I think we have enough guys for Parker to fix. Holcombe and Loftin could be All Americans with good development. Plus this TAM dude was pitching for Yeskie, pretty good coach. Maybe he just plain sucks.Quote:
Originally Posted by Saltydog
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I think we have enough guys for Parker to fix. Holcombe and Loftin could be All Americans with good development. Plus this TAM dude was pitching for Yeskie, pretty good coach. Maybe he just plain sucks.Quote:
Originally Posted by Saltydog
Not if Lemonis wants to keep his job. We need two legit starters. A Friday stud gets us in a regional at best.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Federalist Engineer
Ah man, the Auburn Tigers got the 400 hitting SS with 25 HR from Jersey.
If he's going to leave civilization, why not come to Starkville.
You can can't even get decent food in Auburn. You order spaghetti with marinara, you'll get egg noddles and ketchup. He'll be an average nobody over there . Live 12 months like a Schnook.
https://youtu.be/Cf-bF_IQi6MQuote:
Originally Posted by The Federalist Engineer
If I remember correctly this is playing out in a similar way as last year. Which was a good portal haul.Quote:
Originally Posted by Commercecomet24
This one has the potential to be much much better than last year though.
A Friday stud probably gets us at least into a SR. Skenes would have completely changed our season.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cooterpoot
Last years portal haul had us to 13th in the SEC. This year we replace that portal haul AND need to improve the team. So this year's damn sure better be much betterQuote:
Originally Posted by Todd4State
Oh I believe well get more, the question is will it be enough? EVERYONE is adding studs via the Portal.Quote:
Originally Posted by Commercecomet24
Hell, we don't even have the best 3B transfer in the SECW
I obviously think we will get more players. I?m just curious about the quality of said players.
Not saying that we don't need guys, we don't need somebody else's Andrew Walling. Especially a failed prospect from a PC we all respect.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cooterpoot
Get the Bama Ace and Burns, we are in the Omaha and NC hunt.
There are even 100 MPH guys that can locate like Witchita's Jake Snead. Even a 100MPH Senior LHP from UNLV, Jack Sellinger with a 4:1 K to BB ratio and strikes out 14 per 9 innings.
Skenes os the best pitcher we've ever seen. Not exactly a typical Friday starter.
And no, we would not have made a Super with him. We'd have made a regional yeah, but you've got to remember LSU had a much better lineup and theor pitching staff behind Skenes turned it on in the postseason in a way our staff would not have.
7 innings of elite pitching doesn't make a 13th in the SEC team and turn them into a top 16 national team. Skenes wouldn't have saved OM or Mizzou either, for example. But regardless we aren't getting a Skenes this class so why bring him up as an example?
Amd do those good player move the needle relative to other SEC teams that are adding studs from the Portal as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by ZedFedder
Yes, get the best 2 pitchers in the Portal and our team will be much better next season. More news at 11.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Federalist Engineer
What if I told you the 100mph giys that can locate are recruited by everyone? That it's hard to put together the NIL for one of Holman/Burns, let alone both?
Auburn has a coach that hosted a regional last year. We have a coach that may be fired next May. They have a SS spot wide open, we are telling Cupp it's his job to loose and don't want to scare him into the pros.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Federalist Engineer
But I'm glad you bring him up. EVERYONE is getting studs via the Portal. SWAC and SOCON players of the year etc. Friday aces from small schools. We've got to land a huge OF and a couple huge pitchers to gain on the competition for next year
We ended up with a CF that is going to be no worse than a second round pick, a closer that is borderline elite that we couldn't use as much as we would have liked because of injuries and game situations, Nate Dohm who was probably our second or third best pitcher depending on your opinion of Cade Smith and Aaron Nixon, a good second baseman in Amani Larry. And the bonus is we may get some of those guys back for multiple years. Our portal class was not the reason for last year.Quote:
Originally Posted by the_real_MSU_is_us
Correct! Lemonis's inability to evaluate his assistant coaches or roster talent or develop players or coach defense or create leaders on the team was why last year happened- not the Portal class being a bust.Quote:
Originally Posted by Todd4State
I'm saying we're trying to make the team BETTER than it was last year. To do that, we need to upgrade the sports that are open- 3B, 2x OF, SS, 10ish innings of weekend pitching. So far we've upgraded at 3B, nothing on the rest yet but I'm sure we'll hear some confirmed names eventually
I think that Parker can help get some extra mileage from last year's D1 portal guys still. Dohm can get better and Gartman seemed to lose his identity last year. Powell mentioned that Gartman was not pitching like he did successfully in Memphis and prior. Are we getting Gartman for another year?Quote:
Originally Posted by Todd4State
Gartman was a Covid Freshman, so has another year of eligibility
I think we have at least 3 SEC SP’s on campus already. Getting 1 more top arm would be great. Need another quality OF to go with Jordan and Hugesak.
I agree with you, but that?s not stopping other teams who had much better seasons than us from stockpiling talent. With what we had last year pitching wise, we need to get all the help we can.Quote:
Originally Posted by Coach34
Gartman supposedly had TJ surgery