CardiacCatWalk

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quote: I just cannot fathom making the active decision to walk away from a team on the cusp of the playoff. Which is why he is most likely staying at Ole Miss.

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That really is the ultimate question in this whole deal. How much is this season worth compared to what the future might hold?

We’ve seen the OM ultimatum story, followed by Lane’s denial. If Kiffin’s only goal was to milk OM and get everything he wanted out of them, surely that has been accomplished by now. Clearly he is seriously considering leaving, but this situation has to have become a major distraction for the team. No way OM sits through another week of this circus?

Stats: 2023 - 2025
BA: .308 - .306
OPS: .986 - .941
H/G: 10.5 - 10.1
BB/G: 5.8 - 5.4
TB/G: 18.8 - 17.3
R/G: 8.9 - 8.2

This year’s offense is virtually identical to 2023 with exactly one difference: home run production. And to that end, this year’s team has bumped up the number of doubles to nearly match the per game XBH totals.

None of this is to discredit the 2023 team. I think they were great, but this idea that they were head and shoulders above this year is completely false. Literally the only noticeable difference is home runs.

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I like the challenge that comes with the Regional format. Drives the intensity up knowing that your team's pitching will be challenged at some point, get to keep up with more teams in one place, and the increased potential for major upsets.

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According to your logic, if a team wins the national championship on January 11th one year and then again on January 9th of the next year, then they have won 2 national championships in 1 year.

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That is exactly right. Comment said years, not seasons. Both are true at the same time. Reading comprehension.

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Lowder dominated us more than Skenes dominated them, tbh.

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Lowder: 7.0 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 6 K
Skenes: 8.0 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 9 K

Lowder may have been more “efficient” but in no way did he throw a better game than Skenes. Sure he had the lower pitch count but that’s due to pitching styles. Power pitchers will always throw a lot more pitches and look like they’re laboring through than the pitch to contact guys.

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The issue I have with the state of our pitching this year and why I’m willing to put some of the blame on WJ comes down to several names on this team: Cooper, Floyd, Dutton, Hellmers are all performing objectively worse than last year.

Last season was not great by our standards, but we did still find some success, and every one of the guys mentioned above played a part. None of them were phenomenal, but for the most part they were serviceable. Floyd has the stuff but is prone to mental blowups. Cooper has taken a noticeable step backwards with command and is getting hit around more. Dutton went from starting 11 games last year to his ERA increasing nearly a full run. Hellmers has gotten worse each year after what looked like a very promising freshman season.

I thought about lumping Money in with that group, but he has actually put up very similar numbers to last year. While he was never spectacular, he did win some games as a weekend starter, pitched fairly well and seemed like a great candidate to take a step forward with a new and improved pitching coach. Instead he has remained largely the same and been forced to take a step back while the other guys suck it up.

The only real success story this year has been Skenes. Edwards and Shores both got off to great starts and the injuries certainly hurt us, but I cannot make any excuses for WJ when considering the fact that five of our notable pitchers from last year have performed comparatively worse this season.