Quote Originally Posted by Johnson85 View Post
IT really is crazy how good he has been in the SEC, seemingly without getting a ton of hype during the season. Obviously people noticed because he got the POY, but it doesn't seem like he was talked about the way Mangum was talked about.
Well, Jake was kind of hard to ignore since he won a batting title and hit .408 as a Freshman, then capped it by chasing the All-Time hit record.

I think TA's slow start last season kept him from getting hype this year. But, I'll definitely put him up there as one of the best of the post-Polk era.