Paxton Kling and Brady Neal BA in conference play

Neal has much higher ceiling as hitter in my opinion. Keep trotting him up there. Other dude ………

These guys were pinned as the future of the program, and likely why Jay didn't go out and get that much help from the portal. They were supposed to make that jump in development, and that's what is killing this lineup.

Spot on

Gonna have to be a big jump from being sub .200 hitters.

Kling is just in a blender. He’s pressing way too hard. That goofy little show bunt trick he tries to do almost always puts him in a 2 - strike count. I don’t know that he will materialize to what we expected but he’s also not near as bad as he’s been. This team needs Kling to hit.

I’ve seen Neal (as well as a few others) change their 2 strike approach since the FL series

These guys along with jones were the guys Johnson was banking on to take a leap & theyve been zeros

Good to see Kling scorch the ball last night but he is still falling over, Neal does the same thing just less exaggerated

Kling is an elite defender for both teams. He takes out from them and gives outs to them

It’s a mental issue for both of them. Kling is up there trying to swing for the fences every at bat and Neal is guessing at pitches. Like someone else said they will likely turn it around but will it be too late in the season when they do? Frey looked really uncomfortable last night too.

That sophomore class of position players — except for Jones — has left a huge hole in the roster:
Kling, Neal, Frey, Russell, Paul
And Guidry came in as SS

Kling is only good for three outs on most nights. By the time his 4th at bat comes around, he's already been taken out for an offensive upgrade. Because we're trying everything we got to manufacture 1 run.