re: Throwing off Game 1 is not a new concept.

And won the whole dam shiboozal

I don’t think either decision is bad. If you throw 1a or 1b against UALR, and they go deep into the game, it’s a matter of saving a bullpen. You then have all arms available for the winners game bracket. You assume Eyanson could go 7+ against DBU, then you have your whole bullpen for Game 3 and the if necessary game.

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Why wouldn’t you throw an ace when our bats have scored like no runs the last 2 games against SEC competition.

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Who is the ace? I know who will be a higher draft pick, but is Anderson really out-performing Eyanson to the point he's our clear ace?

(couldn't find league only stats, so this is all games)

Anderson -
W/L: 8-1
ERA: 3.54
RA9: 3.64
WHIP: 1.079
HR: 14
SO9: 14.7
BB9: 2.4
SO/W: 6.04
IP/PGS: 5.9 (innings pitched per game started)

Eyanson -
W/L: 9-2
ERA: 2.77
RA9: 3.09
WHIP: 1.150
HR: 4
SO9: 13.3
BB9: 3.3
SO/W: 4.03
IP/PGS: 6.01


Anderson has better strikeout/walk numbers, but Eyanson can grind through innings and has allowed fewer runs and home runs.

Again, I would figure out who matches up best against Dallas Baptist lefty/righty lineup splits, and pitch the other guy in game 1.

Not a hill I'll die on though, Jay obviously knows what is best.

It will be Eyanson against UALR imo.

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Yea I mean why would Jay follow that formula? Nothing good came from that season…… oh wait.

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Suboptimal decisions have positive outcomes all the time

So give us your pitching game plan since you are so smart and know what’s best over a national champion coach.

Dumbass

If we had a a better 3rd. Everyone so inconsistent

Not use Kade against the shitty 4 seed that lsu has no business losing to

The best situation when you're playing like the 230th ranked team, then likely the team with 14th highest CWS title odds DBU, higher than a handful of 1 seed CWS title odds, the very highest 2 seed CWS title odds, is that you pitch your better ones 2nd and 3rd game, and not 1st.

In the 0.1% chance lose game 1, I'd still stand behind JJ because:

230th best team in CB
vs
14th best team in CB

It's called being smart.

LSU drew one of the worst regionals, if not the worst, in my opinion. 6th seed should play 27th best team, not 14th. 33-6=27.

You want to waste the #3 draft pick against a team that was ranked 230th in rankings, but pitch a worse pitcher against a team that has the 14th highest odds to win the CWS? and then an even worse pitcher to likely play again the 14th highest CWS title odds team again?

That 14th highest CWS title odds is seen by the smartest book setters as more likely to win the CWS than a handful of 1 seeds and has the best odds of any 2 seed, and we save our worst starting pitchers for them?

You save your pitchers for the 14th highest CWS title odds, and you pitch your 3rd vs the 230th ranked UALR.

In the 0.1% chance we lose, then that's how it plays out. Because there's a whole hell of a lot higher chance than 0.1% chance that you lose with your 2nd and 3rd vs DBU, more. Exponentially higher than 0.1%.

When you're looking at 0.1% chance of loss vs maybe 30-35% chance loss. You go with your aces on the 30-35% chance of loss.