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

I wanted to piggyback off what Project posted a week or 2 ago now that Loer has entered the portal to see how much more work is needed on the pitching side.

We carried 21 pitchers last year if you count Shores and Noot. Woods was injured most of the year. 14 pitchers got double digit innings. In his press conference Jay alluded to possibly using less players for more innings (don’t remember the exact quote). But below are the 21 pitchers we carried and their innings. Below that is who I have projected to be on the roster next year (if we are lucky enough to get Herring and Ulloa back). I expect we would carry around 20 pitchers again.

2024 PITCHERS AND INNINGS
1. 91.2 - Holman
2. 83.0 - Jump
3. 50.1 - Herring
4. 44.0 - Hurd
5. 43.0 - Ackenhausen
6. 38.1 - Anderson
7. 29.2 - Little
8. 27.2 - Dutton
9. 26.0 - Coleman
10. 24.1 - Guidry
11. 24.1 - Loer
12. 23.1 - Hellmers
13. 23.1 - Ulloa
14. 17.2 - Moffett
15. 9.0 - Bucknam
16. 9.0 - Johnson
17. 4.2 - Bronzini
18. 3.2 - Primeaux
19. 1.2 - Woods
20. 1.0 - Noot
21. 0.0 - Shores
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TOTAL 575.2

POSSIBLE PITCHERS RETURNING
1. 50.1 - *Herring, LHP
2. 38.1 - Anderson, LHP
3. 24.1 - Guidry
4. 23.1 - *Ulloa
5. 3.2 - Primeaux, LHP
6. 1.2 - Woods
7. 1.0 - Noot
8. 0.0 - Shores
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TOTAL 142.2 (difference of 433 innings)

9. 110 - Cowan
10. 78.0 - Hayden
11. 70.2 - Meyers
12. 70.0 - Sheerin
13. 30.0 - Dorsey
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TOTAL 358.2 (portal innings added)

14. Rizy
15. Ware, LHP
16. Gonzalez
17. Victorian?
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If Herring and Ulloa return (which is a big if), and Schmidt and Bateman are drafted, we probably still need to add 3 portal pitchers. I think we reasonably need to add 4-5 portal/JUCO pitchers to get to 20 pitchers if we hedge for the draft (Hayden is a draft risk as well).

Looking at it from an innings perspective is more difficult as we should get significantly more innings from Shores, Noot and Woods as well as Ware and a few freshmen. I wouldn’t count on 110 from Cowan or 75 from Meyers, but they should have big roles.

Also it is worth noting if Herring returns and Ware is not drafted we would have 4 LHP in the group above. If Herring and Ware are drafted we would only have Anderson and Primeaux from the left side.

Conclusion: I think we still need to add 3-5 portal arms, with 1-2 being lefties.

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Paul Gervase brother is in the portal. He walked 11 in 4 innings last year but in the summer has only walked 1 in 3.

Mr Gervase is the champion of making tall arse pitchers

I know with all the baggage the hype has died down, but if Victorian makes it to campus that’s a big time arm no?

The bolded players indicate new movement since the last update. Either they are new to the list or they newly committed elsewhere.

I wonder if former LSU assistant Eddie Smith replaces former LSU assistant Jason Kelly at Washington. Smith is from Seattle and played juco ball in the area. He’s had some decent success at UVU considering where they were when he got there.

Great post to show just how gutted the staff has become. Incredible amount of roster turnover.

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It is. If he didn’t have that issue at barbe I feel like he’d be drafted pretty high

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If he didn't have that issue at Barbe, there is no way he makes it to campus

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Vic may get to LSU after all

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We were at a Showcase event in LC a few weeks back. Games were spread around all the local high schools. One of the HS assistants was running the tent at one of the schools. I asked him if he knew anything about the LV situation and he said that he knew the kid well and that he had been given a list of things that he was required to do and he had not missed one day of any of it.

I take that to assume he will be at LSU unless the draft still comes calling early.