re: LSU Baseball 2025 (and beyond) Recruiting Thread

Come on down MJ

I'm starting to feel like Briggs McKenzie might be the most important get in this class.

Current lefties: Williams, Primeaux, Anderson, Ware, Brown, Beck. Of that group, Williams is the only one I am confident in contributing next year.

2025 class: McKenzie, Aase and Plog.

Certainly we will bring in some high profile portal arms, but we will still be very thin here. Perhaps some from the current roster come back, like Primeaux for example, or Aase and Plog turn out to be contributors. I would just feel a little better if McKenzie makes it to campus.

We appear to be turning it up a little with Kevin Mebil, the LHP from Barry

Lots of activity since last update....

2025 LSU PORTAL TRACKER

* Bolded names below indicate new activity since the last update
* Ranks are from 64 Analytics (some not listed yet, will update as available)

PITCHERS
Ricky Reeth, RHP, Notre Dame, SR, #8
4.31 ERA, 48.0 IP, 44H, 23ER, 12BB, 43K, 1.167 WHIP

Eddie Smink, RHP, Stony Brook, JR, #9
2025: 6.91 ERA, 13 GS, 57.1 IP, 83H, 54R, 44ER, 26BB, 47K, 1.901 WHIP
2024: 3.76 ERA, 11 GS, 55.0 IP, 43H, 23R, 19ER, 27BB, 56K, 1.273 WHIP

Ethan Harden, LHP, Belmont, JR, #10
2.45 ERA, 29.1 IP, 22H, 8ER, 10BB, 32K, 5S, 1.091 WHIP

Owen Puk, RHP, FIU, JR, #31
4.91 ERA, 12GS, 40.1 IP, 33H, 22ER, 23BB, 41K, 1.388 WHIP

Kyle Rizy, RHP, Bryant, SR, #112
3.96 ERA, 38.2 IP, 33H, 17ER, 20BB, 41K, 1.371 WHIP
(not officially on through normal channels, but adding given that we obviously have other means in which to contact him)

Dawson Montesa, RHP, Adelphi, SO, #179
1.99 ERA, 12GS, 72.1 IP, 56H, 16ER, 24BB, 105K, 1.106 WHIP

Colby Guy, RHP, UNC-Ashville, SR, #263
10.80 ERA, 5GS, 16.2 IP, 29H 30R, 20ER, 12BB, 15K, 2.460 WHIP

Kevin Mebil, LHP, Barry University, SO, #345
2.04 ERA, 21G, 1GS, 35IP, 27H, 23BB, 42K, 1.415 WHIP

Jaylen Jones, LHP, Ohio State, SR, #525
2024: 17.36 ERA, 7G, 0GS, 4.2 IP, 7H, 9ER, 7BB, 5K, 3.000 WHIP

Jack Gibson, LHP, UNC-Wilmington, SO, #4708
50.14 ERA, 3G, 2.1 IP, 9H, 13R, 6BB, 1K, 6.43 WHIP

MJ Bollinger, RHP, FAU, SO
2.01 ERA, 44.2 IP, 37H, 10ER, 13BB, 39K, 1.119 WHIP

Colin Ewaldsen, RHP, Mercer, SO
4.68 ERA, 25IP, 22H, 13ER, 11BB, 30K, 1.320 WHIP

Justin Mayes, LHP, Notre Dame, JR
13.50 ERA, 7.1 IP, 12H, 11ER, 11BB, 13K, 3.136 WHIP

Alex Valentin, LHP, Texas State, SO
6.12 ERA, 16G 11GS, 67.2 IP, 58H, 46ER, 37BB, 58K, 1.404 WHIP

Zach Mizrahi, LHP, Penn State, Grad Transfer, #1714
No stats

POSITION PLAYERS
Temo Becerra, SS, Stanford, SR, #6
.341/.394/.435/.829, 25R, 1HR, 36RBI, 14BB, 24K, 3-6SB

Justin Osterhouse, 2B, Purdue Fort Wayne, SO, #7
.323/.451/.634/1.085, 49R, 16HR, 45RBI, 30BB, 37K, 13-17SB

Logan Sutter, 1B, Purdue, SR, #11
.367/.471/.709/1.180, 55R, 15HR, 62RBI, 36BB, 47K

Josh Livingston, 2B, Wichita St, SR, #16
.285/.406/.546/.952, 42R, 14HR, 47RBI, 28BB, 54K

Trent Liolios, 1B, Northwestern, JR, #21
.263/.353/.623/.976, 35R, 16HR, 35RBI, 22BB, 42K

Brayden Simpson, 3B, High Point, JR, #37
.389/.477/.774/1.251, 75R, 22HR, 78RBI, 24BB, 46K, 14-15SB

Camden Gasser, SS, Purdue, JR, #264
2025: 39G, .200/.423/.227/.650, 22R, 0HR, 5RBI, 4-5SB, 25BB, 31K
2024: 51G, .329/.507/.387/.894, 52R, 1HR, 29RBI, 17-20SB, 53BB, 40K

Nate Savoie, OF/C, Loyola Marymount, SO
.300/.384/.675/1.058, 42R, 20HR, 61RBI, 14BB, 46K

Todd Clay, INF(3B), Alabama-Birmingham, SR
.361/.473/.539/1.012, 34R, 7HR, 51RBI, 39BB, 30K, 6-7SB

Matthew Polk, OF, Vandy, SR
2024: .316/.372/.492/.864, 35R, 5HR, 21RBI, 7BB, 38K, 8-9SB

Kyle Morrison, 3B, South Alabama, SR
.294/.399/.521/.920, 35R, 9HR, 44RBI, 28BB, 42K, 2-3SB

Camden Johnson, SS/3B, Wichita St, JR
.325/.402/.433/.835, 47R, 2HR, 35RBI, 24BB, 41K, 9-12SB

Ty Dalley, OF/1B, Mercer, SR
.273/.352/.588/.940, 45R, 19HR, 61RBI, 27BB, 51K

Ryne Farber, SS, Texas State, SO
2025: .267/.382/.380/.762, 41R, 4HR, 33RBI, 30BB, 36K, 17-21SB
2024: .340/.466/.468/.934, 36R, 2HR, 25RBI, 28BB, 9K, 8-10SB

LSU PORTAL ADDS
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LSU PLAYERS IN PORTAL
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PLAYERS COMMITTED ELSEWHERE
Erik Paulsen, 1B, Stony Brook, SO, #4 (UNC)
.352/.446/.575/.1.021, 41 R, 8 HR, 38 RBI, 7-9 SB, 23 BB, 11K

Kaden Echeman, RHP, Northern Kentucky, SR, #18
3.64 ERA, 2-3, 8GS, 47 IP, 34H, 23R, 19ER, 19BB, 73K, .201BAA, 1,128 WHIP

Joshua Gregoire, RHP, ULM, SO, #28
2.38 ERA, 34 IP, 23H, 10R, 9ER, 18BB, 40K, 1.205 WHIP

Ben Slanker, OF, Ohio, SO, #38 (Louisville)
.302/.422/.720/1.142, 43R, 21HR, 69RBI, 41BB, 38K, 3-3SB

Mason Estrada, RHP, MIT (from Covington), Grad Transfer, #102 (Tennessee)
2.21 ERA, 6-0, 10GS, 40.2 IP, 22H, 16R, 10ER, 23BB, 66K, .154BAA, 1,119 WHIP

64 ANALYTICS PORTAL RANKS
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They have some talent, but a lot of is draft eligible.

I'm sure they have some guys that will follow. I'm interested in the carousel impact and who Virginia goes after.

ETA: Freshman LHP Thomas Valincius would probably be the most sought after guy in the portal if he entered.

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Looks like Brian O'Connor is going to be the new Miss State head coach. Wonder if Virginia has any players that might hit the portal (or they may just follow him to Starkville who knows).

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Aiden Harris didn’t get much playing time this year but he was a top 20 HS recruit last year. Also Henry Ford can play 1B but I think played a lot OF this year. I’m sure the OG’s here know if he’s a draft eligible soph or not.

MLB.com released a new top 200 prospect list.

LSU players of interest:
#3 Kade Anderson
#33 Quentin Young (signee)
#54 Dean Moss (signee)
#56 Jaden Fauske (signee)
#61 Brady Ebel (signee)
#64 Briggs McKenzie (signee)
#66 Anthony Eyanson
#72 Daniel Dickinson
#85 Chase Shores
#89 William Patrick (signee)
#91 Miguel Sime (signee)
#97 River Hamilton (signee)
#99 Jared Jones
#127 Omar Serna (signee)
#130 Ethan Frey
#150 Reagan Ricken (signee)

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Looking at this list of signees it brings up a question. Will any of these dudes look at Schmidt and be like “no thanks, I’m gonna take my money and run”??? I know his story at LSU isn’t over yet but I feel like no one saw this season playing out like it has. I guess if he comes out next year and crushes then it doesn’t matter.

Also on the other hand guys could look at Curiel and see why LSU would make more sense for them.

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Every situation is unique. Schmidt is a BR kid who dreamed of playing for LSU. If he were from CA, he would have signed. Also, look at Anderson's numbers from his freshman season. Schmidt is far from done here.

Curiel is a draft-eligible sophomore, which helped get him here, but it also shows high school recruits that you can boost your stock by coming to LSU.

Several of these guys on the list are going to sign. That is the nature of things.

Schmidt is far from done and I think he will be really good with a little seasoning.

I think the lights got a little too big for him as a freshmen, and not every freshmen is ready.

but his big issue has been walks and he has 11 in 2 innings of SEC play vs 9 in 28.2 IP out of conference. makes me think he probably just needs to settle down a bit.

he reminds me of thatcher
hurd. when he’s throwing the breaking ball for strikes he’s really good.

Seems like he could play 2nd and fit the profile