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Focused on the bats
Posted on 4/20/26 at 10:50 am
Posted on 4/20/26 at 10:50 am
I understand it’s easy to focus on the bats after this weekend. The bats were abysmal. We could’ve pitched lights out and we still would’ve probably gotten swept because of how bad we were at the plate. With that being said I’ll give you a breakdown of where we’ve ranked in conference play under Jay in batting average and era.
2022 era: 3rd 4.61
2023 era: 8th 5.63
2024 era: 5th 5.56
2025 era: 2nd 4.15
2026 era: 13th 6.18
2022 ba: 5th .265
2023 ba: 1st .290
2024 ba: 7th .265
2025 ba: 6th .274
2026 ba: 7th .253
Are the batting numbers slightly down this year? Yes but very minimal. We’re not far off of where Jay usually has us hitting in conference play since he’s been here. It’s the pitching that’s been abysmal this year. It’s by far the worst pitching staff Jay has had since being LSU’s coach. It’s easy to point the finger at the bats after this series but I can promise you most of our problems are the pitching staff. When you have a poor pitching staff with holes in your defense this is the result you get.
2022 era: 3rd 4.61
2023 era: 8th 5.63
2024 era: 5th 5.56
2025 era: 2nd 4.15
2026 era: 13th 6.18
2022 ba: 5th .265
2023 ba: 1st .290
2024 ba: 7th .265
2025 ba: 6th .274
2026 ba: 7th .253
Are the batting numbers slightly down this year? Yes but very minimal. We’re not far off of where Jay usually has us hitting in conference play since he’s been here. It’s the pitching that’s been abysmal this year. It’s by far the worst pitching staff Jay has had since being LSU’s coach. It’s easy to point the finger at the bats after this series but I can promise you most of our problems are the pitching staff. When you have a poor pitching staff with holes in your defense this is the result you get.
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Posted on 4/20/26 at 10:53 am to DhanTigers212
It’s actually not the pitching as much as it’s the FIELDING. We have one legit infielder in Milam. Everyone else is routinely playing out of position. A lot of routine grounders and double plays are becoming singles, and I have never seen catchers give up so many passed balls.
In the outfield, Curiel and Brown aren’t diving to make catches. I have witnessed many plays by them where they had a chance to make a play by putting their body on the line, but instead chose the safe route and let the ball drop in front of them. That turns an out into a single, and a 3rd out into an RBI.
In the outfield, Curiel and Brown aren’t diving to make catches. I have witnessed many plays by them where they had a chance to make a play by putting their body on the line, but instead chose the safe route and let the ball drop in front of them. That turns an out into a single, and a 3rd out into an RBI.
This post was edited on 4/20/26 at 10:55 am
Posted on 4/20/26 at 10:54 am to DhanTigers212
You can dissect this abortion any way u wish. This team is bad at every recordable stat in the game. Baseball is all about the numbers and numbers only. All indicators show suckage. Bring on football
Posted on 4/20/26 at 11:00 am to redfish99
They’re mediocre at pitching, but not as bad as stats might indicate. They’re inconsistent on the mound, but most teams are.
Hitting is bad because it’s entire swaths of the order that’s bad. They’re going all in on homeruns or bust, which is far too inconsistent to routinely win games when so much of the lineup struggles to get on bass. Swing launch angle is an obvious problem here, and Jay has acknowledged it.
The real problem on this team that is noticeably vastly inferior relative to previous teams is their fielding. It’s absolutely atrocious. Milam can’t do everything, but he’s basically asked to because no one else can make a throw to first. Our catchers literally can’t field low pitches, yet our pitchers and pitch coaches keep throwing them. Our catchers can’t throw anyone out on the bases, yet pitchers keep throwing pitch outs to help them do so.
Hitting is bad because it’s entire swaths of the order that’s bad. They’re going all in on homeruns or bust, which is far too inconsistent to routinely win games when so much of the lineup struggles to get on bass. Swing launch angle is an obvious problem here, and Jay has acknowledged it.
The real problem on this team that is noticeably vastly inferior relative to previous teams is their fielding. It’s absolutely atrocious. Milam can’t do everything, but he’s basically asked to because no one else can make a throw to first. Our catchers literally can’t field low pitches, yet our pitchers and pitch coaches keep throwing them. Our catchers can’t throw anyone out on the bases, yet pitchers keep throwing pitch outs to help them do so.
Posted on 4/20/26 at 11:00 am to kingbob
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In the outfield, Curiel and Brown aren’t diving to make catches. I have witnessed many plays by them where they had a chance to make a play by putting their body on the line, but instead chose the safe route and let the ball drop in front of them. That turns an out into a single, and a 3rd out into an RBI.
Diving is situational at best. Yes, it is an out vs a single, but it can also be a double or triple instead of an out. Give us 4 examples of these many plays you think you have witnessed? Game and inning so we can go back and see if we agree.
Posted on 4/20/26 at 11:11 am to kingbob
Regarding the batting, I was at the game yesterday behind the plate and it just seems that the right handed batters facing right handed pitchers and the shift just can’t get on the inside pitch or they let it go. I think there were three looking 3rd strikes on inside corner. They scratch out the inside batters box line and SEC pitchers can pitch the inside half.
Posted on 4/20/26 at 12:35 pm to DhanTigers212
Also Timely Hitting terrible this year
Posted on 4/20/26 at 12:47 pm to DhanTigers212
This is definitely true. In years past we could win pitching duels on Fridays and would only score 2-3 runs late in the game. shite just look at game 1 in Omaha last year against Arkansas with KA. Perfect example.
Posted on 4/20/26 at 12:58 pm to DhanTigers212
The team has a bunch of guys who have high walk rates with good stuff. Walks=runs IMO
You have a team with a low BA with RISP
Team with some decent power numbers.
Defensively you are average at best in the infield. Catchers are young and have work to do.
Although the staff strikes out a lot of guys. They are also walk a lot of guys. If you think about it. If you walk guys, commit errors, commit wild pitches, HBP, and pass balls. The teams you are playing against are going to score runs.
Losing the freebie war and giving extra 90’s to teams
You have a team with a low BA with RISP
Team with some decent power numbers.
Defensively you are average at best in the infield. Catchers are young and have work to do.
Although the staff strikes out a lot of guys. They are also walk a lot of guys. If you think about it. If you walk guys, commit errors, commit wild pitches, HBP, and pass balls. The teams you are playing against are going to score runs.
Losing the freebie war and giving extra 90’s to teams
Posted on 4/20/26 at 1:07 pm to DhanTigers212
BA doesn't really tell the whole story. We consistently fail to move runners over and get runs home from 2nd and/or 3rd with less than 2 outs. Seem to struggle with the fundamentals of small ball most games.
One big reason era is so high is all the free passes we've issued. Love to see that stat compared to Jay's first 4 years
One big reason era is so high is all the free passes we've issued. Love to see that stat compared to Jay's first 4 years
Posted on 4/20/26 at 1:23 pm to DhanTigers212
Its not the bats its the batters. Hitting is not down per say. Its hitting with runners in scoring position. LSU was out hit the 3rd game but not overly in the first 2 games with ATM.
In the second game LSU had 10 hits and ATM had 12.
In the second game LSU had 10 hits and ATM had 12.
Posted on 4/20/26 at 1:27 pm to DhanTigers212
To get a better composite, we would want to scale several critical metrics.
IOW, it's not just that ERA is bad. It's the losing combo of bad ERA, low BA, walks, etc.
There is no part of this team that is playing at a high enough level to compensate for another.
IOW, it's not just that ERA is bad. It's the losing combo of bad ERA, low BA, walks, etc.
There is no part of this team that is playing at a high enough level to compensate for another.
Posted on 4/20/26 at 1:34 pm to Triple Bogey
quote:The lack of an even serviceable Friday guy has had more impact on this team than anything we have seen. Schmidt is an average Saturday arm.....and we all know Sunday is bad.
This is definitely true. In years past we could win pitching duels on Fridays
In the lineup we really needed Carraway to be about 40 points higer in BA with low teen homeruns...he flamed out.
Posted on 4/20/26 at 1:38 pm to DhanTigers212
add to that the abysmal 1-17 hitting with RISP this series, and pretty much the entire year, and it is understandable, with poor pitching, why LSU has one of its worst teams this century.
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