re: Bryce Jordan was our best hitter in SEC games

The real problem I had with Bryce wasn't his late season slump. It was bad but it doesn't tell the story. Lester talks so much about Bryce's OB% so let's start there.

He lead the team in free passes. 43 walks or HBPs. Impressive. Others were close behind though. Freeman had 38; duplantis 35; Kramer 41; Fraley 40. We will come back to this in a moment.

Bryce was near the bottom 3rd in other areas. 7th in RBI, 6th in Slg%, and even 6th in runs. Wait... How can he be so far down in runs with such a good OBP? Most will say because he had the bottom of the order behind him all year. And that can be relevant. But let's go back to those free passes...

Those other 4 players had a combined 81 stolen bases. Bryce had zero. Meaning he was in scoring position for the next batter behind him only 7 times the entire season. That's how many doubles he had. 9th on the team. It's great getting on base. (Hot take!) But what good is it if it doesn't translate to the scoreboard? Every time he's on, two good things still have to happen for him to cross the plate.

All that being said, I find it funny that people think the twins hit a ceiling. Baseball is a game of failure and many of the best players have to really fail for it to click. They've been successful their whole careers. And they put a lot of pressure on themselves to come through in big spots late. That happens so damn often with young players. They were over aggressive. Period. 3 weeks doesnt mean they aren't good hitters and fielders