This has been a theme with Clemson over the last few years, but the Tigers have struck out in 30.3% of their at-bats.
While I have no detailed information or analysis of NCAA Division I as a whole, I did a random sample of opponents and found these numbers:
South Carolina – 24.4%
Miami, FL – 25.1%
Notre Dame – 20.4%
Georgia – 26.8%
Obviously, when you strike out you don’t move the runners, but perhaps even worse than that, you don’t put pressure on the defense, which in college baseball is imperative.
A little more than 10 times a game, 10 of 27 outs, the Tigers are not giving the opponent’s defense a chance to make an error either literally or mentally.
Caden Grice has struck out 53 times in 120 at-bats, Bryar Hawkins 40 times and Dylan Brewer 35.