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
I mean.... who doesn't bring a gun to Baton Rouge?!!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by KOdawg1
Joking because I don't know the story.
We need to pray on this one. We have nothing right now as far as the middle of the field. He would be the most important piece as far as that goes. Someone needs to tell him how much of a flake Schlossnagle is.Quote:
Originally Posted by KOdawg1
No shot on Jojo.Quote:
Originally Posted by maroonmania
Dang, I thought the issue was skipping Chemistry Labs or "D" in Calculus.Quote:
Originally Posted by maroonmania
Yeah, let's go get the Friday night starter from Harvard or Princeton as a Grad transfer.
Feels like he's just weighing his options but I would've liked to have shut this down right after his visit. You're right, he's probably our most important target because of the impact he'd have at his position. You're not going to go out and good a better SS than him.Quote:
Originally Posted by AlSwearengen
I just came across a tweet by K. Rogers that he made when all of the Virginia players were hitting the portal in which he reported that Becker had entered the portal WITH a DO NOT CONTACT tag.
It is going to be extremely disappointing if we don’t land this guy when it looked like he was set on following O’Conner when he hit the portal. I guess the Do Not Contact tag could have meant he was headed to Texas after they had been tampering since mid season.
Chance and Stallman coming back.
At this point we're looking for 2nd/SS and another catcher or 2. Everywhere else should have a bat. Unsure who slides to 1st / DH but there's so many of those archetypes along with the corner OFs that it's just up to Oak to find the right defensive fit in fall.
Frei/Sully would be nice bats to bring back. We're very close to rolling out a 1-9 lineup that can absolutely mash. And the pitching rotation looks decent, just need a few more bullpen/midweek arms.
He's the top player in the portal. He knows to test the market and see his value. It would be disappointing not to get him, but it won't be for any other reason than the kid simply liked what someone else was selling him more. State/Texsa/LSU in baseball are like Bama/Georgia/anOSU in football now. And we already won on Reese plus several others. So far the only guy we would fight for that we haven't been able to bring in is Dotson.Quote:
Originally Posted by AlSwearengen
Well that's not good. Dang MLB. Sounds like we really need to get Becker. Is Sanders back at 2B for next season?Quote:
Originally Posted by HoopsDawg
JoJo might be a 1st rounder
Or it could be that he already had a verbal agreement with Texas before the portal even opened and before he knew BOC was headed to Starkville. Not that Texas would tamper or anything, just sayin'.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tater
I know the Parker twins come from a family that are not in need of money, but obviously if he goes first round he would almost surely sign even though I know he would like to play with his brother in college.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pancho
Funny thing is, back when they committed (years ago it seems) Jacob appeared to be the one that may end up being a high draft pick and was the no. 1 player in the state in this class. JoJo wasn’t exactly an after thought, but he didn’t get all that much attention.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pancho
You are correct. Jojo blew up this past summer.Quote:
Originally Posted by AlSwearengen
FYI for anyone who may not know, a do not contact does Not mean a player knows where they are going. It simply means their agent will reach out to teams of their choosing. Pretty much every team in the country would take Becker.Quote:
Originally Posted by maroonmania
The do not contact tag only means no more additional contact. He could have 10 schools to visit already and wants no more calls. It would be like Ace using it and just shopping the teams that already offered (tampered lol).
It will be interesting to see if Curiel enters the portal from LSU. If he is not drafted-eligible, that kid will be worth a fortune.
He's a draft eligible sophomore. Not many starters leave LSU.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cowbell
Becker is a great get from UVA.
But Parker needs to get to work on some pitching.
Siary (Draft?)
Pico (Draft-Grad)
Ligon (Draft-Grad)
Sully (?)
Simmons (grad)
Dotson (Shell Shocked)
Loftin
Mannell (portal)
Hungate (grad)
Pruitt (performance issues)
Black (portal)
Williams (?)
Grant (portal)
Fortenberry (performance issues)
Schnoor (performance issues)
These are 15 roster pitchers that he and BOC need to replace. We can say that one UVA guy (Valicius?) replaced Ligon. I expect the 2026 sophomores to be better and good, but you are not guaranteed anything. Also the draft won't let Harmon and the Parker brother to Starkville. So HS recruiting might net MSU one decent pitcher. Dotson is ok, but that dude was never clutch, blew an Ole Miss game and the Regional Final. Nearly blew two others. I would love to see him at UGA blowing 3 or 4 SEC games for them.
Davis announced he is returning but you have to think the draft will pluck him
Williams- draft
Pico de Gallo- draft
Liggs- draft
Siary- likely drafted
Dotson is also in the portal