Previewing the Augusta GreenJackets

The Fireflies play the Augusta GreenJackets tonight after the two teams tied for third in the first half of the SAL South. So this series will be an important early test to set the tone for the second half. I did not do a preview when Augusta came here since I was not going, and while I did go to one game in Augusta I generally don't preview away series. So now it's time to take a look at the GreenJackets, which are the closest opponent in the SAL to Columbia, even closer than Charleston or Greenville which are in-state. The two best players on the GreenJackets are SAL batting leader Miguel Gomez and former third round pick Dylan Davis. Both players are older than most in the league and have not yet been able to successfully stay above the Middle Class A level however. Not much local interest in GreenJacket players, though former Furman pitcher Matt Solter is buried deep in the bullpen and closer Caleb Smith was born in Columbia and grew up in Aiken. Here is a look at the roster breakdown of the GreenJackets:

Number	Player	Position	AB/IP	OPS/W	AVG/L	HR/S	RBI/ERA	Round Picked	Age	College	Home State/Country
1	Lucius Fox	SS	176	0.605	0.21	2	11	IFA	18		Bahamas
2	Seth Harrison	CF	217	0.745	0.272	3	25	7	23	Louisiana-Lafayette	Texas
5	Jalen Miller	SS	234	0.604	0.239	1	28	3	19		Georgia
9	Miguel Gomez	C	182	0.87	0.346	4	29	IFA	23		Dominican Republic
10	Johneshwy Fargas	CF	64	0.65	0.234	1	9	11	21		Puerto Rico
11	Dylan Davis	OF	214	0.862	0.285	8	40	3	22	Oregon State	Washington
12	Junior Arias	CF	33	0.762	0.273	0	4	IFA	24		Dominican Republic
14	Tyler Cyr	P	48.67	3	3	1	2.4	10	23	Embry-Riddle	California
15	Shawon Dunston	LF	25	0.801	0.28	1	4	11	23		California
16	Matt Winn	C	147	0.634	0.204	5	17	14	23	VMI	Virginia
19	Luis Pino	P	11	0	0	0	5.73	IFA	21		Mexico
20	Jake McCasland	P	41.33	1	2	3	1.31	26	24	New Mexico	New Mexico
21	Connor Kaden	P	43.67	4	2	3	4.12	27	23	Wake Forest	New Jersey
22	Richard Amion	2B	49	0.474	0.204	0	4	19	23	Alabama State	Florida
23	Michael Connolly	P	61	4	2	0	2.8	27	24	Maine	Massachusetts
25	Skyler Ewing	1B	92	0.57	0.217	0	5	6	23	Rice	Texas
28	Matt Pare	C	43	0.627	0.186	2	8	NDFA	25	Boston College	Florida
31	Heath Slatton	P	15	1	2	3	3.6	18	22	Middle Tennessee State	Tennessee
32	Matt Solter	P	14	1	0	0	8.36	NDFA	23	Furman	North Carolina
33	Caleb Smith	P	21.67	1	1	6	2.49	17	23	USC Aiken	South Carolina (South Aiken)
34	Domenic Mazza	P	10.33	1	0	0	5.23	22	21	UC Santa Barbara	California
38	Cory Taylor	P	59	5	2	0	1.83	8	22	Dallas Baptist	Texas
43	Ryan Halstead	P	25.67	1	3	4	7.71	21	24	Indiana	California
47	Ryan Koziol	P	40.33	3	3	0	2.45	NDFA	22	Illinois State	Illinois