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Posted on 8/25/25 at 4:07 pm to Jack Daniel
Well, for starters, if you want to win a natty you better get the best players you can find no matter what state they come from.
California, Texas and Florida are light years better from a competition standpoint over Louisiana high school ball.
Only downside is you lose the really good ones to the draft.
California, Texas and Florida are light years better from a competition standpoint over Louisiana high school ball.
Only downside is you lose the really good ones to the draft.
Posted on 8/25/25 at 4:09 pm to Jack Daniel
Only one that’s really possibly a miss is Haynes and that’s a maybe and he developed late and the oos class is stupid strong
Posted on 8/25/25 at 5:03 pm to WJP23
That's some legit recruiting going on there. Thanks for the updates. 
Posted on 8/25/25 at 6:54 pm to nicholastiger
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Well, for starters, if you want to win a natty you better get the best players you can find no matter what state they come from. California, Texas and Florida are light years better from a competition standpoint over Louisiana high school ball. Only downside is you lose the really good ones to the draft.
Not really, especially not at the top. Not even ahead, much less light years. The depth in those states are better just because of population. There are more top prospects from there for same reasons. For the most part recruiting happens based off travel anyways. They don’t value your ability against other HS teams when only about 2% go on to play D1. They want to see you in WWBA l, Area code, future games etc against other kids that will be going D1
But to answer the original questions it’s because LSU recruits nationally, the best kids across the country and overall 2026 is pretty weak at the top in state. Holton was a late bloomer, JD is being recruited for potential more than anything etc.
Posted on 8/26/25 at 7:01 am to lsu777
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Posted on 8/26/25 at 7:10 am to lsu777
Need to fence off Louisiana. 2026 has too much talent committed elsewhere
Posted on 8/26/25 at 7:16 am to 225Tyga
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Need to fence off Louisiana. 2026 has too much talent committed elsewhere
umm you understand that lsu didnt offer any of those we didnt get right?
like i said, Holton was a late bloomer, they didnt feel washington was good enough vs the OOS commits they got, and JD Alexander is being offered by SEC schools almost exclusively based on projection. He has been hurt with UCL injury and then has struggled in the Barbe line up. He has done well in travel and metrics off the chart.
Cupit from WM is the only one they offered
for 27 we really do need to get either or both Littleton or Luker. Littleton has the potential to be a 1st round pick based on body. Tons of potential left on the bone.
Posted on 8/26/25 at 7:36 am to Jack Daniel
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What’s the reasoning with Jay being so heavy out of state in 2026?
We are very heavy OOS every year
In most years LA only has maybe a small handful of player good enough for LSU offers
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Posted on 8/26/25 at 7:36 am to lsu777
This pin needs to be moved back to the bottom of the page. It's too visible right now.
Posted on 8/26/25 at 7:42 am to ProjectP2294
Posted on 8/26/25 at 8:19 am to 225Tyga
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Need to fence off Louisiana. 2026 has too much talent committed elsewhere
6 years ago PM would have had 5 of these guys committed. But You can’t really build teams with guys that need 2-3 years to develop anymore, and that is what this group is.
Teams are built now with high level freshmen contributors + supplemented transfer portal players.
We have a pretty good snapshot of this now, where if you don’t contribute as a freshman, you’re probably going to transfer. As LSU will just continue to recruit over you so that they maintain themselves as the premier program in college baseball year to year.
Posted on 8/26/25 at 8:21 am to thunderbird1100
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We are very heavy OOS every year
In most years LA only has maybe a small handful of player good enough for LSU offers
Either the state is down for 2026 or everyone is taking fewer high school kids. The JUCO commits start pretty high up on the list.
I think it's a bit of both, but probably more about fewer freshmen in general getting D1 looks.
LSUE cleaned up pretty good for the 2025 class, and I'd expect the same for 2026. We're going to continue to bolster our numbers of Louisiana kids through JUCO and portal kids. There is an importance to having Louisiana kids on the roster, but they also have to be ready to contribute when they get here.
Posted on 8/26/25 at 11:23 am to ProjectP2294
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Either the state is down for 2026 or everyone is taking fewer high school kids. The JUCO commits start pretty high up on the list.
its a little of both but in general the trend is heading to Juco with fewer D1 looks like you said, even lower D1.
High academic kids are using the sports to get into the high academic schools instead at lower levels too.
if they kill it, they transfer
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LSUE cleaned up pretty good for the 2025 class, and I'd expect the same for 2026. We're going to continue to bolster our numbers of Louisiana kids through JUCO and portal kids. There is an importance to having Louisiana kids on the roster, but they also have to be ready to contribute when they get here.
yea they did, the problem with schools like LSUE is they are bringing in tons and tons of guys and honestly arent producing many prospects or at least big time prospects from it. They win a ton but other schools seem to do a much better job or producing big time talent and developing.
Posted on 8/26/25 at 11:55 am to lsu777
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High academic kids are using the sports to get into the high academic schools instead at lower levels too.
if they kill it, they transfer
That's a really good route for guys. Ivy Leagues and high academic D3s are portaling kids left and right to upper tier academic schools with good baseball teams. I don't know what UConn's academic reputation is (I assume pretty good), but they recruit the hell out of the D3 schools in the Northeast.
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the problem with schools like LSUE is they are bringing in tons and tons of guys and honestly arent producing many prospects or at least big time prospects from it.
I agree in general, and mentioned that in the other thread last week or so. I do think this class is different for them though. I think they brought in a lot of freshmen that can move up.
Posted on 8/26/25 at 12:06 pm to ProjectP2294
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That's a really good route for guys. Ivy Leagues and high academic D3s are portaling kids left and right to upper tier academic schools with good baseball teams. I don't know what UConn's academic reputation is (I assume pretty good), but they recruit the hell out of the D3 schools in the Northeast.
UConn has good academic rep and has a damn good program. They have been on the up swing really since ATP started pushing guys their way and got really involved in the off season with their pitching.
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I agree in general, and mentioned that in the other thread last week or so. I do think this class is different for them though. I think they brought in a lot of freshmen that can move up.
i agree 100%. I think the move to D1 juco helps
still think Pearl River, Blinn, Central Arizona, Iowa Western and Chipola seem to all be doing a much better job of developing.
some of that though is because in the past LSU-E was mainly only taking the 3rd tier LA guys now they are taking higher, but the main thing in the past has been lack of scouting of the team in general.
Posted on 8/26/25 at 12:15 pm to lsu777
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still think Pearl River, Blinn, Central Arizona, Iowa Western and Chipola seem to all be doing a much better job of developing.
Outside of Pearl River, they're all fishing in different ponds.
Blinn (and McLennan and San Jac and several others) just have higher volume of upper tier guys to pick from. Same with Chipola, and the rest of the Panhandle Conference, and a few down state. Central Arizona is in a premium talent area and draws from California. They compete with some other AZ JUCOs, but mostly they're competing with Southern Nevada for California guys.
Iowa Western is different. They produce some bats every once in a while, but the big thing for them is finding big arms in less traveled areas and getting them on the map.
For a long time LSUE was playing a bunch of JV teams from the NAIA schools in state and it doesn't make for a good evaluation environment. Their offensive numbers are always crazy. If they clean up their schedule and play tougher teams, they might lose a few more games each year, but they'd also get more guys seen.
No one wants to see them play Centenary's JV team.
Posted on 8/26/25 at 12:19 pm to ProjectP2294
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Outside of Pearl River, they're all fishing in different ponds.
Blinn (and McLennan and San Jac and several others) just have higher volume of upper tier guys to pick from. Same with Chipola, and the rest of the Panhandle Conference, and a few down state. Central Arizona is in a premium talent area and draws from California. They compete with some other AZ JUCOs, but mostly they're competing with Southern Nevada for California guys.
Iowa Western is different. They produce some bats every once in a while, but the big thing for them is finding big arms in less traveled areas and getting them on the map.
For a long time LSUE was playing a bunch of JV teams from the NAIA schools in state and it doesn't make for a good evaluation environment. Their offensive numbers are always crazy. If they clean up their schedule and play tougher teams, they might lose a few more games each year, but they'd also get more guys seen.
No one wants to see them play Centenary's JV team.
agree. I was always surprised more fringe D1 guys from LA went to LSU-E
Posted on 8/26/25 at 1:40 pm to thunderbird1100
TWELF!! 
Posted on 8/26/25 at 4:56 pm to Meauxjeaux
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