Baseball thoughts after Samford midweek

[magrooder]

Kohler is dangerously close to dropping below the Mendoza Line. Currently hitting .208
He was a double digit HR guy at Memphis last year, but as of now he has ZERO HRs and the lowest slugging percentage of anyone on the team with more than 15 ABs.
If he keeps trending down, then you gotta sacrifice some defense and give Downs some starts at 3B to get Kohler out of the lineup.

As well as he hit last year, maybe he's a slow starter in the mold of Rowdey. Hope he gets his bat in gear.

[MStateDawg]

maybe he's a slow starter in the mold of Rowdey.

After this Saturday's game at Florida, we'll be exactly halfway thru the regular season. We are past the point of "slow starter".

[Johnson85]

After this Saturday's game at Florida, we'll be exactly halfway thru the regular season. We are past the point of "slow starter".

Yes, but not of one "in the mold of Rowdey"

I've never seen another player like Rowdey, that in multiple years looks bad all the way into the SEC schedule and then somehow starts hitting. I'm sure there have been plenty of inexperienced players that have had a light switch on late in the season despite facing better pitching, but he's the only one I can think of that did it multiple years.

I would assume Kohler (like most players) is what he is at this point in the season, except he wasn't a bad hitter last year. It's not like our OOC competition has been harder than what he faced at Memphis last year, so it's not that he just can't handle the better competition. No clue what has him screwed up but maybe he can get back to where he was last year.