re: LSU Baseball Signed Studs Yesterday - #5 Ranked Class by Perfect Game

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basically, I do not believe any pitch speeds that are not done by an unbiased professional with a quality gun

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What about 60 scouts at a HS game? Don't be a smart arse if you have no clue. I realize dads lie. Oh and there's also the fact this isn't my kid and I am not repeating information from a dad. But you swing away slugger.

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C'mon bro. Kids these days can hit a fastball no matter how hard you throw it. My son's teammate was the National POY. Early in the season he was topping out at 96MPH and was getting hit every game.

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Umm I assume this is Luken Baker. Yea he can throw 95-96. He had like a 1.00 ERA in 6A Texas Baseball in Houston. Thats not exactly "getting hit"

Full class:

Matthew Beck
RHP 6-7 220 R R Alexandria Senior Alexandria LA
Feleipe Franks
RHP 6-6 215 R R Wakulla Crawfordville FL
Blair Frederick
LHP 6-0 180 L L Brother Martin New Orleans LA
Jonathan Gettys
LHP 6-2 215 L L Gainesville Gainesville GA
Zachary Hess
RHP 6-6 200 R R Liberty Christian Academy Forest VA
Keelyn Johnson
C 5-10 185 R R Pineville Pineville LA
Brennan Maddox
RHP 6-0 190 R R Fairview Grant LA
Todd Peterson
RHP 6-5 205 R R Lake Mary Lake Mary FL
Riley Pint
RHP 6-4 195 R R St Thomas Aquinas Lenexa KS
Jake Slaughter
SS 6-2 198 R R Ouachita Christian Monroe LA
Josh Smith
SS 5-10 175 L R Catholic Greenwell Springs LA
Tyler Smith
OF 6-0 175 L L Covington Mandeville LA
Mason Templet
3B 6-1 190 L R St Thomas More Youngsville LA
Eric Walker
RHP 6-0 170 R R Arlington Grapevine TX
Zachary Watson
SS 6-0 165 R R West Ouachita Ruston LA
Nolan (Nonie) Williams
SS 6-2 190 R R Home School Kansas City KS
Rankin Woley
2B 6-0 200 S B The Westminster Schools Atlanta GA

Franks play baseball and football at LSU? will he?

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He's a 1.1 guy unless he blows out his arm

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What is a 1.1 guy? I guess I should know this but I don't.

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Franks play baseball and football at LSU? will he?

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I think he may his freshman and sophomore year but beyond that if he's the starting QB it will be difficult for him to be a starter, could be a bullpen guy.

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...wasted signing ... will never get to campus .. why do we keep doing this ... the secret is to get quality players that will actually show up , yes ?

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because if he doesnt show up, lsu can still find players like mark laird

Vandy has also gotten very "creative" with minority or leadership scholarships in the past few years.

Question - so LSU should have just passed on Alex Lange because he was "too good" and would likely be drafted??!!

You're damned if you do and damned if you don't. IMO, I'd rather aim high, miss on a few, and fill in the holes with talented, Louisiana kids.

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Strictly luck there.

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Agreed. Bregmans' bad luck was our good fortune.

But there is always the possibility of an injury in their senior HS year dropping a high draft pick down to where he will come to school like what happened to AB.

If we don't sign them to start with, somebody else will and if the injury bug bites the guy and he drops down in the draft, he goes somewhere else instead of to LSU.

I empathize with all baseball coaches in their recruiting. They are criticized when a top guy ops for MLB and they are criticized if they don't go after the best players who might have a chance of playing in college.