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

Going to be a long month as we sweat this out

That is a good breakdown. Those top 12 will be the focus of the draft. That doesn't mean the other guys won't impact 2023 because they could impact 2023 a great deal.

Of those 12, the latest mock draft have Snelling, Crawford and Toman gone but things can change. I don't think losing those 3 will hurt us that much.

Its the other 9 in your top 12 that will determine the value of this class. This class is going to be outstanding, how outstanding will probably be determined from how many of those 9 we get.

We signed a class full of LHP. With Cooper and Hasty returning they aren’t going to be specifically recruiting LHP. They just need good pitchers regardless of which arm they throw with

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Johnson loves left handed pitchers. We will see more than we have the last several years. He will keep more lefties on staff than Paul did

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Right, but what he's saying (and I agree with it) is that the work on getting LHP vs RHP has already been done for the incoming class. Now it's best available without regard to handedness. They won't be looking at a guy simply because he's a lefty.

We're likely to get 5/6 lefties currently committed and 3 of those have the potential to start on weekends.

Project, do you know who are all they guys in the portal you know we are going after?

Here's a rough look of what I see as far as getting to 40, and this is before adding more portal/juco guys and really spitballing on the draft. I think it gets really tight once Jay starts digging in the portal. Not a bad thing.

Position locks:

Crews
Jobert
Dugas (may leave, I guess)
Thompson
Morgan
Pearson
Stevenson
Milazzo

Have to think about:

Merrifield/Cranford (prob can’t keep both, maybe neither)
Simon (will he ever be healthy and back to form?)
Leto (I love the potential, but the roster’s going to get tight)
Beloso (I love his heart, but he’s a DH only)
Gio (I don’t see it with what we have and could get in the OF)
Travinski (I don’t see it)

Incoming:

Frey
Jones/Neal (I just don’t think we get both)
Kling (draft risk)
Ruddell
Guidry/Romero (would love both but thinking pessimistically)
Paul

Pitcher locks:

Floyd (draft risk)
Collins
Reyz (draft risk)
Gervase (draft risk)
Lansville
Cooper
Money
Dutton
Taylor
Coleman

Have to think about:

G Fontenot (not sure what his issues were but they weren’t performance)
Bollman (can we count on him coming back productive?)

Incoming:

Herring
Kennedy (draft risk)
Primeaux
Moffett
Bucknam
Bronzini
Noot/Shores (I’d love both)
Siravo/Misiorowski (I’d love both)
Appleby/Ackenhausen (I’d love both)

I expect a lot of turnover, too. You have graduates and the draft. And, it's a deep, rich class. I think 5 would be the max from the portal. Sweet spot more like 3.

I think you have to go get every top kid and not let the draft get you in a bind. School starts like 2 weeks after grace period for signing picks is over. Can’t use the portal to react to the draft now.

Just saw A&M got USCs best pitcher. They are killing this portal stuff