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re: LSU Baseball 2025 (and beyond) Recruiting Thread

Posted on 2/15/25 at 9:30 pm to
Posted by N2daWild
Member since Jul 2019
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Posted on 2/15/25 at 9:30 pm to
There was talk of making redshirt rules the same as football but nothing has materialized that I know of
Posted by johno71
Member since Jul 2024
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Posted on 2/16/25 at 12:01 am to
good question - team is just so stacked. Ton of potential in those two. Saw Hogg's BP the last two days and kid is super athletic and strong.
Posted by PP7 for heisman
New Orleans
Member since Feb 2011
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Posted on 2/16/25 at 12:06 am to
The only thing i can think of is that maybe Jay is saying frick red shirts. With the way the transfer portal works in baseball (and Jay has talked about this at length) you're not going to see many more Cade Beloso's or Gavin Dugas'. You'll either make an impact in 4 years or you'll be replaced by Tommy White, Paul Skenes, Luke Holman, Gage Jump, Chris Stanfield, Anthony Eyanson, Daniel Dickinson, etc.

I would guess getting some of those guys 10 AB a season earns more goodwill than redshirting them and having them sit all year?

Just looking at (non-medical) redshirts since Jay has taken over

2022
- Grant Fontenot. Left after '22 season. Seems like this was more a of a discipline issue from what I've heard.

2023
- Nic Bronzini. Left after '24 season. Don't think he's a guy that will ever be LSU level. Didn't realize he was as highly ranked as he was.
- Zeb Ruddell. Left after '24 season.

2024
- Austen Roellig. Left after '24 season.
- Derrick Mitchell. Left after '24 season.

So, since Jay has gotten here, he's had 5 guys redshirt. 3 of them left immediately after that season, and the other two were passed up and left the following year. That doesn't account for a couple of other guys in the '24 class who left the program before the season like Griffin Cooley and Dallas Dale.

I guess redshirting in baseball is pretty much worthless for a program like LSU with the way we can attract the Dickinson's and Eyanson's of the world, not to mention the top end guys like Skenes and White. Let the boys play and see what they want to do.
Posted by N2daWild
Member since Jul 2019
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Posted on 2/16/25 at 9:22 am to
Between not knowing who will be drafted, what talent at what position and who will sign in the portal it's easy and safer to over commit with high school. If you are over roster limit you give the high school kid an opportunity to redshirt or he plays somewhere else. It's not a good system but it is what it is. Having the draft finished before portal season would make it more manageable
Posted by nicholastiger
Member since Jan 2004
50319 posts
Posted on 2/17/25 at 9:30 am to
Once you play that counts as a year.
I have a feeling some player will challenge that soon.

In the grand scheme of things it doesn't matter because the really good players aren't staying four years
Posted by WJP23
Member since Feb 2023
691 posts
Posted on 2/17/25 at 11:58 am to
Stat update after first weekend for players that transferred out...

Brady Neal, C, #16 (Alabama)
2G, 6AB, 8PA, 2H, 2BB, 1SO, 4R, .333/.500/.333/.833

Sammy Dutton, RHP, #44 (Auburn)
1GS, 0-1, 2.08 ERA, 4.1 IP, 5H, 3R, 1ER, 3BB, 8K, 1.846 WHIP

Cam Johnson, LHP, #175 (OU)
1GS, 1-0, 3.60 ERA, 5.0 IP, 2H, 2R, 2ER, 5BB, 3K, 1.40 WHIP

Paxton Kling, CF, #189 (Penn St)
3G, 12AB, 15PA, 4H, 3BB, 5SO, 2R, 1HR, 3RBI, 0-1SB, .333/.467/.583/1.050

Aiden Moffett, RHP, #679 (Texas)
0-0, 0.0 IP, 99.00 ERA, 1R, 1ER, 1BB, 1WP

Nic Bronzini, LHP, #1291 (Washington)
DNP

Zeb Ruddell, OF, #2024 (La Tech)
2G, 6PA, 5AB, 0H, 0BB, 0SO, 2R, 2RBI, .000/.000/.000/.000

Ryan Kucherak, INF, #2273 (Northwestern)
3G, 13PA, 11AB, 4H, 1BB, 4SO, 4R, 1HR, 1RBI, .364/.462/.727/1.189

Micah Bucknam, RHP, #2626 (DBU)
1GS, 0-0, 6.23 ERA, 4.1 IP, 4H, 3R, 3ER, 3BB, 7K, 1.623 WHIP

Austen Roellig, INF, #3511 (Utah)
3G, 12PA, 11AB, 2H, 1BB, 4SO, 3R, 0HR, 2RBI, .182/.250/.182/.432

Derrick Mitchell, OF, #3534 (Austin Peay)
DNP

Dallas Dale, INF, #3568 (South Florida)
DNP

MJ Seo, RHP, #3613 (Wichita State)
DNP
This post was edited on 2/17/25 at 12:02 pm
Posted by ProjectP2294
South St. Louis city
Member since May 2007
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Posted on 2/17/25 at 1:51 pm to
Dallas Dale isn’t on the roster at USF. I don’t think he’s playing anywhere.

Trenton Lape is at Chipola and doing pretty good.

Griffin Cooley is at LSUE but isn’t starting consistently.

Trevor Schmidt is back at Fullerton College. I haven’t checked in a bit, but he was feast or famine there last time I looked.
Posted by lsu777
Lake Charles
Member since Jan 2004
34736 posts
Posted on 2/17/25 at 2:21 pm to
ftr Cooley was pretty much forced out.
Posted by ProjectP2294
South St. Louis city
Member since May 2007
73508 posts
Posted on 2/17/25 at 2:40 pm to
To some degree most of the guys on the list probably were
Posted by lsu777
Lake Charles
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Posted on 2/17/25 at 2:45 pm to
pretty much. from what i was told....cooley didn't exactly have the best experience at LSU and didnt exactly care for tommy white
Posted by Adam4848
LA
Member since Apr 2006
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Posted on 2/17/25 at 3:51 pm to
quote:

cooley didn't exactly have the best experience at LSU and didnt exactly care for tommy white


Posted by ccox11
Member since Sep 2014
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Posted on 2/17/25 at 7:45 pm to
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This post was edited on 2/17/25 at 9:24 pm
Posted by FredbullTN
Houston
Member since Sep 2023
3778 posts
Posted on 2/18/25 at 11:01 pm to
quote:

Omar Serna...Go look at his videos


Just watched highlights of him against Barbe. I’m only in the bottom of the 3rd but he has an opposite field bomb and threw a guy out trying to steal 2nd. He looks like a man amongst boys
Posted by thunderbird1100
GSU Eagles fan
Member since Oct 2007
70747 posts
Posted on 2/19/25 at 7:18 am to
Cooper Smith, Live Oak catcher headed to Louisiana Tech hit 3 home runs against Barbe. Saw highlights from that game on youtube. Live Oak beat them 13-1
Posted by lsu777
Lake Charles
Member since Jan 2004
34736 posts
Posted on 2/19/25 at 7:22 am to
omar did it against a much better pitcher though

Cooper is a bad arse though no doubt.
Posted by AlecRock23
Central, LA
Member since Mar 2015
1431 posts
Posted on 2/21/25 at 10:25 am to
Are we recruiting Braylon Montgomery from Walker

I see he’s currently committed to Oklahoma
Posted by WJP23
Member since Feb 2023
691 posts
Posted on 2/24/25 at 6:56 am to
Figured I may continue to compile this for fun. Here are stats after week 2 of the transfers or other notable players with previous LSU ties.

*Kling is leading the nation in HR.

Brady Neal, C, #16 (Alabama)
5G, 16AB, 4H, 7BB, 5SO, 8R, 0RBI, 0HR .250/.478/.250/.728

Sammy Dutton, RHP, #44 (Auburn)
2GS, 1-1, 2.70 ERA, 10 IP, 12H, 3R, 1ER, 4BB, 14K, 1.60 WHIP

Cam Johnson, LHP, #175 (OU)
2GS, 2-0, 4.50 ERA, 8.0 IP, 7H, 5R, 4ER, 6BB, 8K, 1.625 WHIP

Paxton Kling, CF, #189 (Penn St)
6G, 25AB, 11H, 3BB, 5SO, 9R, 5HR, 9RBI, 2-3SB, .440/.533/1.080/1.613

Aiden Moffett, RHP, #679 (Texas)
0-0, 0.0 IP, 99.00 ERA, 1R, 1ER, 1BB, 1WP

Nic Bronzini, LHP, #1291 (Washington)
No stats

Zeb Ruddell, OF, #2024 (La Tech)
7G, 21AB, 2H, 1BB, 4SO, 4R, 5RBI, 0HR, .095/.136/.095/.232

Ryan Kucherak, INF, #2273 (Northwestern)
6G, 21AB, 6H, 2BB, 6SO, 4R, 2RBI, 1HR, .286/.375/.524/.899

Micah Bucknam, RHP, #2626 (DBU)
2GS, 1-0, 4.82 ERA, 9.1 IP, 7H, 5R, 5ER, 5BB, 27K, 1.286 WHIP

Austen Roellig, INF, #3511 (Utah)
7G, 28AB, 6H, 2BB, 4SO, 6R, 0HR, 4RBI, .214/.267/.286/.552

Derrick Mitchell, OF, #3534 (Austin Peay)
1G, 3AB, 0BB, 1SO, 0R, 0RBI, .000/.000/.000/.000

MJ Seo, RHP, #3613 (Wichita State)
No stats

Trenton Lape, RHP (Chipola)
5GS, 1-1, 4.50 ERA, 16 IP, 16H, 9R, 8ER, 8BB, 17K, 1.50 WHIP

Griffin Cooley, OF (LSUE)
11GP, 6GS, 17AB, 5H, 10R, 0HR, 4RBI, 9BB, 6SO, .294/.538/.412/.950

Trevor Schmidt, 1B (Fullerton College).
16G, 59AB, 23H, 19R, 3HR, 25RBI, 16BB, 14SO, .390/.531/.644/1.175

Landon Victorian (OU)
No stats
This post was edited on 2/24/25 at 2:59 pm
Posted by ccox11
Member since Sep 2014
1079 posts
Posted on 2/24/25 at 4:35 pm to
Ruddell's the only one who really surprises me off that list. I expect him to be an all-conference type player. It's early so small sample size.

Not surprised Kling is flourishing. I think it was always a pressure thing for him here.
Posted by Pistol 23
Member since Feb 2007
539 posts
Posted on 2/24/25 at 11:16 pm to
Thanks for the weekly updates. Nice to see in one place so I don't have to go looking for all of them.
Posted by PP7 for heisman
New Orleans
Member since Feb 2011
7223 posts
Posted on 2/25/25 at 10:52 am to
quote:

Not surprised Kling is flourishing. I think it was always a pressure thing for him here.
No pressure + not facing SEC pitching is a recipe for success for Kling. Kid has all the potential in the world, just had a hole in his bat here. Was always trying to do too much and would rarely look to go the other way.
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