Baseball Season Here We Come

Gausman is the man and we always tend to have a decent lineup, wish renaudo would have stayed, but dont blame him.

I think the pitching will be a lot better. I kind of like the feel of this year. I have a good feeling

LSU Baseball 2011 Hype
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Thanks man. Do you go to UL now?

Makes me feel a little better. Thought I was the only guy who was all about some LSU there haha

I think we have a good shot at making it back to Omaha. I think if our pitching is better we are in great shape.

It's not just the pitching. LSU only had 7 guys last season with at least 2 AB per game...

Micah Gibbs, .388, 10 HR
Blake Dean, .341, 12 HR
Leon Landry, .338, 6 HR
Mikie Mahtook, .335, 14 HR
Tyler Hanover, .332, 2 HR
Austin Nola, .320, 5 HR
Matt Gaudet, .283, 19 HR

and then next in line with 123 AB...

Trey Watkins, .268, 2 HR

Gibbs, Dean, Landry, & Gaudet are all gone, which doesn't leave us with a whole lot coming back.

i'm not ready about the hitting, we'll be fine at the place with Edward, Jones, Hanover, Nola, Mahtook, and Watkins

Breakdown of roster by class ( LINK):

Seniors -- 2
Juniors -- 12 (7 lettermen)
Sophomores -- 9 (7 lettermen)
Freshmen -- 13

Seniors
#24, Daniel Bradshaw, RHP
#47, Ben Alsup, RHP

Juniors
with 2 letters...
#8, Mikie Mahtook, OF
#36, Austin Nola, SS
#22, Matty Ott, RHP
#11, Tyler Hanover, IF
#7, Grant Dozar, UTIL

with 1 letter...
#3, Trey Watkins, OF
#25, Joey Bourgeois, RHP

JuCo transfers...
#30, Tyler Jones, RHP (Milwaukee, WI --> 21st rd; Madison Area Tech)
#40, Mitchell Hopkins, LHP (U-High --> 42nd rd; LSU-E JC)
#41, Kirk Cunningham, RHP/INF (Rummel HS --> Delgado CC)
#14, Mike Lowery, INF (Pearland, TX --> Temple JC)
#6, Jordy Snikeris, C (St. Michael's HS --> Texarkana JC)

Sophomores
returning lettermen...
#29, Jordan Rittiner, LHP
#13, Alex Edward, OF/INF
#5, Mason Katz, INF
#27, Beau Didier, INF
#58, Chris Cotton, LHP
#18, Michael Reed, RHP
#16, Matt Fury, INF/C

JuCo transfers...
#17, Jimmy Dykstra, RHP/OF (40th rd; San Diego, CA --> 50th rd; Yavapai JC)
#4, Raph Rhymes, INF (Neville HS --> LSU-E JC)

Freshmen
#12, Kevin Gausman, RHP (6th rd; Centennial, CO)
#37, Ryan Eades, RHP/INF (19th rd; Northshore HS)
#23, JaCoby Jones, INF (19th rd; Richton, MS)
#28, Forrest Garrett, LHP (41st rd; Norcross, GA)
#26, Tyler Ross, C (46th rd; Naples, FL)
#39, Kurt McCune, RHP (Destrehan HS)
#21, Joe Broussard, RHP/INF (Holy Cross HS)
#38, Nick Rumbelow, RHP (Bullard, TX)
#9, Samuel Peterson, RHP/C (Rosephine HS)
#32, Coklin Nguyen, RHP (Woodlawn HS)
#34, Randal Meyer, RHP (Slidell HS)
#35, Jackson Slaid, C (Lakeside HS)
#2, Spencer Ware, OF (Cincinnati, OH)

NOTE: #46 Jamie Bruno (INF), a transfer from Tulane, won't be eligible in 2011. #33 Kevin Berry (RHP), a transfer from UNO, won't be eligible either.

Some other threads on 2011 lineups: LINK & LINK.

So there will be 16 returning lettermen and 22 new freshmen/transfers. Yeesh.

I really do think the pitching will be fine with all the talent being recruited there, but that the offense is going to seriously struggle.