Two days of the Major League Baseball Draft are done. There are no big surprises for Mississippi State so far, either with varsity Diamond Dogs taken--or not--nor unexpected signee selections. This is a college-heavy draft so far as the shorter twenty-round system, shrinking minor league rosters, and NIL competition makes picking good college players a better bet. Jeff Lebby reports to Dallas for Wednesday morning and Mississippi State's turn at SEC Media Days. Quarterback Blake Shapen, lineman Albert Reese, and linebacker John Lewis accompany their coach and all are Media Days rookies.

With the holidays done Jeff Lebby and to-be-named Bulldog players are preparing for SEC Media Days. Mississippi State's turn is July 17 in Dallas and the Dawghouse will be on hand for the media circus. Lebby's summer recruiting is already assembling the core of a '25 signing class while a handful of rising juniors have already announced for State. Bulldog baseball has added more armed force for next season via the transfer portal along with an infield contingent. Now State awaits the July 14-15-16 Major League Draft for what it may do to the incoming freshman class.

Bulldog football recruiting was maroon-hot all June, now Jeff Lebby and staff review commitment trends and how to complete this next signing class. Mississippi State baseball continues working portal players for the 2025 roster ahead of Tuesday's closing. The mid-July Major League Draft is two weeks away as well. And Bulldog basketball rewards staff members with adjusted roles and new titles ahead of Chris Jans' third season in Humphrey Coliseum.

No games are being played on Mississippi State fields these days but recruiting for both Bulldog football and baseball has seized the summer headlines. Coach Chris Lemonis is plugging in players for 2025 through the transfer portal open through July 2. He has an eye on the mid-July draft and what it will do to the roster also. May and June weekends have been busy for first-year coach Jeff Lebby as he recruits for his second, third, and beyond Mississippi State seasons. And here at Dawgsbite we are working up a summer series asking you, the fan, for input on all sorts of Mississippi State topics. So watch the website for the first round of Proposed: Readers Always Write.

Mississippi State's return to the NCAA Tournament after a two-year absence ended after four games in Virginia. How close were the Bulldogs to themselves hosting and perhaps still be playing for Omaha? But also how much rebuilding can be done if the 2025 Diamond Dogs are to be post-season worthy? The spring transfer portal runs through July 2 and then the mid-month Major League Draft will have a huge impact on Chris Lemonis' seventh roster. Chris Jans got his well-earned contract extension and raise going into year-three with Bulldog basketball. Meanwhile Jeff Lebby and staff are hosting prospects for next year and beyond at June campus camps. Scholarship offers are already being extended, too.

The NCAA baseball committee did not give Mississippi State a regional. So the Diamond Dogs will take their assignment to the Charlottesville Regional and try to run with it all the way to Omaha.

Bulldog Country is in an unhappy holiday mood as the Mississippi State is not hosting a Starkville Regional after all. The Diamond Dogs learn their regional site assignment and the other three teams in that field Monday. How close were the Bulldogs to hosting? As close as too many of the narrow losses in both SEC and non-conference play this year.

Mississippi State walks-off Ole Miss for a SEC Tournament win that has the Diamond Dogs thisssss close to securing NCAA Tournament host rights as a top-sixteen seed. Bulldog basketball extends Chris Jans' contract while he extends the 2024-25 roster. Jeff Lebby and staff begin two weeks of prospect camps next weekend.