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re: Any update on Deven Sheerin?

Posted by Metaloctopus on 5/12/25 at 10:15 pm
I don't really expect him to pitch this year, at this point. But I will say, I don't think he would be worse than some of the guys who are already on the roster, and never pitch, so maybe it wouldn't hurt to carry him on the roster over one of those guys, and if an opportunity arises, see what he can do. If he does well, great. If he looks bad, well... That's kinda just the way it's gone, anyway.

They might be worried about burning a redshirt opportunity, but a guy with his arm, and his slider, will certainly be drafted pretty highly next year, just on talent, so I don't think the redshirt matters. Anyone who doesn't believe that should ask Grant Taylor. Dude was all over the place as a freshman, but had a big arm, a bunch of hype heading into his sophomore year, never threw another pitch here, and got drafted 51st overall.
So many people in here saying Jones can't hit SEC pitching. If that were really the problem, I'd be much less concerned about his play. I could just chalk it up to him not being talented enough, and move on.

But this guy did a lot of work against the SEC a year ago, and hit a ton of home runs down the stretch, in SEC play, and in the regional. So there is no question in my mind he has the ability. The problem is his approach is really bad right now. He's over aggressive early in at bats, and then when it's time to protect the plate, he looks like he's hoping for a ball, rather than being ready to hit. And when he swings, he's constantly over-swinging, and tries too hard to hit everything the other way. It's great to be able to go the other way when they pitch you away, but he's taking balls that are in and trying to muscle it the other way, which usually ends in a pop out.

He's just all over the place, and never looks relaxed. last year, he looked relaxed and confident, and while he struck out plenty, he wasn't missing mistakes. Right now, he's missing the mistakes, as well as swinging at pitches out of the zone, or taking them down the middle because he's guessing wrong. It's mental, not physical with him. He just needs to somehow get his mind right, and be the guy he was a year ago. That's easier said than done.

It's not hard to live with some strikeouts, if you consistently do damage when you get good pitches to hit, which he has had plenty of those opportunities.
I don't get the hype for Clemson. That is a program that was successful because of it's assistants, just like what happened here under Orgeron, and since those guys left, Clemson has been nothing close to what they were. Why should anyone believe this year will be any different?

These mock drafts talking about supposedly 6 first rounders seems ridiculous. I saw that team play last year, and I'd just like to know what they saw that brings them to that conclusion.
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No shite.

I’m wondering why people would still be dumb enough to believe this despite two baseball players in the sec with the same argument as Pavia being denied eligibility for this season.


Well nothing final has been decided, and people are hearing rumors that the Pavia decision will become a permanent thing. You asked a question, and I tried to answer it for you. My fault for trying.

re: Alex Bregman is Raking

Posted by Metaloctopus on 5/8/25 at 6:47 am
Wasn't it the Red Sox who drafted him in the late rounds before he came to LSU? Better late than never, for that fan base.
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I didn’t respond to the original post. My response was to a specific post taking a shot at LSU hitters for slumping while LSUS hitters haven’t. I guess you missed that.


Everything is still relative. Those hitters aren't D1 talents (mostly, one would assume) and so it should be expected that they would struggle from time to time. The fact that they apparently haven't is impressive. People are frustrated with LSU's hitters right now, because they have been up and down all season. That doesn't mean they are stupid and don't realize what level of baseball we're talking about.
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Why do people keep thinking this?


Because of the Pavia ruling, and people saying it might become a blanket rule over all JUCO players. I have yet to hear anything else regarding whether that will actually be the case. I hope not. We're just getting away from all the covid 5th year guys; we don't need 6th year seniors hanging around. Other than medical redshirt guys.
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You mean sort of like comparing LSUS hitters to LSU’s when they aren’t facing SEC competition? It’s not the same thing. LSU is routinely facing guys who will be in the MLB. So it’s silly to criticize them for hitting slumps and use LSUS to compare, no?


This isn't a comparison to LSU's hitters facing SEC competition. It's a thread complimenting LSU-S for dominating at their own level of competition.
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Just curious, do you think LSU’s hitters would be experience slumps playing the competition that LSUS has? Do you think LSUS hitters would experience any slumps facing SEC weekend pitching?


Why do some of you keep comparing apples to planets? LSUS isn't an sec team playing NAIA schools. They have to deal with the same talent pool as everyone else, because they, themselves, are an NAIA school. So when comparing them to other teams at their own level, they are doing something that is ridiculously impressive.

Why don't people say when a D1 team goes on a long winning streak that they "wouldn't be doing this if they were facing a Triple-A team"? Because that would be an irrelevant and absurd statement. The same is true for saying that LSU-S wouldn't be doing this in the SEC. We know that.
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Not really. Nobody at any level of baseball is that good. They just have a higher level of talent than everyone they have played. Is it impressive if a high school varsity team runs through a 10 year old travel ball league? Lmao.


No, that wouldn't be impressive at all. Similarly, it wouldn't be impressive if a bunch if 10 year olds beat a bunch of crawling infants in a game of... Anything.

But playing in a league where people are actually in the same age group, and winning 51 in a row is very impressive. And how is it that you can say that nobody is that good, and that they just have more talent than everyone they've played, and not immediately notice that you refuted yourself? So they've been the more talented team 51 times in a row, but that's not really that good? Was LSU not the more talented team than Northwestern State? How'd that go? We're talking about baseball. There is more random nonsense that costs teams games in this sport, than in any other sport.

re: Nate Yeskie Pitch Calling

Posted by Metaloctopus on 5/5/25 at 4:05 am
What cost us more than anything were bad at bats, the outfield not catching popups, and A&M getting lucky bloop and infield hits. Nearly every time that team was scoring, there was some nonsense that lead to it. The 8th inning should have been over twice yesterday, but an infield single and a blooper extended the inning before the homer happened.

That inning should have been over with LSU still leading 4-2. Even the double that lead off the inning, even though it was actually hit well, could have been caught, but Pearson ran a bad route to it. The wind was not nearly strong enough to excuse the amount of balls that were misplayed in the outfield by LSU, and A&M seemed to have no problem tracking the ball

Cowan also left the ball up in both of his outings, and didn't look good, but this game mostly came down to miscues, bad luck in the 8th, and once again, not enough offense..
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yeah, it's a Texas thing only. ask around and expand your horizons


Why would you make it sound like this is a me not expanding my horizons issue? I don't live in Texas, and I'm sure not going to drive to Texas to shop there, and as for asking around, I just read about them in this thread.

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And yet there are fans who think Yeskie is a terrible coach

OP, would you mind adding where we rank in OPS?


I don't think Yeskie is a terrible coach, because he'd had success before. But the criticism of the pitching this year, whether you want to blame it on him, or just on the players, is certainly valid. The reason being, we have to rely on four guys. Two starters and two relievers who have to rack up huge innings (plus a start from Evans). Those guys make the team ERA what it is. After those four, we haven't been able to rely on anyone.

And that was the same issue last year, and most of the year before that, with Wes Johnson here. So we know it's possible to win with a thin pitching staff, but it sure makes it a lot more difficult. We are certainly not the only team with this problem, but it only takes one team to end your season, so we'll need some of those late season surges from some pitchers, like we got in '23.
As for my pet peeve, someone already mentioned people not using their turn signals, and for me it's specifically when I'm to pull out of a driveway, and I'm waiting on this one car to pass, and that person waits til the last second to turn on their signal light, or doesn't use it at all, before turning. And by that time, more traffic is coming and I have to wait longer, when I could have pulled out of the driveway if the first car had just let me know they were turning.

People too often assume that it's only necessary to use their signal if they think they might be rear-ended by someone driving close behind them, and they don't think it's important to let everyone else know what they're doing, so those people aren't held hostage waiting to see what you're going to do.
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it’s the best grocery store in America


Doesn't sound like it. And I've never heard of it. I don't have one in my area, and no commercial about it has ever played on my television or radio.
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HEB does that to piss off the weirdos who grocery shop at 10pm. And to provide 14hrs of unfettered access to their goods for the normal people who shop at reasonable hours.


What seems reasonable to you doesn't work for those who don't share your schedule. I don't know what "HEB" is, but there have been many times in the past when I worked nothing but double shifts, and I couldn't wait for an off day to get what I needed, so I had to to go in at Wal Mart at nearly midnight (back when it was still open 24 hours) after I got off work. And they were stocking by then, but they weren't in my way. If a store is blocking its aisles with inventory, that's not good service.

And I wasn't about to get up even earlier than I already had to, with as late as I was getting home, to go grocery shopping, when I could just stop by the store on my way back at night.

re: Griffin Herring still dealing

Posted by Metaloctopus on 5/3/25 at 3:26 am
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That’s not a cutter. It’s breaking away from the opposite hand hitter. That means it’s a change-up or sinker. I couldn’t tell the velo on the pitch so I’m not sure which one it is. If it’s low to mid 80’s it’s a change-up, if it’s high 80’s low 90’s it’s a sinker. You are correct when you said “it’s nasty” though. All 3 pitches look like they are coming from the same arm slot. When you put all 3 pitches on an overlay I’d be willing to bet they come out of the same arm slot and look nearly identical. That with pinpoint command will make you a top 5-10 pitcher in the MLB regardless of velocity.


I realize that it has opposite movement than normal, but the movement does not appear to behave like a sinker or changeup. You could call it a screwball, I suppose, but I call a pitch that cuts, a cutter. A screwball is supposed to be sort of a backwards curveball. Whatever it is, is looks like a fastball and has that late cutting action, and the fact that it's moving away I think is even more effective than a normal cutter. You just don't expect a pitch to do that.

If it is a changeup, it's the strangest and filthiest changeup I've maybe ever seen. Very late movement, as opposed to a fading action. Could be a splitter, but I don't see any sink.

re: Griffin Herring still dealing

Posted by Metaloctopus on 5/3/25 at 1:21 am
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Can we talk about the camera angle of this footage? Can we petition to get this angle as the standard for baseball viewing?


This was the angle I grew up watching all the time. I don't know why we get so many off-centered views now.

re: Griffin Herring still dealing

Posted by Metaloctopus on 5/2/25 at 7:35 am
Looks like he's added a nasty cutter. And baseball history has shown what guys with nasty cutters can do in the Majors. The slider was already excellent.

He might not have elite velocity, but he has plenty to go along with his stuff to make it in any role in the big leagues. Wish we still had him, but I hope he continues to do well.
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Why mess with the lineup at all? Ugh.


Apparently guys needed a day off, even though an off day was already coming. And the other hitters must have been tired, because they looked to have taken the day off, as well.

Losing to a 4-25 team would not have been easy to swallow under any circumstances. But scoring 1 run in Coors Field to a 4-25 team, especially when you could have gotten to .500 for the first time, is really deflating. And they wasted Sale's best outing of the year, by far. Not the sort of way I wanted this team to enter a series against a Dodgers team that we are already terrible against.