BB Final: Louisiana 8, Tulane 7

[RAGINCAJUN11]

So here is the question really. Max and Will were both good bats for us last year. Took them a little will to get it figured out as it does most juco bats. But at end of the season we could not win without them. Now this year, neither have shown up offensively with more protection in the lineup around them. One year wonders or is there more to it.

Agree. Also Rocco. 16 HR last year and now he as 1. Thats a big difference.

[ManAboutTown]

He falls back on every swing, creating an upper cut that either hits a popup or beats the ball into the ground 40 feet from the plate. Watch Carson, Ben, Lucroy anybody who can hit. They all swing level with a relatively "quiet" head.

I've seen several times where he leaves his load leg way too early and gets out in front. Whatever the case, the timing is way off.

[ManAboutTown]

So here is the question really. Max and Will were both good bats for us last year. Took them a little will to get it figured out as it does most juco bats. But at end of the season we could not win without them. Now this year, neither have shown up offensively with more protection in the lineup around them. One year wonders or is there more to it.

Veilion got hot down the stretch, but he was not a consistent hitter through the year. Max was not healthy the majority of the season after Stanford.

This year, Veilion hasn't been healthy all year and Max is in his head. I think it's that simple. Also, Max struggled with people coming for his job at Texas Tech. Could it be that it's happening again with Robie pressing for the leadoff job and ultimately winning it? It's possible to me.

[Dad04]

I've seen several times where he leaves his load leg way too early and gets out in front. Whatever the case, the timing is way off.

It is so not pretty to watch. He is moving all over.

[MWolf]

Are we watching the same player? Everything he does is in slow motion to me. I believe it was Saturday against App, while Rocco got the error, a poor throw set the tone for the game and they gave a hit on a one hopper that he basically got out of the way of a couple innings later. It looked like he would have rather been anywhere but at Russo that day. That may be why he was pulled.

1. If you want to put that error on Willis instead of Rocco, then no, we aren't watching the same game.
2. I was in a much better mood when Willis hit a 3 run home run than I am now after the game.
3. I'm not super high on Willis as a player, I don't think he's an every day guy for us. That said, yes, he does play with a smile on his face. I do think he plays hard, and, he's played through injury for us since he got here.

[ManAboutTown]

1. If you want to put that error on Willis instead of Rocco, then no, we aren't watching the same game.
2. I was in a much better mood when Willis hit a 3 run home run than I am now after the game.
3. I'm not super high on Willis as a player, I don't think he's an every day guy for us. That said, yes, he does play with a smile on his face. I do think he plays hard, and, he's played through injury for us since he got here.

Willis also has a bad strain in his back that regular gets reaggravated. He showed you early in the year that he can be a weapon in the bottom of the lineup. He's a key piece that I hope can get healthy.

[MWolf]

Veilion got hot down the stretch, but he was not a consistent hitter through the year. Max was not healthy the majority of the season after Stanford.

This year, Veilion hasn't been healthy all year and Max is in his head. I think it's that simple. Also, Max struggled with people coming for his job at Texas Tech. Could it be that it's happening again with Robie pressing for the leadoff job and ultimately winning it? It's possible to me.

I gave up for a while because I got tired of hearing myself whine, but I guess I'll go again.
Higgs needs to play for Veillion. Higgs also strikes out a lot, but also is OPSing over 1.000. The injury to Debo keeps Marusak in the lineup. With a healthy Debo, lets see what Lejeune can do every day at third and see if we can get his bat in a groove.

[ManAboutTown]

I gave up for a while because I got tired of hearing myself whine, but I guess I'll go again.
Higgs needs to play for Veillion. Higgs also strikes out a lot, but also is OPSing over 1.000. The injury to Debo keeps Marusak in the lineup. With a healthy Debo, lets see what Lejeune can do every day at third and see if we can get his bat in a groove.

Outside of the stats on the board, Higgs not playing more when Will struggles is the most baffling thing about this team.

[LifeTimeCajun]

Is recruiting healthy players that big of a task? Everybody seems to be injured coming here. You use to worry about that on the pitching side of things but now its across the board

[moorecajun]

Empty at bats are killing this team. Strikeouts by our hitters and free bases by our pitchers.
We have faced maybe 3 "dudes" on the mound this year (and two were in one game against Campbell) and have 11 games with double digit strikeouts. That's not gonna cut it.

I'm wondering if we play with a different strike zone than the umps.