New LSU Baseball commit!! Easton McMurray

Thank you for the informative insight... O'Great wise one

He gone

announced Wednesday his commitment to the baseball program at LSU.

On his Twitter account, McMurray wrote in a statement, "Growing up as a kid my dream was to play baseball at Louisiana State University, and today that dream has become a reality."

McMurray went on to state, "I am beyond excited to announce my commitment to LSU to continue my baseball and academic career."

LSU lost to Florida last month in the College World Series championships and finished the season with a 51-20 record and a No. 2 national ranking in the final NCAA poll.

McMurray went 6-1 with a 0.52 ERA in 40 innings last spring during his junior year at Liberty.

The 6-foot-4, 206-pound left hander pitched once after injuring his shoulder sliding into second baseball in late March.

McMurray can become the first Kern County baseball player to play in the SEC since Stockdale graduate Sean Barker played for LSU in 2001 out of Bakersfield College.

McMurray, whose fastball has been clocked at 93 mph, had originally committed to University of San Diego last summer but de-committed this month.

"A program like LSU is an elite program in the last 30 years," Liberty baseball coach Tony Mills said. "I am ecstatic for this opportunity to play in front of big crowds and possibly win a national championship."

McMurray is the lone Central Valley player in the Area Code Games set for Aug. 6-10 in Long Beach.

McMurray will play for the Milwaukee Brewers team next month with other high school rising seniors, mostly from Southern California, against seven other teams with players from all over the country.

McMurray's dad, Brock, was born in Denham Springs, 20 minutes from LSU.

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Thank you for the informative insight... O'Great wise one

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To be fair, you asked a really fricking stupid question.

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It's a pretty reasonable question considering how baseball recruiting goes.

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It's not really that reasonable 11 months before the draft he's eligible for.

ETA: It's also not that reasonable to have it be the first question about the kid in the thread announcing his commitment.

Here is his scouting report from the MLB PDP combine he went to in February of this year:

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McMurray has a funky delivery that needs some refining, but he still can produce results. The southpaw has an 84-86 mph fastball with natural lefty sink and a curveball that is still developing. Adding strength and experience will help the hurler further develop.

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If this kid is a top 25 overall player in the country then he's probably gone.

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At this time last year Nick Storz was a top 25 player in the country and Blayne Enlow was only just coming onto the MLB radar.

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I stand by the fact that baseball recruiting is virtually non existent to the masses.

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That's not really relevant to him asking a question about information that's not really available to anyone for another 10 and a half months.

I think those question marks are the twitter emojis.