Saturday’s Game and Griffin Herring

I just don't see it happening. Griffin has been the best bullpen arm for LSU and one of the best in the SEC. He pitched last Thursday + Friday, and then threw again on Tuesday. There is a whole throwing process besides just the pitches thrown in the game. The bullpens before he goes in, the throw work he does on off days.

I do not think we will throw our best bullpen arm 4 separate times in a 9 day span whenever next weekend is the NCAA tournament that everyone cares about.

That being said, It could happen, just my opinion.

Yea Herring is going in. The whole team didn’t play this well to just sandbag at the finish line.

I mentioned the same in another thread. I think it would be a risk to throw him on Sunday but Sat means 6 days until his next possible outing. He’s used to throwing a couple times a week and 33 isn’t much wear on the arm. Wouldn’t be surprised if he goes 2nd but also could see him starting with a pitch limit.

It would be 4 days rest for Jump, which is normal rest in the majors, but obviously not normal for college pitchers. He just pitched on 4 days rest for the 1st time ever, so I would say there is zero chance he does it twice in a row in a non "must win" situation. They could theoretically bring him in for an inning and treat it as an in-game bullpen session. That's an idea you hear a lot every year in these situations, but it rarely actually happens in reality. When it does happen, it's typically with the season on the line.

And yes, I agree that none of these teams will be pushing any of their pitchers over their limits to obtain a tournament title that they don't need in order to get an NCAA tourney berth. Which means we are at no greater disadvantage than anyone else, and by avoiding the losers bracket we'll at least have plenty of available arms, even if they aren't all the most reliable.

I'm pretty sure everyone has already thrown their best, who are still alive. Tennessee probably still has a good amount of quality arms left, but they won't by Sunday if they get that far. So if LSU can win on Saturday, no matter who they would play on Sunday, it would be a fairly even matchup at worst.

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15-20 pitches, max

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That could be 2 innings or less even with a good outing.

3 5 pitch strikeouts is 15 pitches.

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if they are gonna throw a bullpen to "stay on schedule" might as well make them count.

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In game pitches are different than bullpen, I don’t really know how or why but don’t get your hopes up.

As far as Griffin, it would be better for him to pitch in a game I would think. I don’t want a reliever having 10 days rest, especially when he’s pitching as well as he is. Keep it going.

he will be good for 30 or 40