Have you noticed how Mississippi State never has a dominant starting pitcher? At least not since Chris Statton in 2012. In fact, Stratton is pretty much the only dominating pitcher we’ve had under John Cohen, and he only did it for one year.
MSU hasn’t won the SEC since 1989. That’s because we can’t seem to dominate on the mound. 2014’s soft schedule led to an 18-12 conference mark which was the best since the late 1990s. Can you believe we went over 15 years without a winning percentage better than .600 in the SEC?
Butch Thompson gets a lot of credit as State’s pitching coach for turning average pitchers into really good ones.