STARKVILLE—We hear it all the time. “It’s too soon to make those claims,” and “that’s just baseball,” but when is it not too soon?
We’re exactly one month removed from Landon Sims’ Friday night outing against Tulane when he suffered a horrendous injury, ending his season. Fast forward to now, after dropping the Arkansas series 2-1, and the people who said this team won’t host this year are looking more and more credible. 
However, they’re still combated with the age old saying: it’s “too soon” to say that this team won’t do miraculous things down the road this year, and that may be true to an extent— after all, we’ve seen plenty of magic happen when it comes to Mississippi State University baseball. 
For now, though, the Bulldogs sit at 17-12 following their lone Arkansas win, after three series of SEC play. The pitching has looked quite suspect at times, and the hitting comes and goes. 
When the hitting is there, though, oh boy, is it there. 
The Bulldogs have rattled off 10 or more runs in 12 games, showing that this team most definitely can hit when it finds its groove. 
Pitching has been the problem for MSU this season and is the main reason people are saying that this team may not host. 
My question, though, is when do those claims start to become a reality? Is it here, at the 4-5 mark in SEC play, or is it further down the line? At what point do the naysayers become right, or will they be?
Either way, if this team wants a chance at hosting postseason play, which is a huge upper hand when it comes to a postseason Dudy Noble Field, they’ll have to figure out the pitching. We’ve known that, though. The question now is, can they figure it out?
Head coach Chris Lemonis has exhausted almost every plausible option at this point, and the same problems keep arising. Is it time to give the naysayers their credit? That’s for the fans to decide, but if MSU wants to get hot at the right time, they’ll have to start showing signs sooner rather than later.