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champ.sixpack

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Today is supposedly the first day we can offer 2011 recruits. Who do you think we offered and what do you suspect we will focus our attention on this year as far as position goes? Thanks. Also, I see where we are having a much more watered down schedule (tentatively) for next year as well, so we should win a few more games next year.
 
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disturbeddawg

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Cohen and Thompson are in Georgia watching some tourney ball, a MS team is there. Would like to see Will Cox get offer, who's on team.
 
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hotdigitydog

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Kid is the real deal........Been throwing a lot of innings though.........His family are big time Reb fans.......
 
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Todd4State

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In the last class, we have filled pretty much every need from a position standpoint, except for pitching.

I think we will offer Brandon Woodruff- he is a LH pitcher/outfielder from Wheeler, which is near Tupelo. He can allegedly top out at 95 (per Gene), but he is also a guy that has good size- 6'4", he hit over .530 last year and he performed well in the Sun Belt Classic. I think he will be a dual position guy for us.

I do think we will offer Will Cox. He was visiting Ole Miss a couple of weeks ago, but he was supposed to visit us this past week or next week, so we have the last visit. We need him badly, I think he could be a weekend SEC guy. He is 6'4", but I don't know how hard he throws. He made second team All-State as a junior.

I suspect we will offer Brandon Alford, a middle infielder from Clinton as well. He has had a great summer. He missed most of last year with a blood clot in his arm, but he still hit .440 or so in very limited action. He already had offers from UAB and Memphis as a sophomore.

Jonathan Holder from Gulfport is another guy that we have been looking at. He is 6'3", and he was topping out at 90 MPH in the State Games recently. He also plays third base for them.

Spencer Turnbull from Madison Central is a guy that has really come on the scene since he pitched in the State Championship game. He can top out at about 92-93, and he has a pretty good breaking ball. He was hurt some last year- non-arm injury.

His teammate, Josh Laxer was topping out at 94 in the state games as well. I think he is a Ole Miss lean though.

Scott Votaw is a guy that is 6'4" and plays for Lawrence County. He pitches, but I think most people see him as an outfielder in college. He was topping out at 87 at the State Games. He has a big frame, and made the Louisville Slugger pre-season AA team as a junior.

Nick Johnson from Ridgeland is a very good pitcher who was topping out at 89 at the State Games. He's kind of a grinder.

We do have a commitment from Trevor Fitts, who I really think could be a Friday night guy for us. He went 14-0 last year with well over 100 K's and had an ERA of 0.91. He was named the Alabama 6A pitcher of the year as a junior.



The most important thing for us to get out of this class is 2-3 good pitchers. We have one with Fitts already. I think Woodruff would be a dual- position guy for us. But I would still like to get two more at least.
 
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champ.sixpack

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That guy is a beast. He is the only guy I knew about before your post. He's incredible, and I talked to someone close to the program. I ask him if he would go pro, and he said his mind is 100% set on college. That was good to hear. Obviously he hasn't seen that money yet, but encouraging none the less.
 
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Todd4State

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Is a great coach.

I definately think that we are going to get Myles Gentry, a LH pitcher from Gulfport, in a couple of years.
 
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Todd4State

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champ said:
That guy is a beast. He is the only guy I knew about before your post. He's incredible, and I talked to someone close to the program. I ask him if he would go pro, and he said his mind is 100% set on college. That was good to hear. Obviously he hasn't seen that money yet, but encouraging none the less.
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You look at UCLA and they've got a guy that was a former first round pick. Some guys want to play in college and the money doen't matter. When you think about it, the money is good, but it's often times not "life-changing"- most bonuses are under a million dollars. For example, Ryan Bolden signed for about $875,000 as the 40th pick of the draft. It may get lower if the MLB player's association hs their way.

Then again, I've heard people say that you run too much of a risk getting injured in college and losing out on the money. Or you run the risk of getting drafted lower.

I've heard both sides of it, and I think both have legit reasons for both sides of the arguement.

Personally, I would go to college myself and leave after three years.
 
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Coach34

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and is real high on him...loves the composure and competitiveness at a young age...Timmy won't over-pitch him and screw him up before he gets to campus either...
 
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Coach34

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Jonathan Holder 6'3 220, just turned 17, touched 90 at state games. Hit .429 with 10HR's and over 40 RBI as a junior. He is a firstbaseman, but did play 3rd this year due to injuries on the team

Myles Gentry is a RHP, not LH- fastball is 89-90 and is going to be a junior this year.

Both have good curveballs and are developing the change up

Gentry's dad was the sports editor at The Reflector back in the early 90's - looks like getting him shouldnt be too hard
 
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hotdigitydog

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a very good breaking pitch............He can also hit with power...........He'll be throwing in the 90's next spring..............
 
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Todd4State

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a couple of weeks ago where he said that MSU was his favorite. He has an offer from us, but I did see where he was visting those two as well.
 
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