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

You can't say that for sure if they land transfers and recruits. I'm for Thompson more than most and believe he will start the season in the lineup and is capable of being a really good player, but I can't say he definitely has a spot if they land these guys and Thompson struggles with the glove still in the fall and spring.

I think he will also, but I'm not willing to say I'm as confident in that as I am Crews and Morgan.

They are the only 2 good enough not to get their spot taken. Pearson is close to that level I think also. The rest I think can have their spots taken by someone.

I think so too. I don't really see a sophomore slump type of deal with him. The kid can flat out hit the baseball.

Paul Gervase was activated by the Brewster Whitecaps today.

We saw it most of this year. Not a stretch

Yea, that wasn't meant to be a bold prediction type of comment.

He thrived from the standpoint of using Jay's plate discipline approach. Strikeout numbers dropped, walk numbers went up. More doubles, more RBIs. He's a fine bat. To be a really good bat, he'll have to take another step...and I think he could.

He's a poor fielder. He was kinda poor as a freshman and he was very poor this year. He's always had stretches that were very impressive, but he is what he is. Unlike the bat, which I think can continue its upward trajectory, I don't think the glove is going to make considerable improvement. I hope I'm wrong, but Jay's not wrong to look for another middle infielder or 2.

Where the tradeoff line is for his hitting and poor defense, I don't know. We didn't really have any good tradeoffs this year.

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m for Thompson more than most and believe he will start the season in the lineup and is capable of being a really good player, but I can't say he definitely has a spot

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I'm with bay tiger on this. He could lose his SS position for his glove. He could lose 2B and 3B to a bigger bat. He is not a gaurantee. I personally think he will have a great year but we will need to see it first.

Johnson obviously sees something in Pearson's bat that my untrained eye is not sharp enough to see but I agree with Lester, he will be in the lineup. He seems to have some natural talents that can't be taught and most hitters don't possess

There will be a lot of competition next year and I think that will ge a good sign Johnson is improving the talent level on this team.

That is just position players. Pitching might be more up for grabs then position players. We really don't have any idea how that will work out.

I would assume as long as they transfer and enroll at LSU before the spring semester starts. I'm sure Jay will want all his transfers he is interested in to be there for fall ball though so that would mean they would need to be enrolled before the fall semester.

Unless they have other rules I don't know about.

I think they have until July 1st to enter the portal and be eligible to transfer but that doesn't mean they can't remain with their team, depending how the draft works out.