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Another double yesterday, he whacked this one good. I was a little bummed he's the only kid who has an extra base hit and maybe a hit at all in the game. (walked in 3rd on 4 straight think they were tired of pitching to him he did this last time). Comes up in 5th down 5-1 we get runners on 1st-2nd nobody out. Yep, the dreaded Sac Bunt. Next closest kid on team only has two doubles this fall, (John up to 6). Also double the RBIs as anyone else, I say he's reached the point of just have him swing. Let the other kids bunt.
As much as it pains people to be wrong, who've made predictions about the athletes at our school, this guy, might be the one who replaces Steven's production. Another kid built more like Steven was who coach felt was going to be that guy, but I am not sure he's very inconsistent, and has a pretty low avg with a lot of K's in these fall games against upgraded competition. He shows signs of it, but then really struggles at times. As I mentioned, to the coach, Steven was usually creating havoc even when making an out it was a hard catch or someone getting in front of a smashed grounder. Not nearly as many pop ups and k's so I want to see this other kid get more consistent before we crown him. No doubt the kid's a bigger prospect he's a sub 7.0 60 throwing 87 from the OF, he'll get D1 offers. It's a numbers game and he not only has good measurables he is out there getting seen more. But the swing is long. No back leg winning, no stretch and fire. FAST powerful arms on a 6'3" 205 lb. frame, but doesn't clear the path for the barrel and hands like John is learning. And remember John definitely leads the team in deep line drive outs, so the hard hitting has been across the at-bats. Consistent. The doubles aren't lucky, it's more like if you keep smashing balls deep they are going to find holes.
Maybe this gif shows up? He three pops in the wood tournament sunday and was pissed. Had Steven hit with him while I was out. Steven said you are moving the arms too much. Get them kind of where you want to swing from, so that only the hands are really moving the bat around. Sound advice.
Saturday he doubled, and tripled. This was on Astros spring training facility so the fences were deeper, so it might be the farthest he's hit a ball or for sure the farthest with wood. We were down 1-0 in the bottom 6th, this triple got us the lead and in the drivers seat for the tournament. Off the bat I thought it was a sac fly until I looked up and saw the LF turn and run. Wood bat a lot of teams play more shallow to catch the weak pops is all I can figure but this thing was crushed.
As much as it pains people to be wrong, who've made predictions about the athletes at our school, this guy, might be the one who replaces Steven's production. Another kid built more like Steven was who coach felt was going to be that guy, but I am not sure he's very inconsistent, and has a pretty low avg with a lot of K's in these fall games against upgraded competition. He shows signs of it, but then really struggles at times. As I mentioned, to the coach, Steven was usually creating havoc even when making an out it was a hard catch or someone getting in front of a smashed grounder. Not nearly as many pop ups and k's so I want to see this other kid get more consistent before we crown him. No doubt the kid's a bigger prospect he's a sub 7.0 60 throwing 87 from the OF, he'll get D1 offers. It's a numbers game and he not only has good measurables he is out there getting seen more. But the swing is long. No back leg winning, no stretch and fire. FAST powerful arms on a 6'3" 205 lb. frame, but doesn't clear the path for the barrel and hands like John is learning. And remember John definitely leads the team in deep line drive outs, so the hard hitting has been across the at-bats. Consistent. The doubles aren't lucky, it's more like if you keep smashing balls deep they are going to find holes.
Maybe this gif shows up? He three pops in the wood tournament sunday and was pissed. Had Steven hit with him while I was out. Steven said you are moving the arms too much. Get them kind of where you want to swing from, so that only the hands are really moving the bat around. Sound advice.
Saturday he doubled, and tripled. This was on Astros spring training facility so the fences were deeper, so it might be the farthest he's hit a ball or for sure the farthest with wood. We were down 1-0 in the bottom 6th, this triple got us the lead and in the drivers seat for the tournament. Off the bat I thought it was a sac fly until I looked up and saw the LF turn and run. Wood bat a lot of teams play more shallow to catch the weak pops is all I can figure but this thing was crushed.
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