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I like Pearson leading off against RHers, but am not sure Jay puts him there against LHers
Posted on 3/22/23 at 4:15 pm
Posted on 3/22/23 at 4:15 pm
He has really good ABs against lefties for a LH hitter, so this might not even be a consideration, but I wonder if Jay sticks with him there against LH starters. Will be interesting to see what Jay does against our next LH starter.
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Posted on 3/22/23 at 4:20 pm to Hot Carl
Anyone else concerned about our lack of seeing RH pitching?
We've faced an abnormal amount of Lefties, it seems.
We've faced an abnormal amount of Lefties, it seems.
Posted on 3/22/23 at 4:29 pm to lsusteve1
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Anyone else concerned about our lack of seeing RH pitching?
Considering we've only lost 2 games? no.
I don't think our issue is against lefty pitching, I think our issue is against crafty junkballers who top out in the 80's. It just so happens those pitching archetypes are usually lefties.
Here's the thing, most good teams struggle with that just because of the timing issue. If we faced a LHP that was sitting 93-94, I don't think our righty-dominant lineup would struggle against that.
Posted on 3/22/23 at 4:31 pm to lsusteve1
Yeah lsu really hasn’t struggled against much of anything this year.
Posted on 3/22/23 at 4:33 pm to lsusteve1
Last year were were very bad vs lefties
But it’s not as stark a difference this year (I dont Have splits so this is more my Impression)
Now there probably isn’t a team in the country who hits lefties better than righties. It’s how big is the difference.
But it’s not as stark a difference this year (I dont Have splits so this is more my Impression)
Now there probably isn’t a team in the country who hits lefties better than righties. It’s how big is the difference.
This post was edited on 3/22/23 at 4:35 pm
Posted on 3/22/23 at 4:37 pm to lsusteve1
Arkansas LHP
Zack Morris - (relief) 12.1 IP, 8.03 ERA, .311 BA
Hagen Smith - (was a starter, now relief) 23 IP, 1.17 ERA, 16 BB, 34 K, .143 BA
Nick Griffin - hasn't played
Jordan Huskey - hasn't played
Parker Coil - (relief) 9 IP, 9.00 ERA, 6 BB, 8 K, .400 BA
Sean Fitzpatrick - (relief) 0.1 IP, 0.00 ERA, 0 BB, 1 K, .667 BA
Hunter Hollan - (Friday starter) 26.2 IP, 2.36 ERA, 9 BB, 24 K, .143 BA
So looks like Arkansas has 2 guys who haven't pitched, 3 relief pitchers, a starter/long relief guy, and their ace who are LHPs. Hagen Smith threw 3 innings on Friday last week, allowing no hits and no runs. Zack Morris threw three innings last night and didn't pitch at all last weekend so not sure if he's used much on the weekends.
So negatives is their top long-relief guy is LH and has the best ERA and oppBA on the team, and their ace is a LHP. The positives is outside those two guys, they don't have a slew of LHPs like A&M did and the others they have don't appear to be very good.
Zack Morris - (relief) 12.1 IP, 8.03 ERA, .311 BA
Hagen Smith - (was a starter, now relief) 23 IP, 1.17 ERA, 16 BB, 34 K, .143 BA
Nick Griffin - hasn't played
Jordan Huskey - hasn't played
Parker Coil - (relief) 9 IP, 9.00 ERA, 6 BB, 8 K, .400 BA
Sean Fitzpatrick - (relief) 0.1 IP, 0.00 ERA, 0 BB, 1 K, .667 BA
Hunter Hollan - (Friday starter) 26.2 IP, 2.36 ERA, 9 BB, 24 K, .143 BA
So looks like Arkansas has 2 guys who haven't pitched, 3 relief pitchers, a starter/long relief guy, and their ace who are LHPs. Hagen Smith threw 3 innings on Friday last week, allowing no hits and no runs. Zack Morris threw three innings last night and didn't pitch at all last weekend so not sure if he's used much on the weekends.
So negatives is their top long-relief guy is LH and has the best ERA and oppBA on the team, and their ace is a LHP. The positives is outside those two guys, they don't have a slew of LHPs like A&M did and the others they have don't appear to be very good.
This post was edited on 3/22/23 at 4:48 pm
Posted on 3/22/23 at 4:41 pm to SammyTiger
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But it’s not as stark a difference this year (I dont Have splits so this is more my Impression)
Last year we hit .240 against LHP and .307 against RHP
LINK
This year we're hitting .264 against LHP and .370 against RHP
LINK
The disparity is actually a lot wider this year, although we're hitting LHP better as a team thus far
(scroll to the bottom of the links to see the splits)
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Now there probably isn’t a team in the country who hits lefties better than righties. It’s how big is the difference.
Just from the SEC LH/RH splits
Arkansas .330/.302
Florida .350/.329
UGA .356/.309
USC .313/.303
Granted, I have no idea what teams and what pitchers these are against. It's really too early in the season to draw a lot from the limited sample size.
This post was edited on 3/22/23 at 4:44 pm
Posted on 3/22/23 at 4:42 pm to lsufball19
Hagen Smith was their Friday guy that had pitched great but they moved him to the pen last weekend. He didn't pitch yesterday.
Hollan slotted into the Friday night game and pitched well. Smith relieved him.
Morris has plenty of experience.
I don't know much about the rest but I bet we find out more this weekend.
Hollan slotted into the Friday night game and pitched well. Smith relieved him.
Morris has plenty of experience.
I don't know much about the rest but I bet we find out more this weekend.
Posted on 3/22/23 at 4:45 pm to lsufball19
Yeah, I don’t think we struggle against LH pitching at all. We just crush RH pitching so much it seems like we do, but it’s not actually true.
Posted on 3/22/23 at 4:49 pm to Hot Carl
Jay mentioned it to JMitch on Mik’d Up.
We hit so damn well against righties that it looks like we struggle vs lefties.
We hit so damn well against righties that it looks like we struggle vs lefties.
Posted on 3/22/23 at 4:51 pm to lsufball19
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The positives is outside those two guys, they don't have a slew of LHPs like A&M did and the others they have don't appear to be very good.
People are saying this like we didn't push the shite in of all of A&M's LHP's except for Lamkin.
Posted on 3/22/23 at 4:53 pm to Broski
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People are saying this like we didn't push the shite in of all of A&M's LHP's except for Lamkin.
I'm just saying that if people are terrified of us facing LHPs, we shouldn't be dealing with them seemingly the entire weekend like we did last weekend. Looking at the SEC splits, we've had considerably more ABs against LHPs than anyone else in the conference with 250 ABs. Next closest is Ole Miss with 222 and the average looking like it's probably around 180
This post was edited on 3/22/23 at 4:56 pm
Posted on 3/22/23 at 4:56 pm to lsufball19
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I'm just saying that if people are terrified of us facing LHPs, we shouldn't be dealing with them seemingly the entire weekend like we did last weekend.
Like I said earlier, I don't think it's LHP's vs RHP's, it's junkballers vs traditional throwers.
I think we'd struggle more against a right-handed Jordan Rittiner type than a left-handed Joe Broussard.
Posted on 3/22/23 at 4:57 pm to Hot Carl
Jay said the same thing last year, but the stats showed that we were booty against LHP compared to other SEC teams. So, we literally struggled more against LHP than other teams in our league. It didn't just seem that way. It was statistically proven.
Way too early to tell how this season unfolds but we were 100 points difference in L/R batting average against A&M.
Way too early to tell how this season unfolds but we were 100 points difference in L/R batting average against A&M.
This post was edited on 3/22/23 at 5:00 pm
Posted on 3/22/23 at 6:42 pm to Hot Carl
Agreed
Posted on 3/23/23 at 7:56 am to lsusteve1
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abnormal amount of Lefties
Until we prove we can consistently hit them, we'll see a lot more. Most coaches are not Paul, they actually recruit to their needs
Posted on 3/23/23 at 8:17 am to DRock88
I know LSU has more LHP than they have in some time but, how is that so many teams seem to have an unlimited supply?
Posted on 3/23/23 at 8:50 am to Hot Carl
He doesn’t really have RH options
And he didn’t seem to care to play matchup at all last week, even down to last few outs
And he didn’t seem to care to play matchup at all last week, even down to last few outs
Posted on 3/23/23 at 8:57 am to DRock88
It will be interesting to see what they do with Hagen Smith against us. Did Van Horn switch him from Friday night to keep from starting against Skenes? Their best chance to beat us is with Smith on the mound against anyone not named Skenes. Will Smith start Saturday or be the primary relief guy?
Posted on 3/23/23 at 8:58 am to lsufball19
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Last year we hit .240 against LHP and .307 against RHP
LINK
This year we're hitting .264 against LHP and .370 against RHP
LINK
According to that we saw LHP on 27.8% of AB in 2022 and are seeing them at 36.5% of AB this season so far. Pretty stark difference.
Seems like even more this year because A&M and UCA just threw a bunch of lefties at us. UCA threw 4 innings of lefties over 8 innings against us and it felt like A&M used them about half the weekend
Also Janek for UCA got into a several inning roll before losing it in 4th inning of action and A&M had 1-2 lefties felt like who had our number for a bit. Easier to remember those who threw 2-3 innings of no run baseball against us than the ones we crushed and chased off in 1 inning or less.
This post was edited on 3/23/23 at 9:01 am
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