re: LSU Baseball Commit Jared Poche

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. Another stud on the staff this year is Corey Merill, he signed with SELU.

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Corey signed with Tulane.

Correect, Poche' throws left, but bats right.

Throws upper 80s, when I saw him scouts said he topped out at 89.

He is a work horse. In Lutcher's three postseason wins I believe he started and finished all three games. Against Lakeshore, he threw 130 pitches I believe.

I saw Nola pitch in HS too. He is NOT in Nola's class. Nola threw as hard, but had better command and more pitches he could throw for strikes.

Poche's is a strong kid, he's thrown a lot of innings, and he usually threw once a week which is normal for a top high school and college starting pitcher.

He'll walk a few too many, but with men on base he goes right after hitters and gets himself out of jams.

I was told PM would let him hit.

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Are you saying he doesn't pitch much, and doesn't pitch the whole game?

Or that it is rare that he starts the game and doesn't finish it?

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He rarely starts a game and doesn't finish.

And I made a mistake, Merill did sign with Tulane.

And whoever said Merill and Poche are on the same level, their own coach will tell you otherwise. Merill has been having arm problems and just doesn't have the confidence in himself to be as good as he could be. But, even then, he still isn't as good a Jared, still good, but Jared has the edge.