Starting 10th round, value down to $142.8k, hasn't been picked yet.

(06-05-2018 04:06 PM)usm99 Wrote:  The 8th round is a little over halfway done and Luke still hasn't been drafted. The dollar value right now is around $163k at the 243rd pick. At what point does Luke decide to possibly come back

8th round now complete and dollar value down to $155k

I'd say it would have to be after the 20th for there to be any chance...

he hurt himself big time against decent pitching.....especially late when all the eyeballs were 'focused'....

however, if he gets an op to sign with a farm club with legitimate hitting coaches, I think he opts out regardless....

(06-05-2018 05:44 PM)BeagleUSM Wrote:  

and there ya have it.....

was the tail end where I originally thought he'd go.....was thinking 6-10 weeks ago....

"I haven't seen as many predictions on Reynolds but if I had to guess he'll go somewhere in the 8-12 round range. Watch out for the Cubs and Reynolds. They interviewed him before the season and we’re recording his at-bats at a game earlier this season. I would be very surprised if either came back."

Nice call, Beagle.

Any of our recruits been drafted yet? Also not sure if that’s a good thing or not.

(06-05-2018 06:46 PM)EagNBran Wrote:  Any of our recruits been drafted yet? Also not sure if that’s a good thing or not.

Not yet. Brooks Warren will be taken tomorrow.

Nailed that one, Beag. Well done

(06-05-2018 06:47 PM)BeagleUSM Wrote:  

(06-05-2018 06:46 PM)EagNBran Wrote:  Any of our recruits been drafted yet? Also not sure if that’s a good thing or not.

Not yet. Brooks Warren will be taken tomorrow.

Rd. 20 #590 overall by NY Mets.

(06-04-2018 04:14 PM)BeagleUSM Wrote:  

(06-04-2018 01:30 PM)eagle04 Wrote:  Any ideas on who may get cut or transfer? Gotta thin the herd somehow.

Hayes and Mikell could go. Both barely pitched. Hoard and Franklin both complained on Twitter about lack of playing time, so that’s an option as well.

Tuesday's Hattiesburg American has Berry saying he does not expect Mikell to return to the team.

https://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/stor...671956002/

The pitching staff is in need of significant reinforcements. In addition to Sandlin, Bradford and Driver, the team parted ways with Trevin Eubanks before the season ended. Also, Calder Mikell is not expected to return to the team.
The Golden Eagles redshirted left-handed pitchers Drew Boyd and Ryan Och, as well as infielder Will McGillis. Colt Smith, a first-team all-conference selection in 2017, missed the season with a shoulder injury, but there is a chance he will be back with the team in 2019.
Southern Miss has also signed a host of pitchers so far. Junior college prospects Josh Lewis, Brooks Warren, Aaron Ginn and Brant Blaylock make up part of the latest recruiting haul, while high school arms Aubrey Gillentine, Tyler Stuart, Gabe Shepard and Matthew Manley.
Blaylock hit .385 with 18 home runs as an outfielder for Northwest Mississippi, and could also see time in the outfield.

I guess I don't know if I should be worried or not. On one hand, I'm glad our recruiting class seems to be staying in tact. On the other, it scares me that none of our recruiting class it drawing interest from scouts. Are we not recruiting top talent? I know we aren't going to be Florida loaded, but you'd think we could recruit some good ball players that draw MLB's eyes.

(06-06-2018 01:44 PM)EagNBran Wrote:  I guess I don't know if I should be worried or not. On one hand, I'm glad our recruiting class seems to be staying in tact. On the other, it scares me that none of our recruiting class it drawing interest from scouts. Are we not recruiting top talent? I know we aren't going to be Florida loaded, but you'd think we could recruit some good ball players that draw MLB's eyes.

Well, we had one signee drafted. So it’s not “none.”

Not many mid-majors out there that are pulling in elite recruiting classes (except FIU).

The draft is over.

Current players taken: Sandlin (2-67 CLE), Reynolds (10-308 CHC)
Signees taken: Warren (20-590 NYM)

Keating wasn't taken. Munz said on the radio yesterday that he's going to law school. No Slater, Blaylock, or Stuart either.

Some notable picks (mainly USM players + our opponents)....

1, 10 - Travis Swaggerty, OF, South Alabama (Pirates)
1, 22 - Ryan Rolison, LHP, Ole Miss (Rockies)
1, 30 - J.T. Ginn, RHP, Brandon HS (Dodgers)
2, 50 - Jameson Hannah, OF, Dallas Baptist (Athletics)
2, 56 - Tyler Frank, SS, FAU (Rays)
2, 60 - Joe Gray, OF, Hattiesburg HS (Brewers)
2, 67 - Nick Sandlin, RHP, Southern Miss (Indians)
3, 82 - Konnor Pilkington, LHP, Mississippi State (White Sox)
3, 85 - Hogan Harris, LHP, UL-Lafayette (Athletics)
3, 92 - Ford Proctor, SS, Rice (Rays)
4, 117 - Nick Fortes, C, Ole Miss (Marlins)
4, 120 - Grant Witherspoon, OF, Tulane (Rays)
4, 122 - Eric Cole, OF, Arkansas (Royals)
4, 126 - Ryan Feltner, RHP, Ohio State (Rockies
5, 143 - Brady Feigl, RHP, Ole Miss (Athletics)
5, 144 - Grant Koch, C, Arkansas (Pirates)
6, 190 - Devlin Granberg, OF, Dallas Baptist (Red Sox)*
7, 213 - Brendan Donovan, OF, South Alabama (Cardinals)
8, 239 - Jax Biggers, SS, Arkansas (Rangers)
9, 263 - Chase Cohen, RHP, Georgia Southern (Athletics)
9, 283 - Brian Eichborn, RHP, Georgia Southern (Indians)
10, 308 - Luke Reynolds, 3B, Southern Miss (Cubs)
10, 311 - Carson Shaddy, 2B, Arkansas (Nationals)*
11, 315 - Kacey Murphy, LHP, Arkansas (Tigers)
12, 345 - Reece Hampton, OF, Charlotte (Tigers)
12, 347 - James McArthur, RHP, Ole Miss (Phillies)
13, 383 - Dallas Woolfolk, RHP, Ole Miss (Athletics)
13, 400 - Dylan Hardy, OF, South Alabama (Nationals)
14, 432 - J.P. France, RHP, Mississippi State (Astros)*
15, 447 - Zach Greene, RHP, South Alabama (Marlins)
15, 454 - Kody Funderburk, 1B, Dallas Baptist (Twins)
15, 459 - Zack Shannon, 1B, Delta State (Diamondbacks)*
16, 470 - L.A. Woodard, SS, Middle Tennessee (Mets)
16, 487 - Derek Craft, RHP, UTSA (Yankees)
17, 496 - Ryan Olenek, OF, Ole Miss (Giants)
18, 551 - Jacob Rhinesmith, OF, WKU (Nationals)
20, 590 - Brooks Warren, LHP, East Central CC (Mets)
20, 612 - Austin Dennis, OF, Middle Tennessee (Astros)
20, 613 - Jake Miednik, LHP, FAU (Indians)*
21, 636 - Hunter Stovall, 2B, Mississippi State (Rockies)
25, 735 - Chance Kirby, RHP, UTSA (Tigers)*
25, 739 - Ricardo Salinas, RHP, Rice (Reds)*
25, 740 - David Miranda, OF, FAU (Mets)*
25, 764 - Hunter Speer, RHP, William Carey (Dodgers)*
26, 789 - Ethan Small, LHP, Mississippi State (Diamondbacks)
30, 889 - Jake Wyrick, LHP, Middle Tennessee (Reds)*
31, 934 - Zach Neff, LHP, Mississippi State (Twins)*
32, 950 - Jake Mangum, OF, Mississippi State (Mets)
32, 972 - Jacob Billingsley, RHP, Mississippi State (Astros)*
35, 1051 - Tim Millard, 3B, Dallas Baptist (Angels)
35, 1052 - Kody Hoese, 3B, Tulane (Royals)
37, 1106 - Parker Caracci, RHP, Ole Miss (Blue Jays)
39, 1169 - Shea Patterson, 3B, Michigan (Rangers)
40, 1196 - Drew LaBounty, SS, South Alabama (Blue Jays)

*senior

So Reynolds for sure is gone. Have we heard anything from Sandlin or Warren? I’m assuming Sandlin goes, but haven’t seen anything official.

(06-07-2018 07:10 PM)EagNBran Wrote:  So Reynolds for sure is gone. Have we heard anything from Sandlin or Warren? I’m assuming Sandlin goes, but haven’t seen anything official.

im usually with you Eag, but come on man!

Sandlin will sign. It was already extremely likely, but Jeff Haeger from WXXV confirmed it the other day.

Nothing on Warren yet.

(06-03-2018 06:34 PM)BeagleUSM Wrote:  Let's get this started. The draft is tomorrow.

Draft

I could see Sandlin being taken as early as the 3rd round and as late as the 7th. I haven't seen as many predictions on Reynolds but if I had to guess he'll go somewhere in the 8-12 round range. Watch out for the Cubs and Reynolds. They interviewed him before the season and we’re recording his at-bats at a game earlier this season. I would be very surprised if either came back.

If I had to guess, Slater is the only other junior that could be taken in the draft. If he’s picked, it’d probably be after the 30th round. He should be back in Hattiesburg in 2019.

Seniors ... some team will probably take a chance on Keating. He has several holes in his game, but has size, speed, and power. Boyd is a guy that could be drafted really late or could go undrafted and sign a free agent deal (like Hadley last year).

Signees ... the only signee that I'm really confident in being taken in the draft is Brooks Warren. He’s a LHP from ECCC and is on Perfect Game’s top 500 prospect list. Baseball America describes him as “a lefty with an 89-91 mph fastball and a decent slider.” Could potentially figure in the rotation if he makes it to campus.

The other 2 guys I’m sorta watching are Brant Blaylock and Tyler Stuart. Blaylock had a mammoth year in the JUCOs, but didn’t do well in 2017 at State. I didn’t think Stuart was a draftable guy, but there was an article in his local paper that made it sound like some team could possibly take him late. He’s a 88-90 RHP out of Herscher, IL. Big dude (6’8). If either is drafted, it’d be late.

Roster

We had 36 players in the program this season. 6 graduated. 2 will be draft casualties. We are adding 15 players in this class (though there’s a potential draft casualty in there), and there’s a chance we could add 1 or 2 more. But let’s say the class stays at 15 and Warren makes it to campus. That’s 43 players total left .... which means there will be a couple guys cut. Trevin Eubanks already left. Jaylon Keys won’t return. That gets you down to 41. Means 4-6 players will have to leave. There’s also a pitcher that I think could transfer.

I didn’t include Colt Smith as a graduate, because I’d lean toward him being back next year.

Not even going to bother with the projected lineup or rotation, because we don’t know what’s going to happen with the draft or what the staff is going to with a few players. McGillis (3B, SS, or OF .... I’ve heard all 3 are possibilities), Blaylock (primarily a pitcher or will they let him hit as well?), and Wallner (will the staff try to mold him into a guy that could crack the rotation?).

Summer Ball

Here are the summer league assignments that I've found over the past few weeks and months. Probably missing a few, but here’s what I got:

Erick Hoard - Ocean State Waves (NECBL)
Stevie Powers - Ocean State Waves (NECBL)
Cole Donaldson - Ocean State Waves (NECBL)
Bryant Bowen - Upper Valley Nighthawks (NECBL)
Jacob Weirich - Waynesboro Generals (Valley Baseball League)
Gabe Montenegro - Waynesboro Generals (Valley Baseball League)
Brant Blaylock - New Market Rebels (Valley Baseball League)
Sean Tweedy - Acadiana Cane Cutters (Texas Collegiate League)
Alex Nelms - Acadiana Cane Cutters (Texas Collegiate League)
Storme Cooper - Acadiana Cane Cutters (Texas Collegiate League)
Fred Franklin - Acadiana Cane Cutters (Texas Collegiate League)
Will McGillis - Bellingham Bells (West Coast League)
Ryan Och - Bellingham Bells (West Coast League)
Matt Wallner - USA Collegiate Team
Cody Carroll - Wareham Gatemen (Cape Cod League)

Schedule

The only games that are set in stone is State in Starkville from Feb. 23-25 (2nd weekend of the year). Caillet posted on the CollegeBaseball360 scheduling board that he was looking for home guarantee series on the 1st weekend and 4th weekend ... so look for cupcakes those weekends. 3rd weekend is the only ? as that’s usually the week we join a tournament or do a H/H.

Midweeks ... we should host Alabama and Ole Miss. Magee was on the Eagle Hour and said that they were working on a deal to play a game at MGM. I get the feeling that the ULL midweek series this season was a one-time so I wouldn’t expect us to return that.

Edited the summer ball list. Blaylock is playing for the New Market Rebels (Valley League) and Nelms is playing for the Acadiana Cane Cutters (Texas Collegiate League). Jackson was taken off the CaneCutters roster (injury-related I assume).