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

I saw enough of Brown on the mound preseason to say he can pitch at the SEC level, but he wouldn't be a game changer. His stuff wasn't as good as Anderson's.

I think his highest potential is as a position player myself.

What are you talking about and where is Larson going

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Looks like LSU is currently expecting 17 pitchers on the roster this fall if Victorian makes it in. This is not counting Brown as a pitcher. That's a pretty low number.

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It’s a low number, but it’s packed with guys with a lot of innings under their belt already.

Cowan has staff ace experience. I don’t think we will ask him to be the ace, but that type of experience is invaluable. And it came on a regional team.

Sheerin and Benge have MiRP experience.

Dorsey and Guidry have experience going multiple times on a weekend.

Eyanson has experience getting deep into games.

Shores and Schmidt have SEC ace upside. Ware has SEC starter upside. Anderson has starter experience.

Mayers has staff ace experience on a regional team twice.

Benge, Mayers, and Sheerin are lottery tickets but having a smaller number of guys to cover the innings won’t be an issue, IMO.

I think it forces some sink or swim moments for more guys. Which can be a plus.

Again, I’m just saying, in this day and age, if a guy doesn’t have a guaranteed spot, he usually transfers.

Larson is not a natural outfielder. Even if he was, we have a ton of depth in the outfield.

Is he going to beat out Bear at 1B? Highly doubtful. Does he hit enough to full time DH? I don’t think so.

Where does he fit?

He fits in LF and in the starting lineup as he hit .300 as a freshman in the SEC. If there’s one guy who doesn’t “fit”, it’s Jake Brown because of his project-ability as a LHP, which scouts think he has a higher ceiling there than in the OF.

Plus, Brown would be a corner OF next year because I think Stanfield is going to get 1st chance at CF and I think his bat will drastically improve.


Edited to add that Larson and Stanfield both made the Cape All Star Game, Larson hit over .300 in the league and Stanfield hit .265.

if he is one of the 9 best batters he’ll play either OF or DH.

which 3 outfielder are better hitters than him?

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clown

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great name choice btw

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He fits in LF and in the starting lineup as he hit .300 as a freshman in the SEC

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You are stupid. Pearson will start at LF

I’m not saying Pearson can’t win the LF job, because he can. But Larson was more consistent as a freshman than Pearson was in each of his first three seasons.

Looks like Drew Finley is following Brent Haring to Nicholls as the pitching coach. I knew we wouldn’t be able to keep him much longer. Good luck to him.