Jones hitting 3rd

It worked well last night, against a good team but throwing mid week guys. I think CJJ was trying to shake things up a bit with the guys after the weekend.

I do think that Frey continuing to bat well has a little something to do with it as you said.

Doubt it was that big of a deal. Prob just shaking things up

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but he needed Dickinson hitting behind Jones to protect him

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Not really

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I think that he moved Dickinson up in the order because he feels that Frey is good enough to bat cleanup and teams will respect Frey's power enough that they won't pitch around Jones.

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Id prefer they pitch around jones.

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I think this is probably CJJs preferred spot for Jones, but he needed Dickinson hitting behind Jones to protect him. I think that he moved Dickinson up in the order because he feels that Frey is good enough to bat cleanup and teams will respect Frey's power enough that they won't pitch around Jones.

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Seems like a mistake to me. Frey has not shown the ability in his career to hit against good pitching. I think Jones gets pitched around a lot more with Frey behind him than if Dickinson was.

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Frey has the worst SEC batting average on the team out of every player that has more than 2 SEC at bats...

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This is true. Everyone on the team is hitting below .300, except for Curiel, Braswell, and Stanfield.

Stanfield is not our best hitter, and Frey is not our worst. Our best hitters are Curiel, Dickinson, Jones, and then probably Frey.

Jones, Milam, Pearson, etc, are all hitting terrible against SEC pitching, so it's not just Frey. You know what? They are going to adjust.

Whats wrong with them giving us a free runner at 1st? Our lineup isnt anemic. He isnt barry bonds in his prime. And he isnt slow on the bases. Runners at 1st puts pressure on the pitcher. Very few pitchers and teams are going to pitch around jones regardless of who is behind him, and if they do, great!

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Whats wrong with them giving us a free runner at 1st?

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That’s a simple way of looking at it.

But if that’s what you want most, put your worst hitter behind Jones.

Most people would want that to be a tough decision because usually the decision to pitch around him will come with other runners on. And Jones is your best hitter.

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Whats wrong with them giving us a free runner at 1st?

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Nothing is wrong with that. I don't mind if they give Jones a free pass. That's not a bad outcome.

But that's not what they are going to do. They are going try to entice him to hit something just out of the zone and if he walks, he walks. Better than Jared hitting a homerun. Jared is prone to swinging at pitches out of the zone when he gets frustrated.

With Frey, they have a guy who is almost as big and has almost as much power as Jared. Another guy they have to be careful about going giving a pitch they can drive.

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Stanfield is not our best hitter, and Frey is not our worst. Our best hitters are Curiel, Dickinson, Jones, and then probably Frey.

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I'm not saying Stanfield is our best and Frey is our worst. But your whole premise of Johnson having a ton of confidence in Frey doesn't make much sense. Frey hasn't really been hitting well. I think it was more so that the entire team had an awful weekend at the plate and Jay wanted to switch things up.

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Jones, Milam, Pearson, etc, are all hitting terrible against SEC pitching, so it's not just Frey. You know what? They are going to adjust.

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Maybe, maybe not. Frey over 3 years has never had much success against SEC pitching. He might adjust, he might not. Pearson is a career .260 hitter. It's much more likely that he started the year off hot and is easing back in to what type of hitter he actually is.

Jones is wildly inconsistent so I don't love the idea of putting Frey behind him who's also wildly inconsistent with a lot of swing and miss. We saw at Auburn that can be a back-to-back Ks scenario when you need RISP driven in.

Frey sees lefties fine but I believe a strong case can be made to sit him against RHPs in favor of Reaves.

As for the BO, Curiel has to stay as the table setter. He works counts and usually sees a lot of pitches, gets on base better than anyone on the team, and you want your best pure hitter getting as many ABs as possible. You don't move him.

I'd rather see Dickinson batting second. Jay overthinks the "protection" thing imo. Put Jones third with two chances to get on base in front of him. If a team has an open base and wants to walk Jones then they're just walking a guy batting .250 in league play...I think we'd all be fine with that if we're being honest. There are plenty of capable bats to put in the 4-hole that can get the job done. And, NO, Pearson should not be one of them, Jay

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But if that’s what you want most, put your worst hitter behind Jones.

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Its not what i want most, and its also not a great idea to have your worst hitter near the top of the order