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

He did make a good point (though somewhat obvious) today in that the Pierce announcement + whoever is hired will cause a ripple effect of players entering the portal at those schools with a 30-day window.

Arata Motohashi

Not portal related but Jordan started following this kid from Higashinurme, Japan.

He is attending university in Japan and is committed to Indian Hills CC. Some vids of him pitching in the link.

FB 95
SL 81
CH 82
CB 78

He was quoted as saying he didn’t want the pressure of living up to the left handed Jon Zeringue comps at LSU.

Cain got laviolette to switch but most thought he would get drafted high enough out of high school

I would take Tenn ss Curley if Vitello leaves Tenn

The Tennessee melt would be glorious though.

No way Vitello leaves

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

6/25 Update: A couple of players are off the board (Beildeschies and Valentin), a draft eligible catcher, Knipp, added as well as 3 interesting pitching options. New players since last update are in bold below.

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

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

Ruger Riojas, RHP, UTSA, SO, #57
3.25, 69.1 IP, 68H, 18BB, 75K, 1.240 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

Matthew Dallas, LHP, Tennessee, FR, #335
4.76, 17 IP, 11H, 10BB, 22K, 1.235 WHIP

Steven Cash, LHP, Louisiana Lafayette, 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

Connor Benge, RHP, Dallas Baptist, SO, #936
5.73, 33 IP, 33H, 22BB, 35K, 1.667 WHIP

Preston Prince, LHP, Niagara, #1195
6.10, 38 IP, 36 H, 42 BB, 33K, 2.035 WHIP

Jacob Gomberg, LHP, Florida, FR, #1539
18.00, 1 IP, 0H, 3BB, 2K, 3.000 WHIP

Gerald Hanson, LHP, Cal State Northridge, SO, #2510
4.50, 8 IP, 9H, 4BB, 10K, 1.625 WHIP

Matt Gaither, LHP, UNCW, SR, #1693
21.00, 3 IP, 9H, 4BB, 3K, 4.33 WHIP (2024)
7.11, 6.1 IP, 5H, 4BB, 9K, 1.421 WHIP (2024 Summer)

Sid Polston, LHP, Campbell, JR, #3786
Medically redshirted in 2024


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

Grant Knipp, C, Campbell, JR, #15
.402/.547/1.029/1.576, 18HR, 27BB, 28K, 7SB

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

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

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


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

Cam Johnson #118 (Oklahoma)
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


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 (Utah)
Derrick Mitchell #3154
Dallas Dale #3202

PLAYERS COMMITTED ELSEWHERE
Landon Beidelschies, LHP, Ohio State, SO #3 (Arkansas)
Logan Maxwell, DH, TCU, JR #19 (Arkansas)
Jace Rinehart, PF, USC Upstate, JR, #116, (West Virginia)
Collin Priest, 1B/OF, Michigan, FR, #148 (Clemson)
Kyle Jones, CF, Stetson, SO, #260 (Florida)
Kevin Warunak, LHP, Longwood, JR, #433 (Coast Carolina)
Alex Valentin, LHP, Nova Southeastern, FR, #3520 (Texas State)
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64 ANALYTICS PORTAL RANKS
1. Georgia (13)
2. Kentucky (11)
3. Duke (9)
4. LSU (8)
5. Houston (9)

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.

So Bronzini didn’t take his name out of the portal?

Looks like we finally have some clarity on Danial Arambula. He's apparently committed to San Diego State now.