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re: Chris Reid being good enough to start.
Posted on 3/1/19 at 10:48 am to Courvillicious
Posted on 3/1/19 at 10:48 am to Courvillicious
If Hughes is batting above .250 his glove is good enough to have him in this lineup. Last year I wouldn’t have said the same thing but he had to play out of necessity anyway.
Reid is perfect where he is. He is a late inning pinch hitter. He is actually great at the role and he embraces it. I think people under appreciate how hard that is to sit the bench for 7-8-9 innings and then go swing a bat. In the sec you are probably facing somebody throwing 90+ or has an unbelievable out pitch. He will always give you a quality at bat that may end up being a single.
Reid is perfect where he is. He is a late inning pinch hitter. He is actually great at the role and he embraces it. I think people under appreciate how hard that is to sit the bench for 7-8-9 innings and then go swing a bat. In the sec you are probably facing somebody throwing 90+ or has an unbelievable out pitch. He will always give you a quality at bat that may end up being a single.
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Posted on 3/1/19 at 10:48 am to Courvillicious
#1 team in the country. Clearly this is the time to make a change to create a spark. 
Posted on 3/1/19 at 10:51 am to Courvillicious
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Chris Reid made 10 errors when he started as a freshman. Hal Hughes started last year and made... 10 errors. Not sure how one can say Hughes' glove is that much better than Reid's. It's all on paper. gimme Reid over Hughes every day of the week.
Do you even fielding % bro?
Posted on 3/1/19 at 10:53 am to thunderbird1100
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Chris Reid was the last guy on the team for a reason. You love the guy for who he is, but he's not a starter you really want, he's a fall-back option who can hold things together for you in case you need him to.
Exactly. I don’t get fans wanting him to be something he’s not. He’s not an LSU caliber starter but he is a fantastic bench guy. He can play all of the infield positions in a pinch. He can give guys rest and he can provide an ok glove and good at bats.
He does all of this while being a great locker room presence and providing leadership.
I love the kid. I hated to see him get cut and I was ecstatic to have him back but if he’s starting we’re not where we want to be.
Posted on 3/1/19 at 10:53 am to Courvillicious
All I'm saying is Reid played 3B during sec play his entire true fr year and held his own defensively
If nothing else it gives you a lefty bat against tougher RHP's you will start to face in SEC play where Hughes really struggled last year
If nothing else it gives you a lefty bat against tougher RHP's you will start to face in SEC play where Hughes really struggled last year
Posted on 3/1/19 at 10:54 am to Courvillicious
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Chris Reid made 10 errors when he started as a freshman. Hal Hughes started last year and made... 10 errors. Not sure how one can say Hughes' glove is that much better than Reid's. It's all on paper. gimme Reid over Hughes every day of the week.
Reid's career fielding % = .919
Hughes career fielding % = .957
And Hughes played shortstop all last year
Posted on 3/1/19 at 10:54 am to Hold That Tiger 10
Hughes should be starting, but his hitting needs to continue to improve. Hughes batted .221 as a freshman. Reid batted .285. Reid was never able to improve from there and is a .274 career hitter. Hopefully Hughes can like Kramer did
Posted on 3/1/19 at 10:57 am to nicholastiger
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All I'm saying is Reid played 3B during sec play his entire true fr year and held his own defensively
No he didn't, he's just all we had that year. He had a .909 fielding %. That's not good. His range is also very limited, which is pretty important for an infielder
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If nothing else it gives you a lefty bat against tougher RHP's you will start to face in SEC play
Yes, he is a great guy to bring in off the bench in certain situations
Posted on 3/1/19 at 10:57 am to Bayou_Tiger_225
Another thing to consider, once Garza can take over C for MAthis we can absolutely afford to have 1 person struggle in the lineup if that happens to be Hughes. Everyone else can hit.
Posted on 3/1/19 at 10:58 am to Courvillicious
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Chris Reid made 10 errors when he started as a freshman. Hal Hughes started last year and made... 10 errors. Not sure how one can say Hughes' glove is that much better than Reid's. It's all on paper. gimme Reid over Hughes every day of the week.
Apples and oranges.
One played SS and probably had way more chances to handle the ball and the other played third base.
Posted on 3/1/19 at 11:00 am to doubleb
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One played SS and probably had way more chances to handle the ball and the other played third base.
correct, Reid had 10 errors in 110 fielding opportunities his freshman year compared to 10 errors in 232 fielding opportunities for Hughes. So Hughes had the same number of errors in more than twice the fielding opportunities. Hughes can also get to more balls than Reid can.
This post was edited on 3/1/19 at 11:00 am
Posted on 3/1/19 at 11:02 am to Hold That Tiger 10
Sorry Tiger 10. Meant to reply to the OP. I think we all love Chris and are glad he is back on the team. Guys like that are very important to a team because they may not have the talent of a Josh Smith but they scratch and claw and support the team in a way that makes the guys with more talent care more too and want to play better. In the end, a guy like that could motivate a team to a championship. We have all repeated this theme but there are still idiots that don’t get it I guess.
Posted on 3/1/19 at 11:02 am to Courvillicious
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Chris Reid made 10 errors when he started as a freshman. Hal Hughes started last year and made... 10 errors. Not sure how one can say Hughes' glove is that much better than Reid's. It's all on paper. gimme Reid over Hughes every day of the week.
I love Chris Reid and was as excited as anybody that he was able to come back on the team. I think his leadership and dugout persona will be instrumental for this team to make a run.
With that said he should not be starting on this team. He is a singles hitter that clogs the bases and his glove is subpar. He is also tapped out in regards to his baseball ability. Hal Hughes on the other hand has progressed a lot with his bat, is a threat on the bases, and is a very good defensive player. He has more range and a better arm than Reid. A few of his errors he was charged for were on balls Reid wouldn’t have been able to get to.
Hughes is just a better player with a higher ceiling.
Posted on 3/1/19 at 11:03 am to Courvillicious
can’t believe it took this long for this thread to be started. I guess we had to get through all the “__ freshman should start immediately” threads first. Reid isn’t a starter at LSU. Get over it.
Posted on 3/1/19 at 11:04 am to ProjectP2294
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I hate these threads. Because people make outrageous statements and then claim anyone that takes a more reasonable stance is bashing the player. Chris Reid should not be starting. It doesn't mean he doesn't have something to contribute to the success of the team.
Sir, please stop bashing players thx.
Posted on 3/1/19 at 11:05 am to Courvillicious
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You buy season tickets and next thing you know you're an expert... what a guy
Pretty sure that's Chris Cotton, who knows a hell of lot more about baseball than you ever will. Wait, do you even know who Chris Cotton is?
Posted on 3/1/19 at 11:11 am to lsufball19
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correct, Reid had 10 errors in 110 fielding opportunities his freshman year compared to 10 errors in 232 fielding opportunities for Hughes. So Hughes had the same number of errors in more than twice the fielding opportunities. Hughes can also get to more balls than Reid can.
I know Chris, he's a good kid; but let him take the job from Hughes before putting him in the everyday line up.
Let him consistently rack up some quality ABs when he gets his chances. Then if Hughes falters, he'd be in position to play as a regular. He's 2-8 or 250 against ordinary competition. Nothing to brag about, yet.
Posted on 3/1/19 at 11:14 am to Paddyshack
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Pretty sure that's Chris Cotton,
Posted on 3/1/19 at 11:19 am to CottonWasKing
We ran OP out of his thread in 3 pages.
Posted on 3/1/19 at 11:20 am to Choupique19
quote:I know you personally and I’ve seen you swing. You wouldn’t have any hits.
I could have hit .300 against the last 4 games of competition
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