I?m all for giving him a break get it together, but he has to hit too.
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I?m all for giving him a break get it together, but he has to hit too.
Sorry should have put under current thread
How many strikeouts and rollovers is he? Especially with runners in scoring position?
I get that, but hopefully this is temporary and he gets back to productivity
I agree. I'd like Hunter to get right and make lemonis keep him in the lineup
Nope, we are a better team with him watching. We have lacked the depth to replace him in years past. Now we have the depth to move on.
Maybe but if his bat comes around his defense has been top notch to start the seasonQuote:
Originally Posted by Coursesuper
He gets the bench again today it looks like.
I'm shocked. Thought Lemonis would pencil him in. But I'm ok with it. He's a hole in our lineup right now.
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Originally Posted by cheewgumm
Often times the bench is one of the best motivators.Quote:
Originally Posted by msstate7
I would say the odds of Hines getting back into the lineup at some point are very high.Quote:
Originally Posted by Coursesuper
I'm not. Lemonis needs to get his point across. Hines is either putting too much pressure on himself or he is being a selfish player. I don't know which is which or if it is a combination of the two.Quote:
Originally Posted by MetEdDawg
If it's too much pressure the hopefully Hines sees that we have others who can play and step up and therefore we don't need him to hit a baseball 500 feet every time up.
If it's a being selfish issue then we are showing him that he is going to have to be a team player to play.
Odds are also high that he is exactly the same hitter he has been since he stepped on campus.Quote:
Originally Posted by Todd4State
That may be but if that happens he will sit again. He would be incredibly dumb to do that as I am 100% sure that Lemonis and Gautreau are going to work with him and make it very clear what he has to do to get back in the lineup. His Dad was a great hitter in college and that's sort of what is so confusing about this whole situation to me because I find it hard to believe that his Dad is teaching him to pull everything.Quote:
Originally Posted by Coursesuper
I?m not gonna try to read any more into it than what the kid has shown. He has been unable or unwilling to adapt and it?s hurting the team, period. For the past couple of years there was not another choice and now we have options. What his daddy did or does has zero relevance to the current situation. We shouldn?t care if his daddy was Babe Ruth, this one is a hole in the lineup right now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Todd4State
I see the same selfish pull hitter who can?t reach anything on the outer half. He?s never in a hitter?s count because he?s so predictable.
I think he?s in a A little slump.
I see people saying he has the wrong approach.
It?s not like his approach has been unsuccessful. Quite the opposite.
Who his Dad is is relevant in this situation since he is his hitting coach.Quote:
Originally Posted by Coursesuper
He was unsuccessful in 2024. He hit .260Quote:
Originally Posted by cheewgumm
His Dad was a better hitter but didnt have as much power altho had solid power...He simply wont go the other way. and that is a killaQuote:
Originally Posted by Todd4State
The more book teams have on him the better they will approach him as have clearly been seeing. They attack his weaknesses without much hesitation.Quote:
Originally Posted by Coach34
Yes. It's actually a bit bizarre to me. His Dad had a completely different approach as a player. And had a lot of success with it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Coach34
And it's not just going the other way. There is nothing wrong with a line drive single. That in and of itself would have beaten Troy if he had done that once in the game.
Point well made.Quote:
Originally Posted by Todd4State
I suspect we see Hines today.
Why not start by letting play against right handers. When he gets his mojo back play him everyday
Absolutely true. Even the right handers are pounding the outside half and then tying him up high and inside.Quote:
Originally Posted by Coursesuper
Oh no, our ?20 HR guy on the bench ? just faltered again with risp.
Our 20 HR guy on the bench is also a 30% K-er and the least clutch hitter I possibly have ever seen, so yeah I'm okay with leaving him on the bench for awhile.
20HRs? He went 0-5 with 4ks, with three of those looking and the other was a check swing. His only time he put the ball in play was when he somehow upper cutted and still rolled over a nice slow chopper to first.Quote:
Originally Posted by cheewgumm
Troy game it felt like he left 9 players on base himself.
He is zero HRs until he gets his swing back on plane, stops guessing at pitches when the guy throws 87 mph, and starts to hit line drives.
I'm amazed how quickly people are ready to sit him. And for what? None of the other 1 B guys will match his production, once he gets it going. He'll hit 280 and hit 20 HRs.
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Originally Posted by Lord McBuckethead
He hit 16 last year and 22 the year before.
We are what,7 games in?
Right. Not even in SEC play yet. Do you expect to see him all of a sudden turn it on when we start facing even better SEC pitching after he?s already been exposed by mid-major pitching.Quote:
Originally Posted by cheewgumm
This has been happening for a couple years now. It's not some slump, he's been figured out and hasn't been able to adjust.Quote:
Originally Posted by cheewgumm
Batting .200 right now. Has he started this slow in previous seasons?Quote:
Originally Posted by Cooterpoot
Correct. This isn't just 11 games making this decision. He sucked last year and has continued to suck this year while making 0 adjustments. Want to get HH out? Throw him breaking balls away. He won't adjust. He'll either K, pop it up, or dribble it into the shift.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cooterpoot
Line up is better without him. Let him start some mid week games to see if his mind is right - if it's not, he better get out the seeds and pom poms for the weekends.
He look like a large 9th grader who hasn't seen off speed
I can?t reply to all the nonsensical things said in this thread.
Thinking Hines is essentially broken and figured out, is crazy. Especially after 7 games. Ludicrous.
EVERY year Rowdy Jordan started slow. Did they figure him out?
These other coaches and pitchers haven?t figure out shit .
Hines will be hitting bombs soon?
Guaranteed.
It's not just 7 games. That's what you're failing to acknowledge.Quote:
Originally Posted by cheewgumm
Teams absolutely have figured him out. It's on him to adjust. He hasn't.
Hell, we?re gonna have to play him for defensive purposes.
Which of you called that?
He hit 16 HRs last year.Quote:
Originally Posted by KOdawg1
Who on our team is doing that this year?