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re: What makes Guidry so scary now is he has complete command
Posted on 2/16/26 at 10:57 pm to Sofaking2
Posted on 2/16/26 at 10:57 pm to Sofaking2
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I’d love to meet some of you guys in real life to see if the massive ego matches with your success in life, lol. Gigantic egos. You and stadium rat, lol.
Great thing about the internet. You show up when you’re right and disappear when you’re wrong.
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Posted on 2/17/26 at 1:03 am to LSUgrad88
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You 're not going to be beating people 12-4 very often and you sure as hell don't want to waste 6 or 7 quality innings from your Friday and Saturday starter because your best choice to pitch the 8th and 9th is being forced into a third starter role.
He has literally said he has 4 guys that are closers with Fontenot, Rizzy, Cowan and one of the new guys who came over for that position. Unless Cowan or Rizzy is going to be a starter if Schmidt somehow gets his shite together.
He brought in a proven closer to close.
Posted on 2/17/26 at 6:31 am to Tiger1988
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Guidry may be your number 3 starter.
Guidry needs to stay in the stopper/closer role. Plenty of other arms that can be starters need elite bullpen arms and Guidry has been one that Jay has counted on his entire career don't over complicate it by trying to move him into a starter role.
Posted on 2/17/26 at 6:39 am to Asleepinthecove
Everybody thinks he throws hard because he come in late in the game and his mound antics but his fastball normally sits 89-91 mph
Posted on 2/17/26 at 6:59 am to Sofaking2
Don’t sweat it Sofa. The Rant was salty last night.
Posted on 2/17/26 at 7:10 am to Honkus
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Too valuable coming out of the pen.. especially if he can do it 2x/weekend
This here. The only I can see him starting would be spot duty in the SEC or NCAA tourney in a Johnny Wholestaff situation.
Posted on 2/17/26 at 7:32 am to Tiger1988
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Here’s a news flash. You need 3 guys that have command 6 innings as starters.
no you dont. 6 innings is a luxury and mainly a thing of the past. If you get a guy who can make it through line up twice...that is really good.
you are going to see a lot of 1 time through the line up and 1-2 extra hitters depending on match up.
some of yall are living 2 decades behind.
gavin will stay in the pen as the stopper/closer role that can go 3 innings because he has proven he can come in when things are going bad and shut things down and inject some energy into the team like he did friday. Jay knows this and trust him to do that.
This post was edited on 2/17/26 at 7:37 am
Posted on 2/17/26 at 7:35 am to Jack Daniel
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Everybody thinks he throws hard because he come in late in the game and his mound antics but his fastball normally sits 89-91 mph
no it doesnt. that is hit 2 seam. his 4 seam has sat 91-93 similar to HS. he touched 94 in preseason per him. but in his 1st 2 starts his 4 seam has been mainly 92ish with high of 93, low of 91. you are talking the 2 seam.
he is the healthiest he has been since soph year of hs, that is a direct quote from him before the season.
last night lester put this on twitter and it is correct
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Gavin Guidry’s Fastballs tonight:
92 / 92 / 92 / 92 / 93 / 91 / 92 / 92
it was higher on friday night hitting 93 multiple times
This post was edited on 2/17/26 at 7:40 am
Posted on 2/17/26 at 7:41 am to Tiger1988
Here’s a news flash - nobody has 3 starters in feb. we have somewhere around 8 that could be. Kinda stupid riches to be talking about. What we don’t have is that dominant Friday guy to set it all up.
Posted on 2/17/26 at 7:43 am to Sofaking2
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I’d love to meet some of you guys in real life to see if the massive ego matches with your success in life, lol. Gigantic egos. You and stadium rat, lol.
because I understand that people announcing games, even ex-players, do not know everything?
Gavin Guidry has:
- never thrown more than 66 pitches in a game
- completed 3.0 IP just twice in a game
- averaged 19 pitches per outing
- averaged 1.1ip / per outing
- shown his velocity dip when extending into games
- missed a full season due to injury. They will want to keep him healthy.
- most of all, been an awesome relief pitcher. He is built for short spurts. Leave him alone. LSU has plenty of other pitchers who can start.
Posted on 2/17/26 at 7:43 am to jlbasm
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last night lester put this on twitter and it is correct
That you follow Lester on X is truly concerning
Posted on 2/17/26 at 7:45 am to Tiger1988
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Schmidt (I don’t have faith in his commend because the same old shite Sunday
I commend you for this analysis
Posted on 2/17/26 at 7:48 am to jlbasm
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That you follow Lester on X is truly concerning
Well, there are probably people like you that believe anything a person like Matt Moscona says. Feel free to fact check this
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If tweet fails to load, click here.Posted on 2/17/26 at 7:56 am to Tiger1988
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Guidry may be your number 3 starter.
Not many teams have 3 defined starters for the whole season. I think we continue to see what guys like Schmidt, Noot, Cowan and the freshman can do.
For me, Guidry is too valuable coming out of the pen in high leverage situations, where he can maybe can do that twice on weekend. Maybe they can use him in a Louis Coleman situation. You use him on Friday and Saturday to shut things down, or if you don’t need him, then you can consider starting him for Sunday.
This post was edited on 2/17/26 at 7:57 am
Posted on 2/17/26 at 7:57 am to tigerskin
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don't see Jay sitting Gavin on the bench on Friday and Saturday nights with games on the line late.
If you have to piece together Sunday's 3 innings at a time then so be it.
Never managed a team above little-league - but to me this seems like the 'no-shite' answer to whatever the question is.
Posted on 2/17/26 at 8:08 am to lsu777
quote:More like 4 or 5 in the case of the poster you replied to.
some of yall are living 2 decades behind.
Posted on 2/17/26 at 8:21 am to Lester Earl
Gavin has starter potential especially as he gains weight as he gets older and remains healthy but right now you hit on a big things....he missed all of last season due to injury...the last thing you want to do right now in FEB is extend your best bullpen arm and get him hurt or aggravate the injury. if he can remain healthy and get to a place like driveline again and get his weight up to 200+.... getting the fast ball to sit 94-95 then yea he could be a starter but his role right now is not that and frankly his best chance to make money playing the game is his current role imo.
and so far he hasnt shown he can get through a line up more than once and if that is all you can do...why would you put him as the starter instead of allowing him to get you out of the biggest moments in the game and bring the energy he does.
thats the other thing...its hard to take someone with his type of mentality and make them a starter. all the fired up part of his game has to be toned down to not waste energy and that is one of the big reasons why he is so effective for your team.
and so far he hasnt shown he can get through a line up more than once and if that is all you can do...why would you put him as the starter instead of allowing him to get you out of the biggest moments in the game and bring the energy he does.
thats the other thing...its hard to take someone with his type of mentality and make them a starter. all the fired up part of his game has to be toned down to not waste energy and that is one of the big reasons why he is so effective for your team.
Posted on 2/17/26 at 8:32 am to lsu777
Jay put it to rest last night. He views his closer as important as the Friday night starter. Gavin will stay in his role
Posted on 2/17/26 at 9:00 am to LSUgrad88
quote:they should go be fans of a Dave Van Horn Coach team if they want that.
Here's a news flash. You need someone you can rely on to close games when SEC play rolls around. You 're not going to be beating people 12-4 very often and you sure as hell don't want to waste 6 or 7 quality innings from your Friday and Saturday starter because your best choice to pitch the 8th and 9th is being forced into a third starter role.
Posted on 2/17/26 at 9:28 am to Tiger1988
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Amazing what “command” is. Moore has command. Evans has commend. Guidry may be your number 3 starter.
We have several good Sunday starter options. Guidry is more valuable out of the pen. He looks like a dominant closer. I notice the added weight. He has definitely put on some muscle. The improved pitch arsenal is just what he needed. Going to be a great year for him.
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