Hopefully Lesson are Learned - Baseball Transfers at Select Schools

[The Federalist Engineer]

I scanned a few SEC teams for transfers and outcomes. Seems to me that MSU could have greatly upgraded many weak spots from the 2021 team but were not active and Machiavellian in the pursuit of dynasty. Yes, got Yeager, but we now see that much more was needed. Below, you will see that much more was possible.

Take a peak at the players that these programs collected from major D1 schools, SEC schools, and mid-majors.

I am not a professional scout or baseball coach, but even I could see that 7 of 16 roster pitchers were long-shots to contribute and 5 were potentially not even D1 players. Did we just keep players because they were roster players in the Championship? Or, did our coaches have roster restrictions that I am not aware of? Why did MSU buy a basket case from a remote JUCO in Oklahoma when players like Jacob Palish, Chase Dollander, Micah Dallas, and Nolan Crisp were floating in the portal.

Just the Kentucky transfers alone would have MSU hosting a regional. 3 decent pitchers. The Texas AM transfers would definitely have MSU hosting a regional.

Good news is that MSU can nuke the current pitching staff, keep the 4 studs and start again with decent confidence.

(Kentucky)
Daniel Harris - 2B - from Eastern Kentucky 322 hitter with 411 OBP
Darren Williams - RHP - from Eastern Kentucky 29 innings (31 K/10 BB), 0.93 ERA, 225 OBA
Tyler Guilfoil - RHP - from Lipscomb 42 innings (68K / 17 BB), 1.29 ERA, 144 OBA
Sean Harney - RHP - from UMASS 55 innings (57K / 16BB), 3.09 ERA, 244 OBA
LSU
Jacob Berry - 3B - All American from Arizona ? 378 with 15 HR and 46 RBI
Eric Reyzelman - RHP - 33 Innings (53 K/ 14 B) 190 OBA
Riley Cooper - LHP - 32 Innings (25 K/5 BB) 280 OBA
Tennessee
Chase Dollander - RHP - From Georgia Southern ? 56 Innings (84 K/8 BB), 10 Starts, 7-0 Record, 2.54 ERA, 172 OBA
Ethan Smith - RHP - From Vanderbilt ? Injured, but was a highly recruited HS, always ok for Vandy
Seth Halverson - RHP - From Missouri ? Injured, but was the Missouri Saturday Night starter
Texas A&M
Jack Moss - OF - from Arizona State ? 363 AVG, 421 OBP, 995 Fielding
Troy Claunch - C - from Oregon State ? 299 AVG, 371 OBP, steady starter
Xavier Lovette - RHP - from MState ? Sucked
Dylan Rock - OF - from UT San Antonio ? 333 AVG, 13 HR 43 RBI, Awesome
Jordan Thompson - OF - From Incarnate Word ? 250 Avg 1 HR 26 RBI, 380 OBP
Jacob Palisch - LHP - from Stanford ? Relief Ace ? 39 innings (47 K / 7 BB) 240 OBP
Micah Dallas - RHP - from Texas Tech ? Starter ? 62 innings (71 K/ 17 BB) not great, but what a recruit
Auburn
Sonny DiChiara - 1B - from Samford ? Mstate Reject! - 395 BA 16 HR All SEC!
Blake Rambusch - IF - from Grayson College ? 366 BA 4 HR 36 RBI
Brooks Carlson - IF - from Samford ? 316 BA 5 HR 23 RBI
Tommy Sheehan - LHP - from Notre Dame ? 26 Innings (22 K/ 19 BB) 211 OBA ? ok for Butch
Jake Wyandt - C - Presbyterian - OK Backup catcher
Tyler Drabnick - RHP - From Lipscomb - Not good, + 9 ERA in 9 innings of work
Josh Hall - IF - From Ole Miss - Ok backup MIF
South Carolina
Kevin Madden - 1B - From Virginia Tech - Ok starting first baseman, not great, 258 BA 6HR with 387 SLG, 313 Hitter for VT
Noah Hall - RHP - From Appalachian State ? Weekend Starter ? 73 Innings (74 K / 29 BB) 250 OBA, 4.40 ERA
Matt Hogan - OF - From Vandy - Not Good
Brandt Belk - OF - From Missouri - All American Kid - 342 Avg 6 HR and 38 RBI, 424 OBP (20 K/25 BB)