Any lingering concerns for pitchers?

Hilliard had a more realistic bullpen day than Marceaux. I think we should start Hilliard on Saturday considering how much Marceaux had to battle, plus the little run support we have given Marceaux on Friday nights. You can save him for game 2 then have Labas for game 3 if it gets to that point. Other than that, we should be good to go. Got to find out who else you can count on in big moments

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Hilliard had a more realistic bullpen day than Marceaux. I think we should start Hilliard on Saturday considering how much Marceaux had to battle, plus the little run support we have given Marceaux on Friday nights. You can save him for game 2 then have Labas for game 3 if it gets to that point. Other than that, we should be good to go. Got to find out who else you can count on in big moments

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I agree with all of this. Four days rest is normal for major league guys, not for college guys. They have to go to the minors and work into that schedule, gradually. So, given how many pitches Marceaux just threw on two days rest after throwing over 100, I think pitching him on 4 days rest would be an even worse idea than normal. Hilliard didn't throw a terrible amount of pitches on Saturday, and then threw only one inning last night. I think he's perfectly set up to go on Saturday, and it's not like you risk something by not throwing your ace in game 1 of a super regional. There's no losers bracket, and Hilliard is no less likely to lose game one as he would be to lose game two. It should be an easy decision.

Everyone else who threw this weekend gets plenty of rest now, so that shouldn't be an issue.

Marceaux will likely be ready for Saturday.

Hilliard and Labas are the options for Saturday if Landon needs an extra day. I thought both of them looked good in spurts - they just need to put it all together against Tennessee.

Coleman is now a great option in the pen. Edwards and Hellmers are also really good options. Trent has shown that he can eat up some outs. Fontenot is obviously a good back end.

I have concerns with Floyd, since he cannot find his breaking ball. I'm on the fence with Fowler - he's good in spurts. We really need a situational lefty outside of Coleman - Hasty, Brady, and Kaminer have not proven to be the guy but maybe one will emerge in Knoxville. Money and Millas haven't pitched in nearly a month, so I don't trust them.

I would throw Labas against their ace. He’ll be on full rest and when he’s own he can shutdown anyone’s lineup. If he struggles you still have Marceaux and Hilliard to pitch opposite Tennessee’s 2nd and 3rd starters. I like that matchup.

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I’d think Marceaux’s bull pen session is minimum 40 pitches.

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Right, but those are 40 low stress pitches. How many do you think he actually threw last night? 46 high stress, another 25 at least warming up before innings, probably 20-30 in the bullpen before he came in. Much more work than a normal bullpen day.

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But do we maybe try to counter the UT pitching? If Hilliard is our 2nd best option, do we start him vs UT’s #3 guy for Game3 If it gets to that point? Basically, do we throw Hilliard vs UT ace? Or UT #3.

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I think we definitely should not start Marceaux game 1, and as far as any other match ups go, there really isn't a logical argument, that I can think of, as to why anyone would want to save one of their top two guys for game three. I understand the sentiment of what you're saying, but it sends a bad message to your team, in my opinion, that you're playing for a game three, when you could just win it in two.

If we were talking about this past weekend and saving your better pitchers for the better teams, I think that is a good strategy. But this is a different situation.