Thatcher Hurd was supposed to shine as a starter this year

Posted by lsutiger2

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Member since Oct 2008

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Posted on 4/28/24 at 7:23 pm to saturncube21

Kind of been the big surprise of the season so far. Went from being penciled in as Friday Night Starter to barely pitching in the weekends. The whole thing is strange

Posted by SammyTiger

Baton Rouge, LA

Member since Feb 2009

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Posted on 4/28/24 at 7:30 pm to saturncube21

yeah it sucks. He needs to throw his breaking ball for strikes or teams sit on his fastball.

which isn’t easy.

Something about his fastball seem hittable.

Posted by Madking

Member since Apr 2016

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Posted on 4/28/24 at 7:34 pm to saturncube21

I’m not normally superstitious but Hurd fell victim to a curse.

Posted by notbilly

alter

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Posted on 4/28/24 at 7:48 pm to saturncube21

His last SEC start began with 4 shutout innings against Florida. The key to Hurd is pulling him before things go sideways. Hurd isn’t doing what we hoped obviously but I’m not ready to give up on him.

Posted by ColdTurkey

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Posted on 4/29/24 at 12:21 am to saturncube21

Hey man. I agree, but these kids are battling their asses off. And they read this board. Guarantee you no one feels worse about Thatcher not living up to the expectations we set for him than Thatcher Hurd. We still have baseball left to play. We need to RALLY our troops, and as my favorite coach said "negativity is contagious". I think we're about to witness a baseball team battle as hard as the 2023 LSU Tigers did, and I think we're gonna piece it together and see how goddamn far we can take this shite. I bleed purple and gold and will scream my lungs out til the final at bat. THIS NEGATIVITY GOTS TO GEAUXXXXX.

Posted by LSUStar

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Posted on 4/29/24 at 6:25 am to saturncube21

Yes it is.

Posted by friendlyobservation

Member since Mar 2024

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Posted on 4/29/24 at 10:36 am to saturncube21

I thought he'd see a big development jump after Omaha last year but if you honestly evaluate his time at LSU, he really only got hot during regionals on forward. If you looked at him the rest of the season he was wildly inconsistent like he is now. I think LSU was just hoping he'd take the next step development wise and after Omaha he showed it. Unfortunately, doesn't look like that happened.

Posted by emanresu

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Posted on 4/29/24 at 10:48 am to saturncube21

Posted by HC87

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Member since Dec 2014

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Posted on 4/29/24 at 12:13 pm to saturncube21

Like in the movie Top Gun, ‘the list is long and distinguished’ IRT those who were supposed to advance their games and output.

Hurd
Floyd
Guidry
Kling
Neal
Pearson
Every bullpen arm gained from the portal
To name a few…

Posted by tigerbait2010

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Posted on 4/29/24 at 12:20 pm to saturncube21

This post was edited on 4/29/24 at 12:22 pm

Posted by Lutcher Lad

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Posted on 4/29/24 at 2:48 pm to saturncube21

Wasn't the entire pitching staff supposed to be better than they have shown us?

Posted by SlippinJimmy

Member since Jan 2024

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Posted on 5/1/24 at 7:27 am to saturncube21

It really isn't as much of a surprise in my opinion. All of last season he was good in short outings but never was great when getting through the lineup for a second or third time.

The same has been the case this year, and his stat lines will look a lot worse because he was left in one inning too long in most outings.