Cajuns' Hitting Approach Paying Dividends

The Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns are sitting six games below .500 on the season and four games under .500 in conference play.

But, the Cajuns are scoring runs and hitting the ball better.

This year, the Cajuns' hitters have concentrated more on approach and less on technique, and the results speak for themselves.

Here are some comparative numbers over the last five seasons showing the improvement:

OVERALL STATS 2015/16/17/18/19

GAMES PLAYED 65/60/57/59/50

BATTING AVERAGE .272/.274/.266/.242/.271

RUNS/GAME 5.9/5.9/5.3/4.9/5.6

HITS/GAME 8.9/9.6/9.0/8.0/9.1

HOME RUNS 34/45/41/29/47

WALKS/GAME 3.9/3.7/4.0/3.0/4.0

K/GAME 6.5/6.7/8.0/7.8/7.9

SLG PCT .416/.407/.398/.348/.412

ON BASE PCT .360/.361/.357/.323/.369

OB+SLG .766/.761/.755/.671/.781

It took a few weeks for the new hitting approach to really kick in. Here are some conference numbers

SUN BELT STATS 2015/16/17/18/19

BATTING AVG .279/.268/.267/.257/.293

RUNS/GAME 5.9/5.5/5.7/5.4/6.4

HITS/GAME 8.9/8.8/8.0/8.1/9.8

HOME RUNS 34/21/27/17/25

WALKS/GAME 3.6/3.2/4.4/3.1/3.9

K/GAME 5.7/6.5/8.0/7.8/6.8

SLG PCT .495/.401/.419/.375/.442

ON BASE PCT .365/.347/.367/.334/.390

OB+SLG .850/.748/.786/.709/.832