This post will be a little bit different from all the weeks prior. It’s just missing one thing, Jace Laviolette. He is still having a decent year, but I thought it was time to enter a different name into the conversation.
That name is Kade Snell from Alabama. He is having an excellent year, yet a quiet one. He leads the SEC in batting average at .390, and is third in hits in the SEC with 73. He also has 10 longballs to go along with those great stats. His SLG is also .631, along with a 1.113 OPS. Here is how his weekend went. Friday, he was 1-3 with a walk, Sunday, 2-4 with a BB and a K, and Saturday, 1-2. I figured since he’s having such a good year, he would be cool to include. Oh, I forgot to mention, he has only struck out 14 times this year, in 187 ABs.
Now, for a more familiar face, Jamie Arnold. I’ve been covering Arnold for a while now, and one thing that I’ve noticed is that even his not-so-great outings are still decent/good outings that put his team in a good position to win the game. To consider this start mediocre for him feels borderline criminal, but that just speaks to how good he is. His weekend Stats: 6IP, 3 hits, 1 run, 3 BB, and 5 Ks. Everyone knows giving up only one run through six innings pitched is good, but it was the fact that he had 3 walks and only 5 Ks. It’s crazy that I have to say that it’s not one of his better outings because that’s the standard he’s set for himself.
Liam Doyle had a very short start. I was very confused about why he only threw an inning. I later looked it up and found out that he was ejected from the game. In my opinion, what he did was nowhere near close enough to get him ejected. There was a run down between third and home, and when Liam tagged the runner out at the plate, he shoved his chest a little. It wasn’t very aggressive and not hard enough to where he should’ve been tossed. His Inning went like this: 1 hit, 2 runs, a walk, and 2 Ks. A very interesting day to say the least
Now for another new name, who I think will go in the top 10 this year, Kade Anderson from LSU. This Guy is legit. He is having a great sophomore campaign. Posting a 3.66 ERA, which is a tad bit on the higher side, but he strikes out a ton of guys and doesn’t walk very many. His K-to-Walk ratio is pretty impressive, 124 strikeouts to just 20 Walks. He does a very good job of getting swings and misses and I think he will serve a team very well in the future.
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