NCAA Baseball Transfer Portal

[The Federalist Engineer]

Tennessee definitely has the best Portal class this year. We have a shot at #2 if we land Holman and Montgomery. If we land 1 of those 2 we're like 5th after Wake and LSU and UF. If we land neither, that means all we got was a decent Saturday starter and a decent 3B and that's worse than most of the conference honestly.

Tennessee seems on a mission. Would love to see it fail. But they are succeeding. Got the Clemson and NC State Freshman All Americans. Got a SoCon POY. The Witchita Gem. And still busy.

Peaking into other SEC schools, UT is basically drinking everybody's milkshake

[Coach34]

Tennessee definitely has the best Portal class this year. We have a shot at #2 if we land Holman and Montgomery. If we land 1 of those 2 we're like 5th after Wake and LSU and UF. If we land neither, that means all we got was a decent Saturday starter and a decent 3B and that's worse than most of the conference honestly.

Tenn and LSU lost alot of talent too tho

[the_real_MSU_is_us]

Tenn and LSU lost alot of talent too tho

They did. I'm just talking about the Portal class ranking

[BigDawg81]

Is it just me but watching Montgomery mom going off on Kendall Rogers kinda funny?

[confucius say]

Is it just me but watching Montgomery mom going off on Kendall Rogers kinda funny?

Not just you. It's entertaining.
He brought that on himself though.

[BeardoMSU]

What's the skinny?

[TNDawg35]

What's the skinny?

Pretty much that D1 baseball has been slobbing all over LSU nuts when they get a portal player and now that it looks like State has Montgomery, it’s all of a sudden a problem because of he is leaving Stanford.

She pretty much said in a nutshell if he would be going to LSU it wouldn’t be a problem, but because he is going home, it’s a problem…

[BeardoMSU]

Pretty much that D1 baseball has been slobbing all over LSU nuts when they get a portal player and now that it looks like State has Montgomery, it’s all of a sudden a problem because of he is leaving Stanford.

She pretty much said in a nutshell if he would be going to LSU it wouldn’t be a problem, but because he is going home, it’s a problem…

Oh...well that is something.

Thanks for laying it out, btw.

[Todd4State]

Not just you. It's entertaining.
He brought that on himself though.

He's getting what he deserved. Comes down to he's a pleaser and he said something stupid to PAC 12 homer Mike Rooney.

[CaptainObvious]

Pretty much that D1 baseball has been slobbing all over LSU nuts when they get a portal player and now that it looks like State has Montgomery, it’s all of a sudden a problem because of he is leaving Stanford.

She pretty much said in a nutshell if he would be going to LSU it wouldn’t be a problem, but because he is going home, it’s a problem…

I sure hope we are setting ourselves up for heartbreak over these guys. Lemonis IS still our coach after all. This ain?t Missouri, but he will still have to Show Me he can pull these guys.

[BigDawg81]

Oh...well that is something.

Thanks for laying it out, btw.

Mom is throwing it out there tonight. She is way smarter than me cause she is a doctor which makes this more interesting.
She is saying the the west coast isnt committed to baseball like the SEC. There are many reasons on why he is transferring.

[Todd4State]

Mom is throwing it out there tonight. She is way smarter than me cause she is a doctor which makes this more interesting.
She is saying the the west coast isnt committed to baseball like the SEC. There are many reasons on why he is transferring.

It isn't. USC was maybe the most dominant baseball program of all time in the 1970's and has produced I think more MLB players than any other school. They simply don't draw and a lot of it is because they have to compete with the Dodgers and Angels more than anything. Stanford has to compete with the Giants and A's. The PAC 12 is good because they have a lot of baseball talent out west but they simply don't have the fan support that the SEC does. Oregon and Oregon State draw the best if I had to guess- Oregon is more of a similar baseball environment to Mississippi and Louisiana. Even then they don't compare to the SEC although I wouldn't be surprised if they outdraw Mizzou.

The portal has really hurt the PAC 12 because a lot of their better upperclass players are doing what Montgomery is doing- play a couple of years "near home" and then transfer to a SEC school.

[Ari Gold]

Tennessee definitely has the best Portal class this year. We have a shot at #2 if we land Holman and Montgomery. If we land 1 of those 2 we're like 5th after Wake and LSU and UF. If we land neither, that means all we got was a decent Saturday starter and a decent 3B and that's worse than most of the conference honestly.

Tennessee also lost a top 5 draft pick in Burns .. possibly number 1 overall

[the_real_MSU_is_us]

Tennessee also lost a top 5 draft pick in Burns .. possibly number 1 overall

That's fair- I didn't think of viewing a Portal class in a "net" way where you take into account who you lost

[Cowbell]

That's fair- I didn't think of viewing a Portal class in a "net" way where you take into account who you lost

That's absolutely how it should be viewed. If we lost DJ and only got Montgomery, it would be pretty well neutral (debatable I know)

[basedog]

My sure Montgomery is self motivated, but playing at "home" in front of huge crowd will only enhance his motivation. Also it should motivate a lot of our players and make our lineup much better as well as put as back in the pack of being dangerous.
Now pitching is still a question mark although better with Parker as PC.

[BigDawg81]

My sure Montgomery is self motivated, but playing at "home" in front of huge crowd will only enhance his motivation. Also it should motivate a lot of our players and make our lineup much better as well as put as back in the pack of being dangerous.
Now pitching is still a question mark although better with Parker as PC.

It seems like the confidence of getting Montgomery is at a 9 out of 10 right now. If he doesn?t commit to State, it?s going to be a meltdown. Some people already suggest that he has already committed.

[basedog]

It seems like the confidence of getting Montgomery is at a 9 out of 10 right now. If he doesn?t commit to State, it?s going to be a meltdown. Some people already suggest that he has already committed.

I agree. Regardless I'm gonna pull for our program next spring. We need help and Montgomery would be a huge help.

[AlSwearengen]

It seems safe to say that Holman is target no. 1 for us. He is at Tenn Monday, lsu Tuesday, and State Wednesday. Someone told me that he is leaning pretty hard to lsu but the source of the info is fairly average on accuracy. At the same time though, lsu has a lot more to show a recruit right now and Lemonis isn’t in a good position to be going against Vitello and Johnson for a pitcher right now.

I’ve seen it mentioned that the kid from TT will probably end up at Ark. Are there any other staff ace types that we are in the game for? We really need a proven Friday type.

[BigDawg81]

It seems safe to say that Holman is target no. 1 for us. He is at Tenn Monday, lsu Tuesday, and State Wednesday. Someone told me that he is leaning pretty hard to lsu but the source of the info is fairly average on accuracy. At the same time though, lsu has a lot more to show a recruit right now and Lemonis isn’t in a good position to be going against Vitello and Johnson for a pitcher right now.

I’ve seen it mentioned that the kid from TT will probably end up at Ark. Are there any other staff ace types that we are in the game for? We really need a proven Friday type.

Haven?t heard that at all. Holman has visited State once and he is visiting State again on his last visit. That says a lot .