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Why didn't LSU greats like Brandon Larson, Eddy Furniss, etc. make more noise in MLB?
Posted on 3/16/23 at 10:54 pm
Posted on 3/16/23 at 10:54 pm
They were absolute monsters in college baseball. To be that prolific, it seems like something would have transferred over. Larson lasted two seasons with the Reds, and Furniss never made it out of AA, not to mention other LSU notables over the years.
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Posted on 3/16/23 at 10:56 pm to shutterspeed
Wooden bats and MUCH better pitching.
Posted on 3/16/23 at 11:03 pm to shutterspeed
Because home runs in college with the 1997 bats more often turned into lazy fly balls with a wood bat.
Posted on 3/17/23 at 1:40 am to shutterspeed
Most don't.
Go to baseball cube.com and go thru the old college teams.
Many top draft picks didn't make it past AA. Others hit .300 range multiple years in AA/AAA and weren't called up. Many got their cup of coffee for a season and that's that. Very VERY few eek out a career. Up until recent rookies/call ups didn't make much money either. Imagine finally making to MLB an only netting 50-100k.
Go to baseball cube.com and go thru the old college teams.
Many top draft picks didn't make it past AA. Others hit .300 range multiple years in AA/AAA and weren't called up. Many got their cup of coffee for a season and that's that. Very VERY few eek out a career. Up until recent rookies/call ups didn't make much money either. Imagine finally making to MLB an only netting 50-100k.
Posted on 3/17/23 at 5:14 am to shutterspeed
The bats were so hot back then, pitchers were scared for their life.
Posted on 3/17/23 at 5:38 am to shutterspeed
Stars in high school aren't always in college.
Stars in college aren't always in the pros.
Stars in college aren't always in the pros.
Posted on 3/17/23 at 6:18 am to shutterspeed
The simple answer is baseball is very hard. About .17% of minor leaguers make it to the majors. You have a better chance of getting struck by lightning! (.19%). Less than 10% of first round picks make it to the big leagues. That’s hard.
Posted on 3/17/23 at 6:41 am to shutterspeed
There was a former Tiger baseball player on one of the local shows once and he was a late first round pick who was in the minors at the time.
The host indicated he had heard it said that college baseball was about the equivalent of AA baseball in the minors.
The player literally scoffed at that and said, maybe a big SEC game with a Friday night starter, but otherwise he said you will face much better competition and AA ball than most days playing college baseball.
The host indicated he had heard it said that college baseball was about the equivalent of AA baseball in the minors.
The player literally scoffed at that and said, maybe a big SEC game with a Friday night starter, but otherwise he said you will face much better competition and AA ball than most days playing college baseball.
Posted on 3/17/23 at 6:58 am to shutterspeed
I think Furniss was eager to get to med school and was ready to get out when he did.
Posted on 3/17/23 at 7:27 am to shutterspeed
The only tool furniss had was a bat and frankly he benefited greatly from the bats of his time. Wooden bats are a different game.
Posted on 3/17/23 at 7:33 am to shutterspeed
Because it’s really really hard to make it to the bigs
Posted on 3/17/23 at 7:38 am to shutterspeed
Really, for freaks sake do your own due diligence. People are lazy.
Posted on 3/17/23 at 7:43 am to shutterspeed
College baseball has far more talent today than back then. Over the last 30 years, more and more talented players, like Bregman, Crews and Kling, go to college.
Guys like Larson and Furniss would have been good college players had they played today, but they would have blended in to the team LSU has this year.
Guys like Larson and Furniss would have been good college players had they played today, but they would have blended in to the team LSU has this year.
Posted on 3/17/23 at 7:46 am to shutterspeed
Brandon Larson played for the Frisco Roughriders when I was living in Frisco and he struggled to hit for average but did hit a few bombs.
Not all College greats translated to the pros. It was a much different game then.
Not all College greats translated to the pros. It was a much different game then.
Posted on 3/17/23 at 7:47 am to shutterspeed
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They were absolute monsters in college baseball. To be that prolific, it seems like something would have transferred over. Larson lasted two seasons with the Reds, and Furniss never made it out of AA, not to mention other LSU notables over the years.
Professional baseball is ridiculously hard. Even big time college baseball like we see in the SEC is roughly equivalent to Class A Ball.
Posted on 3/17/23 at 8:16 am to shutterspeed
Furniss also went to medical school and became a Dr, so he always had that plan besides baseball.
Posted on 3/17/23 at 8:21 am to shutterspeed
People peak at different ages and hard work pays dividends. Could be either or a combination.
Posted on 3/17/23 at 9:51 am to shutterspeed
Like others have said the wood bats are a huge difference, especially back when Furniss and Lason played. Also, the pitching talent was pretty watered down in college back then. You would have some stud college pitchers but not nearly the number solid arms on college rosters today. Kids with good arm talent were going pro out of HS then. Now we’re seeing more talented kids opt for college ball to work on their game versus heading to the minors.
Posted on 3/17/23 at 10:11 am to shutterspeed
Larson also had the shittiest injury luck I ever saw.
I mean dude got hit in arm by a foul ball while in the freaking dugout.
I mean dude got hit in arm by a foul ball while in the freaking dugout.
Posted on 3/17/23 at 12:45 pm to shutterspeed
Those bats in 1997 were crazy hot.
For example:
I remember watching Wes Davis hit balls so far out of Alex Box you would have thought it was Lyle Mouton hitting.
For example:
I remember watching Wes Davis hit balls so far out of Alex Box you would have thought it was Lyle Mouton hitting.
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