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Paxton "Con-Air" Kling

Posted on 5/1/24 at 6:13 am
Posted by SouthernInsanity
Shadows of Death Valley
Member since Nov 2012
18838 posts
Posted on 5/1/24 at 6:13 am
Last night was setup for him to breakout of whatever funk he has going. Is he just a headcase at the plate right now?
Posted by HighRoller
Baton Rouge
Member since Nov 2011
4302 posts
Posted on 5/1/24 at 6:15 am to
Started strong last season but hasn’t progressed since. Have no idea what’s wrong. Maybe he’s just not an SEC hitter.
Posted by Tshiz
Idaho
Member since Jul 2013
7658 posts
Posted on 5/1/24 at 6:17 am to
Who knows. But he has limited time to fix it
Posted by Lucado
Member since Nov 2023
3108 posts
Posted on 5/1/24 at 6:41 am to
quote:

Is he just a headcase at the plate right now?


Yes. He's the Billy Beane of LSU baseball.
Posted by notbilly
alter
Member since Sep 2015
5145 posts
Posted on 5/1/24 at 6:47 am to
Do we need threads constantly shitting on our players? He only batted twice last night. And yes he went 0-2, but one of those was 7 pitch at bat that he hit 385’.
Posted by jjgully02
Member since Sep 2015
158 posts
Posted on 5/1/24 at 8:04 am to
He tries to pull the ball every pitch. SEC pitchers know how to take advantage of this. Soft and away
Posted by redfish99
B.R.
Member since Aug 2007
16610 posts
Posted on 5/1/24 at 8:33 am to
Brown and Frey splitting his AB,s would’ve been more productive. If only to truly evaluate their abilities to hit good pitching.
This post was edited on 5/1/24 at 9:01 am
Posted by Mobiletiggah
Mobile Alabama
Member since Mar 2021
2765 posts
Posted on 5/1/24 at 9:08 am to
It’s a bit of a head scratcher because when he relaxes and makes contact it’s an out right to someone and when he tries to be selective he gets nothing but strikes in of a different kind that he is looking for. There is not a real comparison to anything I’ve seen regarding an athlete with that many skills.

They seriously need to check his eyes.
Posted by Champs
Geaux Tigers
Member since Feb 2008
11760 posts
Posted on 5/1/24 at 9:49 am to
He may be at gambling next year
Posted by AtlantaLSUfan
Baton Rouge
Member since Mar 2009
23394 posts
Posted on 5/1/24 at 10:34 am to
Upvote for the nickname
Posted by nicholastiger
Member since Jan 2004
43697 posts
Posted on 5/1/24 at 11:06 am to
Without knowing any recruits or transfers coming in my outfield ranking would be:

1 Larson
2 Brown
3 Pearson
4 Frey
5 Ruddell
6 Kling

I guess you can add Mitchell to the mix even though he never played this year and Harden JUCO will join the mix in the fall

This post was edited on 5/1/24 at 12:07 pm
Posted by Hooligan's Ghost
Member since Jul 2013
5211 posts
Posted on 5/1/24 at 12:20 pm to
he still has a fairly high ob% (.397), 6th place among the starters. he has been hbp 12 times. the LSU fans are telepathically transferring their frustration with Kling by willing the opposing pitchers to plunk him. often.

but as has been established, it does not matter how he gets on base. and he steals bases at an 80% rate (8 for 10). so even with his poor at bats, his productivity is not as bad as his pitiful at bats. 2 strikeouts with no swings in one game. ugh
This post was edited on 5/1/24 at 12:21 pm
Posted by Jdash13
Gonzales
Member since Jan 2023
209 posts
Posted on 5/2/24 at 8:30 am to
hes been a con artist since sec play of last year.
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