re: Saturday’s Game and Griffin Herring

It would be 4 days rest for Jump, which is normal rest in the majors, but obviously not normal for college pitchers. He just pitched on 4 days rest for the 1st time ever, so I would say there is zero chance he does it twice in a row in a non "must win" situation. They could theoretically bring him in for an inning and treat it as an in-game bullpen session. That's an idea you hear a lot every year in these situations, but it rarely actually happens in reality. When it does happen, it's typically with the season on the line.

And yes, I agree that none of these teams will be pushing any of their pitchers over their limits to obtain a tournament title that they don't need in order to get an NCAA tourney berth. Which means we are at no greater disadvantage than anyone else, and by avoiding the losers bracket we'll at least have plenty of available arms, even if they aren't all the most reliable.

I'm pretty sure everyone has already thrown their best, who are still alive. Tennessee probably still has a good amount of quality arms left, but they won't by Sunday if they get that far. So if LSU can win on Saturday, no matter who they would play on Sunday, it would be a fairly even matchup at worst.