re: A&M vs LSU this week in baseball, just a reminder that LSU needs to hire Nolan Cain

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lineup full of 5’6” 160lbs singles hitters

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Atleast they fricking hit…

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Could they, though?

Cain became the recruiting coordinator after the 2016 season so let's look at 2017 and beyond. Their best hitting was the first year under Cain, which should be the least impactful. It is also the only season the team batting average was better than this season's though the OBP, RPG, and RBI/Game were still significantly worse than this season. Typical nonsense tRant take


2017 - 0.289 BA, 0.384 OBP, 6.69 runs/game, 6.22 RBI/game
2018 - 0.283 BA, 0.366 OBP, 5.88 runs/game, 5.48 RBI/game
2019 - 0.273 BA, 0.358 OBP, 6.62 runs/game, 6.03 RBI/game
2020 - 0.253 BA, 0.358 OBP, 5.71 runs/game, 5.24 RBI/game
2021 - 0.273 BA, 0.361 OBP, 6.57 runs/game, 6.1 RBI/game

2022 - 0.289 BA, 0.404 OBP, 8.11 runs/game, 7.69 RBI/game
2023 - 0.308 BA, 0.432 OBP, 8.93 runs/game, 8.2 RBI/game
2024 - 0.288 BA, 0.405 OBP, 7.3 runs/game, 6.72 RBI/game