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

I’ll add him to the list tomorrow. Thanks for the heads up.

The Texas juco kid Logan Henderson that just popped up on the recruiting radar that I mentioned on the last page committed to A&M tonight.

Didn’t Wabash pick up 10 D1 guys from the portal. That team will be loaded and lots to pick from next year for D1 schools unless these kids are just eyeing the draft

The NJCAA just put out a release that states that the 2021 baseball season will not count toward anyone's eligibility. So we could get Jobert on campus as a freshman that has already played two years.

I'm in the process of aggregating all of the SEC rosters into one place (I have weird hobbies, don't judge me). I'm not done, because about 6 schools haven't posted updated rosters yet, but I have found a few more players that would have been expected to be on campus for three years that will be draft eligible after 2 years. All three of them are at Ole Miss.

2B Peyton Chatagnier (hit 4 HRs in shortened season)
RHP Drew McDaniel (from STM in Lafayette, throws 95)
OF Jerrion Ealy (also a really good running back)

All three are only within the draft cutoff because it was pushed back. As mentioned before, our only player affected is Alex Milazzo.

Oddly enough, Jud Fabian (OF - Florida) is younger than all of the players mentioned so far but will be eligible for the draft as he graduated early and is in his third year on campus.

Another 2021 summer placement: Incoming freshman Brant Smith will be playing with Augustus Milligan in the South Florida League. Both will be on the Delray Beach Lightning.

I think, or at least hope, the Cape will still be the gold standard.

MLB is now looking at turning another minor league (the NY-Penn league) into a wooden bat league. What they envision is breakdown like this:

Incoming Freshmen and rising sophomores - Appy League
Rising Juniors (last year before draft eligibility) - Cape Cod league
Rising Seniors (draft eligible, but before draft takes place) - NY-Penn League

I'm still skeptical of how it's going to work out. There has already been a dearth of pitching and there are a ton of leagues that are seemingly adding teams every year.

I guess with a smaller draft leading to more guys playing college baseball and for longer, the player pool increases, but that still won't make college coaches all that keen on sending out their best pitchers to throw all summer after throwing all season.

The Cape Cod League offers geographical advantages no other league could offer. All the teams are packed so closely together, it's a scouts dream. The Florida leagues will be affected by the Appy League, as will the Prospect League, the Northwoods League, the Valley League, the Coastal Plain League, and the NECBL, among others.

Ok now he needs a bad outing so we don’t lose him draft

Received word Ben Kudrna has signed!

That would be a cool meeting to attend.

I mentioned this in a thread on the Rant, but it needs to be in this thread as well. The roster cap for next season is expected to be 40. It will go like this:

2021 - Unlimited
2022 - 40
2023 - 38
2024 - 35

At this point we are at 54/40 for next season. We will have roughly 25 players with at least some draft risk, depending on how long the draft is. I don't think we are finished recruiting for next year.