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Anthony Ranaudo has Yeskie on his show (Link)
Posted on 6/4/25 at 12:05 pm
Posted on 6/4/25 at 12:05 pm
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Good interview on the pitching staff. Yeskie goes into detail about the players and his coaching.
I know some of you hate him and want him fired, but i'm glad he is here at lsu.
He is definitely a top5 pitching coach in college baseball.
Just found Ranaudo's channel. He does a great job. Maybe he will be the first to have baseball only coverage year around. Fall ball, recruiting, and the Draft.
Good interview on the pitching staff. Yeskie goes into detail about the players and his coaching.
I know some of you hate him and want him fired, but i'm glad he is here at lsu.
He is definitely a top5 pitching coach in college baseball.
Just found Ranaudo's channel. He does a great job. Maybe he will be the first to have baseball only coverage year around. Fall ball, recruiting, and the Draft.
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Posted on 6/4/25 at 12:08 pm to Islandboy777
Yeskie managed to get the staff into form before the end of the year.
That didn’t seem like it was going to happen.
I actually thought he wouldn’t be retained because of that. But to his credit he got it done. I think he’s clearly going to be retained now.
That didn’t seem like it was going to happen.
I actually thought he wouldn’t be retained because of that. But to his credit he got it done. I think he’s clearly going to be retained now.
Posted on 6/4/25 at 12:10 pm to moneyg
He deserves a lot of credit. That being said, I think he needs to focus on guys who have command. Some of them throw the ball not know where they are throwing to. That needs to be worked out of the premier program in all of college baseball
Posted on 6/4/25 at 12:15 pm to moneyg
quote:Noot, Cowan, and Shores says otherwise
Yeskie managed to get the staff into form before the end of the year
Anderson and Eyanson have been very consistent throughout the year
Posted on 6/4/25 at 12:19 pm to Islandboy777
I dont think Yeskie needs to be fired or is doing any sort of bad job, I just dont think he is living up to:
These days. The way I look at it is we had to lean VERY heavily on 4 pitchers this season for our team ERA to look very good. I take issue with 2/3's of our staff being unable to throw strikes consistently, and that to me falls on him. Keep in mind we had 20 pitchers on this roster. We decided we would go forward pitching about 13 of them on a somewhat consistent basis. Of those 13, only 4 really have avoided moderate to major control issues throughout the year. To only have 4 guys out of 20 able to throw strikes for you somewhat consistently seems like something is off a bit (Development side, pitch calling side, etc...something). This is what I want them to correct going into next year. Focus on strike throwers in the portal and getting the guys you have to throw strikes a little more consistently.
At this point its hard to put a number of guys in even who have pitched a good bit because they simply cant be trusted at all unless we have a larger lead, or nobody on with maybe an out or two in an inning. Talking about Mayers, Ware, Benge, Rizy, Schmidt, Primeaux, etc...They've just had major issues as strike throwers this year.
And no, I dont expect with 20 on the roster for us to have 12-14 consistent strike throwers, but only 4 seems incredibly low. Just when it seems like someone like Noot might have come around back end of the season he completely melts down against a 4 seed in our regional and bounced after 4 outs throwing 50 pitches.
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He is definitely a top5 pitching coach in college baseball.
These days. The way I look at it is we had to lean VERY heavily on 4 pitchers this season for our team ERA to look very good. I take issue with 2/3's of our staff being unable to throw strikes consistently, and that to me falls on him. Keep in mind we had 20 pitchers on this roster. We decided we would go forward pitching about 13 of them on a somewhat consistent basis. Of those 13, only 4 really have avoided moderate to major control issues throughout the year. To only have 4 guys out of 20 able to throw strikes for you somewhat consistently seems like something is off a bit (Development side, pitch calling side, etc...something). This is what I want them to correct going into next year. Focus on strike throwers in the portal and getting the guys you have to throw strikes a little more consistently.
At this point its hard to put a number of guys in even who have pitched a good bit because they simply cant be trusted at all unless we have a larger lead, or nobody on with maybe an out or two in an inning. Talking about Mayers, Ware, Benge, Rizy, Schmidt, Primeaux, etc...They've just had major issues as strike throwers this year.
And no, I dont expect with 20 on the roster for us to have 12-14 consistent strike throwers, but only 4 seems incredibly low. Just when it seems like someone like Noot might have come around back end of the season he completely melts down against a 4 seed in our regional and bounced after 4 outs throwing 50 pitches.
This post was edited on 6/4/25 at 12:21 pm
Posted on 6/4/25 at 12:23 pm to thunderbird1100
I think last year he did a better job. Not to poo poo on last years starters but they lead the NCAA in strikeouts and to me they were less talented than this years starters.
Posted on 6/4/25 at 12:23 pm to DalenSA
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Noot, Cowan, and Shores says otherwise
Noot and Shores showed significant improvement at the end.
Obviously Cowan went the other way. Mayers and Rizy also improved. And Cooper Williams is becoming a guy they seem willing to rely on.
Posted on 6/4/25 at 12:24 pm to Islandboy777
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I know some of you hate him and want him fired,
The same people want everyone fired, in every sport every season.
Posted on 6/4/25 at 12:31 pm to DalenSA
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Noot, Cowan, and Shores says otherwise
Noot and Shores both gotten better as the season has gone on. That doesn't mean they'll never have bad outings. Cowan was the most consistent pitcher on staff until the last few weeks.
But as a staff, Eyanson, Anderson, Williams, Noot, Rizy, Mayers, Evans and Shores (basically the entire staff) have improved year to year and/or from the beginning of the year to present
Posted on 6/4/25 at 12:41 pm to thunderbird1100
quote:
These days. The way I look at it is we had to lean VERY heavily on 4 pitchers this season for our team ERA to look very good. I take issue with 2/3's of our staff being unable to throw strikes consistently, and that to me falls on him. Keep in mind we had 20 pitchers on this roster. We decided we would go forward pitching about 13 of them on a somewhat consistent basis. Of those 13, only 4 really have avoided moderate to major control issues throughout the year. To only have 4 guys out of 20 able to throw strikes for you somewhat consistently seems like something is off a bit (Development side, pitch calling side, etc...something). This is what I want them to correct going into next year. Focus on strike throwers in the portal and getting the guys you have to throw strikes a little more consistently.
Let's look at another program. I think we can all agree that Tennessee has one of the better pitching staffs nationally. Now we're going to remove their top 4 pitchers of Liam Doyle, Marcus Phillips, Dylan Loy, and Nate Snead
Sharman, 22.2 IP, 10 BBs, 2 HBP
Breedlove, 23.2 IP, 8 BBs, 2 HBP
Arvidson 37.1 IP, 20 BB, 1 HBP
Krenzel 32.1 IP, 19 BB, 3 HBP
Kuhns, 36.2 IP, 16 BB, 2 HBP
As a team, Tennessee has 220 on the season to our 251. In 63 games, that works out to us allowing .49 more walks per game.
I don't know why people think college bullpens are going to be full of dudes throwing up zeros and not walking batters. It's hard enough for college teams to find a reliable third starter, much less a deep bullpen full of studs. Typically if you have a guy with great command and stuff, he’s going to be a starting pitcher in college. To to bottom, this is the best staff we've had in 10+ years
This post was edited on 6/4/25 at 2:11 pm
Posted on 6/4/25 at 12:48 pm to Islandboy777
Walking 11 hitters in a loss to UALR is one of the most embarrassing pitching displays I’ve ever seen, and perfectly illustrates the pitching in 2025.
Posted on 6/4/25 at 1:14 pm to Lester Earl
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Walking 11 hitters in a loss to UALR is one of the most embarrassing pitching displays I’ve ever seen, and perfectly illustrates the pitching in 2025.
Not to mention the second inning collapse against Little Rock in the Monday Night game.
Posted on 6/4/25 at 1:40 pm to Islandboy777
I think he's a good coach, but a lot of guys haven't progressed in the way you would have thought. A few have definitely improved, but most of them have regressed or plateaued. It's probably recency bias on my part, but the number of trustworthy arms doesn't feel like it has grown in overall numbers.
Posted on 6/4/25 at 1:44 pm to DalenSA
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Noot, Cowan, and Shores says otherwise
They’ve all had moments. Noot and Shores were certainly progressing consistently for a solid month before this weekend. Cowan definitely has things to sort out, especially after having walk issues out of nowhere.
This may sound like a joke, but Yeakie needs to find a sports psychologist who has experience with pitchers to work with a few of these guys. It’s isn’t just a matter of control or sloppy mechanics with most of them. Schmidt may be half and half, but it’s mostly mental with several guys in our pen.
Noot, Shores, Rizy, Mayers and Cowan have all melted down mentally more than losing their stuff, to varying degrees. They all have shown issues dealing with adversity. They can be rolling along just fine, but once something goes wrong, they can’t pull it back.
Shores is the absolute worst about this. Sunday he went from a clean finish to an inning ending jam, to battling hard against one batter and getting squeezed for a walk, to walking the next two without throwing a competitive pitch and just melting the frick down. And that was at home on the heels of a month of good work and a great outing in Hoover. What sucks is, the staff never knows when that mental fragility is going to show up.
I expect Yeskie to improve Schmidt and Rizy’s control and help guys like Evans and Williams develop additional pitches. His call to work Shores exclusively out of the stretch seemed to be a key in him doing better over the last month, so he’s definitely trying to help these guys progress. But I don’t expect him to babysit head cases past a basic level and a few of these guys are beyond that.
This post was edited on 6/4/25 at 1:51 pm
Posted on 6/4/25 at 1:58 pm to DalenSA
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Noot, Cowan, and Shores says otherwise
Just stupid.
Player progression isn't always the coach. The player has to do thier part as well.
This post was edited on 6/4/25 at 2:01 pm
Posted on 6/4/25 at 2:11 pm to Islandboy777
My take if he’s going to get credit for top 3-5 then he needs to explain the reason for such a drop off.
Posted on 6/4/25 at 2:57 pm to Lester Earl
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Walking 11 hitters in a loss to UALR is one of the most embarrassing pitching displays I’ve ever seen, and perfectly illustrates the pitching in 2025.
Who do you are the best teams in the country at pitching?
Posted on 6/4/25 at 3:05 pm to Islandboy777
quote:were #2 in the nation behind Tenn in strikeouts per 9 innings again this season.
I think last year he did a better job. Not to poo poo on last years starters but they lead the NCAA in strikeouts and to me they were less talented than this years starters.
The K/BB isn’t as good (14th in D1) this year but that’s not too shabby either
Posted on 6/4/25 at 3:10 pm to Hester Carries
quote:of the 16 teams remaining in order it’s probably Tennessee Arkansas and LSU. We’ll have a tough 1st game in Omaha against either once we get past WVU.
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Walking 11 hitters in a loss to UALR is one of the most embarrassing pitching displays I’ve ever seen, and perfectly illustrates the pitching in 2025.
Who do you are the best teams in the country at pitching?
But to your point that game did not perfectly illustrate our pitching staff. Those 11 walks was literally the worst performance of the year from our pen
Posted on 6/4/25 at 3:13 pm to Who_Dat_Tiger
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of the 16 teams remaining in order it’s probably Tennessee Arkansas and LSU
I agree. I will also point out that LSU has the fewest R/IP of those teams and the fewest left in the tourney outside of Coastal.
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