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Saw this on another board regarding our recruit class:
We lost a load of players to the draft, and top players at that.
1] Vandy - 19 commits - 7 Top 100 - 9.37 average
2] LSU - 16 commits - 6 Top 100 - 9.19 average
3] Tennessee - 23 commits - 2 Top 100 - 5.13 average
4] Miss. State - 13 commits - 4 Top 100 - 8.62 average
5] FIU - 23 commits - 2 Top 100 - 4.87 average
6] Clemson - 15 commits - 3 Top 100 - 7.13 average
7] Texas A&M - 16 commits - 4 Top 100 - 6.56 average
8] Louisville - 15 commits - 2 Top 100 - 6.87 average
9] Arkansas - 23 commits - 0 Top 100 - 4.43 average
10] Texas - 18 commits - 1 Top 100 - 5.61 average
11] Florida - 10 commits - 3 Top 100 - 10.00 average
I believe we got 2-3 Jucos as well. It would make sense given we lost a good deal of guys (high school and college) to the draft. We still ended with the best average among the classes, but the number of recruits we're bringing in for the class hurt us.
This is the class (for now), Denaburg likely signs w/ Washington:
Cory Acton - 1st team All-USA - 3B (probably 3B or 2B) - throws right, but bats left - 10
Kendrick Calilao - OF - righty - 10
Kristopher Armstrong - switch-pitcher but is expected to field rather than pitch for us - predominant righty - 10
Mason Denaburg - 1st round pick by the Nationals - RHP - 10
David Luethje - RHP - 10
Robert Pena - 3B - righty - 10
Nick Pogue - RHP - 10
Christian Scott - RHP - 10
Benjamin Specht - RHP - 9.5
Jacob Young - OF - righty - 9
Thanks for this information, it's pretty tough to find anything about baseball recruiting. With Sully only having 14 commitments to begin with, losing almost 30% to the draft is a big blow, but what I would really point out is he lost a load of talent: 3 in the first round and 1 in the second. He obviously knew that, going into the recruitment of these kids with the knowledge of their potential draft position, so is this a case of basically taking a " just in case" position in the event they don't sign for some bizarre reason? I know they have to walk a fine line in that regard as far as total numbers. I haven't looked at numbers on the Gators roster so I don't know if 9 commits (I'm not going to count Denaburg) puts them at a full roster but dang, some of these teams basically recruited two entire teams!