re: 2027 LSU Baseball Returnees amount of homers i think they hit

In fact, it may have been johnsons best coaching job offensively. I dont believe another team could put 4 freshmen in their lineup midseason and perform that well in the sec

Hopefully some decent summer leagues too, and not these lower levels. Maybe the message has gotten stale, not sure. Just know it looked like it wasnt even close after the first 3-4 top arms

Lol, i wont edit, ill leave it, nice catch

Im wondering if switching arrambide to 1st is in the cards to keep both him and serna in the lineup and to keep things flexible. Not to mention his defense being….not great. And potentially keep the dh spot open for someone like pearson. I agree he isnt a great option at 3rd. I dont fully agree on ruckert, i think he can be excellent defensively. Not giving up on clauss either. But i think the portal will be needed to bring in some athleticism defensively, and on the bases. We need it

Pearson shouldn’t play enough to hit 13. We need an actual 3rd baseman in 2027.

First off we played over half the season swinging for the fences instead of spraying the ball around the yard and you see what that got us. i think youre in the ballpark with some of these guys but i think Ruckert will shock some people, that kid has some pop for his size and i think he fills out more this offseason.

I think we have to find somewhere to put Serna in the field or some other team is going to throw money at him and offer him a starting spot outside of DH. Kid has ungodly amount of power and a pretty high ceiling

I think Daniel Harden will be transferring out and will start for an SEC school.

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2 of the worst defensive catchers in last 25 years are our best power hitters in 2027. Please help them improve defensively or find a new position they can play. I have more hope for Serna as a catcher.

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They weren’t great, but I feel like both were much better the last 6 weeks or so.

Our pitching has been bad.
Perhaps pitchers and catchers being a weak point. They both made each other look worse?

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I see Braun being 15 or so.

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I don’t think so. He may have it in him if he gets pull happy and works on launch angle. But he’s such a good hitter to all fields—he reminds me some of Tre—that I think he’s gonna just keep barreling balls and sparring them all over bet the field. He could hit .350 with a bunch of doubles, but he doesn’t have the power to hit bombs to CF or oppo. At least not consistently.

I’m pretty sure the few home runs he hit this year were all pulled over the RF wall. Now, if he becomes an even better and barrels up even more balls, of course he’ll hit a handful more than he did this year. But he’s not very big dude, and I don’t think hitting 15 home runs is in his game. He’d have to change his swing and approach by sacrificing some of the parts of his game that makes him
special.

Much better chance he leads the SEC in hitting next year than there is of hitting 15+ bombs. IMO. He’s gonna be a huge part of the offense next year. But he’ll be more of a top 2
in the lineup than a big hopper hitting in the middle. I could see him hitting 5th too, but I think Jay will want him getting more ABs.

Of course, a lot depends on who we land from
the portal. We’ve got to get at least one proven guy from that is almost guaranteed to hit 20+ assuming he stays healthy. Plug him in somewhere around Serna and Arambide,
then that’s a pretty solid 3 guys who can do a lot more of damage. I know Jay likes to get a little creative with his lineups already, and he was forced to this year, but we don’t a Curiel or Milam hitting in the 4-hole for a big part of the season.

If the only offensive stud that we can get happens to play 3rd, well, Pearson may be SOL. But in a perfect world, that dude plays SS or OF, and hopefully with another offseason, Pearson can lose some with to play a better 3B and take a big jump offensively himself. I don’t think .275 with 15+ bombs is out of the question for him. And we need some of those guys to lengthen the lineup.