re: Random LSU baseball team thoughts

The margin of error in SEC is razor thin right now
Look at Fla - could you imagine the outrage if you reverse the SEC record of LSU and Fla

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Overall LSU baseball is no longer a powerhouse team just another SEC team....sometimes good sometimes not...

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Who in the SEC is always good these days?

Solid post from OP. It's been a frustrating year for sure. But it's pretty great to be in the spot we're in considering how poor we've played in spots and the injuries we've dealt with on top of the inconsistencies of this squad. These next three weeks will ultimately tell the tale of this team.

Obviously Bama sucks, but I was encouraged to see the starts we got out of Walker and Marceaux

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Overall LSU baseball is no longer a powerhouse team just another SEC team....sometimes good sometimes not...

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If by powerhouse you mean a dynasty like under Bertman, you are right. But no college baseball today team would qualify as a dynasty with that bar.

LSU is not just another SEC team if you look at year in and year out. No SEC team has been as consistently in the conversation as LSU.

You have to include Peterson as a disappointment. It seemed that he was primed to be a standout closer this year and based on the Sunday game, when Fontenot got into trouble, Manieri didn't look like he even considered bringing in Peterson. He also took Peterson out quickly in a previous game. When he's on, he can be good, but that fastball down the middle keeps getting him in trouble.

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Hess ahs pitched okay in spots, but he came back this year to be the ace and has a losing record.

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Hess has always pitched well in spots but has rarely shown the kind of consistency you need from a starter -- especially a Friday night starter. So I think if anyone expected him to jump in and be Aaron Nola or Alex Lange, those were unrealistic expectations.

I think Mainieri put him in the Friday slot at the beginning of the season to give him a chance to show he could be that Friday ace. But I also think he half expected someone else to step up and take that spot away from him. Then we had arm issues and we had no one else to turn to. Finally, with Henry having a few good outings in a row, we thought he'd be the guy but he had soreness too. I still think we'll see Hess working out of the pen before this season is over.

I also think that role fits Hess' personality better. He's a fiery, emotional guy (not unlike Peterson) and guys like that are better at coming in and overpowering hitters for an inning or two. Starters tend to be more even keel because you can't afford to get too up or too down over the course of a 5-7 inning stint.

Good thread PT.

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Step 2 - I post the records

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Go for it

Vandy, Florida and Arkansas are teams that come to mind who have had similar success as LSU in recent years. Florida sucks this year. Vandy went 16-14 in the SEC last year.

Would like to see the Sunday field-lineup more often during the final stretch (batting order can change), and into the postseason:
Watson CF
Duplantis RF
Beloso 1B
Smith SS
Dugas 2B
Reid 3B
Cabrera LF
DiGiacomo DH (or Bianco)
Garza C
GOOD balance of defense/offense.

Getting Henry back healthy is imperative, and optimally some other P needs to step forward that is capable of going 4-5 IP to help this team W in the tourney formats.

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Getting Henry back healthy is imperative, and optimally some other P needs to step forward that is capable of going 4-5 IP to help this team W in the tourney formats.

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If we can get Henry back, things are looking up for the pitching staff. Marceaux's outing yesterday was encouraging; Walker seems to be regaining his freshman form. Maybe if we can get Hill back too we'll have enough arms for a tournament run.

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Last 10 years
FL CWS 7 - Champs 1 - Runner up 1
LSU CWS 4 - Champs 1 - Runner up 1

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Last 11 years LSU has been to the CWS 5 times to UF 7. No teams in the country have been more in that span. I could be wrong that's off the top of my head. Even so that's fricking good

Random fact: After this weekend, Mainieri's win percentage at LSU is exactly .700.

I have plenty of win percentages calculated, like post season, each post season level, versus other conferences, versus teams from a particular state. If anyone is interested in any specific ones I'll post them. I don't have records vs specific opponents done.