This is maybe the single most condemning statistic for Texas A&M baseball's disastrous season so far

Texas A&M baseball is searching for answers right now. After a start to the season in which they were a consensus number-one-ranked team in the nation, they have plummeted right out of the polls.

They are still searching for their first conference win after a home series against Alabama and a road series against Vanderbilt. Perhaps most frustrating is that none of these games have been entirely out of reach; rather, the Aggies have been right in the middle of most of them.

That's not thanks to what we anticipated would be the strength of this team— the bats— however. No, it's thanks to the guys on the mound.

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Take a look at the below graphic (which released before last night's victory over HCU), especially in the W-L column. There's a clear "one of these things is not like the other" going on here.

As far as the excellent ERA, it should be noted that this is mostly thanks to the work of the starting pitchers. The bullpen has had their warts so far this season, giving up some late home runs in the Alabama and Vanderbilt series most recently.

But Ryan Prager, Justin Lamkin, and Myles Patton have been nigh-impeccable so far this season. For an area of the team that was considered a question mark coming into the season (though admittedly not as much as the bullpen was), that's not too shabby.

This seeming positive, though, belies just how bad the hitting has been for the Aggies. A team that is so proficient on the mound is a team that should by no means be .500 overall (last night's victory made the Aggies 12-12 on the year) and 0-6 in the SEC.

I understand that this is a different team with Caden Sorrell and Gavin Grahovac both in the lineup. Wyatt Henseler has shown up in key moments, and TK has been a revelation, but extended slumps from Hayden Schott and Jace LaViolette have done little to lend these new additions the support we anticipated from the returning studs.

Baseball is a funny game, and this lineup could— all of a sudden— look far different with a snap of the fingers. But if such a shift is going to happen, it had better happen fast.