re: If you could select one baseball player that transferred out, who are you taking?

this is exactly the scenario coaches are dealing with. You don't get recruited to LSU without the staff knowing you can play. The reality is you don't get better at baseball sitting on the bench you have to go somewhere you can play.

CJJ has openly expressed how much he dislikes this portal era but it the nature of the beast. Certainly why CJJ is trying to get the freshman a bit more time this year so they will see his investment in them and not leave. Last year it was much tougher to do.

Those are some unexpected results... if you could put Larson at DH, every player listed besides Ruddell and Paul would be an upgrade compared to what we have now.

At the time they transferred, I would've said Larson. I always thought he had a nice level swing and a good approach.

Right now, you could make a case for a lot of them

I'd probably go with Costello. I think Yorke's been disappointing so far and is way behind Costello despite weak competition so far.

But damn, they're mostly doing really well and way better than I expected.

Brady Neal
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Costello for me, I’m not sold on Yorke. Him or Ryan.

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Him and Costello bounced before we even had any portal guys to block them. They had routes to playing time here.

I do think that those guys leaving is why you're seeing the current freshmen get more looks this season. It's an investment in program building (which is way more difficult nowadays).

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Kind of hard to imagine both not starting if they were still here

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I don’t ever remember him even trying to change positions either. Too bad for us

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He was injured so much last year that it's hard to know for sure what he could do.

Surely he could've played first. Probably could've been just as good of a catcher as what we have

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He was injured so much last year that it's hard to know for sure what he could do.

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He didn't get hurt until the end of his second year here. He'd already been resigned to a pinch hitting role by that point. It was kind of sad. He'd struggled all year, finally had a big hit in a midweek game and pulled his hamstring rounding first base

While Costello would be nice, I think Ryan would benefit you more from positions of need. The defense would see an instant boost with him at 3rd or 2nd.

Have you looked into transfer pitchers at all? The hard throwing righty that went to Texas comes to mind, but not any others

Obviously fine with Cam Johnson not being here regardless of how he started the season

Costello or Ryan

I think Bronzini is at Little Rock this year oddly enough.