re: Does Yeskie return?

Pitching this year was statistically not much different than last. The difference was that hitting covered up a lot of our pitching deficiencies, whereas statistically our offense was much worse this year. We were #127 in team batting avg this year vs 17th last year. 83rd in on base percentage vs. 4th last year. 51st in slugging vs 5th last year. Pitching statistics on the other hand have not changed all that much, and thats with changing pitching coaches. Imo continuity in pitching coaches by keeping Yeskie will only help things

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Pitching this year was statistically not much different than last.

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statistically it was a lot better actually. The numbers have already been posted ITT

We will lose pitchers because he is here.

He will be here as long as Jay is .

Good luck with that

I don’t see him getting a HC opportunity but would love if he did.

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Some will go the draft, some will transfer but very few, if any want to work with him again.

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So we're going to lose almost every pitcher on the staff?

LSU should only want continuity if the product is good.
LSU's downfall this year was the depth of pitching staff. We had 3 pitchers that we really had confidence in. Ack when on was good, but way too many times he was just like the others in the bullpen, and couldn't throw strikes.
I'm personally for hoping Yeskie gets hired elsewhere and LSU finds another pitching coach that can teach these big arm kids how to pitch.
Yeskie's pitch calls were infuriating at times. I think he was responsible for Jump's problems with the 7-8-9 hitters against NC in the 9th inning. Any hitter in playoffs can hit a fastball but few at the back of a lineup can hit a good slider. Jump has one and Yeskie called fb's. I think that is why we are sitting at home and NC is still playing. I personally think LSU can do much better.

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We will lose more than we should. We were already losing a lot! Moffit is a prime example……would say Herring is almost for sure gone also. It’s not because they don’t love LSU!

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Lets keep going, call your shot now. Who else is leaving since you have all this insider info

Herring, who else

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But it is disappointing that Ack just kind of was what he was last regular season, Little only got back to average, Hurd and Guidry went backwards, and you all know the rest.

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The only one that was really surprising was Hurd having the struggles that he did. I am not sure how much more you want from Ack sometimes guys have a ceiling and he was still damn effective. A pitching coach isn't going to make guys amazing in one year. Getting little back to average is an accomplishment after where he was last year. I am not sure what was expected in year one.