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re: Props to Pearson, but let's not forget
Posted on 4/28/24 at 7:10 am to RogerTheShrubber
Posted on 4/28/24 at 7:10 am to RogerTheShrubber
Did Neal, who you admit is a catcher 99% of the time, get starts in RF earlier in the season while Jay Johnson was trying to find someone to take the RF spot?
Your original comment was telling me to look at the fall stats. Which I did and Neal “the sophomore” preformed worse than a true freshman at the plate in the fall. If you want to say that Neal preformed better in the Spring than Larson that is fair, but then Larson also preformed better than Brown in the spring so there is that.
My whole argument wasn’t that Larson should have been given first crack over brown. I don’t even think it was unreasonable to give Pearson a shot over Larson. I was simply curious why 4 other guys, one being a full time catcher and one of the worst hitters in the sec last year, got looks in RF before Larson.
And when you look at it even further, Larson had the 2nd lowest K rate in the spring at 7%. He improved from 35% in the fall. Everyone else that got chances before him were from 23% to 30%. When the team struggles to move runners and even have productive outs, I think it’s fair to question these things. His overall stats in the spring might not have been great but he wasn’t striking out either. I’m not sure what goes into determining if a guy is ready or not, but it feels like not striking out is a decent indicator.
Your original comment was telling me to look at the fall stats. Which I did and Neal “the sophomore” preformed worse than a true freshman at the plate in the fall. If you want to say that Neal preformed better in the Spring than Larson that is fair, but then Larson also preformed better than Brown in the spring so there is that.
My whole argument wasn’t that Larson should have been given first crack over brown. I don’t even think it was unreasonable to give Pearson a shot over Larson. I was simply curious why 4 other guys, one being a full time catcher and one of the worst hitters in the sec last year, got looks in RF before Larson.
And when you look at it even further, Larson had the 2nd lowest K rate in the spring at 7%. He improved from 35% in the fall. Everyone else that got chances before him were from 23% to 30%. When the team struggles to move runners and even have productive outs, I think it’s fair to question these things. His overall stats in the spring might not have been great but he wasn’t striking out either. I’m not sure what goes into determining if a guy is ready or not, but it feels like not striking out is a decent indicator.
Posted on 4/28/24 at 9:26 am to FredbullTN
Just stop please. You want to blame a coach for not starting a unproven player? Johnson said MULTIPLE times that Larsen would play this season and he is playing.
Fall stats for a true freshman do not mean it’ll translate. You know what you have in Pearson, Bingham, Kling and others before a true freshman. It isn’t like he is pitching.
With that, none of the aforementioned are hitting like they should. As for Neal, he is like a redshirt freshman. He was more of a known quantity than Larsen so I can see why he was put in right.
What else don’t we know? Injury? Grades? Or some other reason he was being held out.
Fall stats for a true freshman do not mean it’ll translate. You know what you have in Pearson, Bingham, Kling and others before a true freshman. It isn’t like he is pitching.
With that, none of the aforementioned are hitting like they should. As for Neal, he is like a redshirt freshman. He was more of a known quantity than Larsen so I can see why he was put in right.
What else don’t we know? Injury? Grades? Or some other reason he was being held out.
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