This team is so damn passive at the plate

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right down the cock

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Sounds like an Aggie thing. I personally like taking pitches and working a pitch.count early in the game vs the starter but I think the approach should change as the game wears on.

So sick of watching big pop-up take strike 3's. He's a waste of a lot of space in the lineup at this point.

Starts with Curiel.

Overrated and plays like a softballer.

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Starts with Curiel.

Overrated and plays like a softballer.

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Curiel is a good player. He will have a nice career after college IMO. That said, being compared to Crews was always going to be a raw deal for him. Crews is an all time great.

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Crews is an all time great.

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He’s just got demoted to AAA today. Hope he makes it back to the League.

It's painful to wathc. This year's team's bats are miniatures compared to last year's championship winners

There are nine INDIVIDUAL players out there....each one playing for themselves which is exactly what NIL cultivates! Until such time as these guys start playing as a TEAM....my favorite baseball team will continue to suck hind teat!!

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Jay would have 0 national championships without Paul Skenes, Anthony Eyanson, Chase Shores, Derek Curiel, Daniel Dickinson, Riley Cooper.

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Absolutely and even if he means the recruits straight out of high school then Herring and Shores are great examples of awesome championship players for LSU.

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Starts with Curiel.

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I agree.

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Overrated and plays like a softballer.

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I don’t agree that his talent is overrated, but it does seem his production doesn’t match his talent just yet. (And I have no idea what you mean when you say “plays like a softballer.”

But he certainly put enough muscle on in the offseason to where I think he already has 15(ish) home run power. And he’s great, but he’s about who he was last year, but not even on pace for the 7 homers he hit in ‘25. He was perfect for that team. And he’s great for this team. Plays a great CF, has a great eye, and still has great bat to ball skills. Is one of the smarter, most instinctive players I’ve seen. And he busts his arse 100% of the ti.

But this team needs him to do more. He needs to add some doubles and home run production if he’s gonna hit 3rd in the lineup. We don’t have a Bear Jones or Ethan Frey or even a Luis Hernandez. We have Jake Brown. And it looks like Serna and Pearson are gonna wind up hitting some homers of they stay in the lineup. But this team needs Curiel to hit more home runs and doubles in the gap. Unfortunately, I’m not sure he can change his bat path mid season to add some launch angle that will produce it. He hits so many hard ground balls that sometimes sneak though, but others are right into the shift for easy outs.

And I know it’s hard to tell someone with such a good eye at the plate to start being more aggressive—that could screw him up even worse. But he needs to picking out pitches earlier in the count to drive. Even if they’re technically “balls,” some are just barely in or up, and are pitches he can drive. And he’s counting on his eye matching the ump’s call, and umps suck, so he gets called out on a lot of backwards Ks, especially on full counts.

Good thing is this is probably his floor and he’s still hitting well, so I think he’s going to go on a heater at some point. But I’m starting to think more and more that he’ll be back for his Jr. season. I just don’t think he will have shown the power potential he has to get drafted where he wants to.

In my opinion I think Jay need to concentrate on bringing in more high school talent than transfers. This years transfer group haven’t shown much and have helped this team. Like Football go after your Louisiana kids instead of the west coast and build your talent from the high school ranks.