re: *2024 ARKANSAS RAZORBACK SEC BASEBALL SEASON THREAD*

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He is 100% guessing and is not able to pick up pitches. Basically Casey Martin mode.

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Had this exact same thought this weekend.

He reminds me a lot of Martin. Both were very good as underclassmen but fell off because they were guess hitters who got behind every count and can’t hit a breaking ball.

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Too many moving parts, and he stares at fastballs right down the middle too often.

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The book is out on Diggs’ plate approach. He won’t swing at the first 2 pitches in the hopes that the pitcher will get behind in the count and throw him a fastball. What’s happening is that opposing pitchers are grooving 2 fastballs right over the plate, getting Diggs to 0-2, and then throwing a curve or slider in the dirt on 0-2 or 1-2 which he swings at wildly. If you can get Diggs behind 0-2 or 1-2, the AB is basically over.

I don’t know how to fix it other than the coaches telling him to start swinging at the first pitch or 2, but as Bubba always says, that’s something that’s basically part of a player’s DNA from youth ball, and kid’s either a first pitch swinger or not.