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re: LSU Baseball 2026 (and beyond) Recruiting Thread

Posted on 6/11/26 at 8:46 pm to
Posted by TigerCub
Team Boxtard
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Posted on 6/11/26 at 8:46 pm to
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I think he has the Danny Dickinson toughness/mindset that Jay likes.


If you go by Florida's website he played most of his sophomore season with a hand injury.
Posted by Lester Earl
3rd Ward
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Posted on 6/11/26 at 8:50 pm to
I don’t think he is a couple hundred grand guy
Posted by nmh3303
Member since Jun 2024
178 posts
Posted on 6/11/26 at 8:55 pm to
Kurland is a 3+ year SEC starter at a position of need for us that had a sophomore slump and dealt with injury.

Led off in the CWS Finals against LSU in all 3 games and went 5-11. Jay mentioned he took Stanfield because of what stuck out in his ABs vs Skenes, look at how that took out. This is a really great nab.
Posted by ccox11
Member since Sep 2014
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Posted on 6/11/26 at 9:06 pm to
The problem will be if Ruckert winds up entering the portal because of Kurland.
Posted by josh336
baton rouge
Member since Jan 2007
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Posted on 6/11/26 at 9:13 pm to
That was more top end, prob more 80-150k. That those bottom of draft guys can get
Posted by BayTiger13
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Posted on 6/11/26 at 9:21 pm to
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Pineda from Baylor


This was my initial thought on this. Definitely gives me Jack Pineda vibes. More of a leverage commit than anything. If he ends up at LSU so much the better but not expecting it.
Posted by PurpleNGold
Tiger Stadium
Member since Mar 2006
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Posted on 6/11/26 at 9:23 pm to
It's a risk/reward type of deal. It seems Kurland has had injuries but played through some as well. The guy has a really good glove with some pop in the bat (close to 1,000 ABs thus far) with SEC experience. With the draft who really knows, but hearing likely day 2 or possibly 3.

We only won 9 SEC games last year. Yep, I'd take some of that risk.
This post was edited on 6/11/26 at 9:31 pm
Posted by Glizzy_gang
Member since Sep 2023
910 posts
Posted on 6/11/26 at 9:49 pm to
I wanna be excited about this but the draft risk sucks and like project mentioned, this could push someone out like Pearson or Ruckert.

Let’s say Kurland makes it to campus and Ruckert and Pearson stay. Do we see Ruckert and Pearson platoon at 3rd? Or do they try to play kurland there? He’s never played anything other than 2nd in 4 years of college
Posted by Pistol 23
Member since Feb 2007
676 posts
Posted on 6/12/26 at 12:14 am to
Does anyone know if there has been any consideration to adjusting the calendar? I think most coaches would like the draft to happen before the portal. Years ago, the draft would fall during the regionals and even the CWS if you go back to the 90's. That was not ideal. They moved the draft to July which seemed perfect. Then the portal was invented. Since the draft deadline to sign is late July, they obviously can't open the portal in August. It just seems like there is no great option. Any thoughts?
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