Are Pop Ups a result of Double Play avoidance?

No

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Awhile back, our batters were advised to hit the bottom half of the ball.

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Now it appears that opposing pitchers are throwing high pitches to lure a popup.

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It’s hard to get on top of a high pitch.

The worst thing about pop ups as a batter is, you were a millimeter from it being a foul into the net.

Not what I a#ked.

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Cute but effeminate emojis!

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OP making fun of someone's post, following the comments in his OP, priceless.

Modern baseball my guy. It’s all about launch angle and this team has a ton of dudes that hit home runs. Power hitters are one to hit more pop ups and fly balls.

With that said, I don’t find that LSU hits an insane amount of pop ups.

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Awhile back, our batters were advised to hit the bottom half of the ball

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Well it is really easy when you try to hit the whole ball. Just about every player has a batting average of well over .900, so why not just try to hit half of the baseball to make it interesting

Speak English?

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I agree. But maybe an alternate strategy in DP situations.

I have no idea what that strategy sould be.

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You're overthinking this. Nobody is changing their approach much with a guy on first vs bases empty or whatever.

Their strategy with a man on first is the same as with nobody on base. They are trying to get a good pitch to drive, hit the ball hard, and in the air if possible. It's the same thing any decent hitter should be doing at the college level in 90+% of at bats

Honestly this isn't really true anymore because of the Bat path being taught. Keeping a pitch low in the zone allows for the upper cut bat patch to work perfectly. High and fast is being swung through at a higher rate now because of that change in path.