2025 NCAA Baseball Transfer Portal

Mershon signs
0 for 2 today

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Originally Posted by Cooterpoot

Water is wet,Templeton is cheap, Lemonis isn't a great recruiter

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Have to recruit players that make better financial decisions about their future

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Originally Posted by The Federalist Engineer

Auburn kept all their HS players (2 top-100 and 9 top-200) and had an equal-to-better portal. Ole Miss lost 1 pick, 1st rounder, and kept 4 top 100 players and 3 top 200.

I guess we are stuck with Lemons though. Enough people like him. Not me, but enough.

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Stuck with a natty winning coach. You whiners are pitiful. Lemons is the 2nd best coach in the SEC behind Vitello. Book it!!

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Originally Posted by Todd4State

Have to recruit players that make better financial decisions about their future

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Have to know the risks with the ones you take. Other schools in the SEC are getting those kids. We knew it with all the guys we lost.

who are our 3 starting out fielders as of now?

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Originally Posted by Cooterpoot

Have to know the risks with the ones you take. Other schools in the SEC are getting those kids. We knew it with all the guys we lost.

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Yep, A&M keeps a 3rd rounder while we can't even keep guys that went late on the 3rd day.

Isn?t the Washington transfer Arquette coming to State since Mershon signed? That was the deal right?

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Originally Posted by BigDawg81

Isn?t Washington transfer Arquette coming to State since Mershon signed? That was the deal the right?

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I'll believe it when I see it

depends on how bad A&M, LSU and Vitello want him.

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Originally Posted by Pancho

depends on how bad A&M, LSU and Vitello want him.

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Unfortunately this is where we are right now in MSU Baseball. I don?t know if it?s Lemonis, NIL, or what.

Arquette wants to play immediately so is his best opportunity not at MSU? his glove isn't smooth as Cupp but his bat is leagues above and beyond Cupp.

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Originally Posted by Pancho

Arquette wants to play immediately so is his best opportunity not at MSU? his glove isn't smooth as Cupp but his bat is leagues above and beyond Cupp.

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I would take his .325 average and .974 fielding all day long though.

Oh, I agree.

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Originally Posted by State82

I would take his .325 average and .974 fielding all day long though.

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Neither of which are good indicators of hitting ability or defensive ability.

any smoke on Mershon's younger brother who just decommitted from USC East?

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Originally Posted by maroonmania

Yep, A&M keeps a 3rd rounder while we can't even keep guys that went late on the 3rd day.

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A&M's package for that 3rd rounder is rumored to be around 800K. The Angels were trying to pay him way under slot. Now it doesnt matter where he is drafted next year because of his NIL.

We dont have 3 players combined getting 800K

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Originally Posted by Pancho

Arquette wants to play immediately so is his best opportunity not at MSU? his glove isn't smooth as Cupp but his bat is leagues above and beyond Cupp.

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He would start Day 1 just depends where. 2nd base most likely. It's supposedly us or Oregon St with Okla St a distant 3rd. He's a Somoan west coast guy but wants to play big boy ball in the SEC. We'll see which one he chooses

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Originally Posted by Coach34

A&M's package for that 3rd rounder is rumored to be around 800K. The Angels were trying to pay him way under slot. Now it doesnt matter where he is drafted next year because of his NIL.

We dont have 3 players combined getting 800K

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That's a massive overpay on A&M's part. I really doubt it's that high.

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Originally Posted by Todd4State

That's a massive overpay on A&M's part. I really doubt it's that high.

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They feel they have another good shot at a title in 24 and are spending whatever it takes is the talk

Looking like Oregon State is going to get him.

We whiff on a top portal guy yet again. Some staff's can close. Some can't.

Arquette to Oregon State
I think that?s a wrap guys. As usual, the Baseball Portal thread never disappoints. I appreciate everyone?s input and keeping up with the portal. Until the baseball portal opens up next year, let?s enjoy some football.

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Originally Posted by KOdawg1

Looking like Oregon State is going to get him.

We whiff on a top portal guy yet again. Some staff's can close. Some can't.

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Oregon State's NIL is probably a corrugated box of old, moldy beaver swag in XL, XXL, and YS sizes.

I guess Arquette is going to sell the stuff on Ebay to make $250

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Originally Posted by BigDawg81

Mershon signs
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I was a little surprised that they assigned him to AA right out of the gate.

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Originally Posted by BigDawg81

Arquette to Oregon State
I think that?s a wrap guys. As usual, the Baseball Portal thread never disappoints. I appreciate everyone?s input and keeping up with the portal. Until the baseball portal opens up next year, let?s enjoy some football.

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And just like last year we will likely have plenty of left over NIL money for baseball. We should have a war chest for next year's portal class.***

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Originally Posted by State82

I was a little surprised that they assigned him to AA right out of the gate.

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The Angels do that with college players.

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Originally Posted by maroonmania

And just like last year we will likely have plenty of left over NIL money for baseball. We should have a war chest for next year's portal class.***

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?We can?t compete with the big boy?s NIL?

NIL is not the problem with MSU baseball. I have a buddy whose son is a top 10 recruit in Mississippi. They hear from Vandy and Duke more than they do MSU. His EBC team just won the Perfect Game World Series and the whole team was invited to Vanderbilt as the champion.
They were impressed with the MSU visit as far as facilities and campus, but not so much anything else. His family has plenty of $$$. He still may go to MSU just because it is hour and half away from home and Oxford is too close.

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Originally Posted by Leeshouldveflanked

NIL is not the problem with MSU baseball. I have a buddy whose son is a top 10 recruit in Mississippi. They hear from Vandy and Duke more than they do MSU. His EBC team just won the Perfect Game World Series and the whole team was invited to Vanderbilt as the champion.
They were impressed with the MSU visit as far as facilities and campus, but not so much anything else. His family has plenty of $$$. He still may go to MSU just because it is hour and half away from home and Oxford is too close.

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I can understand. Laziness exists.

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Originally Posted by Leeshouldveflanked

NIL is not the problem with MSU baseball. I have a buddy whose son is a top 10 recruit in Mississippi. They hear from Vandy and Duke more than they do MSU. His EBC team just won the Perfect Game World Series and the whole team was invited to Vanderbilt as the champion.
They were impressed with the MSU visit as far as facilities and campus, but not so much anything else. His family has plenty of $$$. He still may go to MSU just because it is hour and half away from home and Oxford is too close.

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aren't his folks big shark fans? Did Lemo not offer this kid already, like when he was 14 yrs old? If you are referring to the player I think you are, he can't play at MSU.

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Originally Posted by Leeshouldveflanked

NIL is not the problem with MSU baseball. I have a buddy whose son is a top 10 recruit in Mississippi. They hear from Vandy and Duke more than they do MSU. His EBC team just won the Perfect Game World Series and the whole team was invited to Vanderbilt as the champion.
They were impressed with the MSU visit as far as facilities and campus, but not so much anything else. His family has plenty of $$$. He still may go to MSU just because it is hour and half away from home and Oxford is too close.

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Everyone is missing one big thing that matters. Guys I know we love Starkville, hell a lot of us love it so much we have a second residence there, but to outsiders Starkville is a boring ass town. It has 3 bars that you can fit more than 12 people in, there's no alternate forms of entertainment, and unless you want Mexican your food options are limited. Now Oxford is the same thing, albeit with more bars and more space, but because they have marketed it as somewhere people want to be for 50 years then folks just believe that. They believe that even though they may not see it, it's there. Starkville has none of that perception so recruits take it at face value.

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Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve

Everyone is missing one big thing that matters. Guys I know we love Starkville, hell a lot of us love it so much we have a second residence there, but to outsiders Starkville is a boring ass town. It has 3 bars that you can fit more than 12 people in, there's no alternate forms of entertainment, and unless you want Mexican your food options are limited. Now Oxford is the same thing, albeit with more bars and more space, but because they have marketed it as somewhere people want to be for 50 years then folks just believe that. They believe that even though they may not see it, it's there. Starkville has none of that perception so recruits take it at face value.

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True. Most like it once they come

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Originally Posted by SPMT

True. Most like it once they come

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And therein lies the problem....these recruiting visits are taken at face value. They don't spend any time here and they are coming in the dead of summer where the town population is cut in half. It's all about perception though. If we started marketing Starkville better, then we may start winning some of these battles.

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Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve

Everyone is missing one big thing that matters. Guys I know we love Starkville, hell a lot of us love it so much we have a second residence there, but to outsiders Starkville is a boring ass town. It has 3 bars that you can fit more than 12 people in, there's no alternate forms of entertainment, and unless you want Mexican your food options are limited. Now Oxford is the same thing, albeit with more bars and more space, but because they have marketed it as somewhere people want to be for 50 years then folks just believe that. They believe that even though they may not see it, it's there. Starkville has none of that perception so recruits take it at face value.

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I just don't buy the fact that the town of Starkvile is playing a major role in this. Yeah, it's dead in the summer, but I think it has more to do with the staff failing to sell the program and Starkville.

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Originally Posted by bulldogcountry1

I just don't buy the fact that the town of Starkvile is playing a major role in this. Yeah, it's dead in the summer, but I think it has more to do with the staff failing to sell the program and Starkville.

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Truth to this as well

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Originally Posted by KOdawg1

Looking like Oregon State is going to get him.

We whiff on a top portal guy yet again. Some staff's can close. Some can't.

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But we closed on what- 9 other portal guys? So why can we close on a All-Big12 Freshman but not on another "known" guy?

I'm not defending nor downing Lemon- just not understanding why we miss on the bigger targets but pull others easily. Doesnt make alot of sense

And StarkVegas 100% affects today's recruiting. If you think our stadium affects recruiting but StarkVegas doesnt- then you are not a serious or very smart individual. All of it is a factor on some level

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Originally Posted by Coach34

But we closed on what- 9 other portal guys? So why can we close on a All-Big12 Freshman but not on another "known" guy?

I'm not defending nor downing Lemon- just not understanding why we miss on the bigger targets but pull others easily. Doesnt make alot of sense

And StarkVegas 100% affects today's recruiting. If you think our stadium affects recruiting but StarkVegas doesnt- then you are not a serious or very smart individual. All of it is a factor on some level

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I think players commit more to who will be coaching them than say the city or town. Also facilities play a big part but now days everyone except a few in SEC have nice facilities (baseball).
Lemonis is a nice guy, but he is nowhere near the top recruiters in the Sec in baseball, maybe middle of the pack at best. JMO

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Originally Posted by basedog

I think players commit more to who will be coaching them than say the city or town. Also facilities play a big part but now days everyone except a few in SEC have nice facilities (baseball).
Lemonis is a nice guy, but he is nowhere near the top recruiters in the Sec in baseball, maybe middle of the pack at best. JMO

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And the strange part is Lemonis was sold to us when he came as a top notch recruiter that was key in building Louisville under McDonnell. At this point I won't ever expect us to win a big time portal battle ever again. And I just don't buy the Starkville argument. I'm sure that affects some small percentage of players but it doesn't seem to bother our HS recruiting where we still do pretty well. Starkville is way better now than it's been through most of MSUs history. Aside from the financial piece, I would think for a portal guy the bigger factors would be opportunity of playing time, development for MLB and game environment moreso than how many bars are in town. Heck, most will only be around for one year maybe two. I doubt we lost a guy to Corvallis, Oregon based on the party scene but whatever. Heck, Oregon State doesn't even have a conference to play in at the moment.

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Originally Posted by basedog

I think players commit more to who will be coaching them than say the city or town. Also facilities play a big part but now days everyone except a few in SEC have nice facilities (baseball).
Lemonis is a nice guy, but he is nowhere near the top recruiters in the Sec in baseball, maybe middle of the pack at best. JMO

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Lemon certainly has to be a part of that. As does StarkVegas and its location in Nowhere Mississippi. As does facilities. As does the campus.

It doesnt make sense that we have lost every "known" player battle but won others. The guy from Houston chose us over LSU and some others. So we dont lose every battle but it makes you wonder why we lose the ones we do.

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Originally Posted by Coach34

Lemon certainly has to be a part of that. As does StarkVegas and its location in Nowhere Mississippi. As does facilities. As does the campus.

It doesnt make sense that we have lost every "known" player battle but won others. The guy from Houston chose us over LSU and some others. So we dont lose every battle but it makes you wonder why we lose the ones we do.

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I think we have to work harder with recruiting the so called “stars”. I think we do ok but folks like Vitello are just driven and I think he is more involved. Lemonis is a nice guy, and does ok at recruiting but I don’t think he is a great but a decent to good recruiter. Just gotta get players that can be leaders and are motivated. I think after the Natty we lacked motivation and had clubhouse issues. This hurts your recruiting.

It appears our coaches have one of the same problems the team did this year, the inability to close. Especially against the better teams and with the higher profile prospects.