Baseball gets 1st portal commit

[Coach34]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">TRANSFER UPDATE: <a href="https://twitter.com/UNABaseball?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@UNABaseball</a> talented 3B Gehrig Frei is entering the Transfer Portal, I&#39;m told. Frei is 6-2, 190 pounds, and was <a href="https://twitter.com/ASUNSports?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ASUNSports</a> All-Conference w/ .320 AVG, 12 doubles, 15 homers, 49 RBIs, 1.017 OPS in 2024. Big-time bat.<a href="https://t.co/F2mEcVzHiC">https://t.co/F2mEcVzHiC</a><a href="https://twitter.com/PortalGamesBase?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@PortalGamesBase</a> <a href="https://t.co/ynYgS2xdP9">pic.twitter.com/ynYgS2xdP9</a></p>&mdash; Kendall Rogers (@KendallRogers) <a href="https://twitter.com/KendallRogers/status/1796239383466754430?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 30, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[basedog]

Looks like a good one.

[StarkVegasSteve]

Arguably the best 3B in the portal. I do not expect him to be the last this weekend either.

[BeardoMSU]

Word!

https://twitter.com/KendallRogers/status/1799597653531238910?t=KCiUXIQ02CVedg0DJNyyiA&s=19

[Commercecomet24]

Excellent pickup and more coming. Some of y'all gonna be surprised at the quality of players we pickup from the portal.

[Commercecomet24]

Arguably the best 3B in the portal. I do not expect him to be the last this weekend either.

This.

[TALL DAWG]

Great!
Now, let us take 6-7 more please.

[TALL DAWG]

I noticed that UConn had like 8 Div III transfers. Maybe we should mine the Div 2 and 3 levels some also?

[smootness]

Awesome name

[Cooterpoot]

I call reach on one but not Johnny long reach

[Coach34]

I call reach on this one

Lol

We have at least 9 MLB draft picks this July- and you call Lemon and crew out for lack of talent. Just sit this one out Dawg

[ArrowDawg]

Awesome name

That first name is like he was always supposed to play baseball.

[Cooterpoot]

Lol

We have at least 9 MLB draft picks this July- and you call Lemon and crew out for lack of talent. Just sit this one out Dawg

LOL is that supposed to impress me or are you saying Lemonis sucks as a coach? Look at our roster next season and see the damn empty in that dugout.
All of the draft guys won't even sign

[KOdawg1]

The 10% K rate tells me he should translate well in tougher competition.

Kohler had similar numbers but a 22% K rate so I had concerns about him from the start.

Look at the K% for transfers. Guys who K vs crappy competition usually get punked in the SEC no matter what their average is or how many home runs they hit vs crap pitching. But if they have a good eye, their odds of being good for us is higher

[Todd4State]

Really good pick up! Will be a RS junior next year so he has two years of eligibility. I like the power potential and the fact that he is a switch hitter. He almost had a 1/1 K/BB ratio- 26 K's/25 BB's. That tells me he has a good eye at the plate and makes contact. Likely not as good a defender as Kohler but otherwise appears to be an upgrade overall.

Good start for Lemonis!

[Todd4State]

Excellent pickup and more coming. Some of y'all gonna be surprised at the quality of players we pickup from the portal.

Calling Baton Rouge? Miami? Both? :)

[Cooterpoot]

The 10% K rate tells me he should translate well in tougher competition.

Kohler had similar numbers but a 22% K rate so I had concerns about him from the start.

Look at the K% for transfers. Guys who K vs crappy competition usually get punked in the SEC no matter what their average is or how many home runs they hit vs crap pitching. But if they have a good eye, their odds of being good for us is higher

Kohler played the 140 SOS
This guy played the 232 SOS
Looking at his film, his swing is a little long. Definitely has power so I'm thinking he's a .240, 10 HR guy if we're lucky next year. Defensive down grade too.

[Todd4State]

Kohler played the 140 SOS
This guy played the 232 SOS
Looking at his film, his swing is a little long. Definitely has power so I'm thinking he's a .240, 10 HR guy if we're lucky next year. Defensive down grade too.

So same as Logan Kohler with more home runs.

Not sure that I would go with SOS when rating transfer players individually. See RJ Yeager and Colton Ledbetter.

[Cooterpoot]

So same as Logan Kohler with more home runs.

Not sure that I would go with SOS when rating transfer players individually. See RJ Yeager and Colton Ledbetter.

Kohler was hurt 2/3 of the season though. And people wanted him benched but we had no backup. Struggled til his shoulder got healthy. He was solid once healthy.

[DownwardDawg]

Excellent pickup and more coming. Some of y'all gonna be surprised at the quality of players we pickup from the portal.

That's great to hear!!!!

[SPMT]

Kohler was hurt 2/3 of the season though. And people wanted him benched but we had no backup. Struggled til his shoulder got healthy. He was solid once healthy.

Yes

[Todd4State]

Kohler was hurt 2/3 of the season though. And people wanted him benched but we had no backup. Struggled til his shoulder got healthy. He was solid once healthy.

Yes. And according to your projections we're getting the same amount of production roughly.

[Cooterpoot]

Yes. And according to your projections we're getting the same amount of production roughly.

No, I said if we're lucky we'll get that next season. Since when is .240 10HR a great hitter? We need upgrades and not sure he will be that next season. Especially if defense falls off. The good thing is he's got two years and he's got power. We really need power numbers. Can Gotro make him better? Can his defense improve? State fans raised hell about bad defense at the corners before this year. We know we've got a crap ton of spots to fill. The question is can we get the big signees. Top programs are getting P5 transfers. When are we going to pull a top P5 position player? I think Parker will get his share.
Our hitting wasn't good this year. We need big improvements there. I'm ok with this guy I just don't think he moves the needle that much year one and that's how we recruit. At the end of the day, we need bodies too. How much can NIL buy when we need so many holes filled?
If I'm wrong it's no big deal. He hits .260+ come SEC time and can give us Highfill numbers in the power area, that's the hope. Or Hines without the Ks.

[99jc]

Excellent pickup and more coming. Some of y'all gonna be surprised at the quality of players we pickup from the portal.

you are right i will be surprised!

[somebodyshotmypaw]

I call reach on one but not Johnny long reach

Johnny Long is a garbage human who showed his ass around campus and around town. Hopefully this guy is a far better person. Johnny Long can?t pack his bags quick enough to get out of Starkville and I hope he never comes back.

[RockyDog]

Did Lemons do something to Queef’s family? The blind outrage for everything is ridiculous. Lemons is MSU’s ONLY natty winning coach and he is BETTER than Cholk, Cohen and Cannizzaro. Get over it!!

[Cooterpoot]

Did Lemons do something to Queef?s family? The blind outrage for everything is ridiculous. Lemons is MSU?s ONLY natty winning coach and he is BETTER than Cholk, Cohen and Cannizzaro. Get over it!!

LOL coming from you that's hilarious 😂
He's our Chizik.

[Saltydog]

If it's not lack of talent it's lack of coaching. Pick your poison.

[Cooterpoot]

If it's not lack of talent it's lack of coaching. Pick your poison.

That's the funny thing. There's no denying it either. We have next to nothing left on campus next year and our portal hauls have been pretty mid. Parker will go sign some guys. Gotro and Lemons will clean up the small school guys while TN and A&M etc will grab the big guns. I've already said I'm not for firing Lemonis this season. But people get so offended when I say he's average. I hope he changes my mind with better recruiting and wins.

[Todd4State]

No, I said if we're lucky we'll get that next season. Since when is .240 10HR a great hitter? We need upgrades and not sure he will be that next season. Especially if defense falls off. The good thing is he's got two years and he's got power. We really need power numbers. Can Gotro make him better? Can his defense improve? State fans raised hell about bad defense at the corners before this year. We know we've got a crap ton of spots to fill. The question is can we get the big signees. Top programs are getting P5 transfers. When are we going to pull a top P5 position player? I think Parker will get his share.
Our hitting wasn't good this year. We need big improvements there. I'm ok with this guy I just don't think he moves the needle that much year one and that's how we recruit. At the end of the day, we need bodies too. How much can NIL buy when we need so many holes filled?
If I'm wrong it's no big deal. He hits .260+ come SEC time and can give us Highfill numbers in the power area, that's the hope. Or Hines without the Ks.

No one said that .240 with 10 home runs is great. Just saying that if your projections are correct then we at least replaced Kohler with a roughly equal player production wise.

In Moneyball that's all they did and it worked.

[Todd4State]

That's the funny thing. There's no denying it either. We have next to nothing left on campus next year and our portal hauls have been pretty mid. Parker will go sign some guys. Gotro and Lemons will clean up the small school guys while TN and A&M etc will grab the big guns. I've already said I'm not for firing Lemonis this season. But people get so offended when I say he's average. I hope he changes my mind with better recruiting and wins.

There isn't a Skenes or Montgomery in the portal- yet.

[Cooterpoot]

There isn't a Skenes or Montgomery in the portal- yet.

Correct & there might not be one. Certainly not a Skenes. But there will be proven P5 and high end G5 guys that have faced good competition. Every move up in competitive is tough, I think you'd agree with that. Hujsak struggled to move up but this year found it. Yeager was a big success. Ledbetter was a little up and down but certainly not bad. That's why I keep saying average. We're signing guys that make us average too much. I still prefer a good solid HS class to develop and then fill holes with grab a great portal guy to get you over the top. Parker I'm confident can get player. He proved he can develop and folks have taken notice. It's time for Gotro to do something.

[RockyDog]

LOL coming from you that's hilarious ��
He's our Chizik.

No. He’s our Kirby Smart

[Cooterpoot]

No. He?s our Kirby Smart

LOL- you always make me laugh

[Todd4State]

Correct & there might not be one. Certainly not a Skenes. But there will be proven P5 and high end G5 guys that have faced good competition. Every move up in competitive is tough, I think you'd agree with that. Hujsak struggled to move up but this year found it. Yeager was a big success. Ledbetter was a little up and down but certainly not bad. That's why I keep saying average. We're signing guys that make us average too much. I still prefer a good solid HS class to develop and then fill holes with grab a great portal guy to get you over the top. Parker I'm confident can get player. He proved he can develop and folks have taken notice. It's time for Gotro to do something.

The baton will be passed to guys like Nolan Stevens, Dylan Cupp, Makhai Grant, and maybe Dante Nori and Henry Allen among others. That is a good core group to work with. I could also probably include Highfill and Loftin.

As far as the portal I've noticed the profile of the players we are recruiting is different. A lot better K/BB rations, some speed and some power- a lot of guys with 10 home runs who don't strike out a lot. What killed most of our rallies? Strikeouts. Lemonis made it subtly clear that the way he was going to improve the offense would be by recruiting more talented hitters and that is what is happening.

[ScooterDog]

I just hope we can upgrade the hitting coaching and instruction to go along with these new players.

[Saltydog]

And when there is Lemonis won't get them. . . . . .

[RockyDog]

Lemons doesn’t deserve you losers as “fans”. He is the best baseball coach that has ever been employed by Mississippi State University hands down.

[No BS Dawg]

Update? Where are these other commits that were spoken of?

[StateDawg44]

Lemons doesn?t deserve you losers as ?fans?. He is the best baseball coach that has ever been employed by Mississippi State University hands down.

Ok Mrs. Lemonis

[Brobi-wan]

If it's not lack of talent it's lack of coaching. Pick your poison.

It?s coaching, but that doesn?t fall squarely at Lemo?s feet. What does fall at his feet is that he?s not firing the assistants who don?t do enough as quickly as he should. He?s the head ball coach of a major baseball program. Recruiting and being the face of the program is his biggest job. If you can?t rely on your hitting coach to get the guys to you know?.hit, there?s no reason to have one. If you want to fire him, we will fire him for his hiring of bad assistants and not for a lack of talent on our roster.

[RockyDog]

Chris Lemons IS MSU baseball. It is not Ron Cholk, John Cohen or Everett Kenard. Lemons deserves a lifetime contract AND a better fan base. Not a bunch of whiny loosers

[Activated Alpha]

Chris Lemons IS MSU baseball. It is not Ron Cholk, John Cohen or Everett Kenard. Lemons deserves a lifetime contract AND a better fan base. Not a bunch of whiny loosers

This kid has to be an OM troll or at least an OM grad with the word of loosers instead of losers

[The Federalist Engineer]

This kid has to be an OM troll or at least an OM grad with the word of loosers instead of losers

Activated is 100% correct, Mods please do your thing.

[KOdawg1]

Chris Lemons IS MSU baseball. It is not Ron Cholk, John Cohen or Everett Kenard. Lemons deserves a lifetime contract AND a better fan base. Not a bunch of whiny loosers
Does it hurt to be that dumb? Like I'm genuinely curious

[RockyDog]

Does it hurt to be that dumb? Like I'm genuinely curious

Chris Lemons is not dumb. He’s the best coach in the SEC and one of the best in the nation

[Cowbell]

Chris Lemons is not dumb. He?s the best coach in the SEC and one of the best in the nation

I love how you misspell your own last name. Classic lol

[the_real_MSU_is_us]

Ok I hope we get absolute studs and go off next year.

That said, "replacing" Kohler isn't what we need. We need to UPGRADE Kohler, who was one of the bottom 3 bats in the lineup. Similarly, just being able to lost a name of a guy on the roster doesn't mean we are OK at that position. Like Cupp may be great next year but he also may not be able to hit the ball and it's very unlikely he'll hit like Mershon. And who's going to replace Jordan or Hujsak?

There's a lot of time for Lemo to recruit the Portal, I'm not saying we WON'T get the guys we need. I'm saying there's a ton of ground to make up and "replacing" kohlers back isn't the win some seem to think it is

[schddog72]

That's the funny thing. There's no denying it either. We have next to nothing left on campus next year and our portal hauls have been pretty mid. Parker will go sign some guys. Gotro and Lemons will clean up the small school guys while TN and A&M etc will grab the big guns. I've already said I'm not for firing Lemonis this season. But people get so offended when I say he's average. I hope he changes my mind with better recruiting and wins.

I'm not offended, and he's not average - HE'S WAAAAAAYYYYY BELOW AVERAGE!!!!!!!!

[schddog72]

I noticed that UConn had like 8 Div III transfers. Maybe we should mine the Div 2 and 3 levels some also?

Well, Birmingham Southern's entire roster is available!!

[SPMT]

Ok I hope we get absolute studs and go off next year.

That said, "replacing" Kohler isn't what we need. We need to UPGRADE Kohler, who was one of the bottom 3 bats in the lineup. Similarly, just being able to lost a name of a guy on the roster doesn't mean we are OK at that position. Like Cupp may be great next year but he also may not be able to hit the ball and it's very unlikely he'll hit like Mershon. And who's going to replace Jordan or Hujsak?

There's a lot of time for Lemo to recruit the Portal, I'm not saying we WON'T get the guys we need. I'm saying there's a ton of ground to make up and "replacing" kohlers back isn't the win some seem to think it is

We don?t have A&M level offensive talent. Not that it means wins all of the time, but we are a good ways from having 3 dudes hit over 20 bombs.

[CaptainObvious]

We could pick up a few Beer League Softball hitters to replace Johnny Long and get the same or better results. But I suspect State will be playing with several DII level starters next year. Hard to recruit from the beach chair or a golf cart.

[No BS Dawg]

Lemonis is the issue, period. I think he knows he is recruiting the portal for his job as another 22 or 23 season gets him his walking papers. We will see if his bucket sitting, Fred Sanford chest grabbing/rubbing ass can do anything when it counts. He is still employed because of Parker, make no mistake about it.

[KOdawg1]

I think Frei is an upgrade offensively over Kohler.

Is he gonna come here and hit .350 and 20 HRs? Probably not, but the potential is there for a .300ish hitter with 10+ bombs. I have more concerns about him defensively than I do with the bat.

My #1 want currently is Ethan Conrad from Marist. 6'3, 200 lbs. Bats and throws left-handed and can play 1b or OF.
Hit .389 with 9 HRs, 18 doubles, 13 triples, 52 RBI, and a 1.171 OPS. Also stole 19 bases and has a 6.5 60 time, so he's fast. 13% K rate so strikeouts aren't a problem. Perfect 2 hole hitter imo

[Todd4State]

Lemonis is the issue, period. I think he knows he is recruiting the portal for his job as another 22 or 23 season gets him his walking papers. We will see if his bucket sitting, Fred Sanford chest grabbing/rubbing ass can do anything when it counts. He is still employed because of Parker, make no mistake about it.

He hired Parker. So good job Chris!

[Todd4State]

Ok I hope we get absolute studs and go off next year.

That said, "replacing" Kohler isn't what we need. We need to UPGRADE Kohler, who was one of the bottom 3 bats in the lineup. Similarly, just being able to lost a name of a guy on the roster doesn't mean we are OK at that position. Like Cupp may be great next year but he also may not be able to hit the ball and it's very unlikely he'll hit like Mershon. And who's going to replace Jordan or Hujsak?

There's a lot of time for Lemo to recruit the Portal, I'm not saying we WON'T get the guys we need. I'm saying there's a ton of ground to make up and "replacing" kohlers back isn't the win some seem to think it is

I'm saying if the floor is replacing Kohler with the same stats we did well. Because odds are he will be better.

[RockyDog]

He hired Parker. So good job Chris!

Exactly. These anti Lemons loosers are ridiculous. He is the best baseball coach in MSU history, PERIOD

[Cooterpoot]

While the rich get richer, we mid along at MSU baseball. As expected, the bigger fish are swimming to other programs. The struggle to reel in the big boys is real. Hopefully Parker works his magic on the pitching side.

[Goldendawg]

Exactly. These anti Lemons loosers are ridiculous. He is the best baseball coach in MSU history, PERIOD

Since our "Carnegie Hall of College Baseball Stadium" is still not being used for the third consecutive year for June baseball, on your evaluation I will have maintenance grind the Polk-Dement name off the stadium and replace with Lemonis.**** Statue of him sitting on his bucket will also be installed between Clark and Palmeiro.****** P.S. I think the term you are looking for is "losers", not "loosers". However, you may be correct, as a Lemonis "looser" might be someone who doesn't want to hold on to him tightly as HC in years to come.*** On to football! Hail State!

[Coach34]

We need to host 3-4 times a decade. If you think we should host more than that- your expectations are way above what’s realistic

[Jacknut]

We need to host 3-4 times a decade. If you think we should host more than that- your expectations are way above what?s realistic

I don't know. This year seems like a bare minimum for a season to me. Being a 2 seed and getting bounced from a regional should be the floor. I would be on the high side and say host 4-6 times a decade.

[The Federalist Engineer]

Well, Birmingham Southern's entire roster is available!!

Texas A&M has the Columbia transfer that hits 330 and plays SEC level. 331 Hitter in Columbia.

Starting SS for Clemson is a solid kid. 336 hitter in the ACC and was 282 at Davidson

[TALL DAWG]

Ok Comet 24, when can we expect more portal pick ups please? Asking for friends..:)

[AlSwearengen]

Ok Comet 24, when can we expect more portal pick ups please? Asking for friends..:)


We've been thru this for a couple of seasons now. The only hope that I have for a bona fide difference maker is a pitcher that wants to play for Parker and even then, I will be pleasantly surprised. Lemonis nor Starkville seem to be as attractive as the other SEC schools. Maybe NIL is an issue.

[StarkVegasSteve]

We've been thru this for a couple of seasons now. The only hope that I have for a bona fide difference maker is a pitcher that wants to play for Parker and even then, I will be pleasantly surprised. Lemonis nor Starkville seem to be as attractive as the other SEC schools. Maybe NIL is an issue.

It's Starkville. We have done a crappy job marketing the town until VERY recently and so we are still climbing out of the dark ages. It also hurts that we are bringing these kids onto campus during the summer where there are no students on campus. When all these kids see are old people when they go out to eat for their dinners, it kind of hurts perception.

[Coach34]

Other fanbases compare StarkVegas to Iraq and Afghanistan. If you don’t think that puts us at a disadvantage in recruiting- you aren’t being realistic

Then add to it bringing in recruits during the summer when most of the students are gone.

But yeah- it’s all Lemon

[Cooterpoot]

We've been thru this for a couple of seasons now. The only hope that I have for a bona fide difference maker is a pitcher that wants to play for Parker.

This is going to happen soon IMO

[Cooterpoot]

Starkville is great for kids that want a college town atmosphere. The ones that want a metro scene aren't coming without a huge pay check and they can get that somewhere else. It's why we have to develop more than some schools and can't just depend on the portal. Having a shitty two seasons after a natty reallllllly hurt us. Nobody has confidence in this staff outside Parker.

[Cooterpoot]

I'm going to back up on my opinion of Frei, after getting some more info and talking to a couple people, it's a better pick up that I gave credit. I still think there's an adjustment period for him but he has the potential to make that adjustment based on what I was told. So I'll give Lemonis some credit on him.

[Coach34]

Starkville is great for kids that want a college town atmosphere. The ones that want a metro scene aren't coming without a huge pay check and they can get that somewhere else. It's why we have to develop more than some schools and can't just depend on the portal.

agree with this completely

and to add- its going to cost us more to get a certain kid than it would LSU, Georgia, and other really good college towns

[StarkVegasSteve]

I'm going to back up on my opinion of Frei, after getting some more info and talking to a couple people, it's a better pick up that I gave credit. I still think there's an adjustment period for him but he has the potential to make that adjustment based on what I was told. So I'll give Lemonis some credit on him.

I think people see the school and completely write the kid off. Sometimes all these G5 kids need is a chance. Look at Seaver King from Wake Forest, he came from Wingate(which is D2) and hit .308 at Wake with 16 HRs and 64 RBIs. Frei is at least coming from D1.

[Randolph Dupree]

I think people see the school and completely write the kid off. Sometimes all these G5 kids need is a chance. Look at Seaver King from Wake Forest, he came from Wingate(which is D2) and hit .308 at Wake with 16 HRs and 64 RBIs. Frei is at least coming from D1.

Yep. A lot of G5 kids were overlooked in HS but can play. Maybe they were under developed physically, maybe they couldn't afford to be on the top notch showcase team and all the trips to ATL or wherever to be seen.

[Cooterpoot]

I think people see the school and completely write the kid off. Sometimes all these G5 kids need is a chance. Look at Seaver King from Wake Forest, he came from Wingate(which is D2) and hit .308 at Wake with 16 HRs and 64 RBIs. Frei is at least coming from D1.

It's a crap shoot with unproven G players, but at least there's a little more to look at than HS kids. UNA literally played two P5 games. That's pretty awful.

[StarkVegasSteve]

It's a crap shoot with unproven G players, but at least there's a little more to look at than HS kids. UNA literally played two P5 games. That's pretty awful.

It is until you realize that East Carolina, regional host East Carolina, only played 7 P5 in the regular season.

[Commercecomet24]

I'm going to back up on my opinion of Frei, after getting some more info and talking to a couple people, it's a better pick up that I gave credit. I still think there's an adjustment period for him but he has the potential to make that adjustment based on what I was told. So I'll give Lemonis some credit on him.

lol You must talk to the same people I talk to. I know we have several mutual friends. It's why I was excited about the pickup because I've heard he has a pretty good upside(from people who know way more than me).

[Commercecomet24]

It's a crap shoot with unproven G players, but at least there's a little more to look at than HS kids. UNA literally played two P5 games. That's pretty awful.

This is true, but these kids transfer and have success every year at different programs. You have to evaluate and be very judicious in who you pickup and there will be misses for sure.

[State82]

There are so many very solid baseball players out there but they are not just sitting on the street corner waiting on a coach to snap them up. It definitely takes a lot of work, study and evaluation as Cc24 said. It's not like football and basketball where the blue chippers are pretty much known by everybody for the most part. Guys can hone their skills almost by themselves or with minimal participation from others. Just gotta go hunting to locate and identify them.

[TheLostDawg]

agree with this completely

and to add- its going to cost us more to get a certain kid than it would LSU, Georgia, and other really good college towns

Have you been to BR recently? Everyone is leaving. Not sure about Athens. Oxford is pretty close to Starkville and they get people. The people that hate on Starkville but like Oxford, a good question is have you ever been and when. A lot never have and those that have haven't been recently the majority of the time. These recruits likely haven't heard much about Starkville other than the atmosphere on gameday. I just don't but what you're selling. Like mentioned above, if they want a big city, they attenuation coming here. If it's for baseball we've always had a chance. Now your take on money I agree with. The lsu, Florida are going to out big us and with their recent success they will likely win the head to head or discount. But saying someone from Cali or Indiana has heard that Starkville is a dump is a little much

[Coach34]

Have you been to BR recently? Everyone is leaving. Not sure about Athens. Oxford is pretty close to Starkville and they get people. The people that hate on Starkville but like Oxford, a good question is have you ever been and when. A lot never have and those that have haven't been recently the majority of the time. These recruits likely haven't heard much about Starkville other than the atmosphere on gameday. I just don't but what you're selling. Like mentioned above, if they want a big city, they attenuation coming here. If it's for baseball we've always had a chance. Now your take on money I agree with. The lsu, Florida are going to out big us and with their recent success they will likely win the head to head or discount. But saying someone from Cali or Indiana has heard that Starkville is a dump is a little much

People may be leaving- but BR is a damn fun place for a 20 year old

But too many of our fans think its just about baseball and our awesome stadium. So much more goes into these decisions. And as mentioned- coming to visit StarkVegas on say Wednesday June 8th is not the town at its best.

[TheLostDawg]

People may be leaving- but BR is a damn fun place for a 20 year old

But too many of our fans think its just about baseball and our awesome stadium. So much more goes into these decisions. And as mentioned- coming to visit StarkVegas on say Wednesday June 8th is not the town at its best.

Very true

[SPMT]

People may be leaving- but BR is a damn fun place for a 20 year old

But too many of our fans think its just about baseball and our awesome stadium. So much more goes into these decisions. And as mentioned- coming to visit StarkVegas on say Wednesday June 8th is not the town at its best.


BR is pretty dangerous. Spent a lot of time there.

I?d think most real transfers that can make
an impact have the party aspect lower on the list. If they don?t, they?ll typically not be impactful outside of the rare freak.

[Coach34]

BR is pretty dangerous. Spent a lot of time there.

I?d think most real transfers that can make
an impact have the party aspect lower on the list. If they don?t, they?ll typically not be impactful outside of the rare freak.

I live amongst the Cajuns. Tommy Tanks is John Bond in BR.

Imagine going anywhere in town and people comp everything you do. Thats Tommy's life

[Coach34]

I live amongst the Cajuns. Tommy Tanks is John Bond in BR.

Imagine going anywhere in town and people comp everything you do. Thats Tommy's life

Now imagine Tommy being used by Jay Johnson to talk to the guy from Indiana State who hit 23 HR's this season to help recruit him to BR. That is what is happening now

[SPMT]

I live amongst the Cajuns. Tommy Tanks is John Bond in BR.

Imagine going anywhere in town and people comp everything you do. Thats Tommy's life

Yeah I get it. He?s the John Daly of college baseball.

Those don?t come around often.

[BigDawg81]

Have you been to BR recently? Everyone is leaving. Not sure about Athens. Oxford is pretty close to Starkville and they get people. The people that hate on Starkville but like Oxford, a good question is have you ever been and when. A lot never have and those that have haven't been recently the majority of the time. These recruits likely haven't heard much about Starkville other than the atmosphere on gameday. I just don't but what you're selling. Like mentioned above, if they want a big city, they attenuation coming here. If it's for baseball we've always had a chance. Now your take on money I agree with. The lsu, Florida are going to out big us and with their recent success they will likely win the head to head or discount. But saying someone from Cali or Indiana has heard that Starkville is a dump is a little much I live in the BR metro area. The players that are leaving LSU are getting processed or looking for playing time. It?s happens at every program. LSU are getting players because they are a blue blood program and are willing to overpay. BR itself does have more to do than Starkville and it?s only an hr or so to New Orleans.

[DownwardDawg]

BR is pretty dangerous. Spent a lot of time there.

I?d think most real transfers that can make
an impact have the party aspect lower on the list. If they don?t, they?ll typically not be impactful outside of the rare freak.

BR is an absolute shit hole.

[SPMT]

BR is an absolute shit hole.

Yes.