Quote Originally Posted by BuckyIsAB**** View Post
Rowdey will come around. He showed real toughness and competitiveness last year, I dont know much about his load and swing mechanics but I can tell you that toughness and willing to fight doesnt go away
Something changed in Rowdy's swing from last year. I haven't gone back and looked at what he was doing last year but he could not have hit .220 with his current swing last year, much less .320. He looks to me like he is late getting the bat into the zone and the bat is not coming through in a straight plane but rather flopping down during the swing. That looks like why he is hitting SO many pop ups in the times when he actually makes contact. He has got to sit and go work with Gautreau to see what he can get corrected and try it out in some midweek games. Until then he really should not be starting SEC games because he's a decent defensive player but nothing like would be needed to make up for his current total futility in the batter's box.