LSU will be without catcher and infielder Nick Coomes for the fall after he underwent hip surgery Thursday to fix an issue that bothered him throughout the 2017 season, coach Paul Mainieri said.
The coach put the recovery time at four to six months. LSU has no other catchers returning from last season and will turn to three newcomers to fill the position, with LSU-Eunice transfer and Lake Charles native Hunter Feduccia among them.
Others are Mason Doolittle of Jupiter, Fla., and Braden Doughty of Denham Springs.
"We'll be a little shorthanded with our catching corp in the fall," Mainieri said.