re: LSU Baseball 2024 (and beyond) Recruiting Thread OLD THREAD

LSU PORTAL TRACKER PORTAL UPDATE
Uncommitted players that LSU has shown variable interest in.
Ranks are from 64 Analytics Portal Tracker

6/22 Update. Jace Rinehart removed (WVU).
* Bolded names are new since last update

PITCHERS
Zack Root, LHP, East Carolina, SO, #2
3.56, 68.1 IP, 56H, 21BB, 76K, 1.127 WHIP

Landon Beidelschies, LHP, Ohio State, SO #3
4.36, 84.2 IP, 71H, 31BB, 91K, 1.205 WHIP

Tommy LaPour, RHP, Wichita St, FR, #8
4.23, 78.2 IP, 65H, 37BB, 69K, 1.297 WHIP

Travis Smith, RHP, Kentucky, SO, #9
6.36, 36.2 IP, 38H, 22BB, 31K, 1.636 WHIP

Jacob Mayers, RHP, Nicholls, SO, #13
4.58, 70.2 IP, 39H, 76BB, 106K, 1.627 WHIP

Billy Barlow, RHP, Clemson, SO, #24
4.28, 48.1 IP, 50H, 20BB, 42K, 1.448 WHIP

Chase Hungate, RHP, Virginia, JR, #39
3.74, 53 IP, 49H, 13BB, 37K, 1.170 WHIP

Adam Mrakitsch, LHP, Central Michigan, JR, #96
4.44, 46.2, 45H, 25BB, 66K, 1.436 WHIP

Jacob Pruitt, RHP, Indiana State, SO, #158
3.67, 41.2 IP, 36H, 23BB, 57K, 1.416 WHIP

Trey Newmann, RHP, Cal, FR, #238
6.13, 61.2 IP, 56H, 35BB, 60K, 1.486 WHIP

Trent Hodgdon, RHP, USC Upstate, JR, #252
7.39, 31.2 IP, 29H, 18BB, 51K, 1.484 WHIP

Alex Canney, RHP, Tampa, JR, #296
3.21, 106.2 IP, 105H, 21BB, 99K, 1.18 WHIP

Gavin DeVooght, RHP, Ohio State, FR, #297
5.08, 44.1 IP, 43H, 22BB, 47K, 1.466 WHIP

Ethan Phillips, RHP, Indiana, SO, #321
6.16, 30.2 IP, 33H, 22BB, 33K, 1.821 WHIP

Steven Cash, LHP, Louisiana Laffayette, SO, #504
3.79, 19 IP, 13H, 13BB, 21K, 1.368 WHIP

Logan Bevis, RHP, South Florida, FR, #543
4.94, 23.2 IP, 25H, 15BB, 19K, 1.690 WHIP

Jack Hostetler, Whitman, JR, #675
3.38, 24IP, 23H, 6BB, 26K, 1.208 WHIP

Drew Koenen, RHP, Dartmouth, FR, #803
4.38, 24.2 IP, 28H, 7BB, 23K, 1.419 WHIP

Chase Hoover, LHP, TCU, SO, #808
9.74, 20.1 IP, 27H, 13BB, 31K, 1.967 WHIP


POSITION PLAYERS
Gavin Kilen, SS, Louisville, SO, #1
.330/.361/.591/.952, 9HR, 7BB, 22K, 1SB

Gavin Kash, 1B, Texas Tech, JR, #5
.300/.365/.561/.926, 15HR, 23BB, 63K, 3SB

Ryan Moerman, OF, Illinois, JR, #69
.259/.370/.580/.950, 19HR, 20BB, 48K, 1SB

Bobby Boser, 2B, South Florida, JR, #99
.299/.351/.667/.1.018, 12HR, 10BB, 35K, 6SB

Luke Gaffney, 1B/C, Purdue, FR, #104
.359/.449/.646/1.095, 13 HR, 29BB, 32K, 1SB

Matt Ryan, 3B, UMBC, SO, #125
.295/.450/.513/.963, 8HR, 45BB, 41K, 10SB

Matt Halbach, 3B, UCSD, Jr, #131
.409/.511/.662/1.173, 3HR, 11BB, 12K, 4SB

Ace Reese, OF/1B, Houston, FR, #140
.278/.395/.506/.901, 7HR, 29BB, 37K, 5SB
Been on for a while, but just added to list

Collin Priest, 1B/OF, Michigan, FR, #148
.279/.445/.578/1.023, 11HR, 34BB, 52K, 1SB

Bear Madliak, C, Jacksonville St, SO #156
.328/.400/.488/.888, 5HR, 20BB, 36K, 7SB

Easton Winfield, OF, ULM, FR, #158
.332/.414/.546/.960, 10HR, 24BB, 46K, 18SB

Hayden Jatczak, DH/3B, Saginaw Valley, SR, #163
.468/.551/.827/1.378, 16HR, 43BB, 26K, 8SB

Kade Lewis, 1B, Butler, FR, #200
.377/.436/.618/1.054, 10HR, 18BB, 35K, 3SB

Nick Groves, OF, Niagra, SO, #297
.328.446/.460/.908, 3HR, 34BB, 34K, 19SB

Jacob Hand, SS, WPI, SR, #523
.368/.509/.591/1.100, 4HR, 24BB, 29K, 19SB

Bear Harrison, C, Saint Mary’s, FR, #838
.322/.410/.541/.952, 8HR, 21BB, 32K, 0SB


PITCHERS ADDED
Luke Hayden, RHP, Indiana State, SO, #14
3.81, 78 IP, 73H, 47BB, 91K, 1.538 WHIP

Deven Sheerin, RHP, Mount St Mary’s, FR, #25
4.76, 70 IP, 49H, 32BB, 109K, 1.157 WHIP

Zac Cowan, RHP, Woffard, SO, #51
3.68, 110 IP, 102H, 29BB, 124K, 1.19 WHIP

Chandler Dorsey, RHP, USF, #123
3.60, 30 IP, 20H, 16BB, 41K, 1.200 WHIP


POSITION PLAYERS ADDED
Luis Hernandez, 1B/C, JR, #46
.359/.421/.694/1.114 OPS, 23 HR, 17BB, 50K,5SB

Eddie Yamin, 1B/OF/C, SO, #153
.342/.429/.608/.1.037, 13HR, 20BB, 59K, 4SB

Chris Stanfield, OF, SO, #214
.276/.365/.395/.760, 4HR, 24BB, 38K, 9SB


LSU PITCHERS IN PORTAL
Sammy Dutton #31 (Auburn)
5.68, 27.2 IP, 32H, 6BBm 29K, 1.373 WHIP

Cam Johnson #118 (Oklahma)
12.00, 9 IP, 5H, 16BB, 13K, 2.333 WHIP

Javen Coleman #253
5.19, 26 IP, 20H, 21BB, 28K, 1.577 WHIP

Aiden Moffett #459
5.60, 17.2 IP, 18H, 12BB, 21K, 1.698 WHIP

Nic Bronzini #1123
5.79, 4.2 IP, 5H, 4BB, 8K, 1.929 WHIP

Micah Bucknam #2347 (Dallas Baptist)
7.00, 9 IP, 12H, 3BB, 10K, 1.667 WHIP

MJ Seo #3143


LSU POSITION PLAYERS IN PORTAL
Brady Neal #10
.276/.409./579/.986, 9HR, 20BB, 35K, 0SB

Paxton Kling #186
.222/.409/.318/.727, 1HR, 27BB, 43K, 8SB

Zeb Ruddell #2003 (La Tech)
.200/.429/.600, 1.029, 1HR, 3BB, 3K, 0SB

Austen Roellig #3137
Derrick Mitchell #3154
Dallas Dale #3202
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Will update the list as more players announce their intentions or new connections are found. Please let me know if I missed anyone or there are any statistical errors/typos.

I’ll take both Gavin K’s please. I’d prefer Braswell back though.

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You can teach command not stuff

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Why’d his command get much worse


His walks went from

6.9 per 9ip

to

9.7 per 9ip

For what it is worth. I was looking at draft projections for 2025 and Mayers was like 3rd round.

Of course doesn't mean he can be fixed in one year.

Think about some of the guys with great stuff that lsu couldn’t fix & get consistent time on the field

Hurd
Little
Moffett
Cam Johnson

To name a few.

Mayers’ need to be fixed is way beyond the point these other guys reached. It’s hard to pitch @ lsu & get the opportunities needed to get your issues corrected

This guy is heavily on the radar

Alex Valentin
Transfer portal
True Freshman LHP 3 years of eligibility left
92-95 up to 96 in starts
94-96 out of the pen
46 IP with 58 k’s
Top 20 in the country in k’s per 9 number 2 amongst all freshman
Looking for all D1 opportunities!

Little was able to turn it around at about same point in career.

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LHP Alex Valentin, Nova Southeastern, FR 5.87, 12G, 9 starts, 46 IP, 48H, 28BB, 58K, 1.652 WHIP

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I think Jordan has been on him a while. Tutko just got on him, so we may be escalating our interest.

He’s got big stuff, even if the numbers don’t necessarily reflect it. 9 starts as a freshman for a D2 school in Florida is a lot. All those teams are old. They take a lot of juco guys and have a lot of Covid year guys still. So he would have been facing a lot of old lineups.

ETA: he was at Miami for the fall last year before going to Nova.

Sure he struggled to start the year. But was great to end up until he got hurt. He was a disaster up until the last month or more, meaning they turned him around.

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WJP23

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Great job updating this ever changing list! Thank you sir!