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re: LSU Baseball 2026 (and beyond) Recruiting Thread

Posted on 6/23/26 at 4:12 pm to
Posted by ProjectP2294
West St. Louis County
Member since May 2007
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Posted on 6/23/26 at 4:12 pm to
I can’t see Santarelli making it to campus after that. It was a slim chance before that, and I think that slim chance evaporated.
Posted by skullhawk
My house
Member since Nov 2007
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Posted on 6/23/26 at 4:23 pm to
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I can’t see Santarelli making it to campus after that. It was a slim chance before that, and I think that slim chance evaporated.


I can’t get over how put together he is. He would be intimidating in the box as a big leaguer.
This post was edited on 6/23/26 at 4:32 pm
Posted by nicholastiger
Member since Jan 2004
56487 posts
Posted on 6/23/26 at 4:27 pm to
santarelli looks like the next Schwarber
Posted by LesnarF5
Member since Apr 2015
10268 posts
Posted on 6/23/26 at 5:39 pm to
I hope Dominic's Mama wants him to go to college.
Posted by hall59tiger
Member since Oct 2013
3064 posts
Posted on 6/23/26 at 5:40 pm to
For the guys who understand hs baseball recruiting, would you change anything about the way we recruit? I guess what I’m wondering is if losing so many guys to the draft is avoidable or is it just a product of Jay recruiting so well. Seems oversimplistic to say we should just recruit less skilled guys in hopes the MLB doesn’t take them away
Posted by N2daWild
Member since Jul 2019
11465 posts
Posted on 6/23/26 at 6:04 pm to
It's better to lose some top prospects than to have not any top prospects.

This post was edited on 6/23/26 at 6:05 pm
Posted by DRock88
Member since Aug 2015
10799 posts
Posted on 6/23/26 at 6:12 pm to
I wouldn't change it at all. I'd much rather get big commits and lose them to the draft than to pass on the big recruits and see them pass on the draft to go elsewhere. I think class size is always the tricky part.
Posted by bbnitiger
Member since Feb 2024
382 posts
Posted on 6/23/26 at 6:14 pm to
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time for my CWS format rant


As long as you’re talking about rule changes, I’d rather they increase roster sizes, especially since the reduction is not fully in place yet, than change the format of the CWS. If they don’t, I would think they will only reduce number of pitchers on the roster slightly, if they choose to reduce pitchers at all. This would mean reductions in position players, so recruiting 2 way players may become more important.
Posted by WJP23
Member since Feb 2023
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Posted on 6/23/26 at 6:35 pm to
Posted by LSUMANINVA
West Virginia
Member since Sep 2004
9552 posts
Posted on 6/23/26 at 6:48 pm to
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He seems like the only transfer lsu fans root against. Kinda weird


bullshite. I cheered against Brady Neal (white) and Ashton Larson (very white) the whole season and especially in the post season.
Posted by Tigerfan14
Member since Jun 2014
1820 posts
Posted on 6/23/26 at 6:49 pm to
quote:

For the guys who understand hs baseball recruiting, would you change anything about the way we recruit? I guess what I’m wondering is if losing so many guys to the draft is avoidable or is it just a product of Jay recruiting so well. Seems oversimplistic to say we should just recruit less skilled guys in hopes the MLB doesn’t take them away


We were kind of doing that before Jay where we were trying to hit the sweet spot and our talent dipped. We’ve definitely had some success getting a few top guys through the draft, the issue last year was that Jay seemed to think he was going to get several more guys through the draft and they ended up signing. Jaden Fauske, Briggs McKenzie, Dean Moss and Maybe River Hamilton were 3 guys I think he thought he would get to campus and they didn’t. Things look different this year if you get the first 3 of the group.
Posted by Jack Daniel
Gold member
Member since Feb 2013
29480 posts
Posted on 6/23/26 at 8:39 pm to
I know you’re trying to race bait but I pulled against Brady Neil too
Posted by AlecRock23
Central, LA
Member since Mar 2015
2357 posts
Posted on 6/23/26 at 8:57 pm to
Casey McCoy from tech entered the portal

We should take this guy in my opinion
Posted by Lester Earl
3rd Ward
Member since Nov 2003
291155 posts
Posted on 6/23/26 at 9:50 pm to
You cheered against lsu the last two years, so that means nothing
Posted by Tigerfan14
Member since Jun 2014
1820 posts
Posted on 6/23/26 at 10:25 pm to
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I can’t see Santarelli making it to campus after that. It was a slim chance before that, and I think that slim chance evaporated.


Definitely disappointing to see he a Nawrocki fly up boards. Then again, Jared Jones mashed at that event 3 times and was still a 9th round pick. Different swing, but maybe helps hold some hope.
Posted by josh336
baton rouge
Member since Jan 2007
83280 posts
Posted on 6/23/26 at 10:49 pm to
Sort of off subject, but saw arkansas pulled traeger from tcu. Thats like 6 big time portal players for them. Would love to know their NIL budget compared to some of the other big sec schools like LSU, texas, a&m, and miss st
Posted by Pistol 23
Member since Feb 2007
681 posts
Posted on 6/23/26 at 11:31 pm to
Interesting that MLB.com has the top 200 ranked players on their website. They have Cam Johnson at 166 and L.J. Mercurius at 172!
Posted by BayTiger13
Louisiana
Member since Feb 2022
2646 posts
Posted on 6/24/26 at 6:40 am to
MLB prospect rankings and the way teams draft still factor in projectability. Just can't teach mid 90s from the left side. A lot of teams will think they have the right guys in the minors to fix his issues.
Posted by N2daWild
Member since Jul 2019
11465 posts
Posted on 6/24/26 at 7:14 am to
I talked to a friend who attended to Jay's luncheon last off-season. This might have been the first time Jay publicly mentioned that we need to better in the funds department. I don't know total money available for any team but Jay talked about revenue share. LSU was ranked around 14 out of the SEC teams. LSU was about $400,000. I believe Arkansas was first at 3 million. There were other teams with around 2 million.
Posted by thunderbird1100
GSU Eagles fan
Member since Oct 2007
72454 posts
Posted on 6/24/26 at 7:59 am to
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I know you’re trying to race bait but I pulled against Brady Neil too



I dont know of any LSU fan outside of Lester who did
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