re: Baseball Spring Scrimmage Battng Statistics

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Hughes at .313 is either super encouraging or going to be a huge let-down.

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The important thing to know here is what is behind the numbers. Russian and Scuba may disagree with me here (and if there is anyone else that went to scrimmages routinely); but he appeared to be way more comfortable and confident at the plate. Where we used to just see him swing wildly at stuff or be easily fooled, he was actually working counts and putting confident swings on the ball. Of his 5 hits, the majority were well hit balls too, not just luck shots or bloopers.

Additionally, I noticed at least a handful of times where he put the ball in play to move runners over or even bring them in. He also bunted a couple of times that I saw, and looked pretty good doing it. Had good technique and placed the ball well.

If he can give that kind of production at the bottom of the lineup, then he and the team will be just fine.