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

Portal arm to monitor: Draft eligible lefty Everett Catlett from Georgetown.

Portal name to monitor

LHP Myles Patton LBSU

Do they ever look at RHP

Is Schmidt the replacement for Bear?

Priester and Neal will be the catchers, wildcard is Arambide if he doesn't go pro, would not shock me if Jay brings in another transfer catcher because Neal needs to make significant improvement defensively if he's the main catcher
I think Brown gets a look at 1B if Jones leaves
That would leave Larson in RF, Pearson in LF and competition for CF
Harden, Mitchell and assuming Kling returns as well will battle for outfield spot along with any transfers
Will be interesting to see where Frey fits in, he could get a look at 1B as well and at a minimum DH
I think Milam could shift to SS and options on the infield will be Kucherak along with Reaves and Ryan (newcomers) and another transfer likely as well

I think Larson has held his own out in RF so I think he sticks at that position
Brown makes me nervous out in CF but he does have another off season to get better all around and can stick in CF with improvement

Brown has more than held his own if Larson has. I think they have both been good. I can only recall Brown making a misread once in Hoover? I must be not remembering other misplays to make anyone nervous. Also he can move to either OF spot and be just fine. He’s fast and athletic. Brown I would say is more athletic than Larson.

I think (like Lester said) that others will play there anyway.

A couple more portal names to monitor

P/DH Noah Sullivan - SC Upstate. Looks like he started 12 games, his pitching stats don’t get me excited but he hit .323 17 homers

SS Matt King - UTSA

LHP Bradley Stewart - EkU

RHP Will Riley - VMI

RHP Ryan Verdugo - Cal St Bakersfield (draft risk)

Seems like no chance with Schmidt now