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re: For the baseball team to reach its potential
Posted on 3/15/23 at 3:39 pm to blake the kid
Posted on 3/15/23 at 3:39 pm to blake the kid
Person has been struggling for a while now. He struggled during the summer, the fall, and starting Spring camp. He simply has been passed up. I do however, think he will get some opportunities and when he does he needs to make them count.
Posted on 3/15/23 at 4:07 pm to Riolobo
He put a nice swing on a ball last night. Maybe something to help get him going. Time will tell. Jobert didn't take the spot, so it is still open for him to get a shot at it.
Posted on 3/15/23 at 7:44 pm to blake the kid
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Jobert is the worst outfielder I’ve ever seen.
This is just beyond false. Jacob Berry could not track a ball worth a damn in the outfield. He ended up being a pretty decent third baseman but was beyond terrible in the outfield.
Jobert is average in the outfield. Also his hitting ability is above Pearson right now. Pearson does not have that kind of pop. So even if Jobert goes cold you can always sub him out with the options we have. But when hes hot its bombs away and he will get hot.
Posted on 3/15/23 at 7:58 pm to blake the kid
Pearson didn't get alot of hits or at bats before conference last season. He didn't look great. Good approach, though.
He looks disinterested so far this year. Approach has not been as good as last year's. Something is off.
I wouldn't hate throwing him out there Friday against Dettmer at all from an offensive standpoint. He's a gamer. He really hasn't had many defensive reps, though, and most of his reps last season were in RF.
He looks disinterested so far this year. Approach has not been as good as last year's. Something is off.
I wouldn't hate throwing him out there Friday against Dettmer at all from an offensive standpoint. He's a gamer. He really hasn't had many defensive reps, though, and most of his reps last season were in RF.
Posted on 3/16/23 at 7:31 am to BayTiger13
quote:I liked that he got some PT but that first inning K was bad. Bases loaded and he watched 3 fastballs down the pipe and didn't take the bat off his shoulder on any of them. He did foul one off but that was just extremely disappointing.
I liked they tried Frey in RF last night.
He's only s freshman and he'll get better but he needs to prove himself in the midweek before any PT in sec play
Posted on 3/16/23 at 8:56 am to Solo Cam
Frey looks really really uncomfortable getting under fly balls, too. Jay sounds like he likes him a lot at the plate tho, I suspect he will get a mid week start or 2 once conference starts
Posted on 3/16/23 at 9:26 am to Solo Cam
100%. That's why I said he is a work in progress. I don't expect him to have a major role on this years team. I was just glad they got him a start to get out their and get a few extra at bats. As also mentioned, RH bats off the bench are kind of slim so I think getting him and Travinski some reps can benefit this team in the long run.
Jay seems excited for Frey's future. He said the other day that he likes his ability to play multiple positions and that can be a big advantage in the future but he sees him as an OF because he can run and cover ground. I don't know if Frey ever played much OF before getting to LSU so that can take some adjusting also. He played multiple sports at a small Louisiana school so we knew it would take some adjusting but his potential is super high.
Jay seems excited for Frey's future. He said the other day that he likes his ability to play multiple positions and that can be a big advantage in the future but he sees him as an OF because he can run and cover ground. I don't know if Frey ever played much OF before getting to LSU so that can take some adjusting also. He played multiple sports at a small Louisiana school so we knew it would take some adjusting but his potential is super high.
This post was edited on 3/16/23 at 9:28 am
Posted on 3/16/23 at 9:50 am to DRock88
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Pearson didn't get alot of hits or at bats before conference last season. He didn't look great. Good approach, though.
He looks disinterested so far this year. Approach has not been as good as last year's. Something is off.
Something is definitely off, and it’s weird. There’s no bigger fan of Pearson on here than me. I went to West Monroe, played a year with his dad, and have been keeping up with him since he was a freshman in high school. I predicted before last season began that he would wind up hitting his way into the every day lineup and was right. And you could tell Jay loved him because he was getting so many PH ABs early on. He was the 1st bat off the bench in just about every game he didn’t start until he did wind up hitting his way into the everyday lineup. Jay was determined to give him every opportunity to do so until he finally did.
But he had a terrible summer, fall, spring, and beginning to this season. Yes, his approach is always good, but he just can’t seem to find the barrel for whatever reason. Even his double last night, while a nice swing to hit it the other way, wasn’t barreled up. He didn’t hit it very hard (exit velo couldn’t have been over 95), he just put a good swing on it, and it found grass.
Our highest potential is probably for last year’s Pearson to emerge and take the LF spot. But there’s a plenty big enough sample size going back to the summer that says that’s not likely. And his only having 15 PAs this deep into the season with all the blowouts we’ve been in says something about Jay’s lack of confidence he will turn into last year’s version of himself, which is who he is.
That’s why this is so confusing and indicates something is off. I don’t know if he changed his swing for some reason and hasn’t found it yet or if he’s battling a nagging injury we don’t know about or what. Maybe he’s got a girlfriend and isn’t living in the cage like he was. But something’s definitely not right with him, and I can’t figure it out. Hopefully he and Jay do before the end of the season.
Posted on 3/16/23 at 9:54 am to Hot Carl
He looks like he's lost a lot of weight
Posted on 3/16/23 at 9:58 am to Yeti_Chaser
He’s definitely toned up, but I don’t think it’s that. Probably something mechanical , because his approach looks the same
You know, they tinkered with Kling and he was an awful to start the year. He went back to hitting the way he feels comfortable and he has been raking
You know, they tinkered with Kling and he was an awful to start the year. He went back to hitting the way he feels comfortable and he has been raking
Posted on 3/16/23 at 10:00 am to BayTiger13
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As also mentioned, RH bats off the bench are kind of slim so I think getting him and Travinski some reps can benefit this team in the long run.
Agreed. It was a big weakness last year, and I’m surprised Travinski hasn’t gotten more ABs and Skenes hasn’t gotten any. I’m not one that thinks Skenes should be DHing on his off days, but I would have thought he’d have gotten a handful of PH ABs. If he gets on, pinch run for him. But there’s gonna be times where we’re down by a couple late, a team brings in a hard throwing lefty out of the bullpen to face one of our LH hitters, where having a RH off the bench who can come in and pinch hit and maybe tie it up with one swing will be crucial. Glad we’re trying to develop Frey as one of those guys and Travinski a little recently, but I’d feel better if we had 3 of them who’ve had enough ABs that we’d feel good enough to run out there.
Posted on 3/16/23 at 10:36 am to blake the kid
OP is a little too dramatic. Agree that Jobert in left is one of the weaker spots, but this team is too deep to say that is the key to reach our potential. So many new studs on the team that it is difficult to single out one player as the key. The key could easily be more related to middle-relief pitching than a hard swinging left fielder.
The key to this team's potential will be determined in Omaha and not who is in left field before we have played a conference game yet.
The key to this team's potential will be determined in Omaha and not who is in left field before we have played a conference game yet.
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