Landon Sims

Landon Sims started the season with a monster outing against Texas in the series opener with four perfect innings of relief and 10 strikeouts and has not slowed down. One of the most dominant bullpen arms in the nation, Sims owns a .1.34 ERA, 0.86 WHIP and 78 strikeouts in 40 1/3 innings of work. He limits opponents to a .155 batting average and owns a 3-0 record and nine saves. Two wins and six saves came against ranked opponents and seven of his nine saves came in SEC play. Of his 121 outs recorded, 64% came via strikeout. Of his 19 appearances, Sims did not allowed a run of his own in 16 of those and stranded five of eight inherited runners on the season. He held opponents to one-or-fewer base runners in 10 of the appearances and factored into 12 decisions. In his 19 appearances, Mississippi State won 17 games he pitched in and he did not give up a lead all season.