re: Jay Johnson is about to become the Nick Saban of college baseball

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Is it though? It’s a different era in baseball and HS commits are going to college vs signing with MLB at a much higher rate due to NIL and other factors. It’s not really that much of a stretch when HS baseball commits aren’t signing with the MLB as much as they used to.

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I get that, all I'm saying its vastly more competitive these days in college baseball to replicate what Skip did in terms of winning a national title.

But yes its a golden opportunity right now in the sport with NIL/Portal, players are more inclined to hone in on their craft, make cash before entering the pros (unless you are undeniable top prospect).


With LSU getting to keep more of their top prospects (others will as well). But for the sport it will be refreshing to see more top players actually enter the college ranks instead of jump going pro for a change.


Jay is a great coach and hard worker. I suspect he will continue to do great things at LSU. Grabbing him and Mulkey have been outstanding for LSU. It would be amazing for CBK to bring in another trophy in the near future.