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Starting lineup Game 1 of 2023 versus Game 3 of WS

Posted on 2/10/24 at 6:20 pm
Posted by fastlane
Member since Jul 2014
2372 posts
Posted on 2/10/24 at 6:20 pm
Pretty interesting how things can change. This caliber LSU is always going to be deep and you never know who makes strides and steps up. What we see next Friday more likely than not won’t be what we see in the post season. Even though the game 3 lineup was pretty unique it still had 4 different guys from opening day.

Game 1:
Paxton Kling rf
Brayden Jobert lf
Dylan Crews cf
Tommy White 3b
Tre' Morgan 1b
Jared Jones dh
Brady Neal c
Jordan Thompson ss
Ben Nippolt 2b

WS Game 3:
Cade Beloso dh
Dylan Crews cf
Tommy White 3b
Tre' Morgan 1b
Gavin Dugas 2b
Brayden Jobert rf
Jordan Thompson ss
Josh Pearson lf
Alex Milazzo c
Posted by SulphursFinest
Lafayette
Member since Jan 2015
8776 posts
Posted on 2/10/24 at 6:25 pm to
Beloso at lead off is awesome
Posted by MrWalkingMan
31st Parallel North
Member since Aug 2010
6440 posts
Posted on 2/10/24 at 9:38 pm to
Not to mention Hayden Travinski who was the sneakily one of the hottest hitters on planet earth from late April onwards…and still couldn’t find consistent starting work amongst that unit

Man I love that 2023 team so much
Posted by Hold That Tiger 10
Member since Oct 2013
21271 posts
Posted on 2/10/24 at 10:46 pm to
The lineup isn't all that different.

Kling got hurt, which opened the door for Pearson. Pearson was ice cold in the spring/fall, but hit in games. Kling didn't get the same grove back post injury, so Jobert and Pearson held him off.

Neal and Milazzo split reps early. Neals injury opened the door more for Milazzo and then Travinski kicked the door in.

Nipolt and Dugas is a switch, but Dugas was out with injury some of the off-season. I could be wrong, but didn't Dugas start the second game?

Jones played himself out of the line up, but was given every opportunity. Beloso just put them in a spot to where he was clearly going to be more consistent.

So it's really isn't that many major, unexpected changes.
This post was edited on 2/10/24 at 10:47 pm
Posted by PenguinPubes
Frozen Tundra
Member since Jan 2018
10813 posts
Posted on 2/10/24 at 11:06 pm to
2023 team was the fricking goat.
Posted by fastlane
Member since Jul 2014
2372 posts
Posted on 2/11/24 at 5:27 am to
quote:

The lineup isn't all that different.


Half the lineup changed…
Posted by josh336
baton rouge
Member since Jan 2007
77625 posts
Posted on 2/11/24 at 6:02 am to
Its definitely different. As expected, the upperclassmen took over later in the season. I think what it shows is Jay is gonna give talented freshmen at bats early on with a chance to prove themselves, and to build experience for later that season or for next.
quote:

Kling got hurt,

Kling started striking out 50% of the time in sec play

quote:

Neal and Milazzo split reps early

Neal caught almost every game until he got hurt


Posted by Meauxjeaux
98836 posts including my alters
Member since Jun 2005
40123 posts
Posted on 2/11/24 at 8:37 am to
One other lineup change:

The switching of Dugas and Thompson as regular play late in the year.
Posted by josh336
baton rouge
Member since Jan 2007
77625 posts
Posted on 2/11/24 at 9:11 am to
That was brilliant coaching
Posted by Choupique19
The cheap seats
Member since Sep 2005
62113 posts
Posted on 2/11/24 at 9:22 am to
Jay didn’t believe in Dugas

Of course, the Dugas with bad eyes, from the team scrimmages probably wasn’t very good
Posted by BMTiger
New Orleans
Member since Aug 2021
747 posts
Posted on 2/11/24 at 9:22 am to
The talent will be hard to replace, but what people aren’t talking about is the magic and camaraderie. It’ll be a long time before LSU has a team like that.
Posted by Tiger1988
Houston
Member since May 2016
24459 posts
Posted on 2/11/24 at 9:44 am to
The end of Game 2 told the story of Game 3.

Man I wish Jobert would be on this team. Nobody could carry a team like that guy when he was on.
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