re: LSU Baseball 2023 (and beyond) Recruiting Thread - Old Thread - Please unpin

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As they should.

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Should they, though? You just listed like 20 pitchers and how much deeper the staff will be. No guarantee Little or Coleman even pitch as much as they did this year, if at all. They may, but will it be enough to go that much higher to offset the bonus they would have gotten this year since they won’t have any leverage next year?

And right now, with as little as they pitched, Little being young for his class, and Coleman not being fully back from TJ, they’re all potential that could turn out to be great. What if they are just “meh” next year and teams see them less as what they could be and more as that’s just who they are?

I’m not saying I don’t want them back—I absolutely do—but it’s more about just having 2 more talented arms to throw against the wall and see who sticks than it is being confident they’ll grab prominent roles and be big pieces of the staff. I just think it’s a big gamble for them, and no matter what they’re saying now, it won’t be over until after the deadline. They have 2 weeks to really think this through. Obviously, I’ll pull for them whether they stay or go and hope they eventually have great pro careers.