(06-07-2016 02:43 PM)RiceFootball2K5 Wrote:  @Chandler_Rome
#LSU lineup vs. Rice

Duplantis (RF)
Fraley (CF)
Kramer (SS)
Bryce (DH)
Deichmann (1B)
Beau (LF)
Reid (3B)
Papierski ©
Freeman (2B)

Jake Latz is #LSU's starting pitcher this afternoon. Full lineup is here. Will add Rice's when it becomes available.

Kind of cocky for the Papierski kid to copyright his name.

Latz is a very seldom used, redshirt Freshman LHP...

4 app, 2 starts, 0-1, 5.1 IP, 3.38 ERA, .260 BAA, 2 BBs, 8 Ks

...He obviously has good stats, and not surprising they go with a lefty against our left-hand laden lineup, but he has far too few innings to really read anything into his stat line.

(06-07-2016 10:35 AM)waltgreenberg Wrote:  

(06-07-2016 10:29 AM)Ricefootballnet Wrote:  I'd go with Foxey, even if he's restricted to three or four innings. (I'd bet he could give us five.) Put it in the hands of your senior leader. Jimmy's grandson can get the job done.

The whole Fox clan is in Baton Rouge-- Jimmy, Linda, Mike and their other two sons.

In addition to baseball, Jimmy Fox was a real balls-to-the-wall basketball player for the Owls in his day. I was 11 or 12 years old at the time, used to love to watch him play.

(06-07-2016 02:43 PM)RiceFootball2K5 Wrote:  @Chandler_Rome
#LSU lineup vs. Rice

Duplantis (RF)
Fraley (CF)
Kramer (SS)
Bryce (DH)
Deichmann (1B)
Beau (LF)
Reid (3B)
Papierski C
Freeman (2B)

Jake Latz is #LSU's starting pitcher this afternoon. Full lineup is here. Will add Rice's when it becomes available.

Warren (RF)
Lewis (2B)
Proctor (SS)
Teykl (3B)
Gray (1B)
Chandler (CF)
DiCaprio (DH)
Wunderlich (LF)
Kopycinski ©

Starting Pitcher - Amador

Chandler Rome's got a post up about Jake Latz - http://blogs.theadvocate.com/linedrives/...inst-rice/

Good news, the LSU pitcher that got caught between the eyes with the comebacker last night is dressed and in the dugout.

(06-07-2016 03:31 PM)owlfan12000 Wrote:  Chandler Rome's got a post up about Jake Latz - http://blogs.theadvocate.com/linedrives/...inst-rice/

Good news, the LSU pitcher that got caught between the eyes with the comebacker last night is dressed and in the dugout.

According to an LSU fan on Sunday night, Latz has elite stuff, and was even more highly regarded than Alex Lange out of high school (before hurting his elbow).

The reason Latz doesn't have many innings is due to prior surgery. In an April 18th article was this -

Mainieri didn’t have a concrete update on left-hander Jake Latz, who made his college debut last week but felt pain in his surgically mended left elbow the next day.

“It’s just the most baffling thing I’ve ever dealt with as a coach, honestly,” Mainieri said. “We have to go with how he’s feeling. After he pitched, the next day, it didn’t feel terrible, but he felt it on that same spot. So we can’t push it. We have to let him tell us what he’s feeling.”

Latz threw 36 pitches and recorded four outs in his first start, a 7-0 loss to McNeese State. He hovered around 90 mph in his first inning before dipping to 88 in his second.

He threw 10 scoreless innings during fall practice before feeling pain in the 11th, prompting three doctor visits that all determined the 2014 Illinois Player of the Year needed surgery on the elbow that forced him to redshirt last season. Latz was the third-highest drafted high school player in the 2014 MLB draft to not sign professionally.

“He’s not ready to pitch. He can’t pitch in a game right now, so we’re just going to have to wait and see,” Mainieri said. “I wish I could tell you a good answer, but I don’t.”

(06-07-2016 03:35 PM)owlfan12000 Wrote:  “I wish I could tell you a good answer, but I don’t.”

It seems that pitching injuries are the least of Mainieri's problems.