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Kling can't hit.
Posted on 4/20/24 at 5:22 pm
Posted on 4/20/24 at 5:22 pm
That is all. He can't hit. Just has really bad at bats. No bueno.
Posted on 4/20/24 at 5:25 pm to LSURussian
He did. But he still can't hit at a level anywhere close to consistent. I hate it for him
Posted on 4/20/24 at 5:25 pm to LSUballs
He needs to learn to hit to right field, and not because he's late.
Posted on 4/20/24 at 5:27 pm to LSUballs
Are they all named Kling today?
Posted on 4/20/24 at 5:27 pm to LSUballs
Smoked two hard ones today at the outfielders.
Posted on 4/21/24 at 12:09 pm to LSUballs
This is kind of why you have to let him play out. All of those hard hit outs over the season are starting to fall
Paxton Kling Last 10 Games
.307/.454/.500
8-26 (.307)
5 2B
7BB / 9K
2 SBs
Paxton Kling Last 10 Games
.307/.454/.500
8-26 (.307)
5 2B
7BB / 9K
2 SBs
Posted on 4/21/24 at 12:11 pm to LSUballs
He can hit. He was in his own head. Seems to quieted the mental side. He’s smashing the ball again.
Posted on 4/21/24 at 12:23 pm to LSUballs
quote:
Kling can't hit.
You can't hit premier SEC pitching either.
Kling will be a first rounder when the light comes on. You arse holes have no clue how baseball development works. It's a hard game. It's an uphill climb.
Posted on 4/21/24 at 12:29 pm to TigerAttorney
Then there are those KBW's that tiger baseball is just 1 more thing to gripe about.
Posted on 4/21/24 at 12:33 pm to Lester Earl
quote:
This is kind of why you have to let him play out. All of those hard hit outs over the season are starting to fall
Paxton Kling Last 10 Games
.307/.454/.500
8-26 (.307)
5 2B
7BB / 9K
2 SBs
All of this. He's been putting the ball in play hard.
Posted on 4/21/24 at 12:36 pm to Meauxjeaux
quote:
All of this. He's been putting the ball in play hard.
That said, many on this team still need to learn how to have QABs....
How are we 1.5 seasons in with Tanks as a premier hitter and NOONE ELSE has picked up on how to adjust the approach with 2 strikes OR use the opposite field? It's appalling..... the mentor is right there in your own dugout.
ETA: other than Larson and to a lesser extent, Milam and Braswell.
ETA2: I'm looking at you Bingham, Kling, Neal, Jones, Travinksi...
This post was edited on 4/21/24 at 12:39 pm
Posted on 4/21/24 at 12:51 pm to LSUballs
Kling has closed his stance up a bit the past couple of weeks, and you can tell he's really trying to focus on letting the ball travel. He hasn't been perfect, but he's barreling more balls up gap to gap, which is exactly where he needs to be. Some have fallen--a lot more than had previously--and some have been caught at the track. He still Ks too much, but he's clearly getting better and the more ABs he gets, the more grass those balls will find or will carry out of the park.
He's probably had that open stance that never fully closes for most of his life, and that muscle memory is baked in there pretty good and is going to take a lot of time and reps to fix. He was likely able to get away with it up until SEC play the past couple of years because most pitchers he was facing just weren't good enough to take advantage of where he was vulnerable (outer 3rd on fastballs and good off speed that ran away from him--glove side from RHP and arm side from LHP).
They would eventually give him something middle in, and he would barrel it up for homers and doubles. I don't know what his high school numbers were, but they must have been really good considering how highly touted he was. Pitchers weren't good enough to expose his vulnerabilities, and he was more than good enough to make them pay when they left something in his wheelhouse. He never really had to focus on letting the ball travel and trying to go the other way until he started facing SEC pitching, and those dudes are really good and can hit their spots and take advantage of his weaknesses.
But you can tell he's adjusted both his mechanics and his approach. It's not gonna get fixed overnight--too much muscle memory ingrained. But at least he's trying to do something different. Which was my biggest problem with him at the beginning of the year and why I wanted him to sit. What he was doing was obvious, but he didn't seem to be trying to correct it.
But now that you can tell that he is--AND he's starting to see some good results from it--and I think it's a no-brainer to write him in the lineup card everyday and let get as many ABs as possible. I think with the weather heating up and the competition dropping a bit, you'll see him get some more confidence and go on a heater before the end of the season.
He's probably had that open stance that never fully closes for most of his life, and that muscle memory is baked in there pretty good and is going to take a lot of time and reps to fix. He was likely able to get away with it up until SEC play the past couple of years because most pitchers he was facing just weren't good enough to take advantage of where he was vulnerable (outer 3rd on fastballs and good off speed that ran away from him--glove side from RHP and arm side from LHP).
They would eventually give him something middle in, and he would barrel it up for homers and doubles. I don't know what his high school numbers were, but they must have been really good considering how highly touted he was. Pitchers weren't good enough to expose his vulnerabilities, and he was more than good enough to make them pay when they left something in his wheelhouse. He never really had to focus on letting the ball travel and trying to go the other way until he started facing SEC pitching, and those dudes are really good and can hit their spots and take advantage of his weaknesses.
But you can tell he's adjusted both his mechanics and his approach. It's not gonna get fixed overnight--too much muscle memory ingrained. But at least he's trying to do something different. Which was my biggest problem with him at the beginning of the year and why I wanted him to sit. What he was doing was obvious, but he didn't seem to be trying to correct it.
But now that you can tell that he is--AND he's starting to see some good results from it--and I think it's a no-brainer to write him in the lineup card everyday and let get as many ABs as possible. I think with the weather heating up and the competition dropping a bit, you'll see him get some more confidence and go on a heater before the end of the season.
Posted on 4/21/24 at 12:58 pm to Hot Carl
But if Kling does go on that heater eventually, it still might be too late to salvage a post-season berth for this team. And I think a fair criticism of Jay this year is that he gambled too much on Kling taking too big a jump in the offseason and helping carry the team offensively. He put too much on a handful of guys taking huge jumps that they were probably a year away from, if at all. And I think they felt that pressure and started pressing early and lost confidence. Which was counter-productive, obviously.
I'm not sure if Jay underestimated just how good the SEC would be this year--I think he's a great coach and wouldn't trade him for anybody, but he's still a relatively young coach, especially in the SEC, and still learning. But he constructed this team to where just about everything had to go right and everybody had to perform close to (or at) their individual ceilings for this team to championship caliber and make a legitimate run. And they obviously haven't. But he'll learn and adjust.
I'm not sure if Jay underestimated just how good the SEC would be this year--I think he's a great coach and wouldn't trade him for anybody, but he's still a relatively young coach, especially in the SEC, and still learning. But he constructed this team to where just about everything had to go right and everybody had to perform close to (or at) their individual ceilings for this team to championship caliber and make a legitimate run. And they obviously haven't. But he'll learn and adjust.
Posted on 4/21/24 at 12:59 pm to LSUballs
He is a fast .200 hitter that hits singles from the left side. No more no less.
Posted on 4/21/24 at 1:05 pm to Hot Carl
Carl, you are right on. This is what Jay did to fix Beloso as well.
From Florida Series (0-7 ,4K's)
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From Florida Series (0-7 ,4K's)
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Posted on 4/21/24 at 1:21 pm to Chipeace
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hits singles from the left side.
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