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Yes, as he will be eligible immediately under a grad transfer, as he is graduating Auburn this winter. Interestingly other Auburn alums of note visiting Auburn are Hunter Morris as a coach with UT-Martin and Trevor Hillhouse as a pitcher for South Alabama. Kyler Deese apparently has a role with South Alabama baseball, but it is unknown if he is a coach or not.

I think BT gives DD another shot at the rotation. If he scuffles again, he will switch DD to power reliever. I'd say we put Burns, then DD, then either Wade/Owen/Greenhill. I wouldn't mind putting Ryan Watson in the long reliever/spot starter role Mitchell had last year. We will need bullpen arms, and hopefully Owen/Wade, Greenhill, Watson, Anderson, and Hoerter can make up the bulk of the innings in the bullpen. Would also be nice to get solid contributions from the new guys like Kyle Gray. Probably am missing other guys. We probably may see Schilleci in the midweek games a lot more. I just don't want another Coker overuse situation like last year.

Burns is a given at 1 I'd say. 2 is probably Davis Daniel if Butch wants to start DD, and 3 could be either Wade/Owen/Greenhill, though I believe it's more likely to be Wade. This could vary depending on Butch's plans with Greenhill and Daniel. The lineup is more of a question I'd say with Holland the only virtual lock on the field and lineup, as Auburn is replacing their starting CF, 3B, 2B, 1B and C. Apparently a close source tells me they are still planning to have Williams catch. Williams and Julien are basically guaranteed spots in the lineup but their positions are in doubt.

CBT kicked off Kyler Deese for the 2017 season after his public intoxication arrest, though Deese had past incidents, if we're looking at how CBT may handle the Julien situation. Not been a good offseason Auburn sophomores on the baseball team. Hopefully this doesn't affect Julien because odds are he has a student visa and arrests don't exactly help that.

Who else is rumored to transfer? Watson?

Starting 9 with JJ out of the picture: SS: Holland(pretty much only lock for both field and lineup) 2B: Julien(Played there some this summer) or Bliss/Eaton if Julien isn't a good enough defender at 2B. DH: Davis(I hope he doesn't see the OF again)? Maybe Julien again? 1B: Woley? Maybe Davis CF: Howell(haven't seen his arm yet) LF: Ward or maybe Julien if Butch wants him to play the field but 2B isn't viable. 3B: Warner? RF: Williams(depending on the C situation, I think he stays here so Butch can get more of his bat here, or at least get a share of the C spot like in 2016) C : Rojas(I assume maybe he gets most of the starts here with Williams maybe getting the occasional start) Pretty much we have a huge amount of question marks here from who will be in the lineup next year or players that are locks to be in the lineup but don't have a set position(Williams/Julien). Can Julien and Williams be better defenders at their original position? Can Julien play the field? Who takes LF, CF, 2B, 1B, DH, 3B, RF(if Williams becomes catcher), C(if Williams stays at RF). We still have Morgan, Olson, Hall and Evans on the bench from last year. I'm not too knowledgeable about the new position recruits besides Bliss/Howell/Warner.

So if Williams goes back to C, who are we looking at in the OF? Julien, Evans, Ward, Bliss? I'd prefer Davis be back in 1B or DH. This also means there's no players left on the team from the 2016 season.