LSU Baseball: A Preview of Adam4848's February Preview

Hopefully, Adam4848 will be doing his annual LSU baseball preview in about a month, but before he does, I thought I'd do a little preview of his preview just to throw some basic information out on the Rant.


RECENT SEASON RECORDS

LSU is now entering Year 7 in the Paul Demie Mainieri Era.

2007, 29-26-1 (12-17-1) -- no playoffs
2008, 49-19-1 (18-11-1) -- SEC-T champs; eliminated by UNC in CWS
2009, 56-17 (20-10) -- SEC title [Ole Miss = co-champs]; SEC-T champs; NCAA title
2010, 41-22 (14-16) -- SEC-T champs; eliminated by UCI at UCLA regional
2011, 36-20 (13-17) -- no playoffs
2012, 47-18 (19-11) -- SEC title; eliminated by SUNY-Stony Brook in home super regional

Compare to the Raymond Peter "Smoke" Laval Era...

2002, 44-22 (19-10), eliminated at Rice super regional
2003, 45-22-1 (20-9-1), SEC title; eliminated by SCAR in CWS
2004, 46-19 (18-12), eliminated by SCAR in CWS
2005, 40-22 (18-12), eliminated by Rice in home regional
2006, 35-24 (13-17), no NCAA playoffs



2013 SCHEDULE & RECENT CHAMPIONS

2013 Schedule

The first 17 games of the 2013 schedule are awful. The most exciting of the bunch will be the sole road game at ULL on Tuesday, February 26. With the new 14-team conference, LSU will play its first ever SEC series against Texas A&M and Missouri (both on the road), but will still only play 10 conference series. LSU will not play series against Georgia, Tennessee, or Vanderbilt, this year.

Recent Champs

(Year, SEC Champs, NCAA Champs)
2002, South Carolina, Texas (over SCAR)
2003, LSU, Rice (over Stanford)
2004, Arkansas, CSF (over Texas)
2005, Florida, Texas (over Florida)
2006, Kentucky/Alabama, Oregon St. (over UNC)
2007, Vanderbilt, Oregon St. (over UNC)
2008, Georgia, Fresno St. (over UGA)
2009, LSU/Ole Miss, LSU (over Texas)
2010, Florida, SCAR (over UCLA)
2011, VU/SCAR/UF, SCAR (over Florida)
2012, LSU, Arizona (over SCAR)



ROSTER BREAKDOWN

Here's the roster for 2013...

By Experience

#58, Chris Cotton, LHP, Sr., 3L, Byrd HS
#8, Mason Katz, INF/OF, Sr., 3L, Jesuit HS
#13, Alex Edward, OF, Sr., 3L, Parkview Baptist HS

#4, Raph Rhymes, OF, Sr., 2L, Neville HS (LSU-Eunice JC)
#33, Kevin Berry, RHP, Sr., 2L, Brother Martin HS (UNO)
#25, Joey Bourgeois, RHP, Sr., 2L, Lutcher HS (LSU-Eunice JC)

#21, Joe Broussard, RHP, Jr., 2L, Holy Cross HS
#37, Ryan Eades, RHP, Jr., 2L, Northshore HS
#38, Nick Rumbelow, RHP, Jr., 2L, Bullard, Texas
#39, Kurt McCune, RHP, Jr., 2L, Destrehan HS
#26, Ty Ross, C, Jr., 2L, Naples, Florida
#23, JaCoby Jones, OF/INF, Jr., 2L, Richton, Miss.

#49, Brent Bonvillain, LHP, Sr., 1L, Thibodaux HS (Delgado CC)
#28, Casey Yocom, INF, Sr., 1L, Reno, Nevada (Feather River CC)

#24, Cody Glenn, LHP, So., 1L, Houston, Texas
#17, Jared Foster, INF, So., 1L, Barbe HS
#5, Chris Sciambra, OF, So., 1L, Catholic-BR HS
#10, Aaron Nola, RHP, So., 1L, Catholic-BR HS
#2, Tyler Moore, C/INF, So., 1L, Dunham HS

#29, Nate Fury, RHP, Jr., TR, Rummel HS (Tulane & Delgado CC)

#36, Will LaMarche, RHP, Jr., JC, Pleasanton, Ca. (Chabot College)
#7, Sean McMullen, OF, Jr., JC, Brother Martin HS (Delgado CC)
#14, Christian Ibarra, INF, Jr., JC, La Puente, Ca. (Rio Hondo College)

#30, Alex Bregman, INF, Fr., HS, Albuquerque, N.M.
#11, Michael Barash, C, Fr., HS, Boca Raton, Florida
#40, Taylor Butler, RHP, Fr., HS, Barbe HS
#45, Russell Reynolds, RHP, Fr., HS, Parkview Baptist HS
#6, Andrew Stevenson, OF, Fr., HS, St. Thomas More HS
#9, Mark Laird, OF, Fr., HS, Ouachita Christian HS
#55, Hunter Newman, RHP, Fr., HS, Bloomingdale, Ga.
#27, Mitchell Sewald, RHP, Fr., HS, Rummel HS
#12, Hunter Devall, LHP, Fr., HS, Centreville Academy HS
#20, Chris Chinea, C, Fr., HS, Miami, Florida


By Position

#33, Kevin Berry, RHP, Sr., 2L, Brother Martin HS (UNO)
#25, Joey Bourgeois, RHP, Sr., 2L, Lutcher HS (LSU-Eunice JC)
#21, Joe Broussard, RHP, Jr., 2L, Holy Cross HS
#37, Ryan Eades, RHP, Jr., 2L, Northshore HS
#38, Nick Rumbelow, RHP, Jr., 2L, Bullard, Texas
#39, Kurt McCune, RHP, Jr., 2L, Destrehan HS
#10, Aaron Nola, RHP, So., 1L, Catholic-BR HS
#29, Nate Fury, RHP, Jr., TR, Rummel HS (Tulane & Delgado CC)
#36, Will LaMarche, RHP, Jr., JC, Pleasanton, Ca. (Chabot College)
#40, Taylor Butler, RHP, Fr., HS, Barbe HS
#45, Russell Reynolds, RHP, Fr., HS, Parkview Baptist HS
#55, Hunter Newman, RHP, Fr., HS, Bloomingdale, Ga.
#27, Mitchell Sewald, RHP, Fr., HS, Rummel HS

#58, Chris Cotton, LHP, Sr., 3L, Byrd HS
#49, Brent Bonvillain, LHP, Sr., 1L, Thibodaux HS (Delgado CC)
#24, Cody Glenn, LHP, So., 1L, Houston, Texas
#12, Hunter Devall, LHP, Fr., HS, Centreville Academy HS

#26, Ty Ross, C, Jr., 2L, Naples, Florida
#11, Michael Barash, C, Fr., HS, Boca Raton, Florida
#20, Chris Chinea, C, Fr., HS, Miami, Florida

#2, Tyler Moore, C/INF, So., 1L, Dunham HS
#8, Mason Katz, INF/OF, Sr., 3L, Jesuit HS
#23, JaCoby Jones, OF/INF, Jr., 2L, Richton, Miss.

#28, Casey Yocom, INF, Sr., 1L, Reno, Nevada (Feather River CC)
#17, Jared Foster, INF, So., 1L, Barbe HS
#14, Christian Ibarra, INF, Jr., JC, La Puente, Ca. (Rio Hondo College)
#30, Alex Bregman, INF, Fr., HS, Albuquerque, N.M.

#13, Alex Edward, OF, Sr., 3L, Parkview Baptist HS
#4, Raph Rhymes, OF, Sr., 2L, Neville HS (LSU-Eunice JC)
#5, Chris Sciambra, OF, So., 1L, Catholic-BR HS
#7, Sean McMullen, OF, Jr., JC, Brother Martin HS (Delgado CC)
#6, Andrew Stevenson, OF, Fr., HS, St. Thomas More HS
#9, Mark Laird, OF, Fr., HS, Ouachita Christian HS



KEY THREADS FROM LAST YEAR

1/19/12 (StatMaster): " Is it that hard to find a power hitter these days?"
2/1/12 (Adam4848): " Official Adam4848 Baseball Preview Feb 11th (Season Predictions/SEC) *Page 10*"
5/21/12 (Doc Fenton): " Final SEC-only Stats for LSU's regular season"
6/11/12 (Adam4848): " A quick look ahead to the 2013 Baseball Roster"