re: LSU Baseball loses commitment from Pineville catcher Keelyn Johnson to LA Tech

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Lester Earl you are either an idiot or have never seen Keelyn play. He is rated one of the top catchers in the country for a reason. He has freakish arm strength and speed. Nobody was able to steal bases on him. He has one of the top bat speeds in the country as well. If he doesn't go in the draft, Tech stole a gem at a position of need for the Tigers. It's a shame we only get 11 scholarships for over 30 players!

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Not backing up LE at all but he isn't even in the BA Top 500, so I dont think there's any danger of him being drafted high enough to sign. While he certainly looks like a good player, he doesnt seem like a cant miss if we offered him 0 scholarship money. We tend to offer most guys at least a piece of the pie. Typically only the last few guys in a recruiting class usually have no scholarship money.

Not to say those guys never turn out to be anything, Laird was one of those guys IIRC, but generally they are expected to be roster fillers.