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College  | Story  | 3/23/2019

College Notes: March 22

Greg Gerard      Jheremy Brown     
Photo: Zack Hess (LSU Athletics)

College Notes: March 20 | Florida State | College Player Database


Players covered: Zack Hess (LSU), Emerson Hancock (Georgia), Davis Sharpe (Clemson), Dan Metzdorf (Boston College).




Zack Hess, Louisiana State
Hess was a bulldog in this look for his LSU Tigers. Hess went eight full innings allowing no runs and striking out nine while walking none. He spread out eight opposing hits in his start and worked out of a pair of hairy situations late in the ballgame. In fact, head coach Paul Mainieri went to talk to him on the mound in what looked like was going to be a pitching change. It turned out not to be and Hess answered the task by pitching out of the jam and ultimately earning the win. 

Hess pitched 116 pitches in the outing and sat 91-94 mph mostly with his fastball. He did touch 95 a pair of times early in the game and also touched the 95 mph mark on his final pitch of the game that resulted in a big play by his middle infield to preserve the lead. The two-time previous MLB Draft pick has a trio of secondary pitches he works with as well. Each were thrown in this game and each feature average or better quality. The best pitch in this game for him was his curveball. It was his go-to strikeout pitch, especially to righthanded hitters. 

The breaking ball showed average to above average mostly but did even flash plus as well during this viewing. The pitch sits in the upper-70s and comes from a similar tunnel as his heater. The slider is more side-to-side breaking with shorter average spin. His changeup is a really sharp pitch for him and is his weapon to retire lefthanded hitters. The pitch was not thrown too often in this contest but it did help him miss the barrels of the lefties in the Georgia Bulldog lineup. The pitch sat in the 82-83 mph range with short fading action away from lefthanded hitters. 

Hess’ arm action is a bit funky with an extended stab through the back coming up to a high three-quarters arm slot release. Hess really sits on his back leg, working down the mound with a short stride to the plate and a slightly closed off front leg. He works over his front side repeatedly and showed in this contest that he can command very well highlighted by the zero walks in his stat line. Hess has pitched in plenty of huge games for the Tigers of LSU including the College World Series as this Friday night matchup in Athens, Georgia had an electric feel as he defeated the Bulldogs 1-0.


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