77 Daniels, #13 Beasley ≈ 40 XBH combined). Do NOT play shallow like the no-power teams.
OF shadeRight for the lefty bats #77 Daniels, #10 McLamb, #28 Pergola · Left for the righties (#2, #13, #99, #7) · Play #4 Zelenka straight (switch).
InfieldReady for the steal; corners hold runners on. They bunt-and-run too.
CatcherReady to throw all game — ~160 team steals. Throw down early.
PitchingStrikes first — they draw walks (Pierce 13, Zelenka 16, Beasley 11) then steal. But keep it down — they punish mistakes. Swing-and-miss helps.