So excited for next year baseball team

All depends on how this recruiting class ends up.

“Continue the hitting”
More like we need to reload. Losing good amount of offensive production

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This roster will be almost completely turned over.

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Not really. We won’t lose more than a few bats out of the lineup. The pitching staff, sure

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More like we need to reload. Losing good amount of offensive production

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2 of our top 4 bats are back. That’s pretty good for a top lineup in the SEC.

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Any reason to think it won’t be stellar?

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I’m sure it will be good no matter what but it all depends on who gets drafted and how much NIL money we’re pushing out

I will never worry about Jay Johnson putting a quality line up on the field. The defense and pitching may be a year to year thing but they will always hit.

I would certainly add Thompson, Jobert, and hopefully Dugas to that base. While Jobert has things to work on, he is still a dangerous hitter when he’s locked in. Thompson was solid at the plate this year.

Dugas isn’t a plus defender, but he’s not a liability so if he comes back to play LF, I think it’s fine. The upgrade defensively has to come up the middle, like you said. 40% of our errors came from Doughty/Thompson. I’ve got no problem with a veteran bat in the lineup with Dugas unless the next guy is a plus plus defender with lower and maybe that’s a freshman etc but until we get there, I don’t think you’re nervous about his OF play.

And Thompson should be fine at 2B. He was bad but at the end of the year he actually played well at SS. He needs to get right mentally this summer.

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Dugas isn’t a plus defender, but he’s not a liability so if he comes back to play LF, I think it’s fine.

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I think Dugas plays third if he comes back.

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The upgrade defensively has to come up the middle, like you said. 40% of our errors came from Doughty/Thompson

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I am willing to bet that most teams the shortstop and second baseman account for roughly that percentage of the errors. Those two positions have more opportunities than the rest of the team. It’s just LSU made a lot of errors as a whole and those two made their fair share.

Yeah I realize that, I should have put the number out there. My point was if you fix that(cut the number down in half) you aren’t so worried about your defense. 2 guys were the problem, not 9 defenders. 3 when Berry was playing in the outfield.