Ok, so you have some Sophomores that produced big during pre-conference games. Were talking deep balls, in and out of the park, and hard shots that brought in many RBI's when really needed. Not only did they hit, but they hit when it really mattered. You also have some that went 1/2 for 12 with 6+ K's and extremely poor contact when the ball was hit.
Their are pitchers that can't seem to get on the mound that often.....one pitched a 5 inning shutout in 63 pitches. There are pitchers that can't find the plate, yet seem to get most of the innings regardless performance, awful pitch counts etc....
The kids struggling now........ were mainline starter's as freshman. Obviously, things can change in a year.
The coach has done a really nice job of spreading out the playing time *pre-confernce games* so everyone has had their opportunities, or at least thought they were given a chance.
But now, Its really hard to understand why, that after the coach set his starting line up for the first conference game, they get their butts handed to them because of poor pitching, errors, "open space" throws, K's etc....
Why.........would he start the same bad news bunch for the next game *Dbl. header* instead of players that clearly earned the chance to play another day?
Explain the mindset:
Is the current coach going off of the freshman coaches opinion and stats?
Is the varsity coach telling him to play certain players, even if they our performing poorly, for future development?
I have more questions, but I will wait for any reply's first.
Thanks
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