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re: LSU Baseball 2022 (and beyond) Recruiting Thread (OLD THREAD, PLEASE STICKY NEW ONE)
Posted on 3/25/22 at 10:18 pm to ProjectP2294
Posted on 3/25/22 at 10:18 pm to ProjectP2294
I’m currently watching USF vs Portland since we’re looking at the shortstop and Friday starter for USF. The shortstop is good, real good. But he’s got a pre-batters-box routine that would make Nomar Garciaparra and Sergio Garcia say “this fricking guy needs to hurry it up”. Given our current pace of play issues, I can’t in good conscience endorse that.
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Posted on 3/26/22 at 1:53 pm to ProjectP2294
2026 commit Bubba Coleman has moved from Arizona to Georgia. Not sure what HS he will be attending though.
Posted on 3/26/22 at 2:49 pm to ProjectP2294
Project just wondering how are we looking at guys if they’re not even in the portal yet just wondering the USF Friday night guy looks really good and probably would contribute right away
Posted on 3/26/22 at 4:11 pm to Tigerboy55
We can evaluate them without contacting them. They could have reached out first through a former teammate. There are a lot of ways it can happen.
Posted on 3/26/22 at 4:24 pm to ProjectP2294
Ok I gotcha preciate you for answering but that USF Friday night guy could be a weekend guy next year he looks the part
Posted on 3/28/22 at 8:47 pm to ProjectP2294
Project I know that the plan for Guidry is two-way. Do you think he projects more as starter or reliever? He blanked a very good Sam Houston team last week with 13ks and 0 earned.
Posted on 3/28/22 at 10:51 pm to bigdipper
I think it’s too early to really know but my hunch would be reliever.
Posted on 3/29/22 at 8:17 am to ProjectP2294
I watched a good bit of LA high school ball last week/weekend and had some good chats with people.
The state is really young from a talent standpoint. Not that the senior class doesn't have some dudes, but they have big time talent all the way down to the freshman classes. For example, the kids from the East Bank Little League team that won it all are just freshman...and several of them are on the field in varsity games already.
With that, I didn't see great overall talent. Solid baseball but I wasn't really wowed even with the big names. Just sound, steady play.
I think this sets up great for LSU. Jay can dig his teeth into the out of state talent and transfer portal right now, while establishing himself in the state. I'm not saying he won't still win the LA kids now, but he can start laying groundwork for years to come...because the underclass talent seems to be excellent.
The state is really young from a talent standpoint. Not that the senior class doesn't have some dudes, but they have big time talent all the way down to the freshman classes. For example, the kids from the East Bank Little League team that won it all are just freshman...and several of them are on the field in varsity games already.
With that, I didn't see great overall talent. Solid baseball but I wasn't really wowed even with the big names. Just sound, steady play.
I think this sets up great for LSU. Jay can dig his teeth into the out of state talent and transfer portal right now, while establishing himself in the state. I'm not saying he won't still win the LA kids now, but he can start laying groundwork for years to come...because the underclass talent seems to be excellent.
Posted on 3/29/22 at 11:25 am to DRock88
I'll do another positional breakdown post here. Another low number one so it's easy for me to put together quickly. I type all this out mostly from memory, so forgive the mistakes.
Catchers:
Ethan Frey - Unranked in all lists
Brady Neal - 6 rankings, average of 52.3.
Jared Jones - 6 rankings, average of 139.5.
For reference, I look at 8 different rankin gs. The Athletic (Keith Law) only has 30 players ranked while Prospects Live has 400. These are draft rankings, so HS, College, and JC combined.
Ethan Frey seems like a safe bet to get to campus. He's built like a brick shithouse and has big power potential. At 6'5" I would have to guess he would moonlight at 1B as well but he can hold his own defensively. He's got a good arm as well and pitches important games for his HS. He was also recruited by some schools to play QB. That he isn't ranked by any publications doesn't mean he isn't a draft risk, but I feel comfortable that we will hold onto him.
Jared Jones is another huge kid. Also a football prospect but not a QB. He was offered a scholarship to play offensive line at Georgia Tech shortly after committing to LSU for baseball a few years ago. I can't get a good read on his intentions for the draft. Despite HS catchers being a very high risk category, some team may like the power bat and feel like he could hit well enough even if he has to move off the position. If he gets to campus with Frey and Travinski, our catchers will be bigger than our TEs. There is a decent amount of draft risk here, in my opinion.
Brady Neal is another guy in the class that has said all the right things as far as coming to school. But after re-classifying from the 2023 class, his stock has shot through the roof. FanGraphs has him as high as 20 on their list. He plays at IMG with a bunch of other guys being scouted constantly. He's the guy on this list most likely to get an offer that's too good to turn down.
My conservative thought is that we get 1 of 3 to campus, with maybe a 15% chance of getting 2/3. Milazzo and Travinski both have eligibility remaining and enough questions that they will probably be back next year. Additionally, Blaise Priester is still in the program redshirting. There have been conflicting reports on how much he wants to stick around, but I'm counting him as part of next year's team until there is something concrete to say he isn't. All of that is to say that 1 of 3 would meet our positional needs and preclude us from having to find a JUCO or Portal guy. If anyone on the roster falls off, or we fare worse than expected in the draft, I would expect to go the portal route rather than the JUCO route.
We have no current ties to him, but if Jay Curtis at Dayton decides to grad transfer after this season, he could be an option. I'm mentioning him only as a local guy that's been a D1 catcher with some success for 4 years, not because there is anything indicating that he's looking to leave Dayton or anything like that. Just thinking out loud.
ETA: And I welcome more opinions on these guys.
Catchers:
Ethan Frey - Unranked in all lists
Brady Neal - 6 rankings, average of 52.3.
Jared Jones - 6 rankings, average of 139.5.
For reference, I look at 8 different rankin gs. The Athletic (Keith Law) only has 30 players ranked while Prospects Live has 400. These are draft rankings, so HS, College, and JC combined.
Ethan Frey seems like a safe bet to get to campus. He's built like a brick shithouse and has big power potential. At 6'5" I would have to guess he would moonlight at 1B as well but he can hold his own defensively. He's got a good arm as well and pitches important games for his HS. He was also recruited by some schools to play QB. That he isn't ranked by any publications doesn't mean he isn't a draft risk, but I feel comfortable that we will hold onto him.
Jared Jones is another huge kid. Also a football prospect but not a QB. He was offered a scholarship to play offensive line at Georgia Tech shortly after committing to LSU for baseball a few years ago. I can't get a good read on his intentions for the draft. Despite HS catchers being a very high risk category, some team may like the power bat and feel like he could hit well enough even if he has to move off the position. If he gets to campus with Frey and Travinski, our catchers will be bigger than our TEs. There is a decent amount of draft risk here, in my opinion.
Brady Neal is another guy in the class that has said all the right things as far as coming to school. But after re-classifying from the 2023 class, his stock has shot through the roof. FanGraphs has him as high as 20 on their list. He plays at IMG with a bunch of other guys being scouted constantly. He's the guy on this list most likely to get an offer that's too good to turn down.
My conservative thought is that we get 1 of 3 to campus, with maybe a 15% chance of getting 2/3. Milazzo and Travinski both have eligibility remaining and enough questions that they will probably be back next year. Additionally, Blaise Priester is still in the program redshirting. There have been conflicting reports on how much he wants to stick around, but I'm counting him as part of next year's team until there is something concrete to say he isn't. All of that is to say that 1 of 3 would meet our positional needs and preclude us from having to find a JUCO or Portal guy. If anyone on the roster falls off, or we fare worse than expected in the draft, I would expect to go the portal route rather than the JUCO route.
We have no current ties to him, but if Jay Curtis at Dayton decides to grad transfer after this season, he could be an option. I'm mentioning him only as a local guy that's been a D1 catcher with some success for 4 years, not because there is anything indicating that he's looking to leave Dayton or anything like that. Just thinking out loud.
ETA: And I welcome more opinions on these guys.
This post was edited on 3/29/22 at 11:27 am
Posted on 3/29/22 at 12:16 pm to ProjectP2294
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Ethan Frey
He is a guy that will get to campus with talent but it will take some time to get to the SEC catcher level I think. Which like you stated with the catchers we have on the roster isn't a big deal.
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Jared Jones
This guy reminds me a lot of Travinski coming out of high school. I will be curious to see if he (1) makes it to campus and (2) if he makes it here, can he adjust to college pitching quickly or will it take time to adjust like Travinski. Though I know injuries is part of the amount of time it is taking Travinski. Also like his size and athleticism that way if we need him at 1B after Morgan, he can do that.
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Brady Neal
I feel like you do about things you see him saying about getting to campus, but I think we may not see this guy. From everything I have read and videos I have seen he is similar to Milazzo behind the plate (Milazzo was probably a little better out of high school) but has a very nice LH swing and can really hit it. One thing I am hoping may play a factor is his age. Maybe being young will have him more comfortable to come play at LSU for 3 years and then go in the draft again still at a younger age. With his talent I feel like he can be a first rounder if he can come to LSU and produce like he is capable of. Guess the other side of that is he can go in the draft at a young age and work his way up the minors at a younger age. Feel like LSU treatment vs minor league treatment is a big difference though. If he finds himself mid 2nd round or higher though we won't get him.
My gut feeling tells me we only get Frey. I think 2 of 3 is about like you said at 15% of a chance. Jones strength will likely get him into the top 4 rounds. That said, will be interesting to see what Priester does after this season. The catcher position will be the first off the bus for every game next season. Just put Milazzo after the rest.
Posted on 3/29/22 at 1:55 pm to BayTiger13
I was kind of wondering how Neal's age would factor in as well. I'm sure some thought process went into reclassification. I wouldn't be completely shocked if he isn't trying to get to campus early and still go pro at an early age.
Posted on 3/29/22 at 2:31 pm to N2daWild
Depending where he gets picked and how his mentality is he may be thinking he come to college at an early age and gamble on himself. See successful collegiate catchers right now like Kevin Parrada, Daniel Susac, and Logan Tanner all in the 1st round.
Also, prospect live updated their list and had a little bit of shakeup with some of the guys.
Player - Last Rank (Updated Rank)
Mikey Romero - 15 (14)
Jacob Berry - 18 (16)
Cade Doughty - 24 (20)
Justin Crawford - 41 (34)
Paxton Kling - 57 (60)
Tucker Toman - 88 (63)
Jaden Noot - 70 (72)
Gavin Guidry - 82 (84)
Brady Neal - 61 (92)
Chase Shores - 98 (99)
Michael Kennedy - 115 (115)
Ty Floyd – 176 (183)
Jared Jones - 197 (198)
Jacob Misiorowski - 175 (207)
Aiden Moffett - 243 (249)
Eric Reyzelman - 271 (281)
Gavin Dugas - 302 (314)
Brayden Jobert - 311 (327)
Adrian Siravo - 380 (NR)
Kaleb Applebey - 396 (NR)
Notes: Crawford and Toman with sizeable jumps up in the ranking. Neal with a sizeable drop in his ranking.
Project, you hear anything with Neal that would have randomly dropped him 31 spots?
Also, prospect live updated their list and had a little bit of shakeup with some of the guys.
Player - Last Rank (Updated Rank)
Mikey Romero - 15 (14)
Jacob Berry - 18 (16)
Cade Doughty - 24 (20)
Justin Crawford - 41 (34)
Paxton Kling - 57 (60)
Tucker Toman - 88 (63)
Jaden Noot - 70 (72)
Gavin Guidry - 82 (84)
Brady Neal - 61 (92)
Chase Shores - 98 (99)
Michael Kennedy - 115 (115)
Ty Floyd – 176 (183)
Jared Jones - 197 (198)
Jacob Misiorowski - 175 (207)
Aiden Moffett - 243 (249)
Eric Reyzelman - 271 (281)
Gavin Dugas - 302 (314)
Brayden Jobert - 311 (327)
Adrian Siravo - 380 (NR)
Kaleb Applebey - 396 (NR)
Notes: Crawford and Toman with sizeable jumps up in the ranking. Neal with a sizeable drop in his ranking.
Project, you hear anything with Neal that would have randomly dropped him 31 spots?
This post was edited on 3/29/22 at 3:05 pm
Posted on 3/29/22 at 3:22 pm to ProjectP2294
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My conservative thought is that we get 1 of 3 to campus, with maybe a 15% chance of getting 2/3. Milazzo and Travinski both have eligibility remaining and enough questions that they will probably be back next year. Additionally, Blaise Priester is still in the program redshirting. There have been conflicting reports on how much he wants to stick around, but I'm counting him as part of next year's team until there is something concrete to say he isn't. All of that is to say that 1 of 3 would meet our positional needs and preclude us from having to find a JUCO or Portal guy. If anyone on the roster falls off, or we fare worse than expected in the draft, I would expect to go the portal route rather than the JUCO route.
I agree with all of this. Jones stock has slipped a bit this spring but his physical tools it only takes one team to really love him. Neal is (I think the youngest draft eligible catcher) and that will appeal to a team given his ability to hit right now. Worst case if only Frey makes it to campus it won't be another situation where he must play as a freshman which happened on occasion under Mainieri and can learn under Milazzo/Travinski.
Something that may indirectly help LSU a bit is fringe great to elite high school catching prospects over the past 10 years has been such a crapshoot that some teams are going more conservative with proven commodities in collegiate athletes after being burned so many times in previous years.
This post was edited on 3/29/22 at 3:30 pm
Posted on 3/29/22 at 3:27 pm to BayTiger13
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Also, prospect live updated their list and had a little bit of shakeup with some of the guys.
I kind of wish they would limit how often they do this.
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Project, you hear anything with Neal that would have randomly dropped him 31 spots?
I haven't seen anything. If it's just a few spots you can chalk it up to other guys moving up, but I agree this must be something related to what he did rather than what the guys around him did.
Posted on 3/29/22 at 3:28 pm to ProjectP2294
Damn, I hadn't heard Jay Curtis' name in a awhile. I watched Curtis-Brother Martin this weekend.
Posted on 3/29/22 at 3:32 pm to DRock88
I try to keep tabs on in state guys that go out of state to school whether it's D1 or JUCO. He's one I've been tracking for a while now.
Posted on 3/29/22 at 3:38 pm to BayTiger13
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Kaleb Applebey - 396 (NR)
Was intrigued by this guy due to his height but looking up his stats something seems way off.
Wabash Valley JC stats this year
3.1 IP, 13 BB, 5 K, 3 H...13.50 ERA
13 walks has to be a misprint, how is that even possible over 3 innings?
Posted on 3/29/22 at 3:38 pm to ProjectP2294
I liked the pitcher for Curtis, Austin Ackel. BM didn't have too much trouble with him, but he's a nice size, strong frame.
Posted on 3/29/22 at 3:41 pm to DRock88
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I liked the pitcher for Curtis, Austin Ackel.
Listed as being from Covington. The Curtis busses get some miles on them.
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BM didn't have too much trouble with him, but he's a nice size, strong frame.
This sounds like me every time I talk about Hellmers.
Posted on 3/29/22 at 3:43 pm to ProjectP2294
He is basically a little bit wider of a Hellmers. And, he pitched and played 3B.
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