re: Baseball Preview 2025 Edition (Feb 10th - Pro Prospects & SEC Predictions)

I think I’ve suffered a concussion from reading burreauxx’s posts in that thread.

I remember that he was shitting on Jay’s recruiting and coaching all last season and was trying to give Mainieri and Wes Johnson all the credit for the 2023 NC.

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I don’t think that’s crazy but i also don’t agree. Stuff-wise(mainly velo) was similar, but I think this staff has better pitchers. Having a 3rd starter is going to work wonders for the bullpen usage. I think Herring was forced into too many desperate situations last year, and while everyone wants to find the “next Herring”, I don’t. I prefer the modern model of bullpen usage and I think lsu has the starters & the arms to pull that off So if you told me all LSU has to do is find 3-4 consistent bullpen arms (vs 1 last year), I think they have the guys to do that. Then you ride some of the other guys situationally.

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This time last year, we thought that there would be three starters in Holman, Jump and Hurd.

I'm pretty sure burro is Spanish for Jackass

Yeah, last year we went into the season relying on Holman (a guy who had one good year and one bad year), Jump (a guy who had 12 IP in his career) and Hurd (a guy who had elite makeup but was either elite or awful outing to outing.)

Then you had Herring and Guidry as the only reliable arms with experience in the bullpen. That was really it. You were hoping a bunch of guys with potential made a big jump, with a total of 3 pitchers having successful college pitching experience (5 if you include Ulloa and Loer).

This year you go into weekends with

1. Anderson
2. Eyanson
3. Shores

All three guys have had success pitching in college, two of which stretched out a good bit.

Then in the bullpen you have experienced guys in

1. Guidry
2. Cowan
3. Dorsey
4. Fontenot

High potential guys, some of whom have flashed in scrimmages or lower levels

1. Schmidt
2. Evans
3. Ware
4. Mayers
5. Rizy
6. Primeaux (I'm high on him)
7. Williams

Others that could contribute
1. Woods
2. Noot (yes a former top 100 player is this low on the list. that's how deep I think this staff is)
3. Benge
4. Thompson

Still really wish we had Sheerin.

I like building the staff around guys who have been around the program a while - Anderson, Shores, Guidry.

You also have 3 starters who can pitch themselves into the first round this year. 2 of the 3 could jump to the top 10 picks.

People are sleeping a bit on Noot. He's going to get better and better with more innings IMO.

Good command of a 3 pitch mix, and he finished spring with 9 K's in 9 2/3 (if I recall correctly) and most importantly only 1 walk.

That will play even if you give up some hits here and there from being around the zone.

Cowan has been sitting 89-92. 94 is an outlier for him.

Maybe Jones will hit 60 HR's and we can not worry about any of this

Damn that was obnoxious to have to reread. Wanted to downvote every stupid post he made to find I already did 8 months ago

Making the determination this team would have no stars 8 months before the season begins is extremely naive. There are many stars that have one stellar season and the rest above average. There’s at least several players if not a handful on this roster that will pan out as stars. Many of the players he proclaimed stars himself in the last decade had just one great season to hang their hat on.