Who expects to have a great baseball team next year?

LSU's pitching is loaded. The outfield looks damn good too.

Just imagining all of the new Tennessee alters once Jay Johnson wins 3 CWS titles in 4 years

Mingione has done well in the off-season and we retained some really solid players off last year's squad. I don't know about "great" but think we'll have a shot at making a run again.

I'm anxious to see what our infield defense looks like next year. It was the best in LSU history this past season. Will take a step back but hopefully not much.

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tigersbh

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It's football season now with the start of media days. Get on the Nuss Bus!

We will be within 3 games either way of 500 in the conference. We'll get bounced out of the the regional and Bianco will retire with his name on the stadium.

State will host next year.

We now have a much better coach and the infusion of talent he brought with him and the resources that have been committed are about to turn us into the best program in the country over the next 2-3 years.

Keeping a pair of top 50 prospects out of the draft helps big time too.

State is going to be loaded.

Definitely preseason top 10, probably preseason top 5. Omaha or bust type of year.

We are going to have multiple guys on the bench this year that could be All SEC contenders.

Two freshman coming in that were top 50 draft prospects that made it to school. One of them throws 103 from the left side.

#1 ranked transfer portal class

#6 overall transfer will be our friday night ace

#9 overall OF transfer was a draft threat but is making it to campus

Held on to our likely preseason 1st team all american third baseman (and golden spikes watch list)

Our top four hitters are returning (all four were top 4 on the team in BA and OPS)

Pitching is our biggest unknown as we don't return a ton of innings, but our transfer class and young talent is loaded. No less than 5 guys that would at least be competing for a weekend spot on any SEC team.

I don't think it's too early to say State is back in a big way. This could be the best roster we've ever had.

Fe_Mike:

It definitely sounds like y’all are going to be a problem.

We’ll see how it all comes together, but everything has broken State’s way this offseason (BOC hire, #1 portal class, recruiting class still intact after the draft, retained big offensive pieces), I expect us to be really good next year