Robichaux: There Will Be No Excuses

[31Ragin97]

700 missed at bats in practice.

do they have batting cages? or could they have gone to some place where you pay to use batting cages?

[LifeTimeCajun]

Live at bats. Tough to do in a cage bro

[31Ragin97]

Live at bats. Tough to do in a cage bro

is it legal to practice at a different field?

[ManAboutTown]

FFS

[LifeTimeCajun]

I'm sure it is. But it could also be a liability issue for the host facility. Not all of these at bats were lost bc of construction. There were several pitchers shut down this fall due to worlkload issues from the summer

[Dad04]

700 missed at bats in practice.

That cannot be an excuse.

[31Ragin97]

I'm sure it is. But it could also be a liability issue for the host facility. Not all of these at bats were lost bc of construction. There were several pitchers shut down this fall due to worlkload issues from the summer

Thanks. I thought i heard that previously..... Is it legal to have other people not affiliated with team pitch for practices? Maybe former players like bama does in football?

[Rougarou]

Thanks. I thought i heard that previously..... Is it legal to have other people not affiliated with team pitch for practices? Maybe former players like bama does in football?

I'm sure there are some liability considerations, but at the same time for fan day, old players come back and face our pitchers, but never a pitcher coming back to face our hitters.

Problem is, find me a guy on the street that can throw more than 3 outs of quality pitching. So who are you going to have come pitch? I don't know if you have thrown a baseball as hard as you can several times lately, but your arm begins to hurt before long, especially when it is not in shape. So even former players probably couldn't or wouldn't do it. It's not the same as getting a field manager to catch bull pens. So it's a tough issue to figure out.

[Turbine]

700 missed at bats in practice.

Is this 700 sessions or at bats?

At bats does not sound like a lot.

30 players missing 24 of whatever the case may be is over 700.

[CajunAmos]

Is this 700 sessions or at bats?

At bats does not sound like a lot.

30 players missing 24 of whatever the case may be is over 700.

I think the issue may be how many game type scrimmages can be done with the limited practice dates in the fall. You are on limited pitches for all your pitchers normally, and this is made more difficult when you are on pitch limits or shut down pitchers totally to keep them healthy for the spring. They have also reduced the amount of games for the fall world series further limiting live action opportunities. Then when spring rolls around you are ramping up pitchers gradually so I don't think you have many game type scrimmages during that period as well. I don't think any of the hitters saw much of our top 6-8 guys in the fall, and they are seeing them from other teams in the spring. If the limited AB's is indeed an issue you would expect the guys to continue to improve as the season goes on. We'll just have to watch and see.

[Turbine]

I think the issue may be how many game type scrimmages can be done with the limited practice dates in the fall. You are on limited pitches for all your pitchers normally, and this is made more difficult when you are on pitch limits or shut down pitchers totally to keep them healthy for the spring. They have also reduced the amount of games for the fall world series further limiting live action opportunities. Then when spring rolls around you are ramping up pitchers gradually so I don't think you have many game type scrimmages during that period as well. I don't think any of the hitters saw much of our top 6-8 guys in the fall, and they are seeing them from other teams in the spring. If the limited AB's is indeed an issue you would expect the guys to continue to improve as the season goes on. We'll just have to watch and see.

Makes sense, thanks.

[Rougarou]

Is this 700 sessions or at bats?

At bats does not sound like a lot.

30 players missing 24 of whatever the case may be is over 700.

700 total at bats cumulatively for all hitters. Not 700 each.