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Where does LSU find these pitchers that can't throw it over the plate

Posted on 5/5/24 at 4:37 pm
Posted by QB
Louisiana
Member since Sep 2013
4345 posts
Posted on 5/5/24 at 4:37 pm
Don't you have to be a star pitcher in HS to get to this level of baseball?Don't you have to throw it over the plate in HS?
It is ridiculous how really bad our pitchers are? I would fire our pitching coach today. Anyone in the stands can to a job as well as he is doing. Just pitiful in identifying pitching talent.
Posted by PrairievilleTiger
Prairieville
Member since Mar 2016
986 posts
Posted on 5/5/24 at 4:38 pm to
Baseball recruiting is sometimes measured on potential and not the talent seen in high school.
Posted by Odysseus32
Member since Dec 2009
7358 posts
Posted on 5/5/24 at 4:39 pm to
quote:

It is ridiculous how really bad our pitchers are? I would fire our pitching coach today. Anyone in the stands can to a job as well as he is doing. Just pitiful in identifying pitching talent.


Posted by Mats86
Member since Mar 2021
3697 posts
Posted on 5/5/24 at 4:52 pm to
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Don't you have to throw it over the plate in HS?

Yes, but there is a difference in how the strike zone is called. Either way, you’re over reacting a bit. We pitched pretty well the first 2 games.
Posted by justice
Member since Feb 2006
54610 posts
Posted on 5/5/24 at 4:57 pm to
quote:

would fire our pitching coach today. Anyone in the stands can to a job as well as he is doing. Just pitiful in identifying pitching talent.
stupid bastard Where were you the last two nights especially with littles progress
Posted by Heisenberg Aint Dead
Walker
Member since Sep 2015
1594 posts
Posted on 5/5/24 at 4:59 pm to
Cam Johnson was the highest rated recruit to ever make it to LSU and he walks more batters than anything. He isn’t close to being a contributor in a meaningful spot.
Posted by geauxjo
Gonzales, LA
Member since Sep 2004
14785 posts
Posted on 5/5/24 at 5:01 pm to
This thread has the AIDs.
Posted by AlwysATgr
Member since Apr 2008
16575 posts
Posted on 5/5/24 at 8:31 pm to
If you compare Little vs Auburn in '23 with Little vs Aggie in '24, it doesn't look like the same pitcher.

Players do improve. Some more and some faster than others. Very few show up as true Fr ready to pitch at this level. Lange was an exception.

Posted by tigernation56
im the woods
Member since Feb 2013
4789 posts
Posted on 5/5/24 at 8:37 pm to
They come out of high school dummy
Posted by Higgysmalls
Ft Lauderdale
Member since Jun 2016
6478 posts
Posted on 5/5/24 at 8:41 pm to
It absolutely bafflea me. It's the amount of non competitive pitches that I can't understand. These guys get 0-1 or 0-2 on a batter then miss the next 3 pitches by 3 feet.
Posted by mtb010
San Antonio
Member since Sep 2009
4454 posts
Posted on 5/5/24 at 9:36 pm to
Do you realize the difference in talent from the high school level to college? I can throw 78-80 mph over the plate all day long and get smashed. The strike zone is tighter than it was in high school as well. LSU just took 2/3 from the number one team when they desperately needed too.
Posted by jb21lsu
NWLA
Member since Mar 2018
2659 posts
Posted on 5/5/24 at 10:17 pm to
Qb = Questionable Baw

Go lay down old man. You wanna talk shite about LSU pitching that just gave up 8 runs to the #1 team in the nation in games 1 and 2 and secured the series but didn't say anything about how well they did in those games.
Posted by Redmann
Member since Oct 2021
163 posts
Posted on 5/6/24 at 5:15 am to
It is a mentall thing. Have to get kid to a point where he forgets everything but throwing his pitch to the mitt every time. A good coach helps mentally as much as technically. Example, Little. He has his mind right now.
Posted by Cold Cous Cous
Bucktown, La.
Member since Oct 2003
15053 posts
Posted on 5/6/24 at 5:52 am to
It's not just about throwing get-over strikes. That might work in HS but in college you have to have "stuff"

In other words, any of these guys could get up there and throw 81 mph four seamers over the plate all day long. Those pitches would then be gently placed in the left field bleachers.
This post was edited on 5/6/24 at 5:54 am
Posted by richbad
Louisiana
Member since Nov 2008
1157 posts
Posted on 5/6/24 at 6:18 am to
Well you can pretty much say the same thing about hitting, mine as well fire the hitting coach to while your at it.
Posted by SOL2
Dallas burbs
Member since Jan 2020
4817 posts
Posted on 5/6/24 at 10:29 am to
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