Baseball know it alls

[BuckyIsAB****]

Alright fellas, I am on record for saying Lemon ain?t it and should go, but at the same time we all see the football team this year and i for one think college basketball is almost as bad of a product as CFB right now is. So, convince me of some hope for spring

[viverlibre]

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[Pancho]

Lemo will be as good as the players he puts on the field. Parker must retool the pitching staff because we have a relatively weak SEC schedule. i hope for the best.

[Leeshouldveflanked]

Bottom 3rd of SEC.

[HailState2008]

Bottom 3rd of SEC.

Top half at worse

[Cooterpoot]

Middle of the pack at best

[Pinto]

We won?t make Hoover*** or the postseason.

[KOdawg1]

The easy SEC schedule might save him

[Offshore Dawg]

This is a useless thread so far !!

[Coach34]

We will better offensively in 25 than we were in 24
We will have a better bullpen in 25 than we had in 24

The question is how well Parker develops the SP's. We dont have the talent in the SP's we had last year but we do have talent. I think we end up 5-6th best team in the SEC again this Spring.

[HoopsDawg]

We will better offensively in 25 than we were in 24
We will have a better bullpen in 25 than we had in 24

The question is how well Parker develops the SP's. We dont have the talent in the SP's we had last year but we do have talent. I think we end up 5-6th best team in the SEC again this Spring.

Bold prediction without Jordan, Mershon, and huge sack.

[Todd4State]

The easy SEC schedule might save him

Or kill him if the team doesn't perform.

[Todd4State]

We will be fine and Lemonis isn't on the hot seat.

We have some questions but we have a lot of options to fill them. We need to find an ace. If we don't at least we have a deeper bullpen like Coach said. I wouldn't be surprised if an ace emerges from the Stevens, Makhai Grant, and Luke Dotson trio.

We're showing a lot more power and I think the hitting will be much better. Much more complete lineup. Bryce Chance could start in CF. I'm sure there will be a meltdown if that happens. So I'm warning everyone now. Ace Reese has looked really good. He probably starts at third base. I think Dylan Cupp could replace Mershon. Stevens isn't replacing Jordan but he will help fill the hole. Noah Sullivan should give us more than we got from the DH role. Reed Stahlman has been hitting well.

40 wins during the regular season is reasonable given what we have and our schedule. We should host this year and I think the team will be hungry after getting screwed last year.

[KOdawg1]

Or kill him if the team doesn't perform.

That's true as well

[CaptainObvious]

We gone win the whole gall darn Southeast Conference!

[Homedawg]

Bold prediction without Jordan, Mershon, and huge sack.

And going into this year you thought Mershon would be all sec and huge sack would have the year he had?? If you say yes you're lying. We have way more offensive depth. The transfers we brought in are all going to be factors. Ace can hit. I'll wait and see if he candle handle third defensively.

[Homedawg]

We will be fine and Lemonis isn't on the hot seat.

We have some questions but we have a lot of options to fill them. We need to find an ace. If we don't at least we have a deeper bullpen like Coach said. I wouldn't be surprised if an ace emerges from the Stevens, Makhai Grant, and Luke Dotson trio.

We're showing a lot more power and I think the hitting will be much better. Much more complete lineup. Bryce Chance could start in CF. I'm sure there will be a meltdown if that happens. So I'm warning everyone now. Ace Reese has looked really good. He probably starts at third base. I think Dylan Cupp could replace Mershon. Stevens isn't replacing Jordan but he will help fill the hole. Noah Sullivan should give us more than we got from the DH role. Reed Stahlman has been hitting well.

40 wins during the regular season is reasonable given what we have and our schedule. We should host this year and I think the team will be hungry after getting screwed last year.

Chance is going to be the starting cf. period. Stahlman in lf. Stevens in rf. Reeves at second.

[somebodyshotmypaw]

The question is how well Parker develops the SP's. We dont have the talent in the SP's we had last year but we do have talent. I think we end up 5-6th best team in the SEC again this Spring.

Yep. Khal Steven and Jurrangelo would go deep in games. So the bullpen didn’t need to be as deep. This year we have to find starters that are good. But there is also the chance that they are good but don’t have the ability to work several times through the lineup effectively. So maybe you only get 4-5 innings per start rather than 6-7 innings per start.

[Todd4State]

Chance is going to be the starting cf. period. Stahlman in lf. Stevens in rf. Reeves at second.

We're both trying to warn people now. It's going to be discussed this season. It could be a definite weak spot defensively. But Bryce is also one of our best hitters and honestly he is way better than some give him credit for. He reminds me of Cody Brown. I'm sure we'll use O'Brien as a defensive replacement. O'Brien has been hurt some though. It could get interesting if he gets healthy and shows that his hitting from the summer can carry over to the season. Stahlman has to be in the lineup the way he is hitting. I know they like Reeves as a leader. He could be a sneaky good addition. Lot of contact. Good defender for second base. Won't strike out a ton.

[Homedawg]

We're both trying to warn people now. It's going to be discussed this season. It could be a definite weak spot defensively. But Bryce is also one of our best hitters and honestly he is way better than some give him credit for. He reminds me of Cody Brown. I'm sure we'll use O'Brien as a defensive replacement. O'Brien has been hurt some though. It could get interesting if he gets healthy and shows that his hitting from the summer can carry over to the season. Stahlman has to be in the lineup the way he is hitting. I know they like Reeves as a leader. He could be a sneaky good addition. Lot of contact. Good defender for second base. Won't strike out a ton.

Yes O'Brien will go to cf and chance to left in defensive replacement. Like I said we have some depth. Need to get grant healthy and back going and the new guys on the mound acclimated to the league and think we will be top half of league. To top quarter

[Todd4State]

We gone win the whole gall darn Southeast Conference!

With our schedule honestly I could see us possibly winning enough to be in the running. It's going to take 20+ SEC wins which is tough but it's doable.

[Todd4State]

Yes O'Brien will go to cf and chance to left in defensive replacement. Like I said we have some depth. Need to get grant healthy and back going and the new guys on the mound acclimated to the league and think we will be top half of league. To top quarter

Yeah. Grant is the most likely ace if you ask me. We'll have to see how he progresses through his Tommy John recovery. I'm just guessing that to start the year he might be the midweek guy or Sunday guy to start because we're not going to rush him back to beat Manhattan on opening day. But by the end of the year he could very well be our ace. Now I'm being a bit conservative with Mahkai. If he recovers quicker then maybe he gets in the rotation on opening weekend. Stone Simmons being versatile really helps us with this. He may be able to start- maybe even gets opening day. But he can also move back to the bullpen where honestly that's his best spot IMO. They've been letting him start in the fall and he hasn't been nearly as good in that role. I know it's fall but still.

[DawgFromOxford]

Y?all already know how it?s going to go:
Hitting is going to be questionable to start but will be above average through SEC play. We?re going to tinker with the lineup every game the first month and drop a couple games that make everyone angry. Fielding will be fine. We?ll be in the conversation of hosting but it?s going to take some major wins in the last 2 SEC weekends because the team lost some games earlier in the season that set us back.

Rinse. Wash. Repeat.

[Cooterpoot]

Avoiding injuries and the injured from last year is going to be important. Got to get big performance from guys who were hurt. I'll believe the hitting is great when I see it. And never look at fall ball to get a feel for the team, wait til they play about 10 games or so.

[basedog]

Avoiding injuries and the injured from last year is going to be important. Got to get big performance from guys who were hurt. I'll believe the hitting is great when I see it. And never look at fall ball to get a feel for the team, wait til they play about 10 games or so.

I agree, "it's practice", so many unknowns till the real games begin. I'm hoping for success, and I plan on going to some games this year.

[AlSwearengen]

Wasn't Ace Reese an OF at Houston? Is he looking to play 3B for us?

[SteelCityDawg]

I'm interested to see Brett House play. Looked great in Summer ball.

[Coach34]

Chance is going to be the starting cf. period.

Good grief. They hit one to the wall the cut off man will have to run out to regular CF depth to get the throw

[Coach34]

Bold prediction without Jordan, Mershon, and huge sack.

Hugesack and Dirtbag his 15 HR's combined. I think we'll get that or close it from one of the new guys by themself. What we may lose in some average we will gain in power

[Todd4State]

Wasn't Ace Reese an OF at Houston? Is he looking to play 3B for us?

3B

[schddog72]

We will be fine and Lemonis isn't on the hot seat.

We have some questions but we have a lot of options to fill them. We need to find an ace. If we don't at least we have a deeper bullpen like Coach said. I wouldn't be surprised if an ace emerges from the Stevens, Makhai Grant, and Luke Dotson trio.

We're showing a lot more power and I think the hitting will be much better. Much more complete lineup. Bryce Chance could start in CF. I'm sure there will be a meltdown if that happens. So I'm warning everyone now. Ace Reese has looked really good. He probably starts at third base. I think Dylan Cupp could replace Mershon. Stevens isn't replacing Jordan but he will help fill the hole. Noah Sullivan should give us more than we got from the DH role. Reed Stahlman has been hitting well.

40 wins during the regular season is reasonable given what we have and our schedule. We should host this year and I think the team will be hungry after getting screwed last year.

I hope you grew up in the 60's because there's a whole lot of songs about dreaming, which is what you're obviously doing with these statements. Now, they all might be true, but the constant is Lemonhead and that alone will cause everything else to be moot.

[RockyDog]

I hope you grew up in the 60's because there's a whole lot of songs about dreaming, which is what you're obviously doing with these statements. Now, they all might be true, but the constant is Lemonhead and that alone will cause everything else to be moot.

Todd predicts Omaha every year like clockwork.

[schddog72]

Todd predicts Omaha every year like clockwork.

Well, his last name is obviously not "Moriarity".

[Todd4State]

Todd predicts Omaha every year like clockwork.

Where did I predict Omaha? I predicted 40 wins and that's it. Granted that's lofty but D1Baseball.com is about to have us rated as a top 10 program over the last 5 years so I would say my predictions have been a lot closer to right than wrong.

[Todd4State]

I hope you grew up in the 60's because there's a whole lot of songs about dreaming, which is what you're obviously doing with these statements. Now, they all might be true, but the constant is Lemonhead and that alone will cause everything else to be moot.

WTF? Saying we don't have an ace and Bryce Chance is starting in CF is sunshine pumping now? Did you even actually read my post?

You can hate Lemonis all you want and I don't really care that much about him honestly but the truth is he isn't in any trouble and the only way he would be is if 2022 happened all over again. The biggest reason I think we win 40 is because of our schedule. Most people that know anything commented on how favorable it is. And it is. There is no doubt about that.

But carry on. You can go ahead and look stupid like the others that questioned me in the offseason last year when I was right about last year including two clowns that have a very popular MSU podcast that insisted that Lemonis would be gone after we lost to Austin Peay last year. But he's still around while they're complaining about him not giving them access for some reason after they slammed him.

[Pancho]

Todd is spot on about the clowns on the podcast. todd and I could win 40 with this team if Parker finds us 3 SEC starters.

[BuckyIsAB****]

Todd why do you think Lemonis shouldn?t be in a do or die year? Dude took over a Ferrari, wrecked it, drove a horse and buggy for 2 years then last year he finally got a Toyota Camry. It?s ok, gets you to work and back but thats not who we are. One Below our standard year since 2021 shouldnt mean he is safe

[Commercecomet24]

And going into this year you thought Mershon would be all sec and huge sack would have the year he had?? If you say yes you're lying. We have way more offensive depth. The transfers we brought in are all going to be factors. Ace can hit. I'll wait and see if he candle handle third defensively.

Yep, the offense will be much better, bullpen will be better, question will be SPs(we do have talent just not experienced talent) but after what Parker did with the pitchers last year, I've got faith he'll make it work.

[Homedawg]

I'm interested to see Brett House play. Looked great in Summer ball.

He hit less than 150 and k'd a bunch ....

[Coach34]

We should be elite defensively with Cupp/Reeves at SS and 2B. Expect Hines to be solid at 1B. The rest is wait and see.

We have legit weekend SP's in Pruitt and Pico. They should be solid. Who becomes the 3rd one is the question. Parker just needs to keep developing guys/fine tuning and we will be fine.

Lemon is not getting fired unless we miss postseason.

[Todd4State]

Todd why do you think Lemonis shouldn?t be in a do or die year? Dude took over a Ferrari, wrecked it, drove a horse and buggy for 2 years then last year he finally got a Toyota Camry. It?s ok, gets you to work and back but thats not who we are. One Below our standard year since 2021 shouldnt mean he is safe

Why would he be in a do or die year? D1Baseball.com is ranking their top 100 programs the last five years and we are going to be in the top 10 in that list based on what they have revealed so far. Lemonis has been our coach those past five years. A coach that has us as a top 10 overall program the past five years is not going to be on the hot seat even with one losing season. And if being a top 10 program over the course of five years is "below standard" then it shows how warped our fans perception is of our program.

Sure he took over a Ferrari. But Cann and Foxhall tore up the transmission. It just didn't show up for a couple of years. Which is ironic because a lot of fans think that Cann was some kind of a savior for the program. And yet it was guys like Jake Mangum who led the charge to get rid of him which was the absolute right thing to do. Add in Foxhall ruining the pitching and Lemonis learning how to deal with success and you get what you get. But Lemonis has learned a lot I think. And our fans forget that his only head coaching experience before MSU was at Indiana where they don't care about baseball. He's having to learn about how to deal with a program like ours over the years and he has now seen the good and the bad. And he has survived. We have Parker who turned our pitching around very quickly which is what we needed and a big reason for 2022 and 2023. Now if we looked the same after firing Foxhall then yeah- you can blame Lemonis. Firing Foxhall alone yielded almost TWICE as many SEC wins for us with one move and put us in position to host.

And as far as recruiting we're doing a good job there- good enough to get us in position to be a top 5 SEC team. And if you have that kind of talent then you have a chance to win a NC. People can complain about not getting the "big fish" in the portal which basically seems to mean someone we lost out on despite landing guys like Ace Reese, Noah Sullivan, Jacob Pruett, and Chase Hungate- but at the very least we fill needs. Which is the entire purpose of the portal.

For him to be in danger of being fired the team is going to have to perform really badly- like 2022 or worse. I don't think that's very likely at all. I actually think it's much more likely that he wins people back than it is that he gets fired. The players play hard for him. Remember in 2023 when we had nothing to play for and the team went to LSU and took two out of three despite having literally zero pitching? That doesn't happen if a coach has lost the team. And right now we're trending up and we have fans that think he is going to screw it up and should have been fired? WTF?

[Todd4State]

Yep, the offense will be much better, bullpen will be better, question will be SPs(we do have talent just not experienced talent) but after what Parker did with the pitchers last year, I've got faith he'll make it work.

It's kind of hard to know with Grant, O'Leary and Loftin on the mend. And not that it has to be one of those three. Nolan Stevens, Charlie Foster, Ryan McPherson, and Luke Dotson could do it. Even if no one steps up I figure worst case scenario we go with Stone Simmons and piece it together with guys like Hungate and whoever ends up at closer.

[Pinto]

Todd, do you not believe in year 5 we should be hosting? To me that is the bar. That means we are top 16 in the country.

[Coach34]

Todd, do you not believe in year 5 we should be hosting? To me that is the bar. That means we are top 16 in the country.

As we just saw this past season with the way they chose hosts- that clearly isn’t true. We were ranked in the Top 16 when hosts were chosen

[BuckyIsAB****]

Why would he be in a do or die year? D1Baseball.com is ranking their top 100 programs the last five years and we are going to be in the top 10 in that list based on what they have revealed so far. Lemonis has been our coach those past five years. A coach that has us as a top 10 overall program the past five years is not going to be on the hot seat even with one losing season. And if being a top 10 program over the course of five years is "below standard" then it shows how warped our fans perception is of our program.

Sure he took over a Ferrari. But Cann and Foxhall tore up the transmission. It just didn't show up for a couple of years. Which is ironic because a lot of fans think that Cann was some kind of a savior for the program. And yet it was guys like Jake Mangum who led the charge to get rid of him which was the absolute right thing to do. Add in Foxhall ruining the pitching and Lemonis learning how to deal with success and you get what you get. But Lemonis has learned a lot I think. And our fans forget that his only head coaching experience before MSU was at Indiana where they don't care about baseball. He's having to learn about how to deal with a program like ours over the years and he has now seen the good and the bad. And he has survived. We have Parker who turned our pitching around very quickly which is what we needed and a big reason for 2022 and 2023. Now if we looked the same after firing Foxhall then yeah- you can blame Lemonis. Firing Foxhall alone yielded almost TWICE as many SEC wins for us with one move and put us in position to host.

And as far as recruiting we're doing a good job there- good enough to get us in position to be a top 5 SEC team. And if you have that kind of talent then you have a chance to win a NC. People can complain about not getting the "big fish" in the portal which basically seems to mean someone we lost out on despite landing guys like Ace Reese, Noah Sullivan, Jacob Pruett, and Chase Hungate- but at the very least we fill needs. Which is the entire purpose of the portal.

For him to be in danger of being fired the team is going to have to perform really badly- like 2022 or worse. I don't think that's very likely at all. I actually think it's much more likely that he wins people back than it is that he gets fired. The players play hard for him. Remember in 2023 when we had nothing to play for and the team went to LSU and took two out of three despite having literally zero pitching? That doesn't happen if a coach has lost the team. And right now we're trending up and we have fans that think he is going to screw it up and should have been fired? WTF?

Todd there is no way in hell that a top ten baseball program misses its own conference tournament two out of three years

[WSOPdawg]

It's kind of hard to know with Grant, O'Leary and Loftin on the mend. And not that it has to be one of those three. Nolan Stevens, Charlie Foster, Ryan McPherson, and Luke Dotson could do it. Even if no one steps up I figure worst case scenario we go with Stone Simmons and piece it together with guys like Hungate and whoever ends up at closer.

Agree Todd. Fortunately, we seem to have a lot more talented arms to mix and match with than in the last few years. Good problems to have.

[Coach34]

Todd there is no way in hell that a top ten baseball program misses its own conference tournament two out of three years

What about Fla football? Arent they a Top Ten football program? Yet they have 4 losing seasons the last 8 years.

[BuckyIsAB****]

What about Fla football? Arent they a Top Ten football program? Yet they have 4 losing seasons the last 8 years.

Uh no they arent. Thats the point

[Coach34]

Uh no they arent. Thats the point

They absolutely are. Since 1996- the only programs with 3 or more Natty's are Bama and Fla. That's a Top 10 program

[Cooterpoot]

There are like 10 teams in America that give a crap about baseball. Being top 10 ain't hard, but look at us struggling. We hired a good pitching coach or we'd really be rough.

[Coach34]

Bad take. There are 15 in the SEC alone.

[Todd4State]

Todd, do you not believe in year 5 we should be hosting? To me that is the bar. That means we are top 16 in the country.

We won 17 SEC games in year five. Most of the time that is good enough to host. What happened to us would be like the football team going 9-3 and getting picked for the Citrus Bowl instead of the playoffs. Would you fire Lebby if that happened?

East Carolina getting picked over MSU was pretty controversial especially given who was doing the selections on the committee.

[Todd4State]

Todd there is no way in hell that a top ten baseball program misses its own conference tournament two out of three years

D1Baseball is doing the picking. Not me. They're comparing us to the other 300 baseball programs in the country and that's where we fall. Which is again- why Lemonis isn't in any trouble because even if you disagree with the ranking you still can't justify that it's not among the best in the country during that time.

[Todd4State]

There are like 10 teams in America that give a crap about baseball. Being top 10 ain't hard, but look at us struggling. We hired a good pitching coach or we'd really be rough.

And who gets credit for hiring that pitching coach when he was called a "lame duck coach that no one wanted to coach for" by our own fans?

I completely disagree about your take about teams giving a crap about baseball. We should be proud of what we have and what we have done in baseball. It's very unique and it's one of the few points of pride in MSU athletics. Without baseball we may have the worst athletic department in the SEC.

[Turfdawg67]

Todd there is no way in hell that a top ten baseball program misses its own conference tournament two out of three years

The fact that he's quoting the "evil media" is hilarious in of itself.

[Todd4State]

The fact that he's quoting the "evil media" is hilarious in of itself.

In this case one media entity has the top college baseball website in America and has done extensive research on hundreds of teams.

The other media entity parrots what they see on a message board.

[Coach34]

They absolutely are. Since 1996- the only programs with 3 or more Natty's are Bama and Fla. That's a Top 10 program

my bad- I left LSU out. Those 3 schools head up Natty's in college football the last 30 years

[BuckyIsAB****]

They absolutely are. Since 1996- the only programs with 3 or more Natty's are Bama and Fla. That's a Top 10 program

They havent been since Tebow left. Then again you wish we were still running QB power on 3rd and 8 like he did im sure

[BuckyIsAB****]

D1Baseball is doing the picking. Not me. They're comparing us to the other 300 baseball programs in the country and that's where we fall. Which is again- why Lemonis isn't in any trouble because even if you disagree with the ranking you still can't justify that it's not among the best in the country during that time.

If he is not in trouble, then we dont really care like we pretend to

[Coach34]

They havent been since Tebow left. Then again you wish we were still running QB power on 3rd and 8 like he did im sure

Trips Right Q Lead Left is my 2nd favorite play in the playbook behind Spread Strong Texas Left (Tunnel Screen Left)

However- I work for a HC that played in a Wing-T O in HS and he is all about scheme over players. So we run an offense that is based on physicality and long verbage our players arent good at.

[Coach34]

If he is not in trouble, then we dont really care like we pretend to

No- people around the US realize we have a solid HC. College Baseball is no longer in 1997

[Todd4State]

If he is not in trouble, then we dont really care like we pretend to

Again- for what? We're not going to fire a coach in any sport who has improved because he had a couple of bad seasons two years ago. That makes zero sense.

Hey Chris- we know you won 17 games last year and did (whatever we're going to do in 2025) but we got to let you go because of that bad season FOUR years ago. WTF? That's almost grounds for wrongful termination when you say it out loud because it makes ZERO sense.

If we fired Chris after next year and we have the season I think we're going to have it's going to show me that our leaders don't know what the hell they're doing.

[Todd4State]

No- people around the US realize we have a solid HC. College Baseball is no longer in 1997

We have some fans that I am convinced that they are so scared of internet receipts that they're just going to keep being wrong for 10+ years until it finally actually happens so that they won't get called out years later even though that means that they were wrong for 10+ years. INSANE.

[SPMT]

Again- for what? We're not going to fire a coach in any sport who has improved because he had a couple of bad seasons two years ago. That makes zero sense.

Hey Chris- we know you won 17 games last year and did (whatever we're going to do in 2025) but we got to let you go because of that bad season FOUR years ago. WTF? That's almost grounds for wrongful termination when you say it out loud because it makes ZERO sense.

If we fired Chris after next year and we have the season I think we're going to have it's going to show me that our leaders don't know what the hell they're doing.

We probably have some dumbass leaders, but if he?s in the tournament he?s not getting fired.

[Todd4State]

We probably have some dumbass leaders, but if he?s in the tournament he?s not getting fired.

Absolutely.

[BuckyIsAB****]

No- people around the US realize we have a solid HC. College Baseball is no longer in 1997

Ok well our solid hc owns multiple records of futility. Including largest home loss and most consecutive conference losses ever for our top ten program

[HoopsDawg]

We have some fans that I am convinced that they are so scared of internet receipts that they're just going to keep being wrong for 10+ years until it finally actually happens so that they won't get called out years later even though that means that they were wrong for 10+ years. INSANE.

Lemo will be fired if we miss the NCAAT this year.

[BuckyIsAB****]

Trips Right Q Lead Left is my 2nd favorite play in the playbook behind Spread Strong Texas Left (Tunnel Screen Left)

However- I work for a HC that played in a Wing-T O in HS and he is all about scheme over players.So we run an offense that is based on physicality and long verbage our players arent good at.

Is that qb stretch or power

[Todd4State]

Lemo will be fired if we miss the NCAAT this year.

Yeah he would be. But based on what we have and what our schedule is I don't think that's very likely.

And I don't know anyone near the program saying anything about him being on the hot seat either so to say that he is on the hot seat right now is a stretch.

[Coach34]

Lemo will be fired if we miss the NCAAT this year.

Absolutely. And literally nobody in the athletic program thinks this has a chance of happening

[Todd4State]

And let me add this- he was more on the hot seat last year at this time than he is now.

You could tell from some of his interviews that he was feeling the pressure at times.

[BuckyIsAB****]

Absolutely. And literally nobody in the athletic program thinks this has a chance of happening

Hes made it once since the natty. Id say there is a chance.

My oh my how the standard has changed. I wonder how we decide who gets what? The only thing Lemon has going is generational talent left to him that won the natty. Thats it.

And beating OM. That goes a long way for me

[Pancho]

Did the Word kid who was at St Andrews last season(SS) just decommit and decide to commit to USM or did Lemo tell him to look elsewhere?

[Todd4State]

Did the Word kid who was at St Andrews last season(SS) just decommit and decide to commit to USM or did Lemo tell him to look elsewhere?

I don't believe he ever committed to MSU. Obviously isn't a take for us at this time but may get him through the portal later.

[Pancho]

Okay, that was what we were told in Pearl back in May during the champion ship games. Todd, any psychic prognostication on Landon Harmon as to what has will have to turn down to come play at the Dude?

[Todd4State]

Okay, that was what we were told in Pearl back in May during the champion ship games. Todd, any psychic prognostication on Landon Harmon as to what has will have to turn down to come play at the Dude?

He may want to come to MSU but he never committed. Jo Jo Parker might be our SS of the future. He can play a number of positions though so we'll see where he fit in. Word is a 2026 recruit so if he blows up I think we could probably flip him if we wanted to.

Harmon isn't mentioned a lot in mock drafts which usually project the first round. MLB will be a factor but I think there is a good chance we get him because he is a RHP but we'll see how his season goes. He is a future Friday night SEC starter if he comes to school.

[Todd4State]

And with the portal the path for some MSU players going forward may be through USM first. Go there and play a couple of year and blow up and dominate the Sun Belt and we'll add you to the good guys later.

[Pancho]

I've got a good idea who one of them could be. lets wait and see

[Coach34]

Hes made it once since the natty. Id say there is a chance.

My oh my how the standard has changed. I wonder how we decide who gets what? The only thing Lemon has going is generational talent left to him that won the natty. Thats it.

And beating OM. That goes a long way for me

No standard has changed at all. The standard of our program has been to get to Omaha every few years and be a top SEC team. We have been a top SEC team 3 of the last 5 years with a Natty. He is 100% meeting the "standard"

Also our fans want to forget 2020 when we probably had the best team in the country. We really got ****ed by Covid.

Our fans also want to forget that baseball has changed during his tenure with constant transfers and NIL. Baseball now and when he got the job aint the same animal

[SPMT]

No standard has changed at all. The standard of our program has been to get to Omaha every few years and be a top SEC team. We have been a top SEC team 3 of the last 5 years with a Natty. He is 100% meeting the "standard"

Also our fans want to forget 2020 when we probably had the best team in the country. We really got ****ed by Covid.

Our fans also want to forget that baseball has changed during his tenure with constant transfers and NIL. Baseball now and when he got the job aint the same animal


High likelihood of back to back 2020 and 2021.

[Coach34]

yeah 2020 was a CWS team at the least

[Todd4State]

yeah 2020 was a CWS team at the least

Yeah. We had several first round picks on that team- Foscue and Westburg, Logan Tanner. Landon Sims, Will Bednar, a healthy Christian MacLeoud. Tanner Allen got hurt though so I don't know about back to back. But Rowdey was healthy.