2019 Cajuns Baseball Lineup???

[Rougarou]

You don't need to worry about it.

Not gonna give details or sources here. Sorry.

This.

[wcd35]

Has the rehab not gone well? The original prognosis was being game ready May this year, per numerous interviews.

He did not want to use a year's eligibility on a few innings.

The leg rehab was the more difficult part from what I understand. That was a fairly invasive surgery.

[LaCajunsFan]

After Sensley, I am now discounting ALL LSU-E stats back to net present D1 value.

But didn't sensley do very well hitting-wise once he left here?

[Cajun_RH]

But didn't sensley do very well hitting-wise once he left here?

He started hitting the ball well about halfway through his senior season while he was still here. From what I heard, he stopped listening to Talbot and started doing his own thing and it worked out pretty well.

[Dad04]

But didn't sensley do very well hitting-wise once he left here?

Who cares?

EDIT: I am interested in players while they are here. If they hit better before they get here AND after they leave, that's a problem, but one we need to factor in.

We need to find guys hitting over .400, so they can hit .280 while they are here dealing with our systemic deficiencies.

Excuse the sarcasm, but we got issues.

[cajunhawk]

Who cares?

We should care...it's proof of a systemic issue with our coaching.

[Dad04]

We should care...it's proof of a systemic issue with our coaching.

See my edit above.

[Turbine]

We should care...it's proof of a systemic issue with our coaching.

One or a few improving after leaving is not enough to prove systemic.

Diminishing batting averages over several years for majority of players while in the system is all you need to prove systemic.

[CajunVic]

He's a stud. And when we play LSU, he has an axe to grind. I think he had some shoulder issues, and they weren't very supportive (if my sources are right). He was simply way too good out of HS to not play well for us. And we need him at 1B.

This is how I have heard it put - kid has a million dollar swing. He tore his labrum playing football his Junior year in high school. DH'd only towards end of Junior year in HS and hit well. Had to move to first base because of throwing issues his senior year (shoulder still giving issues), but the bat was still a "million dollar swing" He could rake it at the plate.

[Ray Finkle]

Why? I've watched a bunch of summer woodbat. Everybody was grinding all the games I've watched.

EDIT: Purely anecdotal. Lucroy played one season summerball during college. He hit .347 in 84 AB after freshman year. Soph year he hit .333 over 200 AB, so maybe....

I believe everyone, even athletes, are motivated by incentives and summer ball is no different. The pitchers especially don't have anything to play for and aren't focused, under extreme stress nor willing to throw their arms off for a nothing game. They don't have the fans behind them, the scouts aren't really there, no ncaa championships, not getting scholarship offers...it's just play to keep you moving before the real games start. When it comes to the hitters, they don't have any of that added stress to hit the game winning hit, lay down a bunt, get mental fatigued trying to guess the next pitch, take advice from JT...none of that stuff - It's just batting practice. So from my perspective, their performance needs to be discounted quite heavily given the differences between summer and spring ball.