It isn't pretty but this is going to be an entire review of their stats with rankings for this season up until today. LINK

For the record, Paul Maineiri is a great coach. He is finding a way to win with less talent then we have had in a few years. Our bullpen isn't great but it is young. Our lineup is decent but also young. We are finding ways to win more games than we should be and the stats will prove this. This is a solid team but compared to last season, not even close. Sorry, but Mason Katz, Ty Ross, Ryan Eades, Chris Cotton, and Raph Rhymes are about as big a loss to the program as Mahtook was by himself a couple years back.

The fact that we are talking National seeding right now is icing on the cake. We should all be thankful we are in this position to begin with. We have been ranked 20th or higher every single week since the beginning of 2011. In three seasons, we have been ranked in the top ten the majority of the years. In this day and age, that is gravy.

Look at who is coming back next season too...

Alex Bregman, Andrew Stevenson, Tyler Moore, Connor Hale, Jared Poche, Parker Bugg, Mark Laird, Jared Foster, Kade Sqcivicque, Jake Fraley, Danny Zardon, Zac Person, and a few more that I don't feel I need to mention, you get the point.

Joe Broussard can return for another year too, he is only a Junior.

Russell Reynolds returns as well.

Don't even forget about the power coming to campus next year (Projected to come to school and not go pro)...

Beau Jordan, OF, Barbe HS
Bryce Jordan, 3B, Barbe HS
Jake Godfrey, RHP, Providence Catholic HS (Illinois) LINK
Mac Marshall, LHP, Parkview HS (Georgia) LINK

If Mac makes it to campus like the rumors seems to say he is (An Alex Bregman type deal) then LSU is going to be pretty good next season.

Team Stats (National Ranking, SEC Ranking)

Hitting
Walks - 180 (82nd,6th)
Batting Average - .274 (122nd, 9th)
Doubles - 83 (61st, 4th)
Hit By Pitch - 50 (114th, 6th)
Hits - 437 (89th, 8th)
Home Runs - 24 (59th, 5th)
On Base Pct - .360 (126th, 8th)
Runs - 285 (43rd, 3rd)
Sac Flies - 28 (15th, 4th)
Sac Bunts - 47 (41st 2nd)
Scoring - 5.8 (67th, 4th)
Slugging Pct - .387 (81st, 6th)
Stolen Bases - 37 (199th, 11th)
Triples - 13 (57th, 2nd)

Pitching
ERA - 2.63 (16th, 4th)
Hits Allowed Per 9 IP - 7.23 (11th, 4th)
Walks Allowed Per 9 IP - 2.94 (42nd, 7th)
Shutouts - 13 (2nd, 1st)
Strikeout-to-Walk Ratio - 2.44 (36th, 8th)
Strikeouts Per 9 IP - 7.2 (76th, 7th)
WHIP - 1.13 (13th, 4th)

Individual Stats are about as bad as they have been in a long time. So I am not going to type them here, if you really want to go see them, click the link and examine yourself, they are pretty ugly.

Aaron Nola leads the SEC in Strikeouts, WHIP, and Strikeouts Per 9 IP (10.72). He is second in the SEC in ERA, Hits Allowed Per 9 IP, games started, and Victories.

Outside of him, it isn't fun to look at.

Our best ranked stats are Sacrifices and Triples

Christian Ibarra - 12 Sac Bunts (22nd in Nation, 2nd in SEC)
Sean McMullen - 6 Sac Flies (28th in Nation, 3rd in SEC)
Andrew Stevenson - 5 Triples (22nd in Nation, 2nd in SEC)