Leave him in the Saturday spot. Nola can pitch whenever.
Nola is better than Ross. Chances are we lose to Nola no matter who is throwing for us.
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.
| 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 |
| 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 |
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.