Hunter Hines is 20 HRs sitting on the bench.

[KOdawg1]

He hit 16 HRs last year.

Who on our team is doing that this year?

And hit .250 and struck out 70 something times.

Homeruns are cool but it's not the only stat to look at.

[cheewgumm]

He?ll definitely start ripping again.

Many of you cut bait way too quickly.

[KOdawg1]

He?ll definitely start ripping again.

Many of you cut bait way too quickly.

Haven't cut bait. But he needs to ride the pine for awhile and it's not just because of 7 games.

[cheewgumm]

Haven't cut bait. But he needs to ride the line for awhile and it's not just because of 7 games.

The guy who took his place had 3 errors in 2 games.


Does he need to sit ?

[KOdawg1]

The guy who took his place had 3 errors in 2 games.


Does he need to sit ?

Did he have them at first base?

Mrs. Hines, it's okay. Your son will get another chance.

[Coursesuper]

He?ll definitely start ripping again.

Many of you cut bait way too quickly.

Try to put it in these terms. There are 27 out for a team in a 9 inning game. Why would we continue to approach a game in which the other team only has to worry about getting 23 outs? That?s where we are. This is not 12 year old travel ball, the margins for winning and losing are very thin. How can we justify allowing Hines to continue to be an out when we have viable options that are productive right now?

[Tbonewannabe]

He barely put the ball in play in the back half of last season. He is striking out at a crazy rate before we even see good to great pitching. He has proven from last year that he isn't hitting his way out of a slump.

The book on him is thick and consistent. He essentially is boom or bust. Make a mistake and throw it in his wheel house then he can yank it out to right field.

Pitch him like most people and he is a strike out or weak hit into the right field shift. He is very consistent.

[cheewgumm]

If this was all so clear down even last year?


Then our coaches should not have brought him back.

They damn sure should t have batted him clean up.

When he gets out of the slump I look forward to all the


? Glad I was wrong ?

[DawgFromOxford]

If this was all so clear down even last year?


Then our coaches should not have brought him back.

They damn sure should t have batted him clean up.

When he gets out of the slump I look forward to all the


? Glad I was wrong ?

Looked up last years stats. Out of his 16 home runs, 10 were when no one was on base (in fairness, I don't know how this ratio compares to other players, maybe I'll look that up when I have more time). But I'll gladly trade a few less home runs for more productive run scoring at bats when people are on base.

[Coach34]

Stallman and Frei are simply outplaying him right now. How do you justify sitting them?

Stallman already has 4 HR's in 24 AB's. I certainly think he could hit 15 or more this year

[cheewgumm]

Stallman and Frei are simply outplaying him right now. How do you justify sitting them?

Stallman already has 4 HR's in 24 AB's. I certainly think he could hit 15 or more this year

I think this is a good argumnet and I'd agree. They should play if they are outplaying him.

I disagree that Hines is "done".

These other guys will cool off as well.

[Cooterpoot]

He hit 16 HRs last year.

Who on our team is doing that this year?

Stallman, Sullivan, Frie possibly but those 16 HRs come with a shit ton of Ks and a low batting average with runners on and in general a low average for Hines.

[Coach34]

Reese already has 5. Will be shocked if he doesnt get to 16

[Coach34]

We hit 79 HR's last year. On pace for about 100 this year

[Commercecomet24]

He barely put the ball in play in the back half of last season. He is striking out at a crazy rate before we even see good to great pitching. He has proven from last year that he isn't hitting his way out of a slump.

The book on him is thick and consistent. He essentially is boom or bust. Make a mistake and throw it in his wheel house then he can yank it out to right field.

Pitch him like most people and he is a strike out or weak hit into the right field shift. He is very consistent.

This. Last half of last season he was awful and a lot of his hrs were solos. He's currently striking out at 43% rate and he has 20% of our total strike outs, and almost 20% of our lob. You can't keep running that out there.

If you want to try and get him going let him hit some against podunks in the 8 or 9 hole and use him as a late inning defensive replacement.

[Coursesuper]

This. Last half of last season he was and a lot of those hrs were solos. He's currently striking out at 43% rate and he has 20% of our total strike outs, and almost 20% of our lob. You can't keep running that out there.

If you want to try and get him going let him hit some against podunks in the 8 or 9 hole and use him as a late inning defensive replacement.

Absolutely.

[StarkVegasSteve]

This. Last half of last season he was and a lot of those hrs were solos. He's currently striking out at 43% rate and he has 20% of our total strike outs, and almost 20% of our lob. You can't keep running that out there.

If you want to try and get him going let him hit some against podunks in the 8 or 9 hole and use him as a late inning defensive replacement.

Use him like Hatcher.

[Commercecomet24]

Use him like Hatcher.

I concur.

[KOdawg1]

Finally a pro AB from Hines. Didn't try to do too much. Shortened his swing. Didn't go the other way but it got the job done. Good AB.

[EdwardDrayton]

Finally a pro AB from Hines. Didn't try to do too much. Shortened his swing. Didn't go the other way but it got the job done. Good AB.

Absolutely. That is what we've been looking for from him.