Handsome Monica

[Rougarou]

McKinnon by all accounts is a good dude but on field he is a massive liability on this team. Add .100 to his current batting average and only then it's approaching mediocre. He is a very easy out. FAR Too easy at our level.

I find it incredibly disappointing we dont have a 3rd option at catcher that can be trusted to hit better than McKinnon's anemic .150.... Dude cant touch a curve and is late on Fastballs....AND....No one on bench or Freshman being redshirted is better than this?

That freshman third option on the catcher depth chart tore his shoulder. We had three healthy catchers to start. Two became injured. Snakebit.

He was a more defensive option at catcher too. Not recruited for his offense. Faecher can catch but not good enough to use unless McKinnon gets injured.

[Dad04]

McKinnon by all accounts is a good dude but on field he is a massive liability on this team. Add .100 to his current batting average and only then it's approaching mediocre. He is a very easy out. FAR Too easy at our level.

I find it incredibly disappointing we dont have a 3rd option at catcher that can be trusted to hit better than McKinnon's anemic .150.... Dude cant touch a curve and is late on Fastballs....AND....No one on bench or Freshman being redshirted is better than this?

He did get up to .200, but slid back down that hill over the last week, or two. the fact we cannot solve an 85 mph lefty on Friday night is disturbing. Amateur baseball, I guess.

[Frenchie35]

Agreed.... except it was a couple innings, if I recall.

Bottom of the fifth inning, first batter, Hibberler at bat. Got a hit and on stealing second Monica came up to throw him out and he twisted his knee.

[CajunVic]

Bottom of the fifth inning, first batter, Hibberler at bat. Got a hit and on stealing second Monica came up to throw him out and he twisted his knee.

Seems like 4 innings in the field and 2 at bats in the first game would have to be once of the smallest time playing disqualifications for a medical redshirt if that would happen.

[LifeTimeCajun]

Seems like 4 innings in the field and 2 at bats in the first game would have to be once of the smallest time playing disqualifications for a medical redshirt if that would happen.

Academics are taken into consideration also if I’m not mistaken. As long as he’s on course to graduate it will not be an issue

[Just1More]

We really don't have a true DH option hitting above the Mendoza line, why would you expect to have a third catcher who could.

Looks like we need to try real hard to learn to be happy with what we have this year and hope and pray that the strong suites out way the week ones in any particular game and we can get on a win streak that way - J1M, 27 in a row!!!!!!!!!

Attaboy Vic!

[barisaxman]

I would say so...we are in essence losing our top two leaders before the season even started. I'm not even sure you could compare the loss of Gunner and Handsome to any player combo lose in Cajun history...think about it.

Unless you compare it to Softball, who lost DJ, Aleah Creighton, and Alyssa Denham right before their season even started—TWO top hitters (one a favorite for NATIONAL player of the year), and their top pitcher!! I applaud Coach Glasco for NEVER using this as an excuse for any drop-off this year!! jmo

[UncleCajun]

Unless you compare it to Softball, who lost DJ, Aleah Creighton, and Alyssa Denham right before their season even started—TWO top hitters (one a favorite for NATIONAL player of the year), and their top pitcher!! I applaud Coach Glasco for NEVER using this as an excuse for any drop-off this year!! jmo

Two first team All-Americans and top pitcher on softball leaving voluntarily - baseball loss not even in same ballpark (pun intended).

[CajunVic]

Two first team All-Americans and top pitcher on softball leaving voluntarily - baseball loss not even in same ballpark (pun intended).

Nonc, what u say there can be interpreted more than in one way. What really say u?

[Just1More]

Two first team All-Americans and top pitcher on softball leaving voluntarily - baseball loss not even in same ballpark (pun intended).

Although the post was "biggest combo loss in Cajun history..."... and softball did experience monumental player losses... I don't see the circumstances anywhere comparable. But again... the poster making the observation did not qualify the loss circumstances in his statement.