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Posted on 7/11/23 at 7:59 am
Posted by Jax-Tiger
Port Saint Lucie, FL
Member since Jan 2005
24917 posts
Posted on 7/11/23 at 7:59 am
Having all these lefties is not only gives us flexibility for in game adjustments and situational moves, but our hitters will get plenty of practice against these guys.

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

Herring
Loer
Coleman
Jump
Brown
Anderson
Johnson

Have we ever had this much southpaw talent on one team? We could potentially have more LHPs than RHPs.
Posted by TigerMonkey7
Member since Jul 2021
1575 posts
Posted on 7/11/23 at 8:00 am to
We hit .300 against LHP. That is not struggling.
Posted by Swagga
504
Member since Dec 2009
16262 posts
Posted on 7/11/23 at 8:00 am to
Until Johnson lands in BR I’m not getting my hopes up. Way too many moving parts to count him on the roster right now.
Posted by Lester Earl
Member since Nov 2003
279466 posts
Posted on 7/11/23 at 8:05 am to
RH hitter traditionally hit LHP pitching very well
Posted by deathvalleyfreak43
Baton Rouge
Member since Jul 2008
13312 posts
Posted on 7/11/23 at 8:10 am to
I remember Johnson made a comment In the post season last year when we were struggling with pitching that stuck with me. He said something to the affect of “we’ll never be in this situation again” when talking about our lack of left handed pitching.. he wasn’t lying. Lol
Posted by IM_4_LSU
Augusta, GA
Member since Mar 2014
9190 posts
Posted on 7/11/23 at 8:14 am to
quote:

Many teams struggled against lefties, including us.


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.

quote:

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


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.
Posted by LSBoosie
Member since Jun 2020
8346 posts
Posted on 7/11/23 at 8:16 am to
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.
Posted by Jim Hopper
Ocean Springs Mississippi
Member since Sep 2019
2270 posts
Posted on 7/11/23 at 8:16 am to
Since Jay's Arrival the team has actually been pretty successful against LHP.
Posted by Flanders
Bham
Member since May 2008
9848 posts
Posted on 7/11/23 at 8:18 am to
quote:

Many teams struggled against lefties, including us. Hitters don't see as many lefties in practice or games, so they have to adjust.
Why do y'all try to keep this narrative alive? We hit .300 against lefties and I believe .292 in SEC play against lefties.
Posted by lsufball19
Franklin, TN
Member since Sep 2008
65523 posts
Posted on 7/11/23 at 8:38 am to
quote:

Many teams struggled against lefties, including us

Except we didn’t struggle against lefties
Posted by geauxtigers33
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2014
13734 posts
Posted on 7/11/23 at 9:12 am to
quote:

Many teams struggled against lefties, including us.


Is the myth that the 2023 LSU baseball team couldn’t hit lefties still going around?
Posted by TepperDaGuru
Baton Rouge
Member since Apr 2013
1123 posts
Posted on 7/11/23 at 9:55 am to
quote:

Many teams struggled against lefties, including us
Not true! No matter how many times you say it. We struggled against great pitching. I guess every team struggled against righties, cause Skenes locked them down. You see my point?
Posted by CatfishJohn
Member since Jun 2020
14131 posts
Posted on 7/11/23 at 10:24 am to
Curious to see the stats this way for LSU hitters:

Splits for LH hitters

Splits for RH hitters



Posted by dolphins6969
Member since Aug 2005
503 posts
Posted on 7/11/23 at 10:43 am to
Also, still have Cooper and Ackenhousen
Posted by Penrod
Member since Jan 2011
40193 posts
Posted on 7/11/23 at 2:22 pm to
Looks like we are going to struggle to hit power righties.
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