LSU hoping to load up the OOC baseball schedule

Did y'all read that article about Hess? They are going to try and develop a changeup.. if he can master that as a third pitch, it might not be very fair for the batter.

Good.

Good, lets play some teams with a pulse earlier in the year

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Would be awesome to play three with Notre Dame and Texas next season. Playing shite teams every weekend to start makes the wait until SEC play starts last forever.

That would be fun to get some major conference teams in here. Those series with Cincinnati, Army, and who can forget... Sacramento State...have been thrilling, but the Longhorns and Irish would be some better names.

Yep, id like it to be similar every year

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To me this says Hess will remain a closer while at LSU.

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Hess just came off a 70-game season (not that he threw 70, but there is a wear and tear of a season, warming up in the pen, actual game action, etc.) so it may be more Mainieri trying to make sure he's not left to throw 100-120 pitches in one or more games. He hasn't been starting games, and maybe Mainieri doesn't trust that he's been built up to handle a regular starter's load.

If Hess is going to eventually start at LSU, Mainieri may be more comfortable supervising the build-up to that in the fall.

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Because setting a 60 pitch maximum implies he's not too concerned with building the stamina it takes to being a starter. Maybe they'll work on that in the fall. Does Mainieri always put such a low pitch count on starters in summer league?

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He does. Lange was limited in his team USA outings. He pitched out of the pen (save one "start") a couple innings here and there (9 total in three appearances, I believe). The summer isn't about stretching these guys, it is about getting the work in. The stretching is done in the fall and spring/early part of the season.