Plastiac with a very nonchalant approach on a pop up. That is not what a team leader does.
Cats rolling 7-3. Ritter having a rough day 0-5 with 4 Ks.
I may be in the minority here, but I really don’t like Ritter in the lead off spot.
47 with the golden sombrero tonight! 🤦♂️I may be in the minority here, but I really don’t like Ritter in the lead off spot.
47 with the golden sombrero tonight! 🤦♂️
........and this one belongs to the Bat Cats!
Looking ahead, weather Saturday looks like it might be chilly. Considering heading down to the ballpark for the Georgia series. May do Sunday. Gonna play it by ear.
Like the hitting numbers but I like my leadoff guy to walk a lot and strikeout a little. He has 5 walks to 27 strikeouts. He seems like a really strong 2 hole hitter though.
I would go: Harris in 1. Ritter 2. Estep 3. Plastiak 4. Jump 5. Rubalcaba 6. Liebert 7. Fogel 8. Thasher 9.
I would almost flip Thrasher and Harris in that order. But that’s just me. It seems with Ritter it’s feast of famine with him leading off.
But no way we see a change........I think you could conceivably put Thrasher up there, but I think he's likely seeing better pitches in the 9 hole than he would in the 1. So, I think that's part of why he is hitting as well as he is and I'm hesitant to move him.
Fun fact... of our top 11 hitters (Liebert and Anu added), Ritter is only higher than Fogel in OB%. That just isn't the stat you want to see from your leadoff guy.