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re: Pitcher Eric Reyzelman commits to LSU
Posted on 7/8/21 at 8:17 pm to TigerstuckinMS
Posted on 7/8/21 at 8:17 pm to TigerstuckinMS
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I'm getting a little turgid
“Priapic” I’m reading Sophie’s Choice, and the author has used it several times.
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Posted on 7/8/21 at 9:29 pm to TravisBRTiger
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sounded like coach Kelly was big in getting him here - that makes me feel good about our chances with pitching prospects in the future!
It’s pretty exciting to realize we now have 3 elite recruiters on the coaching staff.
Really love the Fitzgerald hire too. He’s a guy who can build a cws caliber roster by scouting guys who aren’t seen as can’t miss prospects. He can flat out evaluate talent.
Kelly is known for his development skills.
Just a very well rounded staff in terms of power recruiters, player evaluation, and development
Posted on 7/8/21 at 11:42 pm to SoloTiger
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Because I just saw a video from a few weeks ago of him consistently throwing 94-96 mph.
Posted on 7/8/21 at 11:43 pm to Ezra Reed
I remember when I was 12 years old
Posted on 7/9/21 at 9:53 am to LSUTigers_00
They only check for foreign substances on MLB pitchers. He’s got 96mph in his bag… give the kid some sunscreen and let him throw gas.
Posted on 7/9/21 at 10:09 am to BTRtoIAH
We brought in a few hard throwers who walked the world in the previous regime, and they never seemed to get any better here. Will Lamarche, Hunter Kiel, and Cam Sanders immediately come to mind.
I'm looking forward to seeing what Kelly can do with this kid, as well as everyone else. Dunn just seemed to be all about pitching philosophy, and not so much about working through mechanical issues. Not to say that he didn't TRY to fix mechanical problems, but it doesn't seem like he was very effective in that area. All I've heard about Kelly is that he's great with player development, so that's exciting.
I'm looking forward to seeing what Kelly can do with this kid, as well as everyone else. Dunn just seemed to be all about pitching philosophy, and not so much about working through mechanical issues. Not to say that he didn't TRY to fix mechanical problems, but it doesn't seem like he was very effective in that area. All I've heard about Kelly is that he's great with player development, so that's exciting.
This post was edited on 7/9/21 at 10:11 am
Posted on 7/9/21 at 10:15 am to Metaloctopus
I agree with the exception of cam sanders. The last month of the season he was the best pitcher on staff
Posted on 7/9/21 at 10:18 am to josh336
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I agree with the exception of cam sanders. The last month of the season he was the best pitcher on staff
I remember he had some good moments, yeah. Seems like it wasn't very consistent, by my memory. Control was always the problem. The stuff was great.
The other guys, I couldn't tell what the coaches ever saw in them aside from the fact that they threw hard. They didn't have secondaries that were even close to being consistent.
Posted on 7/9/21 at 10:28 am to Metaloctopus
To be fair, we’ve had some good arms. We just didn’t do a great job of managing opportunities to develop those guys.
Posted on 7/9/21 at 10:29 am to Rosenblatt
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It’s pretty exciting to realize we now have 3 elite recruiters on the coaching staff.
What amazes me is that Mainieri couldn't figure out what he needed to do to keep his job. Any of the two coaches Johsnon hired would have given LSU serious consideration if Mainieri called them up to talk about an assistant coaching position.
This more than anything illustrates why LSU baseball was so desperately in need of a change.
Posted on 7/9/21 at 10:31 am to sportjunkie69
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Any of the two coaches Johsnon hired would have given LSU serious consideration if Mainieri called them up to talk about an assistant coaching position.
True. I'd be lying, though, if I said I'm not gonna miss Nolan Cain windmilling a guy around third with one arm and giving him a stop sign with the other or running the baserunner into a bag with a ball on it.
It's those kinds of intangibles that made LSU baseball... "exciting".
This post was edited on 7/9/21 at 10:32 am
Posted on 7/9/21 at 10:39 am to sportjunkie69
Totally agree. Paul was complacent AF. He was a really good coach when he cared, but he definitely checked out for whatever reason.
Once Cannizzaro left and he started all the hiring of former players I knew he didn’t give a shite.
Nothing against those guys, but they weren’t ready for those roles. LSU baseball should attract qualified, proven assistants. Not sure if he was just threatened by how highly regarded Cannizzaro was or if he was hurt by how Cannizzaro left or what, but damn dude try and hire some legit assistants.
Don’t fill your staff with guys who should GAs or volunteers/analysts.
The only thing Cain was good at was signing highly ranked guys and even that was somewhat misleading. His evals are not good based on how many misses and guys who just ended up falling off the face of the earth he signed.
So many guys on the roster the past few years had no business playing baseball at LSU.
Really nice to have a coach who will actively recruit and surrounds himself with elite assistants who will also recruit at a high level.
Super excited about the staff in terms of their ability to evaluate and develop players. We will always sign our share of toolsy guys who project to go high in the draft. What we’ve lacked is an eye for those gritty gamers who are just damn good college players for 4 years.
Once Cannizzaro left and he started all the hiring of former players I knew he didn’t give a shite.
Nothing against those guys, but they weren’t ready for those roles. LSU baseball should attract qualified, proven assistants. Not sure if he was just threatened by how highly regarded Cannizzaro was or if he was hurt by how Cannizzaro left or what, but damn dude try and hire some legit assistants.
Don’t fill your staff with guys who should GAs or volunteers/analysts.
The only thing Cain was good at was signing highly ranked guys and even that was somewhat misleading. His evals are not good based on how many misses and guys who just ended up falling off the face of the earth he signed.
So many guys on the roster the past few years had no business playing baseball at LSU.
Really nice to have a coach who will actively recruit and surrounds himself with elite assistants who will also recruit at a high level.
Super excited about the staff in terms of their ability to evaluate and develop players. We will always sign our share of toolsy guys who project to go high in the draft. What we’ve lacked is an eye for those gritty gamers who are just damn good college players for 4 years.
Posted on 7/9/21 at 10:46 am to Rosenblatt
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To be fair, we’ve had some good arms. We just didn’t do a great job of managing opportunities to develop those guys.
I was talking specifically about the guys we brought in who were similar to Reyzelman, in that they threw hard, but had extremely high walk totals at their previous school. Some of those guys just had nothing going for them aside from velocity, and never made any progress.
There is no doubt that, overall, LSU had plenty of talent on the mound with good stuff and not just velocity. But, yeah, too few of them were ever developed into usable options for SEC competition.
Posted on 7/9/21 at 10:52 am to Rosenblatt
Very well said, PM definitely took his foot off the gas and it showed with the assistant hires specifically the hitting coach choices like ochinko and gibbs
Posted on 7/9/21 at 10:57 am to Metaloctopus
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I was talking specifically about the guys we brought in who were similar to Reyzelman, in that they threw hard, but had extremely high walk totals at their previous school. Some of those guys just had nothing going for them aside from velocity, and never made any progress.
Cam Sanders and Riley Smith are two guys off top my head who were grossly neglected in terms of developmental opportunities here under the former staff. Those guys absolutely have big league talent and all they did here was make sure the bullpen bench didn’t fly away.
Posted on 7/9/21 at 11:02 am to josh336
It never mattered who the hitting coach was, the results and philosophy were going to be the same. I think the year under Gibbs was the one that stopped a 7 or 8 year streak of declining walk percentages.
For all the credit Cannizzaro gets the only thing that was actually different on his watch was convincing PM to steal bases.
For all the credit Cannizzaro gets the only thing that was actually different on his watch was convincing PM to steal bases.
Posted on 7/9/21 at 11:06 am to Rosenblatt
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Cam Sanders and Riley Smith are two guys off top my head who were grossly neglected in terms of developmental opportunities here under the former staff. Those guys absolutely have big league talent and all they did here was make sure the bullpen bench didn’t fly away.
Yeah, Sanders was someone I mentioned earlier. As for Smith, what's interesting is that he's now in the big leagues. Which goes to show that he just needed proper coaching to develop his talent. And yet, what did we get out of him?
Yep, it was a mess with player development. Really looking forward to seeing our players get to work with coaches who are both knowledgeable and dedicated to their players' development.
This post was edited on 7/9/21 at 11:07 am
Posted on 7/9/21 at 11:13 am to Rosenblatt
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Cam Sanders
I hoped he would be a bigger contributor at LSU. This thread made me look into how he’s doing in the Minors. He’s in AA now and is starting (11 games) in the Cubs system. He appears to get quite a few strike outs but has an awful BB% and has struggled to limit HR’s.
Posted on 7/9/21 at 11:14 am to tigers32
He started that season off poorly but was very good by the end IRCC
Posted on 7/9/21 at 11:15 am to Metaloctopus
Same here brother
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