Manieri playing mind games

[MSUDC11]

Said he was pitching Nola on Saturday, then "changed his mind" and Nola will pitch on Friday now. PAWWWL!!***

Seriously though, Mitchell vs. Nola could be an awesome pitcher's duel.

 

[Hump4Hoops]

Skurd.

 

[rugbdawg]

Not crazy about moving Ross up.

Leave him in the Saturday spot. Nola can pitch whenever.

 

[MSUDC11]

Leave him in the Saturday spot. Nola can pitch whenever.

The problem is that Preston can't go tomorrow night. I'm pretty positive that the rotation would be the same as always if our Friday guy was 100%.

 

[rugbdawg]

Nola is better than Ross. Chances are we lose to Nola no matter who is throwing for us. Throw Bracewell Friday. Win the Saturday game with Ross. Fitts, Lindgren, and Holder to take the series Sunday.

 

[engie]

Nola is better than Ross. Chances are we lose to Nola no matter who is throwing for us.

Based on what? Other than your consistently reason-free negativity?

 

[Hump4Hoops]

Right on time.

 

[rugbdawg]

Based on every possible statistical category.

Nola is a better pitcher than Mitchell, period.

Nola: .55 ERA, 5-1, 49 IPs with 25 hits, 61 strikeouts, 9 walks, 7 hbps. He has given up 3 runs all year, all three were earned. Opponents bat .151 against him.

Mitchell: 1.55 ERA, 5-1. 52.1 IPs with 35 hits, 27 strikeouts, 13 walks, 5 hbps. He has given up 10 runs all year, nine earned. Opponents bat .194 against him.

It makes no sense to throw Mitchell against Nola. We have been using our third best starter on Fridays anyway. Keep him there, whoever it may be this week. It is a strategy that has paid off so far, don't change it.

 

[Philly Dawg]

They are tied in wins and losses, and Mitchells win-loss record was better than Nola's 12-1 from last year.

 

[messageboardsuperhero]

Nola is a better pitcher than Mitchell, period.

Nola: .55 ERA, 5-1, 49 IPs with 25 hits, 61 strikeouts, 9 walks, 7 hbps. He has given up 3 runs all year, all three were earned. Opponents bat .151 against him.

Mitchell: 1.55 ERA, 5-1. 52.1 IPs with 35 hits, 27 strikeouts, 13 walks, 5 hbps. He has given up 10 runs all year, nine earned. Opponents bat .194 against him.

It makes no sense to throw Mitchell against Nola. We have been using our third best starter on Fridays anyway. Keep him there, whoever it may be this week. It is a strategy that has paid off so far, don't change it.

Based on this logic, Tyler Beede outpitches Preston Brown 10 time out of 10.

You can't concede anything- and you definitely don't want to give your team the impression that you're conceding anything.

 

[esplanade91]

#classy

 

[121Josey]

Based on this logic, Tyler Beede outpitches Preston Brown 10 time out of 10.

You can't concede anything- and you definitely don't want to give your team the impression that you're conceding anything.

That would be Beede outpictches Brown 9 out of 10 times based on the logic he presented.

"You can't concede anything." Keeping Mitchell as the second game starter is not conceding anything. Based on your logic, Preston Brown out-pitches Ross Mitchell 10 out of 10 times.**

 

[engie]

LSU	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	wp	bk	hbp	ibb	ab	bf	fo	go
Aaron Nola	5.2	9	4	4	1	4	1	0	2	0	23	27	4	7

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</tbody>

LSU	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	wp	bk	hbp	ibb	ab	bf	fo	go	np
Aaron Nola L,3-1	6.0	7	6	5	1	6	0	0	2	1	24	29	8	3	90

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</tbody>

Yeah -- I'm scared shitless of the guy we've knocked off the hill in each of the previous 2 seasons**

 

[rugbdawg]

Change the topic when you realize you are completely wrong.

Well done!

You play the odds which Cohen has been playing in our previous three SEC series. We pitch our number 1 and 2 on Saturday and Sunday, respectively. We throw our third guy on Friday and hope for the best. That's why we are 1-2 in Friday games.

Nola isn't the same pitcher this year as he was the last two years. Who said anything about being scared of him? You put your guys in the best chance to win the series. Btw, if he pitches like his two previous appearances against us (as if an appearance one and two years ago means anything), we should be fine with Bracewell starting.

 

[DawgatAuburn]

They are tied in wins and losses, and Mitchells win-loss record was better than Nola's 12-1 from last year.

I don't have a dog in the hunt, but the W-L record is not always a good indicator or a pitcher's effectiveness.

 

[godlluB]

I don't have a dog in the hunt, but the W-L record is not always a good indicator or a pitcher's effectiveness.

Maybe not, but it's the only stat that gets you to Omaha.

 

[Philly Dawg]

Not always, but the point remains that MSU wins the games that Ross pitches in, whether as a starter or reliever, which is what I'm most concerned about.

 

[Philly Dawg]

I agree with this, but I'm not completely sure that is Cohen's strategy. He may be more comfortable with Brown for extended innings. He's left him in in situations where he's pulled Fitts, but at the same time, he's had most of his bull pen left over on Sundays. I don't know if that is planned or just coincidence.

 

[bierto]

The problem with all this is there are enormous chances of rain in Baton Rouge all weekend. If we only play one and bracewell pitches, you go home only throwing your fourth best pitcher. Also lsu has lost 2 of Nola's 3 starts in sec play, so he isn't unbeatable.

 

[Crazy Dawg]

Don't worry about Ross. He's a winner and a leader. I'd be willing to bet he has a career game. He will be pumped up. Everyone needs to stop being typical negative State fans. It pisses me off! We should expect to sweep this weekend instead of hoping for 1 or saying 2 would be more than we could ask for. 17 that. We were a CWS finalist last year. These kids know how to win.

 

[DawgatAuburn]

Not to split hairs, but the discussion is about comparing two pitchers, not a team's record, and one pitcher's record doesn't get a team to Omaha. The team's overall record (in the postseason) does.

 

[rugbdawg]

Bump. Thank God we didn't throw Mitchell.

Now, let's get game 2 and 3 like we have all year.