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Just looked at his career stats and that’s a really impressive job in developing him by NSU. He literally got better in everything every season.

I could definitely see him getting into a SEC facility and really taking off with the resources. HOPEFULLY

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I’m pretty sure he waved the white flag when he called out his own roster construction.

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Exactly. He also immediately started playing the young guys and stuck with them for the most part, which is a decision that I think will pay off in the long run. He may not have truly “given up” but he definitely understood it wasn’t going to turn around.

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Transfer portal has made college sports worse period. Esp made it harder on the coaches. I have zero sympathy for players this day n age. I can’t imagine trying to be a coach and build a program when there’s a revolving door for players. Every year you have to start over basically. The whole system is a joke.

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For a program like LSU, it benefits them significantly more. Feel much worse for the small schools who have done a great job of identifying and developing talent, just to help a kid get a big payday at a large program.

I think the big issue with building this years team is that it seems like we kind of just grabbed some middle to lower in guys that were available. The past few years we were clearly tampering to get some elite guys to enter the portal then sign them. I know we unsuccessfully tried for a couple guys last year, like Ace Reese, but that’s why we ended up with Dardar, Simpson, etc.

Since our offseason will start this week, I’d expect a different outcome this year.

Going to be very interesting to see how these guys translate if we build a team full of euro guys. I’d assume it’s a step down in competition, but it’s also probably a totally different pace and structure to the game.

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Revisit 2023 with Skenes and Floyd gone. Revisit 2025 without Kade Anderson and Anthony Eyanson.

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In 23 we also had a borderline forst round pick that didn’t even pitch. Two of our most important pitchers were really draft guys, either. Our bullpen came up huge last year too. It’s not just losing 2 starters that’s the problem, which is the point. The whole staff sucks this year and nearly everyone we returned regressed. That doesn’t happen by chance.

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He's not perfect and yes, losing 2 starters no team is going to overcome that. You can't deny the numbers though with pitchers he's been working with for years. Maybe 1-2 guys from last year hasn't regressed. Everyone else did with some staggeringly bad pitching numbers. He's not above criticism and don't think he's safe to keep his job either. In order to be this bad it's a lot more than just losing 2 starting pitchers and this is definitely partly on Yeskie's shoulders just as it is Jay.

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Well said. The fact that this pitching staff has legit talent, but has been this bad is certainly not a good look for a coach. Based off of pure talent, I could see why Jay thought this was his best pitching staff yet. Problem is, if you can’t get the ball over the plate, having swing and miss pitches becomes irrelevant. The amount of pitchers who are averaging more than 1 free base per inning on this staff is pathetic.

Yeskie won’t get fired, but he might find a new job after the season.

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His regression from showing so much upside last season is concerning.

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Last year he still put a ton of people on base, he just had some Houdini acts to get out the inning without damage. There was one point this year where he was better than the prior season in every metric except runs allowed. It’s like the hitter who hits .300 with a ton of bloopers and perfectly placed ground balls. It’s not a repeatable.

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We gave up 6 hits and 1 walk with 11 strikeouts yesterday afternoon, 89 strikes in 141 total pitches(63.1%), which is average to very good(anything above 60% is good, 65% is the sweet spot, 70% is elite). we gave up 4 and 4 walks (plus 1 hit batter) with 11 strikeouts last night, 84 strikes in 137 pitches(61.3%), again average. The only guy who really "underperformed" was the true freshman, Paz. These were the wrong games to complain about pitching, except maybe Sheerin hitting a guy.

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Ok. Now look at the entire season because that’s what I was looking at. This is a thread about the future of LSU baseball, not the May 2nd double header.

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Ben Simmons was a gifted passer, so I have trouble believing that part. But good information here, solid post.

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It’s insane how many people are downvoting this to disagree :lol:

Simmons was a starting point guard in the NBA at 6’10. Dude was a generational TALENT, he just never lived up to his potential.

I wonder how this affects the NIL approach this offseason. It might lead to bigger checks for unproven talent vs putting resources towards transfers.

On a similar note, keeping up with HS hitters who choose going pro vs college is getting brutal. Most of these guys can’t even crack .200 the first year or two in minor league baseball now that they consolidated the leagues. The pitchers are adapting much better, but it’s getting to the point that drafting a HS bat is the riskiest play you can make. You obviously get outliers like Konnor Griffin, but it’s literally 1-2 per draft that are catching on quick.