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re: LSU Baseball 2025 (and beyond) Recruiting Thread
Posted on 4/29/25 at 9:18 am to ProjectP2294
Posted on 4/29/25 at 9:18 am to ProjectP2294
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I wonder what the Lemonis news does to the State roster and recruiting class. A lot of guys we at least kicked the tires on. One of them was a recent JUCO commit from PRCC that's up in the triple digits. Patrick Spencer.
wonder if we go after Hayes Holton hard now. kid is a stud imo.
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Posted on 4/29/25 at 9:26 am to nmh3303
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I was coming here to float the idea of Ace Reese.
One of the guys that recruited him to Houston out of high school was Ross Kivett, who moved back to Tennessee since they opened up more paid assistant roles (he was the volunteer there before).
So there is a connection there.
On a side note about Houston, I wouldn't be shocked to see them make a change at HC. Maybe they'll hire the guy that Rice should have, Pat Hallmark.
Posted on 4/29/25 at 8:45 pm to ProjectP2294
Updated Prospect Rankings per MLB 4/29 LINK
30 - Quentin Young
52 - Dean Moss
56 - Brady Ebel
59 - Briggs McKenzie
65 - Jaden Fauske
85 - Miguel Sime
88 - River Hamilton
118 - Omar Serna
138 - Reagan Ricken
147 - Landon Hodge
30 - Quentin Young
52 - Dean Moss
56 - Brady Ebel
59 - Briggs McKenzie
65 - Jaden Fauske
85 - Miguel Sime
88 - River Hamilton
118 - Omar Serna
138 - Reagan Ricken
147 - Landon Hodge
Posted on 4/29/25 at 8:47 pm to nmh3303
I'm surprised Ebel is below Moss, and it looks like McKenzie has indeed made a huge leap on boards. Sime also a little lower than I thought.
Posted on 4/30/25 at 7:41 am to nmh3303
Not as promising as I would have hoped. On ESPN a guy released a Top 65 and it only included Fauske a couple weeks ago. No Young, Moss, Ebel or McKenzie in his list.
I will say nice to see Serna seems like he's more than likely making it in here unless his number isnt that high. That would make 2 years in a row we've brought in our top catcher, which is something we struggled with for years fighting with the draft and those guys.
Still a ways to go to find out who goes pro and who comes here (and stays on current team), but I get the feeling with the size of this class, and the fact the roster are being severely dwindled down to 34 players; we will use the portal to be ultra selective. It's not going to be double digit players coming from there. Probably not more than 5-7 guys if I had to guess.
I will say nice to see Serna seems like he's more than likely making it in here unless his number isnt that high. That would make 2 years in a row we've brought in our top catcher, which is something we struggled with for years fighting with the draft and those guys.
Still a ways to go to find out who goes pro and who comes here (and stays on current team), but I get the feeling with the size of this class, and the fact the roster are being severely dwindled down to 34 players; we will use the portal to be ultra selective. It's not going to be double digit players coming from there. Probably not more than 5-7 guys if I had to guess.
This post was edited on 4/30/25 at 7:44 am
Posted on 4/30/25 at 8:29 am to thunderbird1100
I wonder who will get the pitcher from Florida Atlantic in the portal.
Posted on 4/30/25 at 8:45 am to ProjectP2294
Project, do you think we push hard for Holton now to decommit from State?
Posted on 4/30/25 at 8:48 am to lsu777
I hope so. I was surprised he committed there in the first place.
Posted on 4/30/25 at 9:10 am to ProjectP2294
quote:
I hope so. I was surprised he committed there in the first place.
me too, kid is a stud and has a ton of potential.
Posted on 4/30/25 at 11:02 am to lsu777
Baseball America expanded their draft rankings to 400 today.
Fauske keeps rising. McKenzie keeps rising in opinion, though not in these rankings. Sime made 40+ spot jump to get into the top 100. Dean Moss dropped 40+ spots to spot 100. Paz, Hamilton, Ricken keep dropping. Clauss dropping, William Patrick moving up slightly.
Landon Hodge, Mason Braun, Zac Cowan, and Conner Ware enter the rankings for the first time.
23 current or committed players in the top 400. Plus at least 3 transfers out.
Fauske keeps rising. McKenzie keeps rising in opinion, though not in these rankings. Sime made 40+ spot jump to get into the top 100. Dean Moss dropped 40+ spots to spot 100. Paz, Hamilton, Ricken keep dropping. Clauss dropping, William Patrick moving up slightly.
Landon Hodge, Mason Braun, Zac Cowan, and Conner Ware enter the rankings for the first time.
23 current or committed players in the top 400. Plus at least 3 transfers out.
Posted on 4/30/25 at 7:32 pm to ProjectP2294
Would it be fair to compare Moss to Duplantis in terms of play style? Some of the clips I've seen and writeups I've read remind me a ton of him. Contact first lefty with great bat control, solid but not great speed, solid but not great defense, not much power. No noodle arm which is a positive.
Swing path and follow through remind me a ton of Curiel, simply the visual aspect. Almost a Japanese style lefty follow throw - like this
Swing path and follow through remind me a ton of Curiel, simply the visual aspect. Almost a Japanese style lefty follow throw - like this
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I kind of like Reagan Ricken's profile. He has good size and tools. He plays QB in HS, it will be interesting to see how he develops when concentrating on one sport.
Posted on 5/1/25 at 10:22 am to N2daWild
Moss and Curiel hitting one two would be pretty cool to see
Posted on 5/1/25 at 11:48 am to ProjectP2294
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I was surprised he committed there in the first place.
Not certain he had a commitable offer
One of the pitchers under consideration for the '26 Class
The only offer in that class at any position from LA is Cupit, and he has been committed for a long time
Posted on 5/1/25 at 12:13 pm to wahoocs
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The only offer in that class at any position from LA is Cupit, and he has been committed for a long time
Is it a down year in state or are we just taking our time on those guys?
ETA: This is a recent blurb on Holton from Baseball America:
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Holton is an athletic righthander with more strength projection left in his 6-foot-3, 195-pound frame. He already has high-end velocity for his age with a fastball up to 96, and once he fills out, he could eventually throw 100 mph. He has the upside to be a riser on the 2026 rankings if he’s able to dial in more consistent strikes.
This post was edited on 5/1/25 at 12:17 pm
Posted on 5/1/25 at 2:34 pm to ProjectP2294
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if he’s able to dial in more consistent strikes.
Probably this
Along with all of the other higher velo/ spin rate guys
Was told there are no position players on the radar in that class from LA
3 pitchers on the radar
Posted on 5/1/25 at 2:35 pm to ProjectP2294
34 roster spots has as much to do with it as the level of talent
Posted on 5/1/25 at 4:23 pm to wahoocs
Missed last week...
Stat update for recent LSU transfers or other notable LSU linked players
#Kucherak has been mashing, now up to 13 HR
#Ruddell with a nice couple of weeks
#Plog with 2 solid starts: combined 7.2 innings 4 hits 1 ER
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Brady Neal, C, #16 (Alabama)
92AB, 22H, 32R, 2HR, 14RBI, 22BB, 22SO, .239/.398/.359/.757
Sammy Dutton, RHP, #44 (Auburn)
11GS, 5-2, 2.48 ERA, 61.2 IP, 55H, 19R, 17ER, 13BB, 73K, 1.103 WHIP
Cam Johnson, LHP, #175 (OU)
8G, 7GS, 2-0, 5.85 ERA, 20.0 IP, 17H, 14R, 13ER, 21BB, 21K, 7HBP 1.900 WHIP
Paxton Kling, CF, #189 (Penn St)
168AB, 55H, 49R, 12HR, 42RBI, 28BB, 42SO, 13-15SB, .327/.438/.619/1.057
Aiden Moffett, RHP, #679 (Texas)
6G, 0-0, 4.0 IP, 2.25 ERA, 1H, 1R, 1ER, 4BB, 7K, 2HBP, 1.250 WHIP
Nic Bronzini, LHP, #1291 (Washington)
1G, 0-0, 0.1 IP, 0.00 ERA, 1H, 0R, 0ER, 2BB, 9.000 WHIP
Zeb Ruddell, OF, #2024 (La Tech)
128AB, 33H, 29R, 7HR, 21RBI, 24BB, 32SO, 4-5SB, .258/.399/.492/.891
Ryan Kucherak, INF, #2273 (Northwestern)
158AB, 41H, 27R, 13HR, 30RBI, 15BB, 39SO, .260/.337/.570/.907
Micah Bucknam, RHP, #2626 (DBU)
11GS, 6-1, 4.61 ERA, 56.2 IP, 50H, 34R, 29ER, 23BB, 76K, 1.288 WHIP
Austen Roellig, INF, #3511 (Utah)
159AB, 56H, 26R, 1HR, 31RBI, 8BB, 22SO, .352/.399/.459/.858
Derrick Mitchell, OF, #3534 (Austin Peay)
3AB, 0H, 0R, 0HR, 0RBI, 0BB, 0SO, .000/.000/.000/.000
MJ Seo, RHP, #3613 (Wichita State)
1GS, 0-1, 108.00 ERA, 0.1 IP, 1H, 4R, 4ER, 2BB, 1HBP, 1K, 9.000 WHIP
Trenton Lape, RHP (Chipola)
11G, 10GS, 2-2, 1S, 5.60 ERA, 35.1 IP, 39H, 27R, 22ER, 21BB, 32K, 1.70 WHIP
Griffin Cooley, OF (LSUE)
56AB, 15H, 19R, 1HR, 14RBI, 18BB, 19SO, .268/.393/.462/.855
Trevor Schmidt, 1B (Fullerton College).
142AB, 48H, 37R, 5HR, 45RBI, 27BB, 38SO, 2SB .338/.459/.535/.994
Landon Victorian, P (OU)
1GS, 0.00 ERA, 2.0 IP, 3H, 0R, 0ER, 1BB, 1K, 2.000 WHIP
---------------
LSU JUCO commitments for 2026
Daniel Harden, OF (McLennan)
171AB, 62H, 60R, 10HR, 46RBI, 37BB, 24SO, 12-12SB, .363/.513/.632/1.145
Ethan Plog, LHP (Iowa Western)
10G, 8GS, 3-3, 5.61 ERA, 25.2 IP, 27H, 19R, 16ER, 19BB, 35K, 1.79 WHIP
Stat update for recent LSU transfers or other notable LSU linked players
#Kucherak has been mashing, now up to 13 HR
#Ruddell with a nice couple of weeks
#Plog with 2 solid starts: combined 7.2 innings 4 hits 1 ER
------------------------------------
Brady Neal, C, #16 (Alabama)
92AB, 22H, 32R, 2HR, 14RBI, 22BB, 22SO, .239/.398/.359/.757
Sammy Dutton, RHP, #44 (Auburn)
11GS, 5-2, 2.48 ERA, 61.2 IP, 55H, 19R, 17ER, 13BB, 73K, 1.103 WHIP
Cam Johnson, LHP, #175 (OU)
8G, 7GS, 2-0, 5.85 ERA, 20.0 IP, 17H, 14R, 13ER, 21BB, 21K, 7HBP 1.900 WHIP
Paxton Kling, CF, #189 (Penn St)
168AB, 55H, 49R, 12HR, 42RBI, 28BB, 42SO, 13-15SB, .327/.438/.619/1.057
Aiden Moffett, RHP, #679 (Texas)
6G, 0-0, 4.0 IP, 2.25 ERA, 1H, 1R, 1ER, 4BB, 7K, 2HBP, 1.250 WHIP
Nic Bronzini, LHP, #1291 (Washington)
1G, 0-0, 0.1 IP, 0.00 ERA, 1H, 0R, 0ER, 2BB, 9.000 WHIP
Zeb Ruddell, OF, #2024 (La Tech)
128AB, 33H, 29R, 7HR, 21RBI, 24BB, 32SO, 4-5SB, .258/.399/.492/.891
Ryan Kucherak, INF, #2273 (Northwestern)
158AB, 41H, 27R, 13HR, 30RBI, 15BB, 39SO, .260/.337/.570/.907
Micah Bucknam, RHP, #2626 (DBU)
11GS, 6-1, 4.61 ERA, 56.2 IP, 50H, 34R, 29ER, 23BB, 76K, 1.288 WHIP
Austen Roellig, INF, #3511 (Utah)
159AB, 56H, 26R, 1HR, 31RBI, 8BB, 22SO, .352/.399/.459/.858
Derrick Mitchell, OF, #3534 (Austin Peay)
3AB, 0H, 0R, 0HR, 0RBI, 0BB, 0SO, .000/.000/.000/.000
MJ Seo, RHP, #3613 (Wichita State)
1GS, 0-1, 108.00 ERA, 0.1 IP, 1H, 4R, 4ER, 2BB, 1HBP, 1K, 9.000 WHIP
Trenton Lape, RHP (Chipola)
11G, 10GS, 2-2, 1S, 5.60 ERA, 35.1 IP, 39H, 27R, 22ER, 21BB, 32K, 1.70 WHIP
Griffin Cooley, OF (LSUE)
56AB, 15H, 19R, 1HR, 14RBI, 18BB, 19SO, .268/.393/.462/.855
Trevor Schmidt, 1B (Fullerton College).
142AB, 48H, 37R, 5HR, 45RBI, 27BB, 38SO, 2SB .338/.459/.535/.994
Landon Victorian, P (OU)
1GS, 0.00 ERA, 2.0 IP, 3H, 0R, 0ER, 1BB, 1K, 2.000 WHIP
---------------
LSU JUCO commitments for 2026
Daniel Harden, OF (McLennan)
171AB, 62H, 60R, 10HR, 46RBI, 37BB, 24SO, 12-12SB, .363/.513/.632/1.145
Ethan Plog, LHP (Iowa Western)
10G, 8GS, 3-3, 5.61 ERA, 25.2 IP, 27H, 19R, 16ER, 19BB, 35K, 1.79 WHIP
Posted on 5/1/25 at 8:11 pm to WJP23
Love Moss’ swing from the videos posted, him and Curiel 1-2 or even 9-1 would be fun to see
Posted on 5/1/25 at 9:42 pm to WJP23
Gotta think Moffett is in line for more innings with their injuries.
Cam Johnson hasn't thrown in 18 days, and that was 12 pitches. Has thrown 36 pitches since March 18.
Kling hasn't hit a homer since April 11.
Encouraging results from Plog.
Cam Johnson hasn't thrown in 18 days, and that was 12 pitches. Has thrown 36 pitches since March 18.
Kling hasn't hit a homer since April 11.
Encouraging results from Plog.
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