re: LSU Baseball 2026 (and beyond) Recruiting Thread

The roster limit of 34 is still there, but there are exceptions. The concern at the time was that a lot of players would have lost their roster spot with the change. To fix this/help with the transition, if a player was on a team at the time rosters were cut down to 34, they could be labeled as a "Designated Student Athlete" (DSA). DSAs (for the rest of their eligibility) don't count toward the hard roster limit so they are essentially grandfathered in. This DSA tag follows them even if they transfer.

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He also said Milam is moving to second base

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To be fair, he probably believes us like everyone else that Milam will be at SS. Armstrong are hearing from his sources. Those sources were correct about Milam coming back to LSU.

Armstrong had some errors from latest video on some of his numbers. He mentioned 5 portal additions, but it is 6. He also mentioned that he should probably get about 13 new signees and saw as around 36. We probably could add another a couple of portal additions.

So let us talk about the real numbers. We are at 23 and will probably lose 5 to more to the draft. That puts as at 18, Jay mentioned at 17. I will keep it at 17 because there could be conversations already done. If we leave it at 17, add the 6 additional portals put us at 23. We have 25 in the 2026 class and Jay predicts we will lose between 8-6. So if we lose at 8, puts us at 17 plus 23 us at 40. Jay mentioned we will keep "40 or 41".

Even is we lose one player, because Jay mentioned 17, the numbers are already tight. Jay is still taking visits according the Tigerrag video. We could easily take another portal addition. That would put us at 41. If Jay only loses 7 from the 2026 class, now we are 42. if we only lose 6, we are at 43. What if one of those 5 mentioned from our current roster returns, Guidry, Sheerin, Garcia, Brown or Curiel. Now we will be at 44.

The situation is obviously still fluid. The more we add the better for the team, but some subtractions might still need to happen.

I'm pretty sure that will be the roster for the season.

Last year Jay wanted 42. LSU told them 40. Keep in mind we have a new AD. We lost Reddemann late in portal to put us at 39. Shahrdar didn't stay, so kept us at 38

I don't know how the conversations will happen, Injuries, JUCO, more portal subtractions or we don't do very good in the draft.

In the interview where he put out the 41 number he also says he a notepad where he writes out next year's roster at least twice a day. So it's obviously very fluid at this point.

I'm sure if Jay would have his way he would want 1 guy to seize each position. That means everyone is playing to a high level. Platooning is more when you don't have that but its obvious Jay isn't scared to have to do that either.

It is too early to tell with any of that though. Still have the draft, fall, and spring ball to go through to narrow it down. Jay is building this roster with a lot of players being very versatile. Fall will have plenty players getting time at multiple positions.

I think we should bring in a HS catcher every year and a JUCO catcher every other year. Guys move positions, transfer out, just don’t pan out, get drafted, etc, so the numbers always work out. But you need depth at catcher regardless because even if they aren’t playing in the game, there are 20 pitchers that need work every day and need to throw to someone.

And you don’t want all that wear and tear on the starter or even just the top 2.

Portal fill in when necessary, but a HS every year and JC every other would keep you in good shape.

Thomas Allen and Micah Worley seem to be the targets

Both catchers improved by a pretty wide margin from start to end of this season. I understand it is frustrating but both guys are young and it is really hard to come from high school where the pitching isn't nearly as hard to catch as in college. Also, some of the pitchers didn't have a clue where the ball was going when it left their hand. That doesn't help out catcher. Hopefully pitcher development and a better pitching staff who can attack the strike zone will help the catchers do their job even better next season.

Nolan Cain going back to A&M. Wow.

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