re: LSU signee Zack Von Rosenberg

Does he look good enough to be able to start next year?

Plus what about this Colvin guy?

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Believe it or not the scouts want to see more than anything how a player reacts to pressure and or disappointment.

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not really, they want to see how hard you can throw mostly. Or how potentially you could fill out your frame. Projectibility and potential.


its hard to judge a kids make up based on pitching in HS, which is why so many pitchers bust.


you dont see many HS kids come out of HS throwing 88 go in the 1st round. Now I could be wrong, but we'll see. This is just my gut and going off of what Ive seen following HS baseball.


NOw i didnt know he was 6'5", so that is definitely something going for him. If he is hitting 88-89 consistently, then good coaching can improve that by 2-3 MPH rather quickly in the minors. If a team sees that, he very well could slip into the 1st.


i hope he comes to LSU though.

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I suppose it depends on the round he is drafted in, how much $$$ he'd have to pass up and how much does he want to have the college baseball experience.

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thanks for that breakdown

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I think we're going to see him on campus next year.

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+1

He will be a Tiger......

Actually he was the #2 guy on barbe's team his freshman year. Todd Fontenot was there ace and had pitched the semi-final game. Sulphur had roughed him up earlier that season I believe.

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Believe it or not the scouts want to see more than anything how a player reacts to pressure and or disappointment.




not really, they want to see how hard you can throw mostly. Or how potentially you could fill out your frame. Projectibility and potential.

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I've had scouts tell me what we both said.

They know before hand when they are going to the game this kid can throw 95 mph, hit home runs, is a defensive wall at X position, etc. They must see it to validate film, and conversations with coaches, etc.

They also want to know if this kid is not geting calls (in his opinion) from the umpire, does it frustrate him? Does he show those eomtions? How does he react to striking out with the bases loaded? What do they do if they make a fielding error. They want to see those things as well to get an idea if the kid can handle it mentally.

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They want to see those things as well to get an idea if the kid can handle it mentally.

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yah, definitely


but not "more than anything".


theres not going out there to see if a kid that throws 81 MPH has poise on the mound.

Yea, he is a junior this year.

I just have a hard time believing a team will take a risk picking Von Rosenberg after the first couple of rounds. Mainieri is going to put the full court press on him as he did with Ranaudo and tell him he'll be the friday night starter in a couple of years.

If I had to rate these players like football Von Rosenberg, Colvin, and Heathcott would all be 5 stars. I'm just glad to have them committed, if they make it to campus it's a huge bonus, if not I wish them the best of luck.

I have been out of the loop with the whole baseball recruiting...can anyone fill me in on some big names we have picked up that we are hoping do not go pro.
Obviously after reading this I know about ZVR and im familiar with the Northshore pitcher for 2011..other then those two who do we have committed