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LSU's 2021 Baseball Recruiting Class was very poor
Posted on 3/31/24 at 12:17 pm
Posted on 3/31/24 at 12:17 pm
"Why does this current team lack 'beef'?
These are the guys who made it to the roster that year in 2022 as freshmen. This class would be your true juniors for this season.
After a magical 2020 class that featured Dylan Crews, Tre Morgan, Jordan Thompson & Ty Floyd, this is what PM left Coach Jonhson with:
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Full List of the recruiting class from that season by ProjectP
2021 Incoming Recruits (Jay Johnson additions bolded)
Trey Shaffer LHP Biloxi MS Biloxi Southeastern LA
Dawson Gause RHP Gastonia NC South Point HS St John's River
Jack Merrifield INF Prairieville LA Dutchtown LSUE
Jason Bollman RHP Peoria IL Dunlap Wabash Valley
Paul Gervase RHP Fuquay-Varina NC Harnett Central Pitt CC
Bryce Collins RHP Valencia CA Hart Arizona
Brayden Jobert INF Slidell LA Northshore HS Delgado CC
Jacob Berry INF/OF Queen Creek AZ Queen Creek HS Arizona
Eric Reyzelman RHP San Ramon CA De La Salle San Francisco
Riley Cooper LHP Fresno CA Clovis North Arizona
Josh Stevenson OF Lafayette LA St. Thomas More HS -
Grant Taylor RHP Florence AL Florence HS -
Connor Simon INF Covington LA St. Paul's HS -
Josh Pearson OF West Monroe LA West Monroe HS -
Brant Smith INF Denham Springs LA Live Oak HS -
Cale Lansville RHP Centennial CO Thunder Ridge HS -
Luke Leto INF Portage MI Portage Central -
Blaise Priester C Denham Springs LA Live Oak HS -
Samuel Dutton RHP Southside AL Westbrook Christian -
Grant Fontenot RHP Lafayette LA Lafayette -
Brennan Holt INF Baton Rouge LA Parkview Baptist -
Tyler McManus C Slidell LA Slidell Samford/Delgado
Tripp Haddad OF Metairie LA Jesuit HS -
These are the guys who made it to the roster that year in 2022 as freshmen. This class would be your true juniors for this season.
After a magical 2020 class that featured Dylan Crews, Tre Morgan, Jordan Thompson & Ty Floyd, this is what PM left Coach Jonhson with:
> Full List of the recruiting class from that season by ProjectP
2021 Incoming Recruits (Jay Johnson additions bolded)
Trey Shaffer LHP Biloxi MS Biloxi Southeastern LA
Dawson Gause RHP Gastonia NC South Point HS St John's River
Jack Merrifield INF Prairieville LA Dutchtown LSUE
Jason Bollman RHP Peoria IL Dunlap Wabash Valley
Paul Gervase RHP Fuquay-Varina NC Harnett Central Pitt CC
Bryce Collins RHP Valencia CA Hart Arizona
Brayden Jobert INF Slidell LA Northshore HS Delgado CC
Jacob Berry INF/OF Queen Creek AZ Queen Creek HS Arizona
Eric Reyzelman RHP San Ramon CA De La Salle San Francisco
Riley Cooper LHP Fresno CA Clovis North Arizona
Josh Stevenson OF Lafayette LA St. Thomas More HS -
Grant Taylor RHP Florence AL Florence HS -
Connor Simon INF Covington LA St. Paul's HS -
Josh Pearson OF West Monroe LA West Monroe HS -
Brant Smith INF Denham Springs LA Live Oak HS -
Cale Lansville RHP Centennial CO Thunder Ridge HS -
Luke Leto INF Portage MI Portage Central -
Blaise Priester C Denham Springs LA Live Oak HS -
Samuel Dutton RHP Southside AL Westbrook Christian -
Grant Fontenot RHP Lafayette LA Lafayette -
Brennan Holt INF Baton Rouge LA Parkview Baptist -
Tyler McManus C Slidell LA Slidell Samford/Delgado
Tripp Haddad OF Metairie LA Jesuit HS -
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Posted on 3/31/24 at 12:22 pm to Lester Earl
Priester didn’t switch to lsu until Johnson came in
Haddad was a preferred walk on for Johnson but didn’t make team
Haddad was a preferred walk on for Johnson but didn’t make team
Posted on 3/31/24 at 12:22 pm to Lester Earl
Ok. But baseball at the college level is not exactly like football in that regard.
Posted on 3/31/24 at 12:24 pm to Lester Earl
That core was a train wreck but then again PM had all but given up recruiting from 2018-2021 and handed it off to Cain did a pretty decent job given his experience.
Posted on 3/31/24 at 12:24 pm to lsusa
Good juniors(or older) are the backbone of any good football or baseball teams
Posted on 3/31/24 at 12:35 pm to Lester Earl
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Good juniors(or older) are the backbone of any good football or baseball teams
We lost our Friday and Saturday starter as well as 6 of the top 7 run producers on offense. That is a lot to lose. I was hopeful we would have a couple of guys step up but it has not happened yet. A couple of the guys I was hoping would are sophmores (Neal & Kling) so they may yet turn things around. Braswell and Bingham are showing some promise now.
I am hoping that everything comes together in the next few weeks and they peak right at postseason time. Still lots of baseball to be played.
Posted on 3/31/24 at 12:36 pm to Lester Earl
quote:
Good juniors(or older) are the backbone of any good football or baseball teams
And you can plug and play transfer portal guys who are juniors more easily because of the nature of the sport.
Posted on 3/31/24 at 12:43 pm to lsusa
Transfers are great, but good teams use them supplementally to enhance already strong roster. Much like lsu did last season
Furthermore, the quality of transfer will differ year to year. It’s not a fool proof method to rely on.
Furthermore, the quality of transfer will differ year to year. It’s not a fool proof method to rely on.
Posted on 3/31/24 at 12:57 pm to Lester Earl
Damn seems like Grant Fontenot, Grant Taylor, Blaise Priester, Trip Haddad are doing well at other places, in addition the Pearson and Dutton who are still on the team.
Thankfully the 2020 class was good enough to help carry a championship team
Thankfully the 2020 class was good enough to help carry a championship team
This post was edited on 3/31/24 at 12:59 pm
Posted on 3/31/24 at 12:59 pm to Lester Earl
Yep, pretty good display. Not having many juniors or seniors to really put this team up there is dragging us down. If jay had to do it over again, i bet he wouldve grabbed another bat or two in the portal. Think he got a bit overconfident in his ability to coach them up. And i still think theyll be fine in may/june.
This post was edited on 3/31/24 at 1:00 pm
Posted on 3/31/24 at 1:04 pm to LSBoosie
quote:He got drafted.
Grant Taylor
Posted on 3/31/24 at 1:24 pm to ell_13
I’m aware…
Posted on 3/31/24 at 2:02 pm to LSBoosie
Grant Taylor hasn’t thrown a pitch in a game since the 2022 cape cod league ?
Posted on 3/31/24 at 2:08 pm to Lester Earl
Taylor dominated in the fall of 2022 but I think we're getting off subject
Posted on 3/31/24 at 2:21 pm to Adam4848
Which is why I said “in a game” Adam. Not practice buddy
Posted on 3/31/24 at 2:26 pm to Lester Earl
Connor Simon was a game changer.
Not recovering from his injury was a huge blow to our current team.
Not recovering from his injury was a huge blow to our current team.
Posted on 3/31/24 at 2:53 pm to Lester Earl
quote:
Which is why I said “in a game” Adam. Not practice buddy
I misread your post. Lester why you always getting so triggered?
Posted on 3/31/24 at 3:06 pm to Lester Earl
That transition year was a killer. We’re missing some veteran SEC experience which forces a guy like Milam to grow up in a hurry.
Plus Kling is not playing the way JJ thought he would and Neal is struggling after basically missing the whole SEC season last year.
Plus Kling is not playing the way JJ thought he would and Neal is struggling after basically missing the whole SEC season last year.
Posted on 3/31/24 at 3:09 pm to Meauxjeaux
quote:
Connor Simon was a game changer. Not recovering from his injury was a huge blow to our current team.
It gave us a couple years in a row of getting effectively zero infielders to campus as freshmen.
This kind of thread is why I like to keep those old lists out there.
Posted on 3/31/24 at 3:17 pm to Lester Earl
quote:
Transfers are great, but good teams use them supplementally to enhance already strong roster. Much like lsu did last season Furthermore, the quality of transfer will differ year to year. It’s not a fool proof method to rely on.
This is right on. Those that are downvoting you simply don’t understand the word “Team”. You must have a strong core of players that bought into the program as freshman and grew up together in the program. LSU had that last year with Beloso, Milazzo, Travinski, Dugas, Crews, Morgan, Thompson, and Jobert. Jay supplemented that core with major key pieces Skenes & White.
You simply can’t plug and play a team every year and expect to have a strong team. People over-value transfers. Yes, a couple like Skenes & White can make a huge difference, but they were added to a strong core group that developed together as a team for a few years.
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