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re: Nola
Posted on 5/22/09 at 10:45 pm to BigLSUNut
Posted on 5/22/09 at 10:45 pm to BigLSUNut
I think Nola should start.
What is wrong with Nola at the plate in someone's opinion? Mechanics? I noticed he does force the pitcher to throw alot of pitches when he is faced. He falls behind alot, but he is good at working the count. It seems that we have freshman that can contribute offensively, but he has not progressed any at the plate.
What is wrong with Nola at the plate in someone's opinion? Mechanics? I noticed he does force the pitcher to throw alot of pitches when he is faced. He falls behind alot, but he is good at working the count. It seems that we have freshman that can contribute offensively, but he has not progressed any at the plate.
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Posted on 5/22/09 at 10:49 pm to Barry Badrinath
I do like Nola's approach. It's why I think he'll eventually be a productive hitter. He has walked 11 times and been hit by 3 pitches in 90 plate appearances. He's not pressing and he works counts. He just can't really do anything with the bat right now. But he has almost as many free passes (BB + HBP) as hits (14 passes to 16 hits).
I think he's up there trying to not make an out. and while that is the basic goal of the hitter, it's probably the wrong attitude when you're up there.
ETA: I just realized something. LSU is not calculating OBP correctly on their stat page. They aren't adding back in sacrifices in the plate appearances, which give people a higher OBP than they actually do. Nola has 6 sacs on the season. Those are not AB for calculating BA, but they are PA's for calculating OBP. You need to add those back in. That drops Nola's OBP from 353 as listed on the page to 300 (his correct OBP).
I think he's up there trying to not make an out. and while that is the basic goal of the hitter, it's probably the wrong attitude when you're up there.
ETA: I just realized something. LSU is not calculating OBP correctly on their stat page. They aren't adding back in sacrifices in the plate appearances, which give people a higher OBP than they actually do. Nola has 6 sacs on the season. Those are not AB for calculating BA, but they are PA's for calculating OBP. You need to add those back in. That drops Nola's OBP from 353 as listed on the page to 300 (his correct OBP).
This post was edited on 5/22/09 at 10:55 pm
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