Baseball Recruiting

[anhil8tor]

I remember us getting players from Bossier Parish Community College in the late 90's early 00's....

[snote]

the list i have used in the past .. not sure if got any more, etc etc etc


Joey Satriano - RHP McLennan Community College (Waco, Tx) (4-2) 12 gp 52 ip 23 runs 42 hits 45 k 17 bb 2.25 ERA
T.J. Geith - LHP Scottsdale Community College (Scottsdale, Az) (6-2) 12 gp 64 ip 23 runs 18 earned 58 hits 58 k 22 bb 2.49 ERA
Kevin Lovelace - SS Central Arizona College (Coolige, Az) 49 gp 173 ab 61 hits 1 hr 15 doubles 3 triples 26 rbi .353 ba
Colton Daigle (RHP Acadiana High School)
Ryland Parker (RHP Angelina College)
Chase Traffica (RHP Birmingham, Al)

[bruh]

_ There is a huge disparity on the talent level from Division 1- Division 2. For example, we played Richland Junior College the year before they won the Div 2 Junior College championship. I wish the LSUE would go play San Jac, Grayson, Texarkana, North Central on any given year they wouldn't stand a chance.

I respect what you are saying. FYI Richland is a d3 non scholarship juco. As I mentioned, the d3 ball is pretty bad.

FWIW I played one year at a texas juco, one year at LSUE then came to ULL as a regular student to get my degree.

I truly believe the competition was on par with each other and played alot of the same teams at LSU that I did in Texas.

Not really trying to argue with you, just stating my opinion

[cypremort]

I am pretty sure we didn't offer coming out of high school. Good kid. Know his dad well (he was by the house last week). His older brother Zach played on the LSU tennis team that won an SEC Championship as well as made the semis in the NCAA championship in the late 90s. Good kids, good family...like most from NI.

[Parrott]

As someone who has covered college baseball in Texas and Tennessee before coming to Louisiana, I believe there is a difference in competition in junior college. NJCAA Division I, as a whole, is better than Division II. Ditto for DII and DIII. But I say that fully knowing that there are always exceptions to the rule.

For those interested about the incoming signees for baseball, here's a story that ran in the DA back in December (I can't find a link, so I'm just going to post the whole thing here):

Joshua Parrott
jparrott@theadvertiser.com
UL head baseball coach Tony Robichaux recently announced his 2009 signing class, which features six recruits from Louisiana, Texas, Alabama, California and Arizona.
The signees include five pitchers and one position player, adding depth to the team's rotation and bullpen starting in the 2010 season.
“We have a young team in terms of position players, and we’re only losing a couple over the next year,” said assistant Anthony Babineaux. “But we always need to have good quality arms to send out to the mound, especially with five of this year’s seniors being pitchers.
“We think that we have really addressed that need with this class. We feel very good about the student-athletes we’re bringing in next year."
The lone local signee is Colton Daigle, a right-handed pitcher from Acadiana High. Last season, Daigle posted a perfect 7-0 record with a 2.68 ERA and helped the Rams reach the Class 5A state tournament. The 6-foot-3, 215-pounder spent the summer months with the Louisiana All-Stars.
Another prep recruit is right-hander Chase Traffica of Birmingham, Ala. He has been named to the Birmingham News all-metro team and all-Shelby County team. Last season, he went 6-2 with four saves and a 1.13 ERA at Oak Mountain High. He also earned invitations to the Perfect Game National Showcase and U.S. Junior Olympic Trials and will play his senior season at Spain High.
UL's other four recruits come from the junior college ranks in right-hander Joey Satriano, shortstop Kevin Lovelace, lefty T.J. Geith and righty Ryland Parker. All four players will have two seasons of eligibility at UL.
Satriano, originally from Houston, made 21 appearances last season at McLennan Community College in Waco, Texas. He earned an invitation to the Texas-New Mexico junior college all-star game after recording 64 batters in 72 innings and logging a 4.38 ERA.
A California native, Lovelace was named the Region 1 MVP of the NJCAA national tournament last season at Central Arizona College. He hit .269 with 45 hits and 10 stolen bases to help the Vaqueros finish third in the NJCAA World Series.
Geith, an Arizona native, pitched last season at Scottsdale Community College in Arizona. He struck out 59 batters in 71 innings and compiled a 4.01 ERA. That earned him a spot in the Arizona junior college all-star game. As a prep senior at Sunrise Mountain High in California, he got first team all-region honors and played in the Class 5A senior all-star game.
Parker made eight appearances as a reliever last season at Angelina College in his native Texas. The 6-1 reliever struck out 12 batters in 15.1 innings and won his only decision.

[anhil8tor]

Does Jordan Bourque even get a sniff?

[cajun2bag]

_ Does Jordan Bourque even get a sniff? _

He may next year he is just a freshman this year. How did he do?

[anhil8tor]

_ He may next year he is just a freshman this year. How did he do? _

.430 avg as a freshman
stole 20 bases without getting caught
hit 17 doubles
13 errors (Fielded .922)

Started every game.

http://athletics.lsue.edu/Pdfs/baseb...ason%20Box.pdf

[4LSU]

"....... The problem is the level of competition makes average to below average players look good, when they are not that good........"_

Isn't that pretty much the same thought process a certain Cajun RB is having to face right now?

I kinda think good players/good subs/fine players can be found at all competition levels if a coach has an eye for talent.

[Cajunsmike]

_ Isn't that pretty much the same thought process a certain Cajun RB is having to face right now?

I kinda think good players/good subs/fine players can be found at all competition levels if a coach has an eye for talent. _

The only flaw in your argument is that Tyrell Fenroy did well when he faced the bigger schools. For example, he rushed for over 130 yards against Tennessee in 2007. The Vos had one of the top defenses in the SEC that year.

[4LSU]

_ The only flaw in your argument is that Tyrell Fenroy did well when he faced the bigger schools. For example, he rushed for over 130 yards against Tennessee in 2007. The Vos had one of the top defenses in the SEC that year. _

It was 113 yds against the Vols, but a worthy effort nevertheless.

Purely in response to your comments bout "Tyrell Fenroy did well when he faced the bigger schools", as I have nothing against the young man and his ranking 9th in the nation in rushing this year speaks for itself, but he had 20yds vs ILL., 88 vs USC, 25 vs Tex, 52 vs LSU and so on. I'm not saying that to put him down, cause who knows how many he might have had if he was running behind a Tex or Tex A&M line.

Anyway, my main point was/is that talent can be found anywhere and at any level if the eyes looking for it are talented as well.

[wcd35]

_ It was 113 yds against the Vols, but a worthy effort nevertheless.

Purely in response to your comments bout "Tyrell Fenroy did well when he faced the bigger schools", as I have nothing against the young man and his ranking 9th in the nation in rushing this year speaks for itself, but he had 20yds vs ILL., 88 vs USC, 25 vs Tex, 52 vs LSU and so on. I'm not saying that to put him down, cause who knows how many he might have had if he was running behind a Tex or Tex A&M line.

Anyway, my main point was/is that talent can be found anywhere and at any level if the eyes looking for it are talented as well. _

This always comes around. Most money games he only played sparingly since we werent going to win. Still had close to 5 ypc in all BCS games if I remember correctly.