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The entire lineup today was non portal from this year and still sucked

Posted on 4/18/26 at 7:48 pm
Posted by tigerskin
Member since Nov 2004
46524 posts
Posted on 4/18/26 at 7:48 pm
So can't just blame the portal

Development sucked over the last year too
This post was edited on 4/18/26 at 7:53 pm
Posted by birddog14
DFW Texas
Member since Mar 2014
3018 posts
Posted on 4/18/26 at 7:50 pm to
Reaves and Stanfield played today. And Yorke PH.

I don't know why I typed Braun. This team has me messed up ;)



How are they not from the portal?
This post was edited on 4/18/26 at 7:54 pm
Posted by tigerskin
Member since Nov 2004
46524 posts
Posted on 4/18/26 at 7:51 pm to
Reaves has been here 2 years. Stanfield has been here 2 years.

Braun is a freshman. That isn't the portal
This post was edited on 4/18/26 at 7:55 pm
Posted by pgaddxn
between here and there
Member since Jul 2008
1266 posts
Posted on 4/18/26 at 7:53 pm to
Well that’s not exactly accurate. I know I saw Yorke pop up in the 9th.

Waiting on a walk. Had to swing at the strike. Got under it again.
Posted by tigerskin
Member since Nov 2004
46524 posts
Posted on 4/18/26 at 7:54 pm to
He wasn't in the lineup. That was a pinch hit in the 9th inning when game was over
Posted by pgaddxn
between here and there
Member since Jul 2008
1266 posts
Posted on 4/18/26 at 7:57 pm to
He played. He was in the lineup. He also sucked. That’s not debatable. He didn’t start.
Posted by Shiftyplus1
Regret nothing that made you smile
Member since Oct 2005
14530 posts
Posted on 4/18/26 at 8:02 pm to
It's weird seeing players with good batting averages get worse every year, when it should be the opposite.

Milam : .326, .295, .278

Braswell : .311, .189

Larson : hit .298 his freshman year, then just kind of vanished and only got 52 plate appearances with a .256 BA. Now he's hitting .328 at Texas

Reaves : .262, .200

Stanfield : .298, .244

Something is off if players who are supposed to be the backbone of the team get worse at the plate every year.
Posted by TigerMac81
Bossier City, LA
Member since Dec 2007
4942 posts
Posted on 4/18/26 at 8:08 pm to
Can't disagree. Is it the coaching staff?
Posted by TigerMac81
Bossier City, LA
Member since Dec 2007
4942 posts
Posted on 4/18/26 at 8:18 pm to
Who's the hitting coach? Something isn't working.
Posted by vidtiger23
Member since Feb 2012
9447 posts
Posted on 4/18/26 at 8:22 pm to
Now do Dylan Crews, Jared Jones, and Ethan Frye. There’s going to be many examples both ways
Posted by notbilly
alter
Member since Sep 2015
7044 posts
Posted on 4/18/26 at 8:43 pm to
quote:

It's weird seeing players with good batting averages get worse every year, when it should be the opposite.


People on this site keep blaming the portal busts. Go tell me how many pitchers we returned that have a better ERA this year than they did previously. I’ll give you a hint.. About 70% of them have a worse ERA than they had before this year
This post was edited on 4/18/26 at 9:51 pm
Posted by Salmon
I helped draft the email
Member since Feb 2008
85963 posts
Posted on 4/18/26 at 8:45 pm to
quote:

So can't just blame the portal


Sure we can.

Some of these guys were not expected to be contributors this year are now being pushed into the lineup.

That is 100% due to the portal misses.
Posted by Tiger1988
Houston
Member since May 2016
30653 posts
Posted on 4/19/26 at 3:27 am to
quote:

People on this site keep blaming the portal busts. Go tell me how many pitchers we returned that have a better ERA this year than they did previously. I’ll give you a hint.. About 70% of them have a worse ERA than they had before this year

Scoring runs affect pitching. Making errors or failing to make plays affect pitching. Defense and lack of run production inflates pitch counts and era. This is non-debatable.
Posted by PurpNGold1985
Member since Mar 2025
578 posts
Posted on 4/19/26 at 3:43 am to
You really are doing some mental gymnastics to not place any blame on the pitching staff. Their era is so high because they walk or hit or throw a WP to every other batter. That’s independent of everything. Throw the ball towards the plate. But with our guys we have to pray they actually catch it too. Pitch/catch go together. Defense behind the pitcher is a different story. But if there were errors their era wouldn’t be a 6. EARNED run average means there was no defensive miscue. It’s a pitching stat to determine their effectiveness. And not a single one of them has been effective this year.
Posted by josh336
baton rouge
Member since Jan 2007
82681 posts
Posted on 4/19/26 at 5:54 am to
quote:

But if there were errors their era wouldn’t be a 6. EARNED run average means there was no defensive miscue. It’s a pitching stat to determine their effectiveness.

What about all the plays where there is no error given, but its an error? Or where only one out is recorded on a double play ball?
Posted by Tiger Ryno
#WoF
Member since Feb 2007
108196 posts
Posted on 4/19/26 at 6:27 am to
Jays bbq buds arent cutting it.
Posted by SlickRick55
Member since May 2016
2823 posts
Posted on 4/19/26 at 6:34 am to
Folks, it’s all mental despair at this point. It started with the disappointing portal class, yes, but mentally they are beat down and there’s no strong leaders in the dugout that would have kept them pumped up though it.
Posted by Tiger Ryno
#WoF
Member since Feb 2007
108196 posts
Posted on 4/19/26 at 6:41 am to
quote:

mental despair.



Jays message about connecting to his winning process and how to win awareness seems to be going through them like diaherrea through a chicken wire fence.
Posted by josh336
baton rouge
Member since Jan 2007
82681 posts
Posted on 4/19/26 at 6:42 am to
I always find it humorous that people can determine if we have leaders or not in the locker room when we arent in there. Are we to believe jake brown, stanfield, curiel, milam, guidry, etc were good leaders last year, but bad leaders this year? Does that make sense?

Nope, instead its the “well, we’re losing alot, we dont have leaders” lazy take
This post was edited on 4/19/26 at 7:08 am
Posted by BengalShark
Member since Jul 2017
4353 posts
Posted on 4/19/26 at 7:17 am to
quote:

The entire lineup today was non portal from this year and still sucked


Baw just give it some time… We will be fine once SEC play starts…

We’re going to be running more pre snap motion to get some good looks for some 3z to try to hit goals… Hopefully a hat trick…
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