Former top LSU baseball recruit enters the transfer portal

The No. 2 ranked shortstop from Arizona in the 2023 recruiting class has entered his name into the transfer portal after only one season on the bayou. Ryan Kucherak appeared in 16 games for the Tigers last season and only had 12 at-bats. He finished the season 3-for-12 (.250) with two RBI.

LSU doesn’t have many infielders remaining from last season’s team. Jared Jones and Tommy White are likely both going pro, Ben Nippolt is out of eligibility, Austen Roellig is headed to Utah, and all three catchers are gone with Alex Milazzo and Hayden Travinski graduating and Brady Neal heading to Alabama.

That only leaves Stephen Milam , Michael Braswell III , and possibly Josh Pearson (who is mainly used as an outfielder but appeared in 10 games at second base). Milam is 100% coming back unless he enters the transfer portal but the status of Braswell III and Pearson are both unknown at the moment. Both of them will likely hear their names called in the 2024 MLB D]draft but they both still have one more year of eligibility.

Either way, there is work to be done to fill some holes in the infield in the transfer portal.

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