re: Does Everyone Realize That Someone Has To Beat This Team Twice In the Postseason?

I feel like people only see LSU play and think everyone else has deep staffs and no pitching issues. In conference play, no team in the SEC has a team ERA under 4. And only 4 teams have a team ERA under 5.

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In conference play, no team in the SEC has a team ERA under 4. And only 4 teams have a team ERA under 5.

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And we just destroyed one of the better pitching teams in the conference.

I'm interested to see if our pitching takes a jump when we get away from SEC umps and their tiny strike zones.

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I feel like people only see LSU play and think everyone else has deep staffs and no pitching issues. In conference play, no team in the SEC has a team ERA under 4. And only 4 teams have a team ERA under 5.

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I'm not making any assumptions. I said I wouldn't want to run into a team with a deep pitching staff in the supers. That statement doesn't in any way suggest that LSU is the only team with pitching problems. But there are deep staffs out there. More than deep staffs, there are teams with much better rotations than what we currently have. There are teams in just our league who have great rotations, but terrible bullpens. Well we don't have much in either category that we can depend on after Skenes.

It only takes one bad matchup, at exactly the wrong time. We need someone else to step up in the rotation. That's just being realistic. Anything is possible, even if no one else does emerge on our staff. Fresno State won a title with one of the worst pitching staffs I've ever seen in a postseason tournament. I've kind of grown out of blind optimism as a fan. I know we can hit our way through a lot, but there is reason for skepticism, as well.

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And we just destroyed one of the better pitching teams in the conference.

I'm interested to see if our pitching takes a jump when we get away from SEC umps and their tiny strike zones.

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Bama has had success by a committee of decent, but not really scary pitchers. But yes, LSU blasted them. I'm more concerned about whether we can put up 8-10 runs against high end pitching, if we aren't getting quality innings out of our other starters. LSU has proven they are the best offense in the country, but it's not easy to score that many runs every single game. I feel like, if we can hold the opposition under 5, our offense is going to do enough against anyone. That's all I want to see from these guys. Just give us some competitive innings.

The Tennessee series, with their rotation, showed that LSU can do enough, if you can piece together some innings.

As good as the offense is, it will not carry them to a title if the pitching doesn’t improve some. The defense has also gone backwards recently. Luckily, it’s in the softer part of the schedule.

Things happen in baseball and you never know the adversity and matchups that they could face. As of now, this team doesn’t have the consist arms to battle back from a losers bracket scenario. There is so much pressure on Skenes to be great each game