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The issue of Alex Lange
Posted on 3/9/16 at 7:46 am
Posted on 3/9/16 at 7:46 am
Im not sure if this has been discussed yet. Here is my two cents take it or leave it. Like every phenom we have ever had at LSU. (I have been a fan in the seats since the late 80's) Freshman season is always great. Catches teams off guard because there is no readily available film on the guy. Sophmore season comes around and if your good your films is in every opponents locker room. Book it! I mean you dont have to go far back to see a comparison. Alex Bregman, though not a pitcher had the same issue but overcame it. Freshman season slapped the cover off the ball. Next everyone pitched around him. Its just part of the game. Lange will find another gear and be dominant.
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Posted on 3/9/16 at 7:51 am to ThaTigerDon
You can't call someone dominant if other people can figure that person out just by watching film. What makes a person dominant is being able to get it done despite people having your films. Lange just has some slight mechanical issues right now. He will be back to his former self in no time
Posted on 3/9/16 at 7:55 am to ThaTigerDon
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Like every phenom we have ever had at LSU. (I have been a fan in the seats since the late 80's) Freshman season is always great. Catches teams off guard because there is no readily available film on the guy. Sophmore season comes around and if your good your films is in every opponents locker room. Book it!
This is patently inaccurate.
Posted on 3/9/16 at 7:56 am to lsu2006
How so?
Posted on 3/9/16 at 7:56 am to ThaTigerDon
Dude let it go.
Why not just sit back, watch, and enjoy the ride...
Why not just sit back, watch, and enjoy the ride...
Posted on 3/9/16 at 7:57 am to lsu2006
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This is patently inaccurate.
yea do tell?
Posted on 3/9/16 at 7:58 am to ThaTigerDon
This has nothing to do with film or the opposing team's preparation. Lange had filthy stuff and was unhittable at times last year. He's walked more people this year and his command is off. He's just in a funk and I'm confident that he and Dunn will correct whatever is wrong.
Posted on 3/9/16 at 7:59 am to Tshiz
Lange problem thus far has been control, especially while out of the stretch. Once he fixes that, and he will fix that, he will be back to his dominant self.
Posted on 3/9/16 at 7:59 am to ForeverLSU02
I agree Dunn will get him going again
Posted on 3/9/16 at 8:00 am to ThaTigerDon
This post is like you are having a conversation with yourself
Posted on 3/9/16 at 8:02 am to LSUNV
There are a number of players that have come through that were great as freshmen that didn't drop off and/or got better.
This post was edited on 3/9/16 at 8:02 am
Posted on 3/9/16 at 8:02 am to OGhunter777
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Lange problem thus far has been control
This for sure. Seems like it's fixable. Maybe mechanics.
He's still throwing good stuff.
Posted on 3/9/16 at 8:03 am to lsu2006
Todd walker was turrible as a sophisticated
So was Eddie furniss
So was Eddie furniss
Posted on 3/9/16 at 8:04 am to RedTigerRulz
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This is patently inaccurate.
yea do tell?
Well off the top of my head, I can think of both Kevin Gausman and Aaron Nola having better sophomore seasons than freshman seasons.
Posted on 3/9/16 at 8:04 am to lsu2006
And I didn't say that there wasn't. All I said was you can't call someone truly dominant if all it takes is a film to figure him out. Hitting coaches and pitchers watch film too. Dominant pitchers are dominant for a reason. They put in work too
This post was edited on 3/9/16 at 8:06 am
Posted on 3/9/16 at 8:09 am to LSUNV
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And I didn't say that there wasn't. All I said was you can't call someone truly dominant if all it takes is a film to figure him out.
Right. I wasn't responding to you. There are numerous players just off the top of my head that didn't drop off significantly, or at all, after "phenom" freshmen years.
Walker, Furniss, Russ Johnson, Mahtook, etc., etc...
Posted on 3/9/16 at 8:10 am to ThaTigerDon
So his missing the strike zone because people have film on him now? Nailed it. 
Posted on 3/9/16 at 8:11 am to ThaTigerDon
It's two shaky starts. His command has been off, but he is still striking out 13 per 9 innings. He will be fine.
Posted on 3/9/16 at 8:11 am to ThaTigerDon
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Im not sure if this has been discussed yet.
nope. not at all
Posted on 3/9/16 at 8:11 am to lsu2006
Ahh, alrighty then. And I do agree with you that there are a lot of players that get better. The Sophmore slump does catch its share though
This post was edited on 3/9/16 at 8:13 am
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