Jake...

[She Mate Me]

...is just ridiculous.

 

[hatfieldms]

Such a bad ***

 

[She Mate Me]

9 for his last 12.

Batting .428 now.

 

[Bulldogg31]

Honestly, have we ever had a better hitter? If I remember right the kid is batting 1.000 this year with bases loaded. It’s just unreal how confident he is at the plate.

 

[patdog]

We may have had better hitters. Palmeiro and Clark come to mind. But we've never had a better hitter, fielder, leader, and clutch player than Jake Mangum.

 

[8dog]

Nope

 

[Drebin]

Honestly, have we ever had a better hitter? If I remember right the kid is batting 1.000 this year with bases loaded. It’s just unreal how confident he is at the plate.

I think what makes Mangum special is that he's done this for four years, and he is as clutch as anyone we have ever seen play for us.

That said...we always seem to have a player like this...undersized leadoff hitter who's discounted by pro scouts, but hits around .400 and is always in the middle of a rally. Jeff Rea.....Adam Frazier....Mangum is another in a long line. But he seems to be the best of the bunch.

 

[57stratdawg]

Was there any doubt he was going to come through?

 

[57stratdawg]

I don’t think so.

 

[anon1787432961]

JAKE 17N MANGUM

 

[lasher8]

I believe there has been a debate on here before re: whether "clutch" hitting is a thing or not.

I think Jake Mangum may have ended that debate.

We may have had better hitters. Palmeiro and Clark come to mind. But we've never had a better hitter, fielder, leader, and clutch player than Jake Mangum.

 

[Bobby Ricigliano]

The preferred vernacular is “timely hitting”.

 

[LovemesomeCroom]

Frazier was a pretty damn good complete shortstop/leadoff hitter with some sneaky pop. Didn’t he play a portion in the dead ball era?

Btw, you put Jeffrey Rea’s patience with Mangum’s bat control...you MIGHT create a college hitter with an OBP of .750.

 

[lasher8]

"Timely hitter" just doesn't sound as good as "clutch hitter"**

 

[She Mate Me]

I think what makes Mangum special is that he's done this for four years, and he is as clutch as anyone we have ever seen play for us.

That said...we always seem to have a player like this...undersized leadoff hitter who's discounted by pro scouts, but hits around .400 and is always in the middle of a rally. Jeff Rea.....Adam Frazier....Mangum is another in a long line. But he seems to be the best of the bunch.

Travis Chapman was another of those players. Dude was always in the mix.

 

[DAWGS1.sixpack]

I don’t know if he’ll be a long time MLB player but the dude can flat out hit and play his position with the best of them.
Won a lot of games for us!

 

[stateu1]

I think a bunch of MLB gm's are gonna kick themselves for not drafting this guy

 

[jackbaddawg]

Jake Mangum's name will be brought up for a long time . One of the best ever .**

 

[Nama Carl]

I believe there has been a debate on here before re: whether "clutch" hitting is a thing or not.

I think Jake Mangum may have ended that debate.

Statisticians will tell you there isn't. They will say the good hitters come through more often, thus they come through more in clutch situations. Mangum simply comes through all the time, clutch or not.

 

[Nama Carl]

Frazier was a pretty damn good complete shortstop/leadoff hitter with some sneaky pop. Didn’t he play a portion in the dead ball era?

Btw, you put Jeffrey Rea’s patience with Mangum’s bat control...you MIGHT create a college hitter with an OBP of .750.

I was going to say Mangum gets the nod over Frazier due to coming back for his senior year, but Frazier did get drafted in the 6th round vs. 32 for Mangum, I bet Mangum would have left too in that situation.

 

[boatsandhoes]

Idk, I would hold he phone on that one. Probably should get extra points for being a switch hitter too.

 

[RutherfordBHayes]

I’d like to see his average with a runner at 3rd base. It seems high.

 

[She Mate Me]

I was going to say Mangum gets the nod over Frazier due to coming back for his senior year, but Frazier did get drafted in the 6th round vs. 32 for Mangum, I bet Mangum would have left too in that situation.

Mangum got drafted in the 32nd because it was clear he wasn't signing once he went past a certain round. If he was a sure sign he would have gone much higher, as he will this year.

 

[IBleedMaroonDawg]

I think what makes Mangum special is that he's done this for four years, and he is as clutch as anyone we have ever seen play for us.

That said...we always seem to have a player like this...undersized leadoff hitter who's discounted by pro scouts, but hits around .400 and is always in the middle of a rally. Jeff Rea.....Adam Frazier....Mangum is another in a long line. But he seems to be the best of the bunch.

Some team is going to be very, very glad they drafted our guy.

 

[o_ArcadeDawg]

The best part was the guy calling the game was saying you got to jam him inside and the next pitch was inside and Jake jammed it into left field.

 

[kphall11]

Let’s not forget he played with a broken hand his sophomore year and still batter .300+

 

[PineGroveBully]

I fat fingered you a down vote, my bad patdog