Hard to not be excited about this baseball team…

Too early to make any real predictions, but we’re going to be an offensive juggernaut

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I don’t know. I’ve been hearing there’s lots of cause for concern regarding the pitching

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Let these guys settle in on the mound.

Remember LSU won the Champ series against UF without Skenes

And last year there were only 2 dominant starters.

Batters are on fire, but odds are a few will go into a slump and come out in time for the finale

Enjoy the ride.

Actually we are the only one with a chance to repeat as we are the only. Champions so we have the best odds of repeating of anyone. Seriously though. Ton of talent and depth on roster. We have probably 14-15 guys that could start somewhere almost any team in the country. Jay has soo many options when injuries or slumps occur. Also have a ton of bullpen depth. It will be fun to watch. Once pitching settles in we will be very tough to beat.

I'll hold in my excitement until we get into SEC play.

Have you not learned from the previous seasons about pitching? 2023 and 2025 were the exact same way starting out. And this pitching staff is way deeper than either of those teams as far a talent.

The SEC is definitely stacked this year. Lookin forward to the competition.
I like these tigers though. They seem to have a deep roster with talent on both sides of the plate, and they seem to have some serious team swagger.
It looks like there is leadership in the locker room.
Getting Gavin Guidry back should be huge for team moral. Hes solid as a pitcher.. not some kinda generational talent on the mound, but his main impact seems to be his leadership on the field.
That’s the stuff of champions.
I like this team. Let’s see what they’re made of.

Omaha reservations, for now:

[ON] OFF

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Have you not learned from the previous seasons about pitching?

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Any with a serious concern level are just those prone to overreaction. Anyone with a zero concern level is the flip side of that coin. My concern level is pretty low, but not zero. Partially because a couple of the pitchers that gave up a lot of runs are guys who have proven themselves in the past.

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2023 and 2025 were the exact same way starting out.

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Not really, through 5 games, look at the stats, 2026 has the worst of the three, in some respects by a lot in every category except strikeout, in which they are the best. The most surprising thing to me about these stats is that 2023 is not tops in any category and worst in strikeouts, though after just a moment's contemplation, it makes sense. 2023 had one very dominant pitcher with a bit of a dropoff after that, while 2025 had two dominant pitchers. Also of note in 2023, LSU gave up 12 earned runs in a loss in game six, and in 2025, LSU gave up 5 earned runs in a loss.

2023

ERA - 2.30
R - 12
ER - 11
H - 21
SO - 62
BB - 14
2B - 3
3B - 0
HR - 3
WP - 0
HBP - 3

2025

ERA - 0.84
R - 5
ER - 4
H - 20
SO - 66
BB - 6
2B - 2
3B - 0
HR - 0
WP - 2
HBP - 2

2026

ERA - 5.05
R - 23
ER - 23
H - 35
SO - 73
BB - 20
2B - 6
3B - 0
HR - 6
WP - 3
HBP - 10


All of this to say that 2026 pitching is a little behind those two NC years. Hitting is ahead. All this will probably work itself out by the start of SEC play, so there is no point in fans stressing about that.

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It’s early but starting pitching is not up to par.

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This is true, but my caveat is that most pitchers have at least one or two bad games. If that is in game one, then it will skew what it looks like way more than if it happens in game 8 or like that.

Combined with this team's acknowledged, nation wide, talent with the nation's best head coach & we're in good shape. Catching as many of his podcasts interviews as I can find, not only is he a great on-the-field coach, his incredible mental approach is going to be legendry over time.. He's an avid reader of so many of the greatest sports coaches in the country: all of John Wooden's, books, UConn Geno Auriemma's, Bobby Knight 's, all the Celtic's most recent head coaches books....he was interested in how they handled season's after winning national championships in particular...talks to Skip several times a week often. I can't think of any LSU head coach, in any sport, doing this degree of research. All to educate himself in how to motivate his players mentally.