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The Tanner Reaves experiment

Posted on 3/7/26 at 10:43 pm
Posted by Jack Crevalle
USVI
Member since Aug 2018
8786 posts
Posted on 3/7/26 at 10:43 pm
Isn't working. Batting .217- 2nd worst BA on team (behind only Serna, a true freshman). Fielding .800- tied for 2nd worst position player fld% on team (with Pearson).

Posted by Spelt it rong
Louisiana
Member since Oct 2012
10851 posts
Posted on 3/7/26 at 10:52 pm to
No one understands the infatuation with him. He was barely decent last season.
Posted by lsufball19
Franklin, TN
Member since Sep 2008
72641 posts
Posted on 3/7/26 at 11:00 pm to
The only thing more perplexing is this board’s obsession with a bench player that got one at bat today, a pinch hit appearance for William Patrick. That and calling everything an “experiment.” He’s not an experiment. He’s a 5th year senior bench player. He’s going to get pinch hit opps and some ABs during midweek games. Relax. Our whole team got 3 hits today. Reaves getting one at bat wasn’t the problem

The random players each year that get anointed the board’s punching bag will never not be funny
This post was edited on 3/7/26 at 11:03 pm
Posted by Spelt it rong
Louisiana
Member since Oct 2012
10851 posts
Posted on 3/7/26 at 11:07 pm to
There are multiple young guys who we'd all rather see than a known commodity in Reaves. Dgaf about matchups either and I know that's a big reason Jay puts him in.
Posted by lsufball19
Franklin, TN
Member since Sep 2008
72641 posts
Posted on 3/7/26 at 11:15 pm to
quote:

There are multiple young guys who we'd all rather see than a known commodity in Reaves

Name them and why. Reaves was the 6th player off the bench today. John Pearson and Ethan Clauss are the only healthy position players who didn’t play today.
Posted by Spelt it rong
Louisiana
Member since Oct 2012
10851 posts
Posted on 3/7/26 at 11:20 pm to
quote:

Name them and why. Reaves was the 6th player off the bench today.

How about you tell me and everyone else who agrees with me why he needs to see the field and why you're knighting for the "6th" player off the bench who is a redshirt senior.

He might be a great kid but he doesn't do anything exceptionally well. We already know that about him. Anyone else needs to be out there getting reps.

Tell me - did you think he'd get on base when he came in?
Posted by lsufball19
Franklin, TN
Member since Sep 2008
72641 posts
Posted on 3/8/26 at 7:28 am to
quote:

Tell me - did you think he'd get on base when he came in?

Who should have batted when he did?

That’s what none of you seem to want to (or can’t) answer. You don’t want to see Reaves ever play again. That’s a little ridiculous, but ok fine. Who, specifically, should have been batting instead of him in that situation yesterday and why. Of you can’t answer that question then kindly stfu
This post was edited on 3/8/26 at 7:32 am
Posted by Tigerpride18
Lakewood Colorado
Member since Sep 2017
32411 posts
Posted on 3/8/26 at 7:37 am to
im assuming hes trying to say that he would rather a bad matchup(righty) instead of reaves?
not saying I agree or disagree but I think people have gotten to the point that they beleive they would rather go right on right than reaves. im pretty sure a lefty in reaves vs a right on right of a slightly better player thats a righty is similar odds on getting a hit.

can we quit with the "experiment " bullshite. these guys have been with Jay from last fall and some for multiple seasons. nobody is an experiment
This post was edited on 3/8/26 at 7:39 am
Posted by Bacon84
Texas
Member since Oct 2012
1598 posts
Posted on 3/8/26 at 8:07 am to
quote:

No one understands the infatuation with him. He was barely decent last season.


He really wasn’t…. He was just a better hitter than Braswell for a while.
Posted by Tiger2025
Member since Oct 2025
715 posts
Posted on 3/8/26 at 9:11 am to
I feel the same way about him and Yorke. Both just bad
Posted by TigerDavid3527
Member since Oct 2023
463 posts
Posted on 3/8/26 at 10:12 am to
Another Kling
Posted by yakster
Member since Mar 2021
3953 posts
Posted on 3/8/26 at 11:32 am to
Harden needs to be playing over Reaves.
Posted by Jim Hopper
Ocean Springs Mississippi
Member since Sep 2019
4904 posts
Posted on 3/8/26 at 11:43 am to
quote:

Another Kling
Don’t disrespect Kling like that, he was actually a player with serious tools.
Posted by LSURussian
Member since Feb 2005
134478 posts
Posted on 3/8/26 at 12:02 pm to
quote:

The Tanner Reaves experiment

Isn't working.
Coach Jay Johnson has proven to me that he knows what he is doing even when I don't fully understand his thinking.
Posted by AlxTgr
Kyre Banorg
Member since Oct 2003
87134 posts
Posted on 3/8/26 at 12:04 pm to
quote:

The only thing more perplexing is this board’s obsession with a bench player
Every season. I like trying to figure out who it will be during preseason.
Posted by redfish99
B.R.
Member since Aug 2007
19115 posts
Posted on 3/8/26 at 12:13 pm to
Second coming of Hal higher Hughes
Posted by lsufball19
Franklin, TN
Member since Sep 2008
72641 posts
Posted on 3/8/26 at 12:46 pm to
quote:

Second coming of Hal higher Hughes

Hal Hughs started all season and couldn’t hit his weight or the ball out of the infield. This situation isn’t even remotely the same
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