One of the four new catchers, Luis Hernandez, came from Puerto Rico to America with the sole purpose to play at LSU. The fans and the community were something that always stood out to Hernandez, and with people doubting him, that made him want it even more.

“Nobody believed that a Puerto Rican kid could come to LSU,” Hernandez said.

Two of the other catchers, Blaise Priester and Eddie Yamin, became very close with Hernandez.

“Eddie is a really good catcher, he can receive and Blaise as well, he has a really good arm,” Hernandez said.

Chris Stanfield, outfielder, came to LSU with not the best track record in batting. He has always been the type to chop and run, and he needed some improvements on his swing. So, he has been spending the fall working on it.

“I started seeing them [results] in the fall,” Stanfield said. “My first two weeks here were kind of shaky cause I was trying to break out of some habits I’ve had my whole life.”

Stanfield came from Auburn, yet while playing at Auburn he went against LSU, where he proceeded to hit two balls off of Paul Skenes. Stanfield and Coach Jay Johnson joke with each other that, that’s why Johnson loved Stanfield and wanted him to come to LSU.

But outside of hitting off of Skenes, Stanfield has the right mentality, and wants to keep proving himself to Johnson and his other coaches.

“It’s about winning and I want to steal bags, and get into scoring position,” Stanfield said. “But, it depends on if he [Johnson] gives it to me.”