Quote Originally Posted by The Federalist Engineer View Post
This was a bad weekend but not embarrassing

Just need to adjust a few things. Who the coaches think is good needs to be fixed. With man on 1st and a 204 hitter at the plate, you bunt or get a Pinch Hitter. Especially in the 9th inning and a masher team as the opponent. Then with the dude on 2nd and a 204 hitter at the plate... you bunt.

Ace's stats in 2025 are skewed by the Mizzou series. He had two weekends that made his stats gaudy, the rest was just ok. This year, without Troy and Lipscomb, he is a 269 overall hitter. He is not 1989 Raffo, 2017 Rooker, or 2021 TA. This is more like 2022 Luke Hancock. He's good but he's only an All American versus 0-30 Mizzou. I hope his NIL did not cost MSU Henry Ford and an elite catcher.

Then you have the cleanup spot, damn. Then you have James, Bevis, and Wyers watching Dudes getting put away with scripted pitches that opponents know they can't hit.
Careful now, any scrutiny of Reese will get you blacklisted around here. With that said, you're absolutely right. He feasts on bad pitching. He sucks on good pitching. He's hitting .205 in league play. Not only is he not an All American at this point, he's not even All SEC. He's gonna have to hit .400 the remainder of league play to get to .300.