thunderbird1100

re: 4* DL commits to Ole Miss, flips to Colorado, flips back to Ole Miss a few hours later

Posted by thunderbird1100 on 6/25/26 at 9:22 am to RebelTheBear

This sounds like one of those situation where Colorado had a higher offer, he brought it to OM, OM called the bluff and whoops, he flipped

Came back and said "ok we'll match" and he flipped back

SEC Recruiting

re: Dominic Santarelli: Odds of making it on campus

Posted by thunderbird1100 on 6/25/26 at 7:30 am to Tigerbait8

Pretty low

re: LSU Baseball 2026 (and beyond) Recruiting Thread

Posted by thunderbird1100 on 6/24/26 at 10:34 am to ProjectP2294

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If we end up losing every incoming freshman OF to the draft and we need to pull a depth CF from the portal, I wouldn't mind us taking a flyer on the NAIA kid River Pecina that played with Braun in HS.

I thought Nate Davis pulled his name from the draft, or was that just speculation?

re: LSU Baseball 2026 (and beyond) Recruiting Thread

Posted by thunderbird1100 on 6/24/26 at 10:30 am to skullhawk

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Jay said he expects to lose 6-8 guys, and I find he's usually overly optimistic with these things, so there's your 8 right there.

Yeah Jay was saying he expects only 6-8 to sign I thought that seemed quite optimistic after we had 8 sign in a class of 18 last year and this year we have 24.

I'm sure he would be ecstatic for only 6-7 to sign, but there's a lot of tough decisions to make if 17-18 of those freshmen make it to campus.

re: LSU Baseball 2026 (and beyond) Recruiting Thread

Posted by thunderbird1100 on 6/24/26 at 9:42 am to ProjectP2294

How confident/not are we could get Sheerin back for 1 more year with leverage if he's looking around the $250k bonus mark?

re: LSU Baseball 2026 (and beyond) Recruiting Thread

Posted by thunderbird1100 on 6/24/26 at 7:59 am to Jack Daniel

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I know you’re trying to race bait but I pulled against Brady Neil too

I dont know of any LSU fan outside of Lester who did :lol:

re: College World Series-Oklahoma

Posted by thunderbird1100 on 6/23/26 at 8:33 am to Paul Allen

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I wonder how bad the ratings are going to be once they are released.

Considering it was competing with world cup games it was never going to be great regardless of who was playing in it

re: College World Series-Oklahoma

Posted by thunderbird1100 on 6/23/26 at 7:56 am to Asleepinthecove

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Cam Johnson running around with the trophy and he hasn’t pitched a game since 5/31. Not sure if he was hurt but has a pitcher taken a bigger fall than going from a Friday night starter to not even completing an inning in the post season?

Cam certainly crashed out once again this season and if you told me he would go from friday night starter to not even really pitching all postseason and OU would win a title I would have laughed very hard at you earlier this season.

They got some absolutely heroic pitching this postseason (And bats that were never really there showing up in a huge way) from a bunch of freshmen of all places. OU is a really interesting case study of "getting super hot at the right time" situation this year because they were not a particularly good team even as the season was ending - losing their last 4 regular season SEC series, finishing sub .500 against SEC teams (14-17) lost first game to our sad team in the SECT, a 32-21 final record and limping into the NCAAt as a lower 2 seed

This isnt exactly 2008 Fresno St levels of coming out of nowhere, but its certainly a massive turnaround.

re: Are we pursuing Glauber - Pitcher from UNC

Posted by thunderbird1100 on 6/22/26 at 10:32 am to Portcityblues

If you are looking for confirmation here if the program is tampering with a player on a team playing for a title tonight, the answer is you're not getting it

re: MBB Offseason '26 Transfer Portal / HS Tracker

Posted by thunderbird1100 on 6/22/26 at 9:38 am to Pnels08

Time to reallocate the Madar money to a top Michigan guard

re: College World Series-Oklahoma

Posted by thunderbird1100 on 6/22/26 at 8:43 am to dallastiger55

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its a coin toss tonight. OU has deeper pitching and still has Cam Johnson who is gonna be a top 15 pick.

Pretty sure Cam is just an emergency late inning option for them at this point if they need it, not a starter at this point. He has had a bunch of meltdowns this season, only made 1 appearance over the last month where he failed to record an out, gave up a hit, walk, HBP and WP in 3 batters and was yanked.

The last quality start he had was April 25th where he did give up no ER in 5 IP but also walked 5 guys that start just didnt give up hits to have guys get driven in. He is an extremely high risk pitcher, I doubt they want to put him in a situation where the game is tight tonight. If they get up 5-6-7 runs, maybe you see him (or down that much).

Also Cam Johnson is NOWHERE close to a Top 15 pick, he's barely in MLB's Top 200 for the draft (#166 overall). That would put him around the sixth round. He still has very little control

re: College World Series-Oklahoma

Posted by thunderbird1100 on 6/22/26 at 8:40 am to cphill

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I'm quite surprised by Okie. According to the "experts," they weren't supposed to do much in Omaha. If there is such a thing as "momentum," they definitely have it.

Sometimes it simply about being hot at the right time. Fresno St won a title as a regional 4 seed back in 2008, they were hot at the right time.

Oklahoma lost their last 4 SEC series this year and only game in SECT and limped into regionals as a lower 2 seed sent to frankly one of the toughest regionals with GT at the top of that one.

Then GT had a pitching meltdown and gave up 23 runs in 2 games to lose to OU that regional. OU continued the hot bats and showed some elite pitching in the super on the road at Kansas to sweep there. Same in their first round game against Alabama. Then they had to grind out a low scoring win in game 1 vs. UGA and bats exploded in game 2 win against them.

This was a nothing special offensive team headed into the NCAAT, they were hitting sub .280 on the season with 1.22 HR/gm. In the NCAAT they are hitting .329 with 2.33 HR/gm.

They are getting some absolutely HUGE innings from freshmen who either werent in the roles they are in now in the regular season or just got absolutely shelled in the regular season. Cord Rager had a nearly 6 ERA on the season entering the NCAAT, with an over 7 ERA against SEC teams. He now has 4 postseason starts given up just 6 ER in 24 IP which is a 2.25 postseason ERA.

Sometimes its simply about being hot when it matters, and thats what OU is getting A LOT out of guys they didnt most of the season.

re: LSU Baseball 2026 (and beyond) Recruiting Thread

Posted by thunderbird1100 on 6/18/26 at 10:54 am to ProjectP2294

Whats the reason for even melting down about kids pulling their name from the draft? Wouldnt that been seen as a positive so teams dont have to waste their time in conversations with them anymore and clears up the board?

Or is he just such a big MLB homer he thinks spending any time in college is a waste?

re: You can win the SEC with bats, but Omaha requires arms

Posted by thunderbird1100 on 6/18/26 at 9:12 am to anc

UGA's issues were more with their bats than anything

averaged 4 runs over 4 CWS games, just 5 home runs; 4/5 HRs were just solo shots

Omaha was certainly not Foley field for them

SEC Rant

re: MBB Offseason '26 Transfer Portal / HS Tracker

Posted by thunderbird1100 on 6/18/26 at 9:10 am to tigersham

Didnt see an 247/on3 profile for him, assume this is one of those "non paid" end of bench guys

re: College World Series-Oklahoma

Posted by thunderbird1100 on 6/18/26 at 8:40 am to jp4lsu

Posted this in the other CWS thread:

Oklahoma has had some elite freshman pitching step up, and these guys weren't some top recruits by any shape of the imagination

Cord Rager finished the regular season with an ERA close to 6 and an SEC ERA north of 7

He has given up 3 ER in 3 starts going 19 innings in the NCAAT. He was just outside the Top 400 on PG rankings

Nick Wesloski had a decent regular season as a reliever, made 2 starts in the NCAAT and given up 4 ER in 2 starts going 12.2 IP. He was barely inside the Top 1000 at perfect game. He was the #140 overall player in TEXAS by PG.

Doesnt hurt when you get performances like that out of freshmen :lol:

re: 2 College World Series observations:

Posted by thunderbird1100 on 6/18/26 at 8:25 am to LSUMANINVA

Oklahoma has had some elite freshman pitching step up, and these guys weren't some top recruits by any shape of the imagination

Cord Rager finished the regular season with an ERA close to 6 and an SEC ERA north of 7

He has given up 3 ER in 3 starts going 19 innings in the NCAAT. He was just outside the Top 400 on PG rankings

Nick Wesloski had a decent regular season as a reliever, made 2 starts in the NCAAT and given up 4 ER in 2 starts going 12.2 IP. He was barely inside the Top 1000 at perfect game. He was the #140 overall player in TEXAS by PG.

Doesnt hurt when you get performances like that out of freshmen :lol:

re: LSU Baseball 2026 (and beyond) Recruiting Thread

Posted by thunderbird1100 on 6/17/26 at 2:50 pm to ProjectP2294

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Derrick Mitchell

Dude has barely played at all at Austin Peay the last 2 seasons, what happened to him?

re: An Update For Those Awaiting A Potential Easton Royal Flip | Likely a ESD Decision

Posted by thunderbird1100 on 6/17/26 at 2:48 pm to honeybadger07

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Is Royal really a nuke though?

Are you kidding, keeping a sure fire 1st round talent type WR at home is absolutely a nuke. He's been committed to Texas for the better part of a year almost now

Brewster, Royal or Simien would all be nuke level commits

re: MBB Offseason '26 Transfer Portal / HS Tracker

Posted by thunderbird1100 on 6/17/26 at 2:42 pm to Alt26

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Quadir Copeland

quote:
Javonte Smart

We dont have either of these types on the roster right now

Copeland averaged like 4.5 assists a game the year before Wade as well, he's basically a PG/good (enough) ball handler

My point was Wade obviously didnt expect Ugo to come here and probably play 35 minutes a game at the point spot