2017 MSU baseball...

[dawgstudent]

I know this seasons not over but we have a ton of juniors. What are the expectations for next year

 

[coach66]

We will lose a bunch I am afraid, especially if we keep rolling.

nm

 

[KurtRambis4]

We will be losing a great deal

of upperclassman that have contributed to this season, so it's inevitable that we take a step back, which will bring out the keyboard Jim Leylands, screaming for us to fire Cohen.

 

[1msudawg]

We have had 3 straight top 10 classes. I don't expect us to be competing for the championship, but I don't expect us to be horrible either.

 

[engie]

Transition year. Can still be pretty good, but will be a step back. 2018 is another peak.

Better yet, ask me again in July after we see how the freshman pitchers progress in summer ball...

 

[HardyStreetAlumniClub]

I am not a draft guy so I'll yield to somebody who is.

Who goes after this year? I know Husdon and Sexton, but who else?

Are Rooker, Humphreys, Collins, Lowe and Houston projected high enough to leave college ball early? If not, we will have a very good team again next year.

 

[MSUDC11]

Hudson, Sexton, Collins, Lowe, Houston, Humphreys. Good chance we lose all of those guys,

Robson, Kruger, and Rooker could leave, but I kinda expect them to come back.

 

[The Peeper]

Somewhat related regarding underclassmen, 9 of 10 "Go Gatuh's" FL lineup today against Bama are FR or SO

 

[KurtRambis4]

I didn't

say we'd be horrible, but we aren't going to be winning 21 conference games, either.

Again, there will be some drop-off, next season

 

[Uncle Ruckus]

You must mean FAU, no way there are two teams in Florida with nothing but freshman players **

 

[engie]

I am not a draft guy so I'll yield to somebody who is.

Who goes after this year? I know Husdon and Sexton, but who else?

Are Rooker, Humphreys, Collins, Lowe and Houston projected high enough to leave college ball early? If not, we will have a very good team again next year.

Best to bet every single one of them gone and then be pleasantly surprised if we get them back.

 

[engie]

Somewhat related regarding underclassmen, 9 of 10 "Go Gatuh's" FL lineup today against Bama are FR or SO

The youth at Florida might be one of the most impressive group ever assembled in terms of pure talent. And it seems like they have that regularly.

 

[notoriousD_O_G]

Best to bet every single one of them gone and then be pleasantly surprised if we get them back.

Don't follow any MLB draft stuff but what about Robson?

 

[1msudawg]

Did not mean to imply you did said that. Just meant that we should be talented enough to be good. Maybe not great, but certainly not horrible. Basically the same thing you said.

 

[engie]

Don't follow any MLB draft stuff but what about Robson?

Honestly don't know. We might get several of those guys back before it's all said and done. Just really hard to bet on.

Stovall, Alexander, Marrero, Mangum provide a solid basis for the future in the field IMO. Need to develop a little power in that group, but think they will. Same with our pitchers from last class. If those guys develop into what I think they will eventually be a little quicker than they have traditionally(by year 2), we can be a damn fine club next year. There are just a lot of IFs at this point.

 

[patdog]

Best to bet every single one of them gone and then be pleasantly surprised if we get them back.

That's my rule of thumb. Really, if you're serious about having a career in pro baseball, you just about have to go pro after your 3rd year of college. You might move up in the draft by coming back, but you're just going to get low-balled on your signing bonus because the team knows you don't have any other option at that point. And you're already 20 or 21 years old and looking at several years in the minors. If I'm a 3rd year player and I'm drafted, I'm gone no matter the round.