Quote Originally Posted by MaroonFlounder View Post
Almost zero clutch this season. I don't care about the numbers and what these hitters did when down several runs. When game outcomes mattered, I saw a bunch of guys with a launch angle mentality, which ended up with a strike out or warning track power.
You have to be a lot more clutch more times when your pitching staff is literally never stopping the other team. It's also magnified because of that "one time where had we gotten a hit we would have scored 10 runs" when we "only scored 9". Whereas if we win the gam 9-8 that moment doesn't get noticed at all.

It's funny to me how there is this common theme among some MSU fans that the offense was somehow expected to overcome the pitching staff. That's not how it works in baseball. I don't think I've seen anyone post about how the pitching wasn't clutch enough- when that's way more true than the offense not being clutch.