johno71

Tough cycle, but it is the landscape of college baseball. The best path for the college freshman at the premier programs is to drop down a level get valuable experience, play lights out and jump in the portal - get your payday and hit the field at the college of your dreams.

Agree, much like Braswell - Milam will never be celebrity status in the MLB or the backfields of Arizona in the minors, so why not? He literally has nothing to lose other than the lifestyle LSU has afforded him.

Kid will be a legend!

Sort of stinks for Ruckert and the incoming freshman INF (if we have any). I am assuming Ruckert takes on a back up role and a sort of stay ready/platoon with RHH/LHH scenarios.

Sure hope CJJ knows what he is doing with Dawson Park… same kid the quit on his team before season ended and had physical altercation with teammates and a coach. Based on Twitter reading a “known” locker room cancer. Check out the videos over Twitter of the fight with him and teammates. Kid was at Texas State for a reason…smh

It is a bad take that CJJ did not have the money he wanted for this years team - he had the money and he got what he wanted. The players just did not pan out. BAD evaluations and player assessments. Hence, his comments on focusing on more complete players. You can't recruit one dimensional non athletic (fat) players and think its all peaches and rainbows. You recruit athletic baseball players that can play anywhere with anyone in any position...period.

Let's not make excuses for this staff, they did in fact piss down their leg last years recruiting!

The majority of the market is not that big but LSU absolutely can swing it!

Totally agree, I think this is where a lot of this comes from...they are all pressing to impress....to not get pulled and end up pooping on the mound. Evans needs to go back to the pen - he is NOT a Friday nite guy. CJJ is messing with his stock $$$, let him operate in his true capabilities.

Get a stud Friday nite guy out of the portal and be done with it!

and he has another year of eligibility...he is from LA so likely back for his Senior year! hopefully he gets his degree~ :nana:

and if he did it would be to ONLY play SS!

what about if the new NCAA eligibility rule takes effect? they will be grandfathered in with a 5 year clock...that would likely at least cover York and Simpson, DarDar would age out.

I think CJJ said it a few weeks back in his press conference. You can't go out shopping POWER because it will get you what he got this year. Carraway was a walking error at OSU with a low BA until playoff spike. Not sure what you thought you were getting with him. The others (York/Simpson/Dardar) came from lower level programs with no real pedigree for SEC life. It is what it is...failed evals across the board.

Carraway just never took the step forward he needed to take and now he is here on the payroll with no draft smoke. Does he get processed or return for his senior season? Dardar is always banged up/if the NCAA rule passes does he try for a 7th year of college baseball? same for York/Simpson...