re: PM is changing the rotation. Final thoughts before he releases it tomorrow?

7 of our 20 pitchers are currently out: Cole Henry, Jaden Hill, Trent Vietmeier, Caleb Gilbert, A.J. Labas, Nick Storz, and Easton McMurray.

That leaves 13 pitchers available. Clay Moffitt, Will Ripoll, Aaron George, Chase Costello, Riggs Threadgill, and Rye Gunter are all basically "long relievers" or "emergency" pitchers in an SEC weekend series based on how they have been used and/or their stats. In other words, I don't think Mainieri "wants" to pitch any of them in an SEC series unless he doesn't have anyone else or the game is out of hand.

That leaves 7 pitchers. Zack Hess, Todd Peterson, and Devin Fontenot can probably be counted on for 3 innings each, whether that's 3 in 1 game or 1 in 3 games. The same probably goes for Matthew Beck although he's probably more of a middle relief guy whereas the other 3 are more back end guys.

That still leaves 15 innings for Landon Marceaux, Eric Walker, and Ma'Khail Hilliard. Personally, I don't think Hilliard is much different than Beck. I don't think you "want" to throw him more than 3 innings on the weekend whether that's 3 in 1 or 1 in 3. If that's the case, you have to hope to get 6 out of both Marceaux and Walker.

I would call Marceaux the #1 right now based simply on ability and his last outing. But, like others have said, I don't think he's getting moved up 2 days to Thursday. I'll agree with most everybody else and say that Walker and Marceaux will likely both be moved up a day to Thursday and Friday, respectively. If LSU wants to win all 3 games, I feel like it's pretty important for those 2 to pitch a combined 12 innings.

Thu - Walker
Fri - Marceaux
Sat - TBD