I have no doubt lsu will be in the top 5 to start the season. And probably will be most of tge season. They have added some pieces to an already good offensive team. We, on the other hand, have not pitched up to expectations for a few years now. Our conference will be very good moving forward, better than it has traditionally been. We have got to pitch much much better to compete
It shouldn't surprise anyone that we gave up runs. Look at the arms we threw. Lots of new faces. Marshall, who hasn't seen live hitting in almost 2 years, bullpen guys fighting for innings. Not at all concerned with arms. Talent is there, we just have to piece it together.
I was more concerned about the offense not adjusting to tIgGaH pitching in the later innings. Something we struggled with last year as well. Brock looks like an All American Catcher. Rocc is healthy. Hood will be an All SBC type player. Veillion still taking daddy hacks. Debo is Debo. Shock driving the bus on offense. Really like Yuhaz and Robichaux. Lejeune has some adjusting to do. But he will need to figure it out quickly because John Taylor has that dawg in him.. Really like him a lot.
This team will be very good.
You went to LSU for your undergrad degree? That is who most people are most loyal to for fan support. I thought I read in a previous thread about student attendance you said when you were in school at UL it wasn't just the Greeks going to football games "us boys from the country went also".
Yeah, after watching the first game, I had the feeling that the Cajun coaches were mainly auditioning pitchers to see who was going and who would be staying. This again was just a practice game, so it was for the coaches not the fans. Other than looking at some "not ready for prime time" pitchers, I did not glean much from the scrimmage, but I am not an expert by any stretch of the imagination.
I was actually encouraged. 3 of the runs dA tIgGaHs scored in the 2nd inning of game one should have never happened. The strikeout reach and then the base hit was because Marshall fell behind and tried to see if he could goose one. Would never happen in a game.
Anyway, you can clearly see Preach is working on some off speed stuff that looks reliable to me. He's sitting 92 also. If he locates like he did last year, no reason he can't be a shutdown type arm for 6-9 outs a weekend, if not more.
Really like Moody. Love everything about his delivery and angle. Mentioned this before, but McGhee has elite spinnage. He just needs to learn to attack the hitter and stop nibbling. (Actually, we have a few of those guys right now.) Theutt is going to be someone we can rely on as well. I've heard nothing but good things about Tommy Ray's offseason. Yet to be seen, but its something to note. (I like him in a reliever role) Marshall gives you a power lefty with cut stuff; something we haven't really had since Hogan.
How did the UL guys who wear LSU gear perform?
FWIW, the ball was flying yesterday. Flying like I don't think I've ever seen at a regular season game at the Tigue. The bad guys still hit more out of the yard than the good guys, but a few of those home runs were wind aided wall scrapers.
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