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re: Can anyone with any baseball knowledge at all, tell us
Posted on 5/11/24 at 7:12 pm to QB
Posted on 5/11/24 at 7:12 pm to QB
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in what universe does a coach have Milam and Larson hitting in front of Kling and Milazzo, and not in front of White/Bear?
Overall, Milam has not hit well enough or gotten on base enough in conference play to warrant putting him at the top of the batting order. Larson was at the top of the batting order for much of conference play, but went into a bit of a slump. I think Johnson’s just trying to take the pressure off a young player.
Posted on 5/11/24 at 7:32 pm to MikeTheTiger71
Thank you for a reasonable reply. Hard to find on TR these days.
Just to discuss, not argue....wasn't Milam like SEC player of the week last week and Larsen is the leading % hitter on our entire team. Our two HR hitters have 20 and 22 HR's between them. Nobody else is close, especially our 3rd hitter who is batting roughly .230.
Baseball strategy for as long as I can remember had fast, singles hitters leading off. 2nd hitter usually was a hitter than put the ball in play, often bunting. 3rd hitter was generally your best overall hitter, and 4th and 5th were your power bats. That is why 4th was called CLEANUP....as in clean up the bases. I don't comprehend this strategy of putting your two best power hitters 1/2 and having your worst hitters batting in front of them. How can that be the best run producing formula? I contend it isn't. Did McGuire or Sosa or Maris, or Mantle. I could name all the best power hitters in the game, and they never led off. This new found strategy is just contrary to basic fundamental baseball which is to score as many runs as possible. There is no way over a season that batting White/Jones 1/2 in the order is going to produce the most runs for LSU. That is my position until someone can explain why it shouldn't be. Just because a coach wants to get a certain hitter up to bat as much as possible, does not resonate with sound offensive baseball. But that is just my opinion.
Just to discuss, not argue....wasn't Milam like SEC player of the week last week and Larsen is the leading % hitter on our entire team. Our two HR hitters have 20 and 22 HR's between them. Nobody else is close, especially our 3rd hitter who is batting roughly .230.
Baseball strategy for as long as I can remember had fast, singles hitters leading off. 2nd hitter usually was a hitter than put the ball in play, often bunting. 3rd hitter was generally your best overall hitter, and 4th and 5th were your power bats. That is why 4th was called CLEANUP....as in clean up the bases. I don't comprehend this strategy of putting your two best power hitters 1/2 and having your worst hitters batting in front of them. How can that be the best run producing formula? I contend it isn't. Did McGuire or Sosa or Maris, or Mantle. I could name all the best power hitters in the game, and they never led off. This new found strategy is just contrary to basic fundamental baseball which is to score as many runs as possible. There is no way over a season that batting White/Jones 1/2 in the order is going to produce the most runs for LSU. That is my position until someone can explain why it shouldn't be. Just because a coach wants to get a certain hitter up to bat as much as possible, does not resonate with sound offensive baseball. But that is just my opinion.
Posted on 5/11/24 at 8:01 pm to MikeTheTiger71
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Overall, Milam has not hit well enough or gotten on base enough in conference play to warrant putting him at the top of the batting order. Larson was at the top of the batting order for much of conference play, but went into a bit of a slump. I think Johnson’s just trying to take the pressure off a young player.
Agree with this. But now that Larson is raking again, I'd like to see him back at the top of the lineup followed by Tanks and Bear.
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