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T&L Extra: D1Baseball's Aaron Fitt Talks MSU Baseball and the Coaching Search

Thunder & Lightning

SuperTalk Mississippi Media

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4.81.2K Ratings

🗓️ 15 May 2025

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

Mississippi State's season has taken a turn for the good since the decision to move on from Chris Lemonis as head coach. Now poised for the postseason and poised to make a big splash at the coaching position, the Bulldogs are a hot topic in college baseball. Brian Hadad welcomes Aaron Fitt of D1Baseball to get his thoughts on everything happening around Dudy Noble Field. Brian Hadad of SportsTalk Mississippi and Robbie Faulk of On3 give you the best insight into Mississippi State athletics. We cover the Bulldogs like no one else. This show is a production of SuperTalk Mississippi Media. Learn more at SuperTalk.FM

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0:00.0

A Super Talk Mississippi Media Production.

0:06.6

Mississippi State Baseball, obviously a lot going on, both on the field and around the program right now.

0:12.4

So we're going to keep having guests on to talk about it.

0:14.4

Aaron Fit, D1 Baseball, one of the top voices in college baseball right now.

0:19.5

And Aaron, let's start with the team itself and

0:21.2

what they're doing right now. They're six and one since the decision to move on from

0:25.0

Coach Lomonas playing, I think, pretty good baseball. And now have put themselves in

0:29.3

position to be in the NCAA tournament. Your last bracket projection had them as a, in the

0:34.7

Tallahassee regional, which I don't know if you want to go there the way they're

0:38.3

playing right now, but in is better than not. What's the ceiling on this team the way they're

0:42.8

playing right now? Could they make a run similar to what, you know, you think about the last

0:46.2

time they had an interim coach. They ended up in Omaha. I don't know if that's possible,

0:49.3

but what do you think about this team right now? Yeah, I mean, sure is possible. You know, there's a reason this was a

0:54.8

preseason top 25 team. I mean, we like the talent heading into the year. And, you know, I think now

1:00.6

they're playing more to what we expected, you know, heading into the season. I mean, I think for me,

1:05.9

I look for teams in the postseason that are strong in the bullpen. And I think that's,

1:15.7

you know, maybe Mississippi State's biggest strength is it's a really good bullpen with a lot of depth and power arms and variety. And, you know, and I think the starting pitching is,

1:20.8

is solid enough. I mean, and the lineup is solid enough. I mean, it's not like, you know,

1:26.9

there are better lineups, but I think, you know,

1:28.9

you've got some guys who've done some damage.

1:30.7

Obviously, Ace Reese has been a revelation, you know, as they thought he would be.

1:34.5

But, I mean, he's been awesome in conference play and really carrying a big load there.

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