Yeah the kids follow his lead for sure. It would be very nice to have him back for another season.Quote:
Originally Posted by AlSwearengen
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Yeah the kids follow his lead for sure. It would be very nice to have him back for another season.Quote:
Originally Posted by AlSwearengen
Sully was/is 100% a leader. A juice guy. We need him back badly. I think Sully would live in StarkVegas for 50 years if we employed him after baseball. While there are people tht simply dont like the small town atmosphere- he has soaked it up and loved itQuote:
Originally Posted by AlSwearengen
The issue I see with the outfield is we have 3 left fielders right now: Chance, Frei, and Nunnallee. 4 if you count Val, but I guess he's moving to 1B. Need to dodge the draft with Teel.
This is dead accurate. He's a true dawgQuote:
Originally Posted by Coach34
List of Out-Bound by On3
That 2023 Recruiting Class is total Chernobyl meltdown. I remember people worried that firing Lemons in 23 would risk the recruits.
OF Fr. Landis Davila
RHP Jr. Gavin Black
SS So. Dylan Cupp
OF So. Nolan Stevens
OF So. Michael O’Brien
LHP So. Luke Dotson
LHP Jr. Robert Fortenberry
RHP Jr. Kevin Mannell
C Jr. Jackson Owen
C So. Steven Spalitta
C Jr. Ross Highfill
SS Fr. Lukas Buckner
I didn't know frei was eligible to come back. Damn, this team could be really goodQuote:
Originally Posted by HoopsDawg
get a SS on board and a couple catchers and some more arms and we ready
How was Highfill in the 23 recruiting class? He played for us in 23Quote:
Originally Posted by The Federalist Engineer
Buckner as well- he was playing HS ball in 24?
Talking Cupp, Stevens, Grant, and Dotson. Those were the top undrafted players from the 2023 class. But even the rest of the class has no starters and only OBrien has a chance to make the 2026 roster unless Grant is given a 2nd chance.Quote:
Originally Posted by Coach34
O'Brien and Grant are both gone. There are zero players remaining from the 2023 signing class which was ranked 9th in the country.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Federalist Engineer
That?s crazy! The portal is real!
2022- Frei redshirted at UNAQuote:
Originally Posted by msstate7
2023- UNA Player
2024- UNA Player
2025- MSU Player
So he has a 4th year left
Any time you have a coaching change turnover is gong to happen. Just the way it is. Probably for the best so you don't end up with a coach that wants to do one thing and has players that are brought in for something else. See Arnett.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Federalist Engineer
I don't think the issue with that group is talent. It was Lemonis's lack of development.
I do feel that there was very little depth in Lemons last couple of classes, they did bring in some good young pitching in the last one, but before that they didn?t produce much at all. There were some good portal pulls, but the overall from high school is lacking.Quote:
Originally Posted by Todd4State
Almost all of the recent ones- Cupp, Stevens, Highfill had to deal with injuries as well at various points in their careers here. I wouldn't be surprised if they go on to have success elsewhere. There were definitely flashes of what could be from those players at times with also a lot of frustration. I think most fans would have been happy to keep Stevens and Dotson. Dotson it seems like there were some issues on what his role should be with the pitching staff and he clearly wants to start.Quote:
Originally Posted by Coursesuper
Larger issue to me was not evaluating the draft well. We lost too many guys like Dante Nori, Conrad Cason and then we had some guys that were massive long shots to come here like Noah Franco, William Schmidt, PJ Morlando, and I think Trent Grindlinger is likely going to end up in that category too.
I like Gautrau but a lot of that is on him. His connections to Boras didn't really help us out at all.
The result basically forced us to rely on the portal a lot of the time.
Becker is visiting Texas
Hope we can hang onto him. We are in real need of a SS given Cupp and Buchner both in the portal. Any chance JoJo Parker makes it to school? Could he be a day 1 starting SS?Quote:
Originally Posted by KOdawg1
Should MSU bring back Mikhai Grant? Saw his Twitter announcement about looking for an opportunity.
I would hate this dude in a Tennessee uniform in 2026. Throwing 101, closing SEC fridays, and drafted in the 1st round.
He's got some major mental issues. Like... big time.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Federalist Engineer
Plus he brought a gun to Baton Rouge. He ain't coming back.
Yea, given the gun issue I'm not sure who would touch him.Quote:
Originally Posted by KOdawg1