{"id":287464,"date":"2026-05-28T12:23:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T12:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/287464\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T12:23:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T12:23:08","slug":"st-johns-would-have-to-pull-a-massive-upset-to-beat-florida-state-in-tallahassee-regional-opener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/287464\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Johns would have to pull a massive upset to beat Florida State in Tallahassee Regional opener"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5o\">Florida State baseball will begin its quest for that elusive national title on Friday afternoon when they host the St. John\u2019s team in the Tallahassee Regional. Florida State is the No. 1 seed, and St. John\u2019s is the No. 4 seed in the regional.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5r\">Florida State has been tough to beat at home this year, plus St. John\u2019s isn\u2019t one of the better teams. That\u2019s why it would take a massive upset for St. John&#8217;s to beat the Noles. According to Fanduel, Florida State is a -530 betting favorite to win against the Red Storm. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5u\">How does that translate to if you\u2019re betting on the game? A bettor would have to bet $530 to win $100 if betting on Florida State to win at those odds. A bettor betting on St. John&#8217;s could bet $100 to win $530 if the Red Storm pulled off the upset. <\/p>\n<p>Florida State is among the top 10 teams with the best odds to win a national title. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"60\">St. John\u2019s (33-24, 15-6 Big East) didn\u2019t play the toughest schedule, and the Noles have the edge in nearly every statistical category. The Red Storm is a bigger threat on the basepaths, and their pitchers haven\u2019t allowed as many home runs as FSU. However, they are not as good on offense, and the overall pitching staff isn\u2019t as good as Florida State.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"63\">The biggest question mark will be who Link Jarrett decides to start game one. He hasn\u2019t started his ace in the Tallahassee Regional in the past two seasons. Will he send Trey Beard or Bryson Moore to the mound instead of Wes Mendes? The pitching staff will be well rested since their ACC Tournament Quarterfinal loss against Pittsburgh. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"66\">The other question is, will the Florida State offense show up as it did over the final three weeks of the season to see the Noles go 7-2 over that stretch agaisnt some solid teams. Players like Chase Williams and others who had been battling nagging injuries should be rested even more. It\u2019s a game Florida State should win. The first pitch (weather cooperating) will be at 3 p.m., and the game will air on the ACC Network.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.minutemediacdn.com\/platform\/google_discover_icon.svg\" class=\"shrink-0\"\/>Add us as a preferred source on Google<a aria-label=\"Follow chopchat.com on Google News\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=chopchat.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" class=\"flex h-[30px] w-[30px] shrink-0 items-center justify-center rounded-full bg-primary font-group-large text-sm font-medium text-white transition-colors hover:bg-secondary focus:bg-secondary md:w-auto md:gap-2.5 md:px-4 md:py-[5px]\">Follow<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Florida State baseball will begin its quest for that elusive national title on Friday afternoon when they host&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":287465,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[232,234,233],"class_list":["post-287464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tallahassee","tag-tallahassee","tag-tallahassee-headlines","tag-tallahassee-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287464","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=287464"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287464\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/287465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=287464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=287464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=287464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}