Monica Lifts Cajuns Baseball To Series Win Over Appalachian State

[CajunAmos]

I don't think people realize how important Kennon has been for us this year. He's become a sneaky good defensive OF and has so many quality ABs.

His batting average of 0.300 is actually higher than I thought it was before checking. My issue is we are averaging almost one strikeout per every four at bats. The team batting average is up to 0.269, but that has to continue to improve. You can get away with a lower batting average if you're average is good when you have runners in scoring position, but unfortunately ours hasn't been very good.

[ManAboutTown]

His batting average of 0.300 is actually higher than I thought it was before checking. My issue is we are averaging almost one strikeout per every four at bats. The team batting average is up to 0.269, but that has to continue to improve. You can get away with a lower batting average if you're average is good when you have runners in scoring position, but unfortunately ours hasn't been very good.

IMO, our brand of baseball is very hard on hitters. We essentially give our hitters fewer opportunities by relying on the timely hit. I'm not saying it's right or wrong, just my personal opinion that this kind of offense is more taxing on the man at the plate.

It's also interesting that we are attracting bigger and better recruits with some interesting results. Touted recruits are not touted because they can play situationally, bunt, have a knack for when to steal, understand counts, be disciplined at the plate and execute squeezes. Usually, the more talented and touted guys get recognized because of eye popping numbers, producing runs, being atheltic, hitting HRs, gap power, etc. The crux of the matter is, those kind of players rarely accel at small ball. It has to be taught to them, mostly from scratch.

Something interesting to think about.