ProjectP2294

South Carolina took Wake Forest's recruiting coordinator and hitting coach and then took every worthwhile underclassman hitter from them.

In return, Wake Forest decided to give up on baseball by hiring Terry Rooney as their recruiting coordinator.

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LSU won 2 out of the last 4 because we had returning players who were trained and succeeded at LSU. not one and done's across the board.

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As of right now, 4 members of the everyday line up and 2/3 of the weekend rotation are homegrown.

That's not very different than 2025.

Baseball America's final update to the BA500:

LSU affected players and where they were in the previous ranking vs where they are now. Not a ton of movement. Davis and Milam were ranked in previous iterations but are not because they withdrew.

Name POS 8 (500) 9 (500)
Derek Curiel OF 10 10
Logan Schmidt LHP 21 21
Jensen Hirschkorn RHP 43 43
Jake Brown OF 81 81
Will Adams OF/1B 87 88
Malachi Washington OF 115 120
Lucas Nawrocki LHP/OF 121 125
Cooper Sides RHP 127 131
Dominic Santarelli OF/1B 141 148
Anthony Murphy OF 155 160
Kolby Stringer RHP 162 167
Wessley Roberson OF 217 219
Deven Sheerin RHP 230 233
Coleton Brady RHP 236 238
Dylan Blomker RHP 292 292
Cooper Moore RHP 299 299
Spencer Evans LHP 363 367
Parker Loew INF 472 478
Nathaneal Davis OF 170 NR
Steven Milam INF NR NR

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My best guess is Sides, Stringer, Davis and Roberson

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This is reasonable.

I'm not confident on anyone beyond that. The more I look at the draft board, the less I think the talent at the top will command full slot amounts. That can mean a lot of money moves down the board and more guys get what they're asking for.

ETA: It's why getting guys to actually take their name out of the draft is so important. By the time the day comes, MLB teams can find money it didn't seem like they had.

William Patrick - Game Log

Jack Ruckert - Game Log

Patrick played 7 games, Ruckert 14. Not a lot to take from either. The league they were in isn't especially strong, only a couple teams with high level players. And I don't think they played in any of those games. Most of the games they played were against independent summer teams or teams from another league in NorCal that is a lot of local JUCO and D2 or lower guys.

I'm hoping Ruckert ends up in the Northwoods League or something for another 20 games or so. He needs reps.

The decrease in multi sport athletes took away the natural advantage the US had in developing goalies.

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I wonder if the rules for JUCO stay the same (Drafted after 1 year or 2 years) a bunch of top kids just gravitate towards that

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I think if they want to make it to where HSers aren't draft eligible, the best way to do it is to leave JUCO and 4 year rules as is.

That way all the guys that just want to be pros can go JUCO and everyone else is largely unaffected.

You have the Arizona JUCO league that includes Southern Nevada and Salt Lake CC where they use wood bats. That would effectively become a pre-draft league for the very top prospects.

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Therefore what the MLB is proposing is not actually a good thing.

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I don't think it is, but I get shouted at every time I say that. On here and another board.

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locals who say it could hurt the urban neighborhoods it will traverse.

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I'm sure the tattoo parlors and burned out burger king will be sorely missed.