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

Pearson and crews are locks. I think dugas is starting in left or at 2nd. So i think he may take that outfield spot….or morgan….or kling

Crews, White, and Morgan are your lineup locks. Pearson is practically a lock unless Jay sits him against LHP, but I think he'll be fine against LHP. Dugas is also practically a lock. Skenes will be in the lineup almost all the time unless Jay chooses to let him rest for and recover from his starts, and just hits him 1-2 times per week. That leaves 3-4 spots with plenty of options to fill them. I think Kling's path will look alot like Pearson's, easing in early in the season then a fixture later on. If Guidry doesn't win a job outright, I think we still see him a good bit to groom him for next year - he's not a guy that will hurt you by giving him reps, even if he's not option 1. Need to figure out the infield and catcher spots, as far as how you structure those reps, and how to handle DH duties.

I'm pretty comfortable and confident with the lineup and depth now. I'm still not completely settled with the pitching, so hopefully the fall will line things up a bit better.

ETA: My way too early prediction is that Thompson blows up - .320 with 15 bombs, good SS, and gets a good draft slot.

My point was that only Crews will start 56 games at one outfield position next year (center).

I like Pearson, and he will play and play a lot, but I don't see him penciled in as a 56 game starter in any one outfield spot at this point. He may well DH some games as different lineups are shuffled around.

He's a pretty meh outfielder defensively.

I would say Kling in RF, Pearson in LF, Dugas at 2B, Neal possibly at C.

Neal and Milazzo will push each other. It'll be great to have that kind of competition. Milazzo was the clear cut defensive option the last few years, so he really didn't have competition, but Neal won't be far off defensively if at all.

Y’all gotta lay off that milazzo shite he’s garbage

Agreed. Neal will be the starter by SEC next year. You need his bat with Milazzo as a late inning defensive replacement.

Guidry is also going to play every day.

There are so many different combinations but if I’m heading into opening day this would be my lineup.

Guidry 2B
Crews CF
Pearson RF
White 3B
Morgan 1B
Neal C
Thompson SS
Skenes/Jobert DH
Dugas LF

Also history shows opening day starting lineup is never the same as sec opening day lineup.

If Jobert doesn’t show major improvement with being more consistent he won’t play much. His home runs were great but he struck out too much. Skenes will hit for power and average. I think he will get more at bats next year than Jobert.

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Idk how you keep Skenes out of the DH spot tho. And unless Jobert improves drastically he might not even play.
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One way is to start Jobert when the other team is pitching a right hander and Skenes when they start or throw a lefty.