Left Handed Pitchers

We hit .300 against LHP. That is not struggling.

RH hitter traditionally hit LHP pitching very well

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Many teams struggled against lefties, including us.

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This is a false narrative we actually did well against Lefties. We hit .300 against them this year. We had a few outings where we "struggled" and the pitcher happened to be Left handed but it wasn't a theme.

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Have we ever had this much southpaw talent on one team?

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Jay stated that you win with left handed pitching and left handed batters so I would expect going forward we will have a lot of LHP in the bullpen.

Not all of those guys will play a significant role on our staff next year, but it is nice to know that we at least have them on the team.

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Many teams struggled against lefties, including us. Hitters don't see as many lefties in practice or games, so they have to adjust.

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Why do y'all try to keep this narrative alive? We hit .300 against lefties and I believe .292 in SEC play against lefties.

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We hit .300 against LHP. That is not struggling.

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Now do right handers...

The book on LSU was they struggled against lefties.

Left handlers generally hit better against righties, but the difference at the college level is not as clear cut for right handers vs left handed pitchers. That is why left handers are in such demand. Statistically, there are more right handed hitters, so you would think that being a left handed pitcher would be a disadvantage. However, anyone who has ever played baseball knows that every left handed kid that can throw at all gets a chance to pitch...

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Now do right handers...

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IF I remember correctly we hit .312 against righties.

ETA: And .302 against righties in SEC play.

10-15 points lower is basically negligible

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Its all relative. Even .300 against lefties was still lower than what we hit overall.

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we struggled with good lefties like most teams but we smashed shitty lefties. last year we had trouble with both.

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True. It is also true that we hit lefties better than almost everyone, but we were still better against righties.

Most teams bat higher against righties, so having more left handed pitchers is a plus.

I remember hearing how Wes Johnson moved the rubber on the mound to one side so in order to let the batters practice hitting balls coming from the same angle as a left hander would throw.