re: On a scale of 1-10, how surprised are you about the mediocrity of this LSU baseball team?

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Expected to struggle with FLA, Ark, Tenn, Vandy front loaded. MSU series was a shock but was on the road. The team just can’t get swept going forward.

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I think this is reasonable.

I will say that we were leading every game this weekend. UF didn't score a point until the 5th inning today. LSU got one in the 4th, so it wasn't like we got an early point in the 1st to skew stats.

We really should have won last night too IMO. We had that fricking game.

“Mediocrity,” is a bit much. “Early struggles” in the midst of a tough stretch. But, I’ll play along

Expected pac12 Bingham would transition well to Sec. So, 9
Expected Kling to hit above .275. So 9
Expected T.white to be above .350. So 9
Expected starting pitching to look about where they are. So 1
Expected bullpen to be extremely reliable and deep. So 7
Expected defense to be about where we are. So 2.

Overall a 6

3…….. 5…………..0

Probably a 3

I thought we’d sweep State and be 5-1, 4-2 at worst, so I’m around a 10

We lost Dugas, Morgan, Thompson, Jobert, Crewes & Beloso

Oh & let’s not forget Skenes & Floyd

I'll go a 5. I assume most remember last year when other than Skenes during the regular season, Floyd and Hurd were pretty much crap shoots. Fortunately, in the playoffs they pitched much better. Problems also were prevalent in the bullpen...once again remedied for the most part in the post-season. The clutch hitting could definitely be better but right now, the pitching is pretty bad against decent teams. The only reason the ERA's aren't astronomical is that like most teams, LSU loaded up on a bunch of cupcakes games like multiple games against N Illinois, Xavier, N Dakota State, etc. And I'm guessing many here questioned which Thatcher Hurd fans would see this season...2023 regular season Hurd or post-season Hurd. Obviously right now it is the regular season Hurd of 2023 where I believe his ERA was around 7.

A 9. Pretty flummoxed. Also a bit discombobulated and feeling bamboozled.

1/10. Only a total moron would have expected us to play at the same level starting SEC play.

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Expected to struggle with FLA, Ark, Tenn, Vandy front loaded. MSU series was a shock but was on the road. The team just can’t get swept going forward.

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I think this is reasonable.

I will say that we were leading every game this weekend. UF didn't score a point until the 5th inning today. LSU got one in the 4th, so it wasn't like we got an early point in the 1st to skew stats.

We really should have won last night too IMO. We had that fricking game.

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This weekend, we only really looked terrible today and Hurd is not on early this season. The same thing last weekend on Sunday, the only difference last week was Holman had a bad game and again the fielding did not help him. It is just frustrating.

So I'm a 5 to 6 on the surprise that they had these struggles this early but I also expect every team to have slumps. I'm just hoping that is all it is (I suspect it is only that).

The good thing is the schedule seems more front-loaded this year as opposed to last but that perception may change as other teams' strengths/weaknesses become more apparent.