re: Lack of stars in MLB from LSU

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The majority of the Top 50 players in MLB never stepped foot on a college campus.

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But it's not as big of a majority as people think.

Every year, roughly half of the Top 50 draft picks come from college.

McDonald, Sirotka, Leskanic, Byrd, Springer, Ogea, were all very good MLB pitchers who played for LSU within a very short period of time. It's hard for one school to hog all that talent at once anymore with all the great college programs out there now, but still, Ranaudo, Gausman, Eades, Nola, etc., are all pretty damn good too.

What LSU has been missing lately is the Joey Belle or Lyle Mouton or Todd Walker type of hitter, although Mahtook was certainly a step in that direction. We'll have to see how JaCoby Jones & Alex Bregman pan out.