re: Zac Cowan since May

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Now go ahead and post the more realistic options that didnt pitch in the last 4 days that are clearly better

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Rizy, Mayers and Noot all have good stuff too. But they all have the same two issues that Cowan has had lately- inconsistency and lack of mental toughness. We’ve watched all of the above deal from 1-3 innings when they are on. We’ve also seen an all of them melt down after one thing goes wrong and look like high school pitchers out there.

I know we all saw Cowan look great for the first 2 1/2 months of the season, but it’s been a while since he’s really been on. Right now, he’s in the same kind of head space as the other 3 I listed. And he’s being handled similarly by Jay at the moment.

We are likely going to need at least 2 of those 4 to contribute along with Cooper Williams and even Primeaux for a batter or two to win this thing, and that’s pretty much a guarantee if we lose tonight.

It is blowing out

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If LSU gets to the 9th with a small lead (1-3 runs) I think there is a pretty good chance we see Eyanson try to close it out. Using him to lock down a win would be FAR more important than saving the 10-20 pitches he would have to throw. That, even combined with the 40 pitches he threw on Monday wouldn't hurt his ability to start on Sunday.

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Another thing to consider is that if you win game 1 of the championship series, you can hold Eyanson until Monday. That would give him another four days of rest from today's abbreviated outing.

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Yep. It all comes down to if he’s locating, his repertoire is good enough to give us 5 innings of 1 run ball if he locates with the different pitches he throws.

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