re: LSU Baseball 2018 (and beyond) Recruiting Thread *Old Thread*

"On a not completely unrelated note: Mason Templet is hitting really well in the Prospect League so far and has played 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and DH so far."

Great to hear. Has to be hard for Templet to be there while his team preps for Omaha!!

Stats on all 3 over there:

Nick Webre- 7 games played. 8-25 .320 2-2bs, 1 HR and 9 RBI. Heard that he hit one off the top of the wall in LCF the other night, missing a grand slam by about a foot

Mason Templet- 9 games played. 10-35 .286 4-2bs 10 RBI.

Mason Doolittle- 5 games played. 4-19 .211 1-2b 1 RBI.

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Also for all of the talk of Cabrera being gone from random posters, he seems to be pretty excited about going to LSU too.

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I've noticed that too. Same with Doolittle, Webre, Pearson. They're all friends from playing together on various summer and showcase teams. It may be pie in the sky to think this way, but we have a good chance at making it through the draft relative unscathed in our recruiting class.

It's not unheard of. Look at what Ole Miss did last year.

Note sure if anyone has posted yet, but here's where the signees sit in the baseball america Top 500 going into draft night:

13 (RHP) JUCO Nate Pearson
33 (RHP) Blayne Enlow
81 (OF) Jacob Pearson
82 (OF) Daniel Cabrera
95 (3B) Andrew Bechtold
214 (RHP/1B) Nick Storz
434 (RHP) Stephen Keller

Nobody else ranked

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Let's hope the reverse jinx works

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truly think Enlow is leaning LSU. 

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Still somewhat associated with Gator Baseball, and based on what I've been told it's VERY unlikely he ever suits up for the Tigers. Not the info I wanted to get over the weekend, but it's not a surprise.

I've said it before, webre might be my favorite in the class. Hes got positional versatility too.

He gone

We have now reached a point in the draft where bonus slots are lower than they were the year before.

Also, overall pools are smaller than last year. And the bonuses are flatter throughout the 10 rounds, making it harder to find severely underslot guys.

Still dangerous teams out there. And at least one really smart one with a lot of money to spend (Astros).

I heard something last night that I never realized. MLB network guy said that out of all 10 rounds last year only 2 players did not sign?!! So basically if you hear a guys name called esp early he is gone! It makes sense. The MLB teams are not going to waste a pick unless they are almost certain they can sign you. I don't think you hear Enlow, Cabrerra or J Pearson's name today. Round 3 starts today with a slot of around 755K which I think is way below what those 3 were looking for. What I'm not clear about is how much higher a particular team can go above slot? Is that unlimited or is there a cap??