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What a difference a year makes.

Gil
2018: .234/.317/.367, 3 HR, 19 RBI, 32.4 SO%
2019: .356/.430/.623, 9 HR, 30 RBI, 28.2 SO%

Toral
2018: .161/.322/.237, 1 HR, 10 RBI, 33.9 SO%
2019: .252/.381/.629, 17 HR, 43 RBI, 27.1 SO%. Toral's 17 HR are now tied with Hunter Bishop of ASU for 2nd nationally.

Both guys still strike out a little too much (ideally they drop that SO% to the low 20s next year), and you'd like to see them draw more walks. Still really a great turnaround season from two guys who were largely written off after tough freshmen seasons
 
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TheRichtShow said:
What a difference a year makes.

Gil
2018: .234/.317/.367, 3 HR, 19 RBI, 32.4 SO%
2019: .356/.430/.623, 9 HR, 30 RBI, 28.2 SO%

Toral
2018: .161/.322/.237, 1 HR, 10 RBI, 33.9 SO%
2019: .252/.381/.629, 17 HR, 43 RBI, 27.1 SO%. Toral's 17 HR are now tied with Hunter Bishop of ASU for 2nd nationally.

Both guys still strike out a little too much (ideally they drop that SO% to the low 20s next year), and you'd like to see them draw more walks. Still really a great turnaround season from two guys who were largely written off after tough freshmen seasons
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I am an old Phillies fan and Mike Schmidt made a TastyKake commercial, the greatest lunch cakes in America if you haven't tried them. He did strike out a fair amount. The punch line in the commercial was, "If you are going to make out two of every three times up, why tire yourself out running to first." or something very close to that.

Richie Ashburn, who started as a Phillie as one of theWhizKids, also did a commercial for them. For those who don't know, he was a tough out. He held the Mets season average record for many years. He was a slap hitter and hit alot of foul balls. His punch line was, " Practice hard and maybe next time you can hit a foul ball."
 
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CandideCane said:
I remember reading something about ****** bats, last year?

What are they using now?
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They still use Adidas bats.

I'm not sure why anyone thought the bats were a problem. They werent a problem in 2016 and this year shows they arent a problem now. Arizona St has the best offense in the country and they use Adidas bats too

Nike is the company that had bat issues. They couldnt figure out how to make a BBCOR bat, and ended up letting us and every other Nike school out of the bat contract after the 2011 season. Here's an article on it: http://www.collegebaseballdaily.com/2011/09/13/nike-releases-all-teams-from-bat-contracts/
 
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TheRichtShow said:
They still use Adidas bats.

I'm not sure why anyone thought the bats were a problem. They werent a problem in 2016 and this year shows they arent a problem now. Arizona St has the best offense in the country and they use Adidas bats too

Nike is the company that had bat issues. They couldnt figure out how to make a BBCOR bat, and ended up letting us and every other Nike school out of the bat contract after the 2011 season. Here's an article on it: http://www.collegebaseballdaily.com/2011/09/13/nike-releases-all-teams-from-bat-contracts/
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Yeah, this year's bats are a real mystery........

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TheRichtShow said:
They still use Adidas bats.

I'm not sure why anyone thought the bats were a problem. They werent a problem in 2016 and this year shows they arent a problem now. Arizona St has the best offense in the country and they use Adidas bats too

Nike is the company that had bat issues. They couldnt figure out how to make a BBCOR bat, and ended up letting us and every other Nike school out of the bat contract after the 2011 season. Here's an article on it: http://www.collegebaseballdaily.com/2011/09/13/nike-releases-all-teams-from-bat-contracts/
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Looks like ASU is swinging DeMarini Bats.
 
They don’t have a sponsor this year so everyone is on their own. Gino said they mostly use Demarini and DTB this year.
 
Gil has 3 RBI since this thread originated 18 days ago, and he might as well play 3B with one of those protective base-running mittens.

And yet he's leading the team in avg and slg% in ACC play
 
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