Thursday Baseball Thread

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#11 Alabama at #12 Kentucky
#4 Tennessee at Auburn
#4 Florida at Missouri
#24 Georgia at #19 Mississippi State
#3 Texas A&M at South Carolina

PITCHING MATCHUPS

Ole Miss – RHP Riley Maddox (2-2, 4.02 ERA)
Arkansas – LHP Hagen Smith (5-0, 1.94 ERA)


LSU – RHP Luke Holman (5-1, 1.38 ERA)
Vanderbilt – RHP Greysen Carter (3-0, 3.80 ERA)

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Feels like a must-win series for Lsu. If not, they'll be 3-9 with 6 series left. They'd need to win every series 2-1 the rest of the way to get to .500.

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There will be teams below .500 in the SEC that still make noise in the post season. The SEC is too stacked to make that a requirement for post season play. LSU went 13-17 in 2021 and they promptly went out to Oregon and won the regional as a 3 seed. By the way they started the SEC season off 1-8 after the first 3 series.

Also they seem to have a much tougher 1st half of the schedule compared to the 2nd half.

State
Florida
Arkansas
Vandy
Tennessee
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Missouri
Auburn
A&M
Alabama
Ole Miss

Any team will beat you though if you don't bring your A game.

Agreed. Assuming their RPI stays right 13 is probably the minimum.

Looking at the standings, it appears that being a Tiger is a bad thing this baseball season.

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D1Baseball released midseason awards. Can’t see behind the paywall though

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Midseason Top Player - Charlie Condon
Midseason Top Pitcher - Hagen Smith
Midseason Top Freshman - Drew Burress
Midseason Top Best Coaching Job - Eric Bakich

Biggest Surprises: Kentucky, Va Tech, FSU, Nebraska, Lamar, Georgia

Biggest Disappointments: Wake Forest, UCLA, TCU, LSU

Breakout Stars: Grant Knipp (Campbell)

Breakout Prospect: Bryce Cunningham (Vandy)

SEC Head Baseball Coaches

Alabama Head Coach Rob Vaughn
Hometown: Humble, Texas
Alma Mater: Kansas State (2009)
Born: July 7, 1987
Career Record: 183-117 (Seventh season)
Record at Alabama: First season

Arkansas Head Coach Dave Van Horn
Hometown: Fullerton, Calif.
Alma Mater: Arkansas (1988)
Born: Sept. 17, 1960
Career Record: 1,111-577 (29th season)
Record at Arkansas: 791-420 (21st season)

Auburn Head Coach Butch Thompson
Hometown: Aberdeen, Miss.
Alma Mater: Birmingham Southern (1992)
Born: Dec. 15, 1970
Career Record: 295-199-1 (10th season)
Record at Auburn: 256-187-1 (Ninth season)

Florida Head Coach Kevin O’Sullivan
Hometown: Jupiter, Fla.
Alma Mater: Virginia (1991)
Born: Dec. 27, 1968
Career Record: 681-319 (17th season)
Record at Florida: Same

Georgia Head Coach Wes Johnson
Hometown: Sherwood, Ark.
Alma Mater: Arkansas Monticello (1994)
Born: Sept. 9, 1971
Career Record: 0-0 (First season)
Record at Georgia: Same

Kentucky Head Coach Nick Mingione
Hometown: Tarrytown, N.Y.
Alma Mater: Embry-Riddle (2000)
Born: Sept. 10, 1978
Career Record: 216-150 (Eighth season)
Record at Kentucky: Same

LSU Head Coach Jay Johnson
Hometown: Oroville, Calif.
Alma Mater: Point Loma Nazarene (2001)
Born: April 20, 1977
Career Record: 411-209 (12th season)
Record at LSU: 94-39 (Third season)

Ole Miss Head Coach Mike Bianco
Hometown: Seminole, Fla.
Alma Mater: LSU (1989)
Born: May 3, 1967
Career Record: 979-585-1 (27th season)
Record at Ole Miss: 879-514-1 (24th season)

Mississippi State Head Coach Chris Lemonis
Hometown: Myrtle Beach, S.C.
Alma Mater: The Citadel (1992)
Born: Jan. 22, 1970
Career Record: 308-184-2 (10th season)
Record at Mississippi State: 167-93 (Sixth season)

Missouri Head Coach Kerrick Jackson
Hometown: St. Louis, Mo.
Alma Mater: Nebraska (1999)
Career Record: 76-95 (Sixth season)
Record at Missouri: First season

South Carolina Head Coach Mark Kingston
Hometown: Buffalo, N.Y.
Alma Mater: North Carolina (1995)
Born: May 16, 1970
Career Record: 453-310-1 (15th season)
Record at South Carolina: 166-119 (Seventh season)

Tennessee Head Coach Tony Vitello
Hometown: St. Louis, Mo.
Alma Mater: Missouri (2002)
Born: Oct. 9, 1978
Career Record: 235-99 (Seventh season)
Record at Tennessee: Same

Texas A&M Head Coach Jim Schlossnagle
Hometown: Hagerstown, Maryland
Alma Mater: Elon (1992)
Born: Aug. 12, 1970
Career Record: 893-440-3 (23rd season)
Record at Texas A&M: 82-47 (Third season)

Vanderbilt Head Coach Tim Corbin
Hometown: Wolfeboro, N.H.
Alma Mater: Ohio Wesleyan (1984)
Born: Aug. 5, 1961
Career Record: 989-558-1 (27th season)
Record at Vanderbilt: 883-420-1 (22nd season)

It’s too bad Corey Collins is 2 games short of qualifying for stats. He’s sitting at 1.680 OPS