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re: Did Yeskie change his pitch calling last night?
Posted on 5/20/26 at 1:12 pm to notbilly
Posted on 5/20/26 at 1:12 pm to notbilly
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I know that everyone keeps repeating this but no one can explain how that applies to guys that had the talent last year to dominate but suddenly aren’t SEC level talent.
Evans is hurt and I think has some mental blocking regarding being a starter
Which other pitchers have regressed? Most of our returners were pretty bad at this last year and haven’t improved.
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Posted on 5/20/26 at 2:02 pm to notbilly
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I know that everyone keeps repeating this but no one can explain how that applies to guys that had the talent last year to dominate but suddenly aren’t SEC level talent.
Who "dominated" last year but wasn't "SEC level" this year?
Posted on 5/20/26 at 4:01 pm to LSUFanHouston
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Which other pitchers have regressed? Most of our returners were pretty bad at this last year and haven’t improved.
Cowan was first-team All-SEC last year. Evans was on the ALL-SEC freshmen team. We had 10 pitchers returning this year, and 7 of them are statiscally worse than before with an ERA up by at least 2.50 from before.
Williams - 1.80 ERA in 2025 up to 7.94
Evans - 2.05 ERA in 2025 up to 6.27
Guidry - 2.59 ERA in 2024 up to 6.39
Cowan - 2.94 ERA in 2025 up to 5.49
Primeaux - 3.86 ERA in 2025 up to 7.71
Noot - 4.13 ERA in 2025 up to 6.75
Benge - 6.75 ERA in 2025 up to 9.00
Fontenot - 7.20 ERA in 2025 down to 4.18
Schmidt - 4.73 ERA in 2025 down to 4.22
Rizy - 4.74 ERA in 2025 down to 4.22
If you compare their stats from last year to this year (use Guidry's 2024), their combined ERA went from 3.45 to 5.55. Same guys, over 2 full runs worse.
Evans wasn't hurt until recently, and he was struggling before then. Sure, it's a different role from last year, but that's how most pitchers begin their careers. He started a few games last year, so it wasn't like this was completely new to him.
The best ERA on the team this season is Moore's 3.38. Four of the guys above beat that last year or in 2024. Back to my original point, that "talent" isn't the biggest problem. These guys were talented before, and they still have talent.
Fontenot and Schmidt look better than a year ago, but the improvement isn't enough to offset the others.
Rizy's ERA is better, but I'm not sure I'd call him improved. He's given up more free passes in fewer innings.
The other seven have had a significant dropoff. If it were a couple, it wouldn't be expected. But none of us could have expected the returning guys to perform like this.
I'm not posting this to shite on the players; quite the opposite. I find it bothersome when fans are saying we don't have talent. We may not have Anderson and Eyanson, but we also don't have 9-21 SEC level talent.
Posted on 5/20/26 at 4:31 pm to saturncube21
Very well could have, did you see the low batting averages that OU had in there lineup. Their batting averages were much lower than LSU line up. We almost let those sub .200 batters beat us.
Posted on 5/20/26 at 4:42 pm to notbilly
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Rizy's ERA is better, but I'm not sure I'd call him improved. He's given up more free passes in fewer innings.
Nearly all of his stats are better. K rate, BB rate. ERA, opp BA.
But damn near every hit is for extra bases. He hasn’t really regressed and he hasn’t progressed. He’s gone sideways in the worst way. Everything got better except the results.
Posted on 5/20/26 at 5:13 pm to notbilly
How much of the ERA increase is due to defense? ERA adjusts out errors, but there’s plenty of poor fielding that does not reach the level of an error on this team. Things like not getting good jumps.
Plus, not player fault, but all the shifts not working. That’s not on Yeskie, though.
For example, Cowan. He pitches to contact, subpar defense is going to hurt him more.
Plus, not player fault, but all the shifts not working. That’s not on Yeskie, though.
For example, Cowan. He pitches to contact, subpar defense is going to hurt him more.
Posted on 5/20/26 at 5:25 pm to SidewalkTiger
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then try to tell the dude what he should have done. It's nuts
Not all of us but yes there is a metric frick ton of people on here that could coach any team to the actual World Series and win. It’s so easy. Coaches should just listen to them.
Posted on 5/20/26 at 6:31 pm to LSUFanHouston
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How much of the ERA increase is due to defense?
It has an effect of course. But it isn’t 2+ additional earned runs per 9 innings.
As for the shifts, everyone has been bitching about that for years. This year isn’t any different except that when you are losing, every negative thing feels amplified.
Posted on 5/20/26 at 7:52 pm to notbilly
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As for the shifts, everyone has been bitching about that for years. This year isn’t any different except that when you are losing, every negative thing feels amplified.
When you are in a shift, you pitch to that. You pitch in a way that attempts to induce a hit into the shift.
If a pitcher is missing their spots, it will have an impact
Posted on 5/20/26 at 8:29 pm to LSUFanHouston
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When you are in a shift, you pitch to that.
In theory, yes. But Yeskie hasn’t always been on the same page as our defense. And that isn’t just this year.
Posted on 5/20/26 at 8:42 pm to notbilly
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In theory, yes. But Yeskie hasn’t always been on the same page as our defense. And that isn’t just this year.
I have not seen proof of that.
But if that is accurate, that reflects poorly on Jay.
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