Re: Beer & Davidson Struggling?

Both Davidson and Beer seem to be struggling these last few games, both of them went 1-9 in the series vs ND. Making for Davidson a 1-13 week, and for Beer a 2-14 week. Now both of them are under .250 BA, Davidson .246, Beer .229. Beer was hitting close to .400 this time last year. Wonder if anyone can shine a light onto why both are struggling so much? Davidson was hitting .333 last week before the Usuck series. Hes not even swinging at fastballs in favorable counts. Good thing is Rohlman and Pinder are just tearing it up! I would like to see a line up similiar to this in one of the week day games this week vs Yale.

1. Jolly DH .379
2. Rolhman LF .333
3. Beer RF .229
4. Pinder CF .389
5. Cox 1B .333
6. Williams C .286
7. Davidson SS .246
8. Byrd 2B .250
9. Cromwell 3B .182

Hope Beer can get his average back up right now he only has 1 double on the season, it seems like if he doesnt get a HR he doesnt get a hit.

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Two different animals, in my opinion...

Mar 13, 2017, 2:48 AM

I think Beer is pressing just a little bit, however, he also is not getting a lot of easy pitches to hit. He is getting pitched around a ton and they are making it tough for him to barrel them up. That is how they'll pitch to him all season. Even though some of the guys are hitting really, really well, there aren't any other BIG bats in the order that teams are scared of that can insulate Seth in the line-up. Chris Williams or Weston Jackson heating up could help eventually as they have the pop... but even then, Beer is so well known that they still may not throw to him. He affects teams just by being in the line-up, even when he doesn't get a hit, and that is the sign of a really good hitter.

Logan is another story. Very, VERY talented kid but he is an honest to goodness true freshman. I often say he is the most frustrating player on the team to watch because you never know what you're getting from play to play. He makes some spectacular swings and defensive plays look easy and then the next second botches something routine. As I said, VERY talented though. I can definitely understand why Coach Lee is allowing him to go through his growing pains on the field because his upside is tremendous. I think as the season continues, he will settle in and "grow up", so to speak. Watch out for Davidson come early May and into Regionals.

As an aside, I like your proposed line-up. I would probably platoon Reed and Weston Jackson. I know Weston's average is low but I contend that it's deceptively low. He has hit a lot of balls nicely and had some real quality ABs that just haven't translated into hits yet. Heck, he was robbed of a HR on Saturday. Additionally, he's a good defender. I really believe that, as the season progresses and he stays in the line-up a bit, some of his loud outs will translate to hits and his average will rise.

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