re: Our Mid Week HR Hitters....

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Jared Jones has 11 home runs against non SEC teams and 4 home runs and god knows how many strikeouts against SEC competition….

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I don't know why people continue to complain about Jones. He's one of the few guys who have shown significant improvement. He struck out 69 times in 198 plate appearances last year (34.8%). This year he's struck out 41 times in 163 plate appearances (25.2%). That's a pretty significant drop year over year. He is what he is, but he's absolutely improved as a player and with his approach at the plate

It's like people totally forget Travinski used to be a K machine.

2020: 7 Ks in 17 PAs (42.2%)
2021: 19 Ks in 58 PAs (32.8%)
2022: 24 Ks in 73 PAs (32.9%)

It took until his 4th year in the program for those K numbers to drop to a reasonable level