re: LSU Baseball 2026 (and beyond) Recruiting Thread

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He's not. He's generally a plagiarist and info thief that doesn't attribute.

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This year especially, Jay is keeping information very close to the vest. It's difficult to know who Jay has an interest in or not. I'm surprised the OF from Kent St hasn't been mentioned, but that doesn't mean Jay isn't talking to him or his agent.

I believe Wachs could play CF.

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I heard we're starting to make a push for the Tulane OF

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I don't understand this. At this point, OF doesn't seem like a position of need (we already have two starting positions locked up via Braun and Watters, both of whom are better than Wachs; also, we have 4 stud OF signees, one of whom will likely make it to campus). Meanwhile, we have major deficiencies at 2B and 3B (Ruckert and Pearson don't appear to be SEC caliber players). Thoughts?

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He's not. He's generally a plagiarist and info thief that doesn't attribute.

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Figured.

Savoie and Hanoian are the only ones that really interest me from that list.

Wachs was all RF and DH, but he had a hip injury he was dealing with all year which their coach said was why he DH'd as much as he did. Not sure if they would have played him more in CF if healthy.

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Thoughts?

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My thoughts are if we only have two good outfielders going into next year we likely need a third. Just because we bring in an OF doesn't mean we can't bring in an IF also.

Also if by chance Milam comes back, we no longer have major deficiencies at both 3B and 2B.

I’m wondering if we’re going to pick up Mikey Bell from Gonazaga at 3B, have Milam Return, and then have Park and Ruckert duke it out at 2B. I also think that this is a possibility

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we are on him

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OF doesn't seem like a position of need

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Braun is likely better suited at 1B than OF. You want to be able to DH one of Serna/Bide so they can remain as rested as possible to rotate at the C position. This only changes if you scoop a defense first C in the portal who has a capable bat.

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Meanwhile, we have major deficiencies at 2B and 3B (Ruckert and Pearson don't appear to be SEC caliber players).

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Not sure how you could watch Ruckert, outside of his early PT struggles, and not see promise.

Ruckert hit the ball hard all over the field, just right at people. He had the 4th lowest BABIP on the team (18 qualified hitters) and had the second lowest K rate behind only Milam.

His raw numbers didn't look good, sure - but you can tell he has a ton of talent. He's also very rangy and has a good arm.

You don't pencil him in at 2B, but you absolutely don't go into this off season saying you need to replace him. Pearson, yes. I think he needs to be replaced. If you get Milam back? Pearson is already replaced.

How is he defensively? If he's a good defender, you absolutely bring in the boom/bust catcher and then have a ton of flexibility with corner OF/1B/DH between He, Braun, Bide, and Serna.

Also 6'1 185 (if accurate) leads me to believe he can add more weight and even more power to the frame, if he's movable to C full time (I see Project's note about no defensive stats at USC).