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07-07-2023, 10:05 PM
#681

Originally Posted by
Saltydog
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.
Last edited by The Federalist Engineer; 07-07-2023 at 11:24 PM.
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07-07-2023, 10:07 PM
#682

Originally Posted by
The Federalist Engineer
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 a pitching for Yeskie, pretty good coach. Maybe he just plain sucks.
Not if Lemonis wants to keep his job. We need two legit starters. A Friday stud gets us in a regional at best.
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07-07-2023, 10:18 PM
#683
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.
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07-07-2023, 11:01 PM
#684

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.
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07-07-2023, 11:25 PM
#685

Originally Posted by
Commercecomet24
I think there?s some that actually believe that though.
If I remember correctly this is playing out in a similar way as last year. Which was a good portal haul.
This one has the potential to be much much better than last year though.
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07-07-2023, 11:26 PM
#686

Originally Posted by
Cooterpoot
Not if Lemonis wants to keep his job. We need two legit starters. A Friday stud gets us in a regional at best.
A Friday stud probably gets us at least into a SR. Skenes would have completely changed our season.
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07-07-2023, 11:32 PM
#687

Originally Posted by
Todd4State
If I remember correctly this is playing out in a similar way as last year. Which was a good portal haul.
This one has the potential to be much much better than last year though.
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 better
Last edited by the_real_MSU_is_us; 07-07-2023 at 11:34 PM.
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07-07-2023, 11:34 PM
#688

Originally Posted by
Commercecomet24
I think there?s some that actually believe that though.
Oh I believe well get more, the question is will it be enough? EVERYONE is adding studs via the Portal.
Hell, we don't even have the best 3B transfer in the SECW
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07-07-2023, 11:37 PM
#689
I obviously think we will get more players. I?m just curious about the quality of said players.
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07-07-2023, 11:38 PM
#690

Originally Posted by
Cooterpoot
Not if Lemonis wants to keep his job. We need two legit starters. A Friday stud gets us in a regional at best.
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.
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.
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07-07-2023, 11:39 PM
#691
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?
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07-07-2023, 11:40 PM
#692

Originally Posted by
ZedFedder
I obviously think we will get more players. I?m just curious about the quality of said players.
Amd do those good player move the needle relative to other SEC teams that are adding studs from the Portal as well.
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07-07-2023, 11:48 PM
#693

Originally Posted by
The Federalist Engineer
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.
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.
Yes, get the best 2 pitchers in the Portal and our team will be much better next season. More news at 11.
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?
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07-07-2023, 11:55 PM
#694

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.
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.
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
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07-07-2023, 11:55 PM
#695

Originally Posted by
the_real_MSU_is_us
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 better
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.
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07-08-2023, 12:02 AM
#696

Originally Posted by
Todd4State
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.
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.
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
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07-08-2023, 12:20 AM
#697

Originally Posted by
Todd4State
If I remember correctly this is playing out in a similar way as last year. Which was a good portal haul.
This one has the potential to be much much better than last year though.
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?
Gartman was a Covid Freshman, so has another year of eligibility
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07-08-2023, 03:31 AM
#698
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.
Walk like the King or walk like you don't care who the King is
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07-08-2023, 08:19 AM
#699

Originally Posted by
Coach34
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.
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07-08-2023, 08:32 AM
#700
Gartman supposedly had TJ surgery
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