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[QUOTE=BeardoMSU;1316946]Put down the crack pipe. Holy shit, lol.
Is it me or is this guy just a troll??
Yeah, take the sweep anyway we can get it because the next three weeks are going to be extremely tough. We go to Auburn, home to UM and then on the road to Vandy. That's a tough stretch for anybody.
The problem with Hatcher is he is trying to pull the ball and is just rolling ove to second. he is at his best when going to left. Early this year he had 2 doubles to left. Oppo is the way to get out of his slump.
I?ve been saying for 3 weeks that Hatcher needs to sit. He provides nothing defensively that we couldn?t get from Pimentel, Hancock, Allen, etc. The kid just isn?t seeing the ball well at all. It sucks, but it is what it is and unfortunately for him we?re not in the feelings business. We?re in the we need to win now business so he needs to be sitting.
He had more strike outs than good contact. He struck out exactly 1/3 of his AB’s this weekend with some bad AB’s. I watched every pitch. When you drop 74 points on your average since the start of SEC play and have the lowest OBP by far of any regular player (Clark is the only one lower I believe and he hadn’t played much at all)...sometimes time off from some starts is a good thing. Doesn’t have to be permanent but there has to be a change at some point because you can’t give some one 275 AB’s with a .200 average and he’s over a third of the way there.
Watch the damn games. He's one of the few that can get the ball to jump off the bat.
Yesterday here is Hatcher's AB's
1st - ground ball up the middle to move the runner over. Did his job! You goons see that as "0-1"
2nd - smokes a grounder right at the 1B. A couple feet either way and it's a hit.
3rd - K. It happens
4th - frozen rope liner to opposite field that gets caught.
All you morons see is "0-4 dang he sux". Watch the damn game.
I've watched every inning of SEC ball. Go through his 5 AB's Friday night for us when he had the hat trick. It's not about yesterday's 0-4. It's his 4/35 in SEC play and batting .200 thats the problem. Hell- he was hitting .259 OOC so it wasnt like he was killing it before SEC play got going. He is only player on the team that has had 5 or more AB's that has an OBP less than .300
2/9 vs E. Michigan
2/9 vs Kent State
2/12 vs Tulane
6/30 in those 3 series- which is what he is hitting now- .200
The "Josh Hatcher Fried Crow Tour" begins Tuesday night. Bring your own plates, forks, and knives.
What he does Tuesday against the SWAC matters not. It's all about Fri/Sat/Sun
You are trying too hard. Again, not saying permanently bench, I’m saying he needs to get right and benching him at this point is the best option if we can at all possible.
ETA. He is hitting .114 in SEC play and there are only 2 qualifying players with a lower average. Only 2. Don’t want to wait for him to be dead last before making changes.