Some things from the baseball game today...

[missouridawg]

Why didn’t McNamee play much this weekend. Figured we’d see him more considering he’s from here.

Luke Alexander is an excellent fielder. Made several tough plays look easy today.

Billingsley looked solid and worked out of a few jams.
Keegan James came in and threw an immediatw DP Ball. Huge.

Chasing a 3 year Old up and down the steps sucks.

Nice weekend sweep.

 

[HamSammich]

McNamee is having problems finding the ball with his swing.

 

[jdbulldog]

I sure hope we are not counting on Cole to be our closer for many games. He had no pop on his fast ball and could not throw a strike. He also benefited from two very close calls at first base that otherwise might have resulted in a blown save. In the previous game he threw very well.

 

[msstate7]

Luke is an outstanding defensive ss. Why our fanbase calls him “average” is beyond me.

 

[ronpolk]

Luke is an outstanding defensive ss. Why our fanbase calls him “average” is beyond me.

My guess is it’s the elite dawgs crowd that says that. C34 seems to not like the guy. Therefore, his sheep don’t like him.

 

[GhostOfJackie]

He is a good defensive player, but hitting .195 against decent pitching is really going to hurt us when we face SEC pitching. No doubt he needs to step it up behind the plate.

 

[msstate7]

He is a good defensive player, but hitting .195 against decent pitching is really going to hurt us when we face SEC pitching. No doubt he needs to step it up behind the plate.

He needs to hit better for sure. I think he will. He hit .272 in the cape this summer, and his babip is .269. I expect him to hit somewhere between .230-.250. If he continues to play great defense and draw walks, that will be fine

ETA... if last Monday would have been an official game, Luke is hitting .233 with an obp over .360. As is, his obp is .327.

 

[KurtRambis4]

Why our fanbase calls him “average” is beyond me.

These are the same folks that think Ben Howland isn't that good of a coach...

 

[maroonmania]

My guess is it’s the elite dawgs crowd that says that. C34 seems to not like the guy. Therefore, his sheep don’t like him.

When you are below the Mendoza line not sure much of anyone can like you as a hitter. He is a plus on the defensive side of things though. May boil down to how much is his defense making up for his woes as a hitter on whether you can continue to start him. If he could just get his average to around .250 you could probably live with it.

 

[ronpolk]

When you are below the Mendoza line not sure much of anyone can like you as a hitter. He is a plus on the defensive side of things though. May boil down to how much is his defense making up for his woes as a hitter on whether you can continue to start him. If he could just get his average to around .250 you could probably live with it.

I didn’t say anything about his hitting. I saw someone last week call him an average defender. He’s not an average defender. However, I agree he is a bad hitter. I also think we can’t keep sticking with him unless he at least gets up to .240 or .250.

 

[tcdog70]

To play SS you have to have exceptional hand and eye coordination. you would think a SS would not strike out much. If He could just learn to put the ball in play.. Bunt-hit behind the runner--hit and run stuff that would help. you would think he could foul off close pitches and draw walks. But he is a huge swing and miss guy. too many ground out to SS.