re: LSU Baseball 2021 (and beyond) Recruiting Thread - OLD THREAD

I think the Florida league was ahead of the South Florida League in terms of pitching, but that's mainly because Leftwich and Mace from UF were both in the Florida League.

Our guys didn't face the caliber they would face in the SEC on a regular basis in either league. But there is still reason for optimism.

The average on balls in play in the SFCBL was .320.

Here are the LSU guys BABIPs:
Doughty - .486
Beloso - .458
Arnold - .385
Dugas - .289 (surprised his was this low considering his OPS)

In the majors, BABIP is a luck indicator. A guys hits just might not be falling. (It can also indicate low exit velos in the absence of a tool to measure that) But as you go lower down the levels of play, BABIP can be an indicator of talent relative to competition. (Mostly as an indicator of quality of contact).

So while our guys may not have faced great competition. They still did what they were supposed to do and dominated it.

I also tend to look at summer stats in a similar way to Spring Training stats for the majors. Good stats lead to optimism, bad stats are discarded.

Though, Sanford's and Bianco's strikeout numbers give reason for concern.

ETA: Crews is playing right now in game 2 of a best of 3 for the Florida League championship. Brayden Jobert is also on his team. He's committed to play at LSU after he plays this upcoming season at Delgado (attempted to transfer directly from Nicholls, but the waiver process wasn't going to work). Game 3, if necessary, will follow game 2. If Crews' season wraps up with Game 2, I will try to post his final stats this afternoon. Otherwise, it will be next week.