re: Chase Shores unlikely to pitch in 2024 season

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Shores and Johnson as your 1 and 2 will look really good next year, is all I know.

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I think it's more likely to be Anderson and Herring. I think Jay probably has to promise Herring a starting weekend job to get him to come back, and I think Anderson is gonna be an absolute stud by next year. I'm not sure if Johnson projects as a starter or back of the bullpen guy. I'm sure they'd love it if Shores could come back healthy enough to win a weekend rotation job, especially since it'll be his money year/last year at LSU (unless something goes wrong). I just wonder how he'll bounce back after having not pitched competitively for almost 2 years. Others have done it, but a guy with that high velocity trying to go 6-7 every weekend might be too much of an ask. Might not--I'm certainly no expert.

I bet he'll get at least 1 portal guy with SEC weekend stuff to compete for a spot, but I think he goes hard and puts more resources into a bat or 2. We haven't hit great this year, but we're losing White, Travinski, Milazzo, and Bingham for sure, probably Braswell, and probably/maybe Jones, and maybe even Kling if he keeps hitting like did this weekend. I know we've got some young guys who haven't played, but as of right now, I think the only guys you know for sure are gonna be in the lineup next year are Larson, Milam, and probably Neal and Brown.