re: 2021 Baseball Starting Lineup

Also, Milazzo must be replaced. He's the worst hitter I've ever seen at LSU. We can find another great catcher that can at least hit .250.

1st morgan
2nd doughty
3rd berry if he transfers in
Ss Thompson
Lf dugas
Cf bianco/gio
Rf crews
C any freshman or transfer who can bat above .100
Dh drost or freshman/ transfer

Now Lester, don’t you know that any transfer we may get or any player in the portal is better than what we have?

Berry does not get high marks for his defense, dating back to his high school scouting reports. He is very much a bat-first guy.

I reckon being a draft eligible soph, Johnson has pitched to him “come to LSU to boost draft stock”, therefore I think they’ll find a position for him rather then DH. I lean toward 2B, but 1B Is possible. Though as a 5’11” player, he obviously has no future there.


Doughty has gotten comfortable & really good at 3rd after some growing pains. But he is also in his money year. I feel like he has 3rd settled. Would be a disservice to move him again

I’m in the minority in that I think JJ can fix Beloso and have him batting better than ever.

If he’s on the roster next season, that’s my prediction.

Dugas is draft eligible you idiot. I didn’t include him because I would assume he would go if drafted. Maybe you shouldn’t post anymore.

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Didn’t know Berry was a Tiger, hard to put him in lineup of a team he’s not on YET???
NOW HE IS —— CARRY ON

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No your going to have to promise berry 3rd to get him on campus

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I’m in the minority in that I think JJ can fix Beloso and have him batting better than ever.

If he’s on the roster next season, that’s my prediction.

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Both Beloso and Drost had a similar issue hitting. They both would bail with that front shoulder on practically every swing. That leaves them susceptible to any outside pitch or off speed pitch and only able to hit with confidence the middle to inside pitch. They need to be muscle trained to keep the front side shoulder in and trust their hands that they can get the bat head to that inside pitch. One of the drills I like to do with kids having this similar issue is to soft toss pitches by setting up behind the plate and tossing the ball towards the outside/middle of the plate. It teaches hitters to stay on the ball by hitting through it and not pulling off. This helps because the ball is moving away from them. It also teaches them to have an opposite field approach and keep the bat longer in the zone. You can’t pull off with this approach.