FSU baseball: 3 major questions heading into 2024 season

Defense

I feel like I could copy and paste what I've written about the FSU defense for the past three or four years. FSU has been among the worst defensive fielding teams. The shortstop position has been a liability on defense. FSU pitchers have contributed with way too many errors fielding their position, and the FSU outfield has contributed their fair share. The Noles had a .966 field percentage last year (No. 202 nationally). It was the same in 2022 and was .968 in 2021. Link Jarrett teams have historically been fundamentally sound, making routine plays and not beating themselves.

Jarrett remarked they had many guys playing out of position last year and lacked the overall athleticism needed to play at a high level. That's something he believes has improved over the last year with some additions from the transfer portal and through the high school ranks. The hitting and pitching weren't good enough to give teams extra outs the past few years. How much better can they be in 2024? For comparison, Boston College was the best fielding team in the ACC last year at .982(No. 5 nationally), with Virginia Tech at .979 (No. 18 nationally).