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

Seriously. I loaded up this page thinking there’s probably been some info/news since I last looked 24 hours ago and there’s only been 2 new comments. My anxiety is high with anticipation!

Ethan Frey LSWA's 2022 Mr. Baseball

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a senior catcher/pitcher led the way, hitting .487 with 13 home runs, 64 RBIs and 28 runs scored. As a pitcher, he was 5-0 with 2 saves and a 0.77 ERA, with 43 strikeouts in 27 innings pitched.

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This is going to let you know how bored I am. While I was waiting on the two incoming booms LSUHero promised, I found a top 500 list from 2021.

#18 3B Tommy White
#32 P Max Debiec
#36 Thatcher Hurd
#83 Lansville
#103 Leto
#155 G. Taylor
#161 G Fontenot
#187 Simon
#213 Pearson
#314 Janzen Kiesel
#319 Applebey
#332 Dutton
#376 Priester
#383 Holt
#419 Jack Walker

As pointed out, I'm pretty good at convincing myself of stuff but I will point out something about Hurd and Debeic. LSU is an unique situation as far as what starting pitching LSU has for next year or lack thereof. I don't know the other teams well enough to know what they are bringing back but most of the top teams probably have more SP potential than us already on there rosters. That has to be appealing to Hurd and Debeic.

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#32 P Max Debiec

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Wonder how Kelly getting the job affects his portal decision.

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Max Debiec from Washington is another one we've been on for a while, he just hit the portal today as well. Big time arm coming off TJ. From a draft profile standpoint, he's the closest thing to Thatcher Hurd in the portal (as far as draft profile out of high school).

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Project's writeup on Debiec from earlier in the thread.

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Bring in a couple SP candidates and next year could be special.

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I actually think it is going to be hard for a pitcher to make the team next year. I'm expecting some surprising attrition next year. Depth won't be a problem but we still have to land a couple of Aces, either in our class or the portal.

John "Will" Rizzo maybe looks like another one to keep an eye on. Looks like he must have redshirted at A&M this season.

That’s pretty fair, but I still think we end up pretty good overall. Of the top 100 guys, someone will have to really like Kling or Kennedy to get them. They seem pretty set to come to college, I don’t think a third round slot will get them. Guidry is a pretty projectable guy who doesn’t seem to have too much presently for someone to pick him up in the second imo. Not sure what his number is, but I definitely feel like he could benefit a good bit to go to college.

Noot, Neal and Romero are probably 3 guys we shouldn’t feel great about. Out of state kids in the top 3 round projection who don’t seem overly adamant about their commitment usually don’t end up well for us. Shores is another who is gaining some steam and is probably in the same category as the other 3. Mis is going to go pretty high with him cruising at 100 mph and still being built like a skeleton. Someone will take a ch ace on him and it probably doesn’t make sense to go to school for 1 more year.

The biggest factor that we really have no clue about, is obviously NIL. It seems overblown at this point, but we do occasionally get a sense of what some guys are making, so it can obviously be pretty impactful. If we were in the running for Ahuna, who got 200k for 1 year, it will be interesting to see what a highly ranked freshman can get. Some guys like Romero, who is already very marketable, could potentially get a nice check to go to school, then still have a signing bonus in 3 years. This is definitely a big wait and see thing.

I don't think there is enough money in college baseball for NIL to compete with the first 3 rounds of the MLB. If they choose to go to college it is because they want to go to college and they are hoping they will improve their draft value. NIL doesn't hurt but it isn't much of a factor. Leave NIL money for the portal.

I'm hoping Johnson can be a factor in convincing some of these bordeline guys to get to campus.

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I don't think there is enough money in college baseball for NIL to compete with the first 3 rounds of the MLB

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Which they don’t need to… again, curious to know what kind of deals are being offered to high school kids, when a 1 year transfer is getting offered 200k. Hypothetically, if you can give someone 500k over 3 years, it makes turning down a 1 mill signing bonus at 18 (that can be revisited in 3 years) much more fiscally revisited. Clearly, nobody is offering 1 mil for a baseball recruit. It is still a much different conversation than offering someone a 50% scholarship with no additional possibility of income.