Unbelievable stats for Kling and Milazzo today on Upon Further Review

Kling is still a shitty hitter no matter how much makeup you try to put on that turd

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Also said when Alex in lineup our pitchers ERA is points lower than when he’s not.

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That one is tough to analyze without more data. If you catch in the mid-week and not on the weekends which happened some early in the season that's going to skew. Later in the season if you catch mid-week, then Jump and Holman and someone else takes TBA, that's going to skew. I'd like to see more detail on that specifically. All that said, the ole eye test shows he's done a much better job catching the ball than our other guys have and he's been credible with the bat. He's a very good example of development under our coaches.

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LSU is 18-1 when Klings leading off

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I think that qualifies him to have “it”.

Kling led off a good bit early in the season against non SEC teams when LSU was beating lesser teams and piled up stats. In SEC play he is hitting .170 with a .291 OBP. Both very low.

Kling is fine in midweek games but a bust on weekends.

Totally unsurprising. Kling is suffering from confidence deficit and an aggressive approach at the plate. He has all the talent. It may not but it could click for him on a dime. That’s my opinion. It’s also true that when we don’t play him the outfield suffers defensively, no doubt about that.

I’m going to be honest, I don’t really care that much about any stats that aren’t from conference games

In two seasons Kling is officially tied with Milam in SEC plate appearances with 92. That’s why idiots like Rudy shouldn’t be listened to.

Here is just a couple examples of guys not named Larson, Crews, Morgan, or Duplantis.

Milazzo had 73 plate appearances his first season and hit a whooping .148 with 1 rbi and 24 strikeouts. He has since gone on to raise his SEC average to .239 in 2023 and .290 this year.

Braswell had 119 SEC plate appearances his freshman year and hit .215. He also had an OBP of .286. Braswell then went on to hit .253 and .311 the following years. He is now one of our top hitters in sec play.

So far if you look at Klings 92 plate appearances yes his average is low, but his OBP is right there with where Braswell and Milazzo were. And he is showing improvement.

Players are allowed to improve.

You can say he has sucked for 2 years but in reality he doesn’t even have a full season of SEC at bats.

Bury him in the 8 hole, stop forcing him into the leadoff spot, and let him develop.

These would all be valid points if we lost consistently by 1 run instead of getting run ruled. Putting points on the board is our problem, followed by terrible Sunday pitching, and neither Milazzo nor Kling can fix these 2 problems.

This is what happens when you look at just numbers, and not the full picture.

Now show us the teams Kling led off against.

Kling was also leading off when we were playing the cupcakes pre-SEC. The stats are misleading.