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[DudyDog]

You were mentioning next years baseball recruiting class on B&B....Here is the current list. Still not a lot of infielders to be honest.

#

Pos

Name

Ht

Wt

Cl

S

B/T

City

St

High School

Junior College

PG

Natl Rk

1

RHP

Troy Bacon

6-1

180

Tampa

FL

Sickles

Santa Fe (FL) JC

9

2

RHP

John Mason

6-1

190

Lithia

FL

Newsome

Wallace (Al) JC

14

3

OF

Quinton Holmes

6-2

185

R/R

Elmhurst

NY

Monsignor McClancy Memorial

26

4

RHP

Pearson McMahon

6-3

195

Middleburg

FL

Middleburg

St. Johns River St. (Fl) JC

28

5

OF

Jordan Anderson

6-1

190

R/R

Madison

AL

James Clemons

51

6

RHP

Chad Bryant

6-1

185

Thomasville

AL

Thomasville

80

7

1B/RHP

Bryson Hutchinson

6-6

255

R/R

Port Orange

FL

Spruce Creek

99

8

OF

Josh Hatcher

6-2

190

L/L

Albany

GA

Lee County

135

9

OF

Owen Lovell

6-4

220

R/R

Cullman

AL

Cullman

144

10

Inf/OF

Tanner Allen

6-1

180

Mobile

AL

UMS-Wright

155

11

INF

Jordan Westburg

6-2

180

R/R

New Braunfels

TX

New Braunfels

223

12

INF

Justin Foscue

6-1

190

R/R

Grissom

AL

Grissom

500

13

INF

Rowdey Jordan

5-11

180

S/R

Auburn

AL

Auburn

500

14

RHP

Zane Stephens

6-1

180

Live Oak

FL

Suwannee

500

15

1B

Alex Pener

6-2

205

S/R

Overland Park

KS

Blue Valley Northwest

Scottsdale, AZ CC

16

C

Marshall Gilbert

6-1

220

R/R

Salem

WI

Witosha Central

John Logan (IL) CC

17

RHP

Jared Liebelt

6-1

175

West Aurora

IL

West Aurora (Villanova)

Waubonsee (IL) CC

18

OF/1B

Reynaldo Rivera

6-6

250

L/R

Ceiba

PR

International Baseball Academy

Chipola JC

19

LHP

Cameron Voss

6-2

190

Fredonia

NY

Fredonia

Niagra Co. (NY) CC

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[HotMop]

Not one recruit from Mississippi?

 

[maroonmania]

I guess in the '15 class and overall we have sold our souls out to pitching. In some ways its good because its only because we have signed so many pitchers over the last few years that we even have enough left to play competitively at the moment. But we seem to have done that at the expense of middle IFs and 3rd basemen. 3 FR INFs is OK but we really need to add 1 or 2 JUCO INFs that can come in ready to play. Heck, if Gridley goes pro we will be left next year with only 2 guys that are true 2b/SS/3b types (Stovall and Alexander) that have ever played any. Bragg plays 3rd at times but he should be playing 1st. Reed Smith must be really injured or something not to be seeing the field this year.

 

[8dog]

Its not a good year in Ms. We have several ms commits in the future though

also classes are put together so early. I think butch had his hand in this class and thus the AL commits

 

[57stratdawg]

I don't have much faith in Mississippi's baseball talent, honestly. MSU and OM were among the largest % of out of state players in the SEC last time I checked.

You could probably take an all-star team from about 5 MS counties and beat the rest of the state combined. I don't think it's like that in football.

 

[engie]

overall we have sold our souls out to pitching.

Let's give our coach his own first class before we assess what our recruiting methodology will be going forward. Canni was hired November 5th. Baseball signing day was November 9th.

 

[Hoover Dawg]

Depth in the infield is not an issue at all right now. You are creating dumb problems in your own mind. Our problems right now are pitching and pitching alone, always have been, and always will be. There is no reason to waste a year of Reed Smith's eligibility, so stop talking about things you know nothing about. Our only saving grace is that we went heavy on pitching in the past 2 classes. Did you ever realize that we are 2 infielders down and are OK?

Skelton can play a good 3B if needed on top of that. Cody Brown is doing a good job too. Bragg is a junior and can play it as a last resort, without burning a redshirt.

 

[Hoover Dawg]

Down year I am hoping. Look at the Dandy Dozen you see commitments to Louisiana Tech, Middle Tennessee, SE Louisiana and a lot of JUCO. I see one guy going to Ole Miss, one to USM and another to Texas Tech.

I also hope, in the future, Cannizaro will keep some of those MS guys from going pro right out of high school. All you have to do is look at the success rate, and sell it with his scouting abilities.

 

[Hoover Dawg]

Historically it's been pretty good, but it's definitely decreasing. I suspect it has something to do with the population leaving the state. Look at guys like Austin Sexton, a good many come from MSU families that are living elsewhere.

 

[maroonmania]

Where did I imply anything relative to Canny's recruiting methodology? I'm well aware that most of this year's recruiting cycle was done well before he arrived. I certainly do think it would be worth his while though to sign at least one JUCO MIF after this Spring that could come in ready to contribute. With that huge list of signees we already have I would think it would be a challenge to add much more than that unless you are expecting to lose a lot in the draft.

 

[Drebin]

Canni? Is that what we're going with?

 

[maroonmania]

Depth in the infield is not an issue at all right now. You are creating dumb problems in your own mind. Our problems right now are pitching and pitching alone, always have been, and always will be. There is no reason to waste a year of Reed Smith's eligibility, so stop talking about things you know nothing about. Our only saving grace is that we went heavy on pitching in the past 2 classes. Did you ever realize that we are 2 infielders down and are OK?

Skelton can play a good 3B if needed on top of that. Cody Brown is doing a good job too. Bragg is a junior and can play it as a last resort, without burning a redshirt.

Whatever, let's just keep throwing guys into key IF positions that haven't played them much and everything is great. OFs or Catchers or whatever, I'm sure they will do. Guess you also thought Marrero did a good job playing 2B before getting booted off the team? Yes, we can stick bodies at every position if that is the only issue we are going to worry about. I'm certainly not the only one to notice this "dumb problem". Hadad did a pretty long segment today on our lack of depth on the infield.

 

[DudyDog]

Regarding Miss. kids... in the classes of 2018, 2019 and 2020, we have 14 of the 27 current commits that are from Miss.

 

[Hoover Dawg]

We are 5th in hitting, 7th in fielding percentage and 13th in pitching in the SEC. Fielding is not our immediate problem.

Again, we are two players down in the INF and are still OK. We are 15-10, that means we've done something right, considering all those injuries.

You don't have much of a point.

 

[maroonmania]

We are 5th in hitting, 7th in fielding percentage and 13th in pitching in the SEC. Fielding is not our immediate problem.

Again, we are two players down in the INF and are still OK. We are 15-10, that means we've done something right, considering all those injuries.

You don't have much of a point.

The pitching problem is not a recruiting issue. We had pitchers galore until they all went down with arm injuries. There is no way to plan for what we've seen there. Everyone already KNOWS that is the biggest issue. But we just haven't signed enough IFs recently. That's not a point, that's a FACT. Stovall is down for now, LA has a hand issue but is still playing. If Gridley or LA are lost for any reason going forward we are in a world of hurt as those 3 guys were really the only true middle infielders we started the season with.

 

[philduckworth]

Regarding Miss. kids... in the classes of 2018, 2019 and 2020, we have 14 of the 27 current commits that are from Miss.

great to see. I hope we continue that trend if the talent is comparable.

 

[Maroon Eagle]

Take the Cannoli. **

 

[GloryDawg]

Under the current rules each of them will get book money only type scholarship?

 

[Hoover Dawg]

All teams would be in a world of hurt with 3 starting infielders down. If he had 1-2 more pitchers, we would probably be in a position to host a regional. So where's the infield issue again?

 

[maroonmania]

All teams would be in a world of hurt with 3 starting infielders down. If he had 1-2 more pitchers, we would probably be in a position to host a regional. So where's the infield issue again?

OK, I'm moving on, but we have ONE starting infielder down (Stovall) not two. Our starting IFs, and the only true MIFs we have on the entire team, are Gridley, Stovall and Alexander. So right now we have a career OF moving between 2B and 3B (Brown) to replace Stovall. Bragg can play some 3rd but he is a liability in the field and Skelton can't be playing 3rd with Marrero off the team and us only having 2 Catchers left. SO we are having issues with one starting infielder down not three, most teams have several more than 3 legitimate IFs on the entire roster to start the year. But all is well, all is well.

 

[Hoover Dawg]

You should move on. You see, there's this guy named Lovelady, who is doing an alright job behind the plate. Skelton practiced a ton at 3B in the fall, and didn't really play a ton of C until Marrero was down and out.

For the 2nd time, if he was REALLY needed, Smith would not redshirt.

 

[maroonmania]

You should as well.

 

[thatsbaseball]

and only one under 6 tall ....

 

[Cary Hudson's little bro]

We are going to lose a lot of guys to the draft this year. Top 3 round picks all thru that list...Lovell, Quentin, Hutchinson, Bacon, Jordan Anderson, Rivera...