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.

According to Fla Collegiate League website
Crews hitting 314 2 HR 10 RBI
Jobert hitting 277 1 HR 9 RBI
Both with approx 50 at bats

Has nothing to do with Crews or Joubert, but I think a lot of people forget how high Manieri was on Zach Arnold coming in before the surgery. I think he takes over a middle infield spot if Cranford can’t find the bat or he can play 3rd base. Infield should be fantastic next year along with the starting rotation and bullpen

Baseball commit

Here’s his twitter link!

Looks like LSU got their first 2024 commit in Bryce Navarre, LHP from Barbe.

I've been away since last week without being able to update if anything happened. There is a commitment on Perfect Game being reported for a 2023 kid in Pennsylvania. The kid even tweeted about it. But he's not followed by, or following, any of the LSU coaches on twitter. I'm waiting to see if more comes out on it before I put him on the list.

ETA: I've added Gavin Chillot to the 2023 commit list. He's an infielder from Pennsylvania.

Min 20 rounds
Up to possibly 30
Milazo will go on defense alone
That should get the roster back to normal
Several draft risks in recruiting class too

Reading in the local St Louis paper today that the top pitcher in Vandy's 2021 class is graduating early and joining them in January. Christian Little from CBC in St Louis. This is a by product of no roster limits for this season, as well as the change to counting academic money and baseball money separately.

LSU picked up a 2023 commit from the KC metro area named Kaiden Wilson.

ETA: Wilson is a LHP that has recently been touching 90 mph.

I found former LSU commit Marcus Mott on the roster for Temple College, a JUCO in Texas. After he decommitted he didn't really make a public commitment anywhere. I just happened to run across his name looking for fall stats.

I'm trying to determine if I want to put together a list in this thread of the different JUCO pitchers I know we're looking at. I'm hesitant to mention guys before they commit because so often it doesn't work out.