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LSU Baseball adds a lefty pitcher
Posted on 8/9/19 at 10:46 am
Posted on 8/9/19 at 10:46 am
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LSU baseball coach Paul Mainieri announced on Friday that the Tigers have added left-handed pitcher Brandon Kaminer to the 2020 roster.
Kaminer is a 6-2, 185-pound southpaw from Wallace Community College in Dothan, Ala. He will enroll at LSU this month and have two years of eligibility remaining.
LSU now has three left-handed pitchers on its roster for the upcoming 2020 season – Kaminer, true freshman Jacob Hasty and redshirt freshman Easton McMurray.
“Brandon is a nice addition to our pitching staff,” Mainieri said. “Obviously, we have been in great need of left-handed pitching, and he will add to our staff in this critical way. He is a strike thrower with an advanced feel for his change-up and slider. Combined with a mid to upper 80s fastball that is capable of getting into the low 90s, we are of the belief that Brandon can contribute quickly to our pitching staff.
“He has been verbally committed to LSU for some time but we had to wait for him to complete his summer classes to graduate from the junior college before we could announce his signing.”
LSU baseball coach Paul Mainieri announced on Friday that the Tigers have added left-handed pitcher Brandon Kaminer to the 2020 roster.
Kaminer is a 6-2, 185-pound southpaw from Wallace Community College in Dothan, Ala. He will enroll at LSU this month and have two years of eligibility remaining.
LSU now has three left-handed pitchers on its roster for the upcoming 2020 season – Kaminer, true freshman Jacob Hasty and redshirt freshman Easton McMurray.
“Brandon is a nice addition to our pitching staff,” Mainieri said. “Obviously, we have been in great need of left-handed pitching, and he will add to our staff in this critical way. He is a strike thrower with an advanced feel for his change-up and slider. Combined with a mid to upper 80s fastball that is capable of getting into the low 90s, we are of the belief that Brandon can contribute quickly to our pitching staff.
“He has been verbally committed to LSU for some time but we had to wait for him to complete his summer classes to graduate from the junior college before we could announce his signing.”
This post was edited on 8/9/19 at 10:47 am
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Posted on 8/9/19 at 10:52 am to ell_13
Looks like Kaminer got the good news on Tuesday. I saw some movement on this front on Wednesday. I been wondering when they would make the announcement.
Posted on 8/9/19 at 11:01 am to ProjectP2294
Cool
Posted on 8/9/19 at 11:04 am to ell_13
Congrats to Paul for filling a basic need on the roster a year and a half late.
Posted on 8/9/19 at 11:05 am to ell_13
Better late than never realizing we needed lefties? Anyhow...good addition.
Posted on 8/9/19 at 11:06 am to ProjectP2294
Congrats on knowing
Posted on 8/9/19 at 11:07 am to ell_13
Posted on 8/9/19 at 11:09 am to Genestealer55
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Better late than never realizing we needed lefties?
He committed to LSU on April 8th. This isn't some recent revelation.
ETA: LINK Here is a link to the post from the recruiting thread with links to his stats from his Fr year, So year, and the summer between those two.
This post was edited on 8/9/19 at 11:15 am
Posted on 8/9/19 at 11:15 am to ProjectP2294
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He committed to LSU on April 8th. This isn't some recent revelation.
We needed lefties wayyy before that
Posted on 8/9/19 at 11:22 am to Genestealer55
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We needed lefties wayyy before that
Did you expect them to be added mid-season? I'm not making excuses for anything prior to this time last year, they definitely fricked that up. But once the fall started, there wasn't anything they could do, but somehow there are people on this board that expected them to suddenly shite out a few LHPs by the time SEC play rolled around.
Posted on 8/9/19 at 11:24 am to Genestealer55
Yay! Hope he has good movement on his pitches! Mid to upper 80's fastball could be concerning???
Posted on 8/9/19 at 11:25 am to ramchallenge
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Mid to upper 80's fastball could be concerning???
For a college lefty?
Posted on 8/9/19 at 11:26 am to ell_13
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LSU Baseball adds a lefty pitcher
Posted on 8/9/19 at 11:28 am to ProjectP2294
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Did you expect them to be added mid-season?
No..I expected them over the last 3 years. No one has been a bigger defender of PM...but this has been pretty bad... and he now realizes it.
Posted on 8/9/19 at 11:30 am to Genestealer55
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No..I expected them over the last 3 years.
The 2018 season falls within the last three years right?
Posted on 8/9/19 at 11:40 am to ProjectP2294
I don’t understand why some people can’t just be happy
Posted on 8/9/19 at 11:45 am to Genestealer55
The Astros don’t have a lefty pitcher on roster either.
Boy that Luhnow sure does know how to frick up a roster
Boy that Luhnow sure does know how to frick up a roster
Posted on 8/9/19 at 11:56 am to CottonWasKing
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The Astros don’t have a lefty pitcher on roster either.
Ya..if LSU had the equivalent of Verlander, Cole, Miley, and Greinke I wouldn’t worry either
Wait..Miley is a lefty
This post was edited on 8/9/19 at 11:58 am
Posted on 8/9/19 at 12:05 pm to Genestealer55
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Wait..Miley is a lefty
Get your facts out of the way of my very good argument. Thanks.
Posted on 8/9/19 at 12:09 pm to CottonWasKing
I've seen a few instances of teams going stretches this season with no LHPs in the bullpen. Usually not very long though.
It doesn't change the fact that we had more LHPs on the roster in 2018 than we will have in 2020 but gene said the problem has gone on for 3 years.
It doesn't change the fact that we had more LHPs on the roster in 2018 than we will have in 2020 but gene said the problem has gone on for 3 years.
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