re: LSU Baseball 2022 (and beyond) Recruiting Thread (OLD THREAD, PLEASE STICKY NEW ONE)

Agreed. Little just needs refinement.

White is a beast. He will be similar to AU's Shoney's Big Boy.

Any word on coaching candidates lately?

That would be awesome. Having JT play third in the cape makes sense if that’s the plan. Feels like that SS is Carter Young. Pineda/Young at 2B/SS, JT 3rd, and White at 1st. Then you have solved the OF

People will be pissed about the Morgan suggestion.

I just watched the first 2 min and the guy seems to not know much. Said White barely had any offers and blew up as a freshman. MLB.con had him as a top 100 draft prospect last year and perfect game had him as a top 20 player in HS. Not sure why he went to NC State, but people knew who he was.

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Little's problem is he hasn't learned how to pitch yet. The off speed is inconsistent and his fastball catches too much plate at time. The potential is absolutely there to be a real stud. Just needs to learn how to pitch and not get up there just throwing.

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I figured it had to be something like that. When you have 3 pitches that are all that good and you struggle, it’s usually what you said. I’d be surprised if a guy like Little with that much talent can’t figure it out, though. He’s an exciting and promising case.

Thanks for the info!

Crunched some box scores to understand Tanks by position as a freshman.

Thought he had played more 3B. Interesting


1B- 13
DH-34
3b-8

I wonder what the chances are of Tanner Hall coming with him?

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I just watched the first 2 min and the guy seems to not know much

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Referring to youtuber Dias

I would kind of agree with that statement. Most of this board knows more about our recruiting class than he does. That being said, I don't know how good his sources are. He mostly says he is hearing things.

Johnson said he is going to worry about his roster first and then his staff. Johnson can be very tight lipped about things. Is there any strategic advantage to waiting on announcing your staff? I guess it can prevent other teams from trying to pull dirt on the new hire to negative recruit portal players. He did say what they offered Ostrander was normal money for a pitching coach at LSU, they didn't have to break the bank and SMU couldn't match it. So perhaps a contract is already done. We will find out I guess.

As for Morgan. I never bought into him playing OF last year but I could see it this year. If his MLB future is indeed in the OF then it gives him a chance to showcase and develop his skills. It also could be that our team is getting loaded with 1B, DH types. White, Leto, Beloso, Jones, Frey, Travinski. OF is sort of loaded as well, depending on what Jobert, Dugas and Kling do but I could see Morgan over Stevenson.

As for Hall or other SMU pitchers following Ostrander to LSU. I could definitely see it.

Yeah...that "SMU" threw me off too.

Now...I can get behind Mississippi Southern...as they used to be called that for you young guys.

I know Nick Dias. He's a good kid trying to establish himself in the streaming market. He may well get some good info here and there, but I don't think he is plugged in with Johnson.

I would think if that is going to happen and it is the USM coach it needs to happen soon. The deadline to enter the portal and play next season is July 1 . Jay keeps saying he wants to worry about coaches after roster management. You would think if it is the guy from USM it would be announced sometime this week if he hopes to get any of their pitches if they want to leave.

Of course not, alot of work left to do with pitching