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Early Season Hitting Struggles
Posted on 3/2/26 at 11:42 am
Posted on 3/2/26 at 11:42 am
I'd like to firmly state that I believe we are just fine and still have one of the best lineups in the country.
I do wonder though, is the drastic change of pace from hitting against our own staff all preseason to then facing lower level arms play a role in this?
They go from facing 95+ or low 90's and nasty for 3+ weeks to turn around and face 88-91 and mediocre stuff. The approach at the plate completely changes when this is the case.
This is not a "if you can dodge a wrench you can dodge a ball" scenario either. Yea, we can say "Well if they can hit against our arms they should have no problem with lower level arms". And yea they should be able to adjust, but reality is, its not that easy.
That's my 2cents. I'll hang up and listen.
I do wonder though, is the drastic change of pace from hitting against our own staff all preseason to then facing lower level arms play a role in this?
They go from facing 95+ or low 90's and nasty for 3+ weeks to turn around and face 88-91 and mediocre stuff. The approach at the plate completely changes when this is the case.
This is not a "if you can dodge a wrench you can dodge a ball" scenario either. Yea, we can say "Well if they can hit against our arms they should have no problem with lower level arms". And yea they should be able to adjust, but reality is, its not that easy.
That's my 2cents. I'll hang up and listen.
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Posted on 3/2/26 at 11:44 am to ThreeYYYz
I agree with you. And I agree that we’re fine. Timing is everything in hitting and timing up 95+ for months and then getting 89 is not the same. We rarely don’t hit well pre conference and don’t turn it on in April/may/june
Posted on 3/2/26 at 11:45 am to ThreeYYYz
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That's my 2cents. I'll hang up and listen.
I tend to agree. That and the fact Jay's teams have a history of struggling with rag arms. We've seen this many times before.
Posted on 3/2/26 at 11:47 am to ThreeYYYz
I agree with you to some extent. No more rag arms in two weeks when SEC play starts.
Posted on 3/2/26 at 11:53 am to ThreeYYYz
I like the players lsu has. But I don’t buy this
Posted on 3/2/26 at 12:03 pm to Lester Earl
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I like the players lsu has. But I don’t buy this
Gotcha, thanks for the input Lester!
Posted on 3/2/26 at 12:20 pm to ThreeYYYz
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I do wonder though, is the drastic change of pace from hitting against our own staff all preseason to then facing lower level arms play a role in this?
I mean the first week or two of the season we were hitting the crap out of the ball. You'd figure they'd be used to it now.
I'm not worried about it, but you're supposed to be better hitting against these teams than guys throwing 95+
Posted on 3/2/26 at 12:21 pm to ThreeYYYz
15-5-21-10-12-14-9-11
Those numbers are run totals from our first 8 games.
Did we hit great this past week? Not really. But too many people are using only a 4 game sample size to determine we can't hit, and ignoring over 60% of the time we did hit well.
Those numbers are run totals from our first 8 games.
Did we hit great this past week? Not really. But too many people are using only a 4 game sample size to determine we can't hit, and ignoring over 60% of the time we did hit well.
Posted on 3/2/26 at 12:23 pm to ThreeYYYz
It didn't matter the first couple weeks. Idk the answer but I'm also not real worried about it
Posted on 3/2/26 at 12:23 pm to ThreeYYYz
One part of hitting is simply timing and it doesn't take but a little bit of speed change to throw any hitter off.... they will adjust because they are good hitters.
Posted on 3/2/26 at 12:42 pm to ThreeYYYz
I would be willing to bet the shadows had more to do with our inability to hit than anything. Looked like we had a lot of late swings on fastballs. Yes they had to play in the same conditions too but it’s not like they out hit us 15-4.
Friday was a night game and we hit the ball hard, just at guys.
If the struggles continue tonight then that would discredit the shadow theory.
On the other hand, if they tear the cover off the ball tonight I don’t think that would prove the shadow theory right either. It’s Monday of a 4 game weekend and Northeastern probably has little remaining pitching left.
They faced better pitching last weekend and did just fine. I’m not worried about the offense.
Friday was a night game and we hit the ball hard, just at guys.
If the struggles continue tonight then that would discredit the shadow theory.
On the other hand, if they tear the cover off the ball tonight I don’t think that would prove the shadow theory right either. It’s Monday of a 4 game weekend and Northeastern probably has little remaining pitching left.
They faced better pitching last weekend and did just fine. I’m not worried about the offense.
Posted on 3/2/26 at 12:51 pm to FredbullTN
Respectfully, I think the shadow issue is more so a talking point for announcers to fill the air than a real issue for hitters. If the shadow was flipped and casted on the pitcher to where it was harder to pick up the ball then yea that could be an issue. But the shadow being on the hitter, and the pitcher being in the light, I feel has little to no effect.
Posted on 3/2/26 at 1:43 pm to ThreeYYYz
Then why did they NOT struggle in many of the earlier games?
Posted on 3/2/26 at 1:45 pm to TopWaterTiger
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Jay's teams have a history of struggling with rag arms.
LSU teams going back to at least Skip have struggled with rag arms. Especially lefty rag arms. Lefties who literally float the ball up there have traditionally given most Tiger teams absolute fits.
Posted on 3/2/26 at 1:53 pm to Godfather1
Every year since Skip and now Jay the sky is falling crowd comes out early and mid season.We can’t hit,we can’t pitch and 8 NCs later you still don’t get it.LSU is 10 games in on a 60 + game season they AINT going to be perfect this soon.Get a grip KARENS!!!
Posted on 3/2/26 at 1:57 pm to ThreeYYYz
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I do wonder though, is the drastic change of pace from hitting against our own staff all preseason to then facing lower level arms play a role in this?
MHO is that all these batters have data on them now and opposing teams are changing up how they pitch them. Maybe one guy has trouble with a particular breaking ball, maybe another takes first strike every time, etc. This is not necessarily catastrophic but cools the bats some. Then there is always the fact that some players get in a slump and some get hot as firecracker
Pitching and batting is a never ending game of chess. Your move...
Posted on 3/2/26 at 1:58 pm to ThreeYYYz
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I believe we are just fine
Posted on 3/2/26 at 2:06 pm to RGT
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Every year since Skip and now Jay the sky is falling crowd comes out early and mid season.We can’t hit,we can’t pitch and 8 NCs later you still don’t get it.LSU is 10 games in on a 60 + game season they AINT going to be perfect this soon.Get a grip KARENS!!!
Not sure why you’re addressing this to me. We’re 11-1, ranked #2 in the nation. And I’m just fine with that.
This team is good enough (so far) that it looks as if when one facet of the game is lacking, the other facets will be there to pick them up. I’m not worried in the least.
Posted on 3/2/26 at 2:09 pm to Hold That Tiger 10
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Did we hit great this past week? Not really. But too many people are using only a 4 game sample size to determine we can't hit, and ignoring over 60% of the time we did hit well.
Even the best baseball teams go into temporary hitting funks. Fact.
Sometimes you also have to give a little bit of credit to that other fellow on the mound.
Posted on 3/2/26 at 3:28 pm to ThreeYYYz
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But the shadow being on the hitter, and the pitcher being in the light, I feel has little to no effect.
You've clearly never played baseball then. Shadows on the hitter does 100% impact the hitters ability to see and pickup the baseball. So whether you believe it or not is irrelevant because this isn't a matter of opinion.
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