Quote Originally Posted by confucius say View Post
That's a Fair point. But if we're going to use relative stats, you have to look across all games because all the zones were tighter and all the balls were juiced, not just during in sec games.

2023: 114 in BA; 45 in SLG; 54 in OBP; 71 in runs per game

2021: 89 in BA; 81 in SLG; 84 in OBP; 37 in runs per game

Outside of runs, 2023 has the better relative line by a good bit. The anomaly is the runs scored, a stat you would expect to track obp and slugging, otherwise knows as OPS. Maybe the 2021 team was just more clutch or did little things better to move runners.
I understand that OPS is the best predictor of runs. But RUNS are what matters at the end of the day.

Every other stat is only useful for forward looking projection of who will score more runs the rest of the season. For hindsight, for seasons in the books, all those stats are meaningless because RUNS are what matter

Ultimately, we've been mediocre at hitting for years despite having above average SEC classes... Jake G just isn't an elite hitting coach. He's competent but not much else