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  1. 2 hours ago, Fletch said:

    So yeah. @torre, @texasstrong12, at @Machinator, y’all have a history of knowing our incoming recruiting classes. How are we looking? Any draft risks? Any prospect that would be a day one starter? Any of that? 

    https://texassports.com/news/2018/11/14/baseball-inks-15-to-national-letters-of-intent.aspx

     

    Personally,  I don't follow recruiting closely -  just do research when a name appears.   The above link lists all signees.  In addition,  Camryn Wiilliams, infielder from San Jac signed.   Maybe others that I am not aware.

    Pierce thinks Silas Ardoin, Catcher,  has the defensive skill set to compete to start.   Keep an eye on Andre Duplantier, RHP, whose brother was an ace at Rice and now with the Diamondbacks organization.

    Draft begins Monday, 3 June.    Will be interesting to see how Hamilton and Reynolds fare.  Baty, Lake Travis, is projected as a top 20 pick.

  2. 12 hours ago, Enfield said:

    How is Austin Wallace? I can’t find any stats on him.

    I don't have access to Perfect Game ratings but...    

     

    https://www.prepbaseballreport.com/profiles/TX/Austin-Wallace-6287930145-4836172059   (stats breakdown)

     

    Personal: Son of Danny Wallace and Julie Holliman…has two sisters, Abby and Kayla, and a brother, Garrett…Julie threw discus and javelin at Baylor (1992-95) while Danny was a baseball walk-on at Texas from 1986-87.

    High school: Lettered and started in each of his seasons at Flower Mound under his head coach (and father) Danny Wallace…was named second team All-District as a junior and first team All-District as a sophomore…represented Texas at the Area Code Underclass Games in 2017. 

    I chose Texas because: "…I grew up a huge fan, always wanted to wear the burnt orange and play in Omaha for a national title."

    Allen on Wallace: "Austin is a very big and strong two-way player that should contribute both ways right away. Austin has quality stuff that will only continue to get better while on campus. His best pitch is an 86-90 mph fastball that has plus-life to it. He will develop into a low 90s power type lefty. As a hitter, he has shown the ability to square balls up consistently while at Flower Mound." 

    Pierce on Wallace: "Austin is another lefty with a high ceiling. He's touched 90 and we project him to be a potential power guy with feel for his secondary pitches. Danny Wallace is not only Austin's high school coach, but his dad that has produce multiple players at Flower Mound High School. We expect the trend to continue with his own son. Austin can hit as well and will compete as a two-way player for us."

    https://texassports.com/news/2018/11/14/baseball-inks-15-to-national-letters-of-intent.aspx

     

     

     

     

       

  3. 11 hours ago, texashorn13 said:

    It'll be interesting to see what transpires over the summer...who leaves, who transfers in, and who our coaches start targeting on the recruiting trail.  I worry that we don't have a strong recruiter on this staff...great talent evaluators but not strong recruiters.  And I think it will get monumentally tougher now because of the moves aTm is making with their coaching staff.  The volunteer (responsible for hitting) has been fired, and one of the paid assistants is getting reassigned to Dir. of Ops.  That spot is being filled by a big name...Texas ties, ace recruiter and a name that will draw a lot of attention to College Station.  I wouldn't be shocked if we aren't more active on the transfer portal than in the club world, at least for this cycle.

    Nice post !       Was Koalitis MW's ace recruiter at Oregon  ?

    10 hours ago, texashorn13 said:

    I don't think the miracle is happening...aggy has no pitching on campus and none coming in (as of now).  It's quite possible that they could be worse next year than they were this year, which makes me wonder what Snider is thinking.

    Snider is married to his wife, Lauren, who is a native of Bellville, Texas. The two have a daughter, Riley, and a son, Henry.

    https://seminoles.com/staff/craig-snider/

    Salary and head coach in waiting ?   Bellville is 60 miles from CS.

     

  4. 2 hours ago, HoustonFrog said:

     

     If this Horn guy is a true ace, probably have to pitch Lodlollo.

     

    With King and Williamson you have no idea what you are getting.

    It is all about matchups and Schloss knows,   but normally only the #1 seed has the luxury of starting their #2 guy in game 1.   

    TCU is healthy (best this year), relaxed, and dangerous.    Concern is their fielding (.960).      Henry needs to get his game on at 2B.    Good Luck !    

     

  5. High School Regional Finals begin Thursday if anyone lives near and wants to see the future.

     

     If these recruits all reach the state tournament, friends could soon become foes. Brett Baty’s Lake Travis Cavaliers and Austin Wallace’s Flower Mound Jaguars are both competing in the Class 6A playoffs while Robinson’s Peyton Powell and Argyle’s Brenden Dixon play for Class 4A schools. In an interesting twist, the Class 4A state tournament will be held next week at UFCU Disch-Falk Field.

     

     

    Here is the schedule for the UT recruits who are competing in a regional final this week:

    Lake Travis infielder Brett Baty (vs. Laredo Alexander)

    Game 1: Thursday at 7 p.m. at San Antonio’s North East ISD Sports Park

    Game 2: Saturday at 4 p.m. at San Antonio’s North East ISD Sports Park

    Game 3 (if necessary): Saturday at 6:30 p.m. at San Antonio’s North East ISD Sports Park

    Argyle infielder Brenden Dixon (vs. Iowa Park)

    Game 1: Wednesday at 8 p.m.  at Abilene Christian

    Robinson catcher Peyton Powell (vs. Sweeny)

    Game 1: Wednesday at 5 p.m. at Sam Houston State

    Game 2: Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at Sam Houston State

    Game 3 (if necessary): Friday at 12 p.m. at Sam Houston State

    Flower Mound pitcher Austin Wallace (vs. Southlake Carroll)

    Game 1: Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at TCU

    Game 2: Friday at 7: 30 p.m. at Dallas Baptist

    Game 3 (if necessary): Saturday at 12 p.m. at Frisco’s Dr Pepper Ballpark

     

    Baty may not ever end up in a Texas uniform since he is expected to be a high pick in next week’s MLB Draft. Dixon, though, was among the incoming recruits that UT head coach David Pierce expressed excitement about following UT’s season finale.

    https://www.hookem.com/2019/05/29/with-the-playoffs-winding-down-could-a-battle-at-ufcu-disch-falk-field-await-for-two-ut-signees/

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    Edited by torre

    Not UT related,  but congrats to Texas Lutheran for winning the DIII National Championship.    Tournament was held at UT Tyler   Other teams were Emory, Trine, Williams, Easter Conn St (need to google 😊).    Most of the TLU players are from the Houston/SE Texas area with a couple of Cali ladies.    Our state has its share of softball talent.

     

    https://tlubulldogs.com/roster.aspx?path=softball

    https://news4sanantonio.com/news/local/texas-lutheran-wins-first-national-championship-in-program-history

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    Edited by torre

    UTSA job is open.     Don't think our assistants have the resume.    Marshall and Corbett (previous coach) and the former AD were aggy grads.   Current AD is UTEP grad.

     

    Kendall RogersVerified account @KendallRogers 3h3 hours ago

    COACHING NEWS: Another coaching change, as @UTSABSB head coach Jason Marshall will step aside after seven seasons with the program. He went 209-192 in those seven seasons with the Roadrunners.
     

     

  8. Good article from Baseball America.  Excerpts only,  full article is worth a read for info on all the Regionals.

    Also,   2018 NCAA Baseball Commitee Selection Members.    Not sure if tenure is for 1 or 2 years,  can't find info on 2019.    Someone who uses twitter may ask Kendall.

     

    The selection committee on Monday revealed the 2019 NCAA Tournament bracket and it delivered one big surprise among the at-large bids, selecting Texas Christian as the last team in the field ahead of teams such as Central Florida, Houston, Missouri and Texas State.

    TCU finished the season 32-26 and ranked No. 59 in RPI, the worst of any at-large team and below Arizona, Brigham Young, Houston, Texas State, UCF and UC Irvine, all teams also considered to be on the bubble.

    But the Horned Frogs went 14-15 against Big 12 competition and reached the semifinals of the conference tournament. They also had a dozen wins against top-50 opponents, more than any of the other bubble teams, and won 16 games away from Fort Worth.

    That rationale – an emphasis on top-50 wins and not on RPI – also seemed to drive the selection committee’s decision to award a home regional to Mississippi, which was announced Sunday night. The Rebels ranked No. 22 in RPI, typically outside the range necessary for an SEC team to host, but the Rebels went 20-19 against top-50 opponents. No team in the country played more games against top-50 competition and their 20 wins in those games were far more than Miami (15), North Carolina State (11) and Texas A&M (14), the other teams that were in the hosting race.

    That kind of emphasis is somewhat of a departure for the committee, which at times in the past has used RPI as a crutch. But in a year where the RPI always felt a little off – Oregon State and Stanford have never fared well and Auburn and Tennessee maintained top-20 RPIs despite having losing records in the SEC – going away from a strict reliance on RPI was probably necessary.

    Most of the rest of the field aligned with Baseball America’s final projections, which had 63 of the 64 teams correct for the third year in a row. The selection committee seeded Georgia Tech at No. 3, higher than had been expected, but, again the Yellow Jackets fared better in top-50 wins (19) than in RPI . 😎

    https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/2019-ncaa-baseball-tournament-bracket-analysis/

    NCAA Division I Baseball Committee 2018

    Dave Blank, Elon University.Mike Bobinski, Purdue University.Mike Buddie, Furman University.Chris Del Conte, University of Texas.Joe Karlgaard, Rice University.Steve Robertello, California State University, Fresno.Benjamin Shove, Northeast Conference.Scott Sidwell, University of San Francisco.Ray Tanner, University of South Carolina, Columbia  Whit Babcock, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.

    https://www.ncaa.org/sites/default/files/Aug2018DIMBA_CommReport_20180831.pdf

     

  9. 47 minutes ago, Moby Ric said:

    I would love to see this.  aggy thinks that being a #2 in Lubbock is an easy deal for them cause sec sec sec.  Tech would wipe them off the field.  In fact I bet aggy doesn't make a Super at all.

    Loathe aggy,   but they have excellent pitching which makes them formidable in a Regional.    Hope they go to UCLA.

  10. Coach Murphy with classy/courteous comments to open, talks about playing Texas in 2020/2021,  rest not worth listening.     Coach White' opens with comments with congrats to Alabama, instant replay, and further addresses the issue beginning at 3:22.   "Even Little League has instant replay"    Hope the "electronic strike zone" comment does not draw NCAA scrutiny.

    From reading the coaching bios,   Murphy seems to be in charge of hitting.    He does an excellent job of the hitter  making adjustments.   Couple of early key hits were inside pitches that the Alabama hitter adjusted to and did not overswing.  

     

     

     

  11. Quotes from the game.  

    Though Tedder is a better defender,   she is hitting .217.    Would like to see Alcozer (,282) in the lineup.   Bekah is prone to K's,  but can also be a power boost to the lineup.  Need a spark.  We finished 4th in hitting in conference play (.255) behind OU, OKSt, and Tech.

    Alabama is loaded with pitching.   Probably will see Goodman or Cornell tonight.

     

    The biggest of Thursday’s seven hits came from the bottom of Alabama’s batting order. Crimson Tide coach Patrick Murphy says he likes “to leave a surprise in the nine spot” and that surprise against the Longhorns was senior Merris Schroder. With one out and a runner on third base in the third inning, Schroder hammered a pitch from Elish over the fence in right field at Rhoads Stadium.

    Schroder entered the game with 11 homers, third-most on the team. She hadn’t batted ninth this season before the regional-clinching win over Arizona State, but both times she’s homered out of the spot in the lineup.

    “By the time it gets around to me at the bottom, I’ve seen a lot of at-bats,” said Schroder, a Houston native who said her father was once a drum major at Texas. “I kind of got a better idea of what they’re going to throw me and what she’s looking like and stuff like that.”

    The homer was the 10th surrendered by Elish this season. But she hadn’t seen one of her pitches leave a park since Oklahoma’s Jocelyn Alo went deep on her in the fifth inning of a game at McCombs Field on April 20. Elish’s stretch of not giving up a home run covered 62 1/3 innings and 923 pitches.

    “She capitalized on one of my mistakes,” Elish said. “I threw a pitch right down the middle and she drove it. I can’t do that when I have a batter with two strikes.”

    An all-conference honoree and All-American candidate, Elish was bested by Alabama freshman Montana Fouts. An acquaintance of Elish from travel ball, Fouts allowed three hits and did not issue a walk. Texas, which never got a runner to third base, suffered its fourth shutout loss of the season.

    “I felt like she was bringing it a little bit,” UT sophomore Janae Jefferson said. “It wasn’t too overpowering for us. We just have to attack the ball early in the counts and be more of an aggressive-hitting team.”

    In defeat, Elish gave up three hits and two earned runs over four innings. She recorded just one strikeout.

    Elish was coming off a weekend in which she earned four regional wins with a 429-pitch effort in the span of two days. White said Elish was working with a short leash, but she will likely return to the circle in Friday’s elimination game.

    “Sometimes you’ve got to save the bullets,” said White, who had senior Brooke Bolinger throw two innings of scoreless relief.

    Around the bases: Texas committed two errors. Alabama scored its third run on UT catcher Mary Iakopo’s throwing error on a successful fourth-inning double steal. … Jefferson’s bunt single in the fourth frame was her 75th hit of the season. That ranks second in UT’s history books, breaking a tie with the 74 hits that she totaled as a freshman. … Thursday’s game drew an announced crowd of 2,887. … Texas and Alabama will meet again at 8 p.m. on Friday. It’ll be carried by ESPN and 105.3.

    https://www.hookem.com/story/following-a-loss-to-alabama-in-the-super-regionals-texas-must-rally-again-in-the-ncaa-tournament/

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    18 hours ago, sbmcruise said:
     
     
    Anybody know where any other members of this year's team are playing this summer?

    Hopefully,  TexasSports.com and the AAS will provide info in the near future.

    I thought Cobb was a Cape candidate.

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    Edited by torre

    11 minutes ago, Terry Silver said:

    Will aggy host a regional?  If not, which super are they likely paired with?

    Kendall Rogers‏Verified account @KendallRogers 1h1 hour ago

     

    Kendall Rogers Retweeted Kendall Rogers

    Will be interesting to see if Texas A&M hosts on Monday. Aggies were in good shape entering the day, but now open the door for some teams to leap them, IMO.

  14. 2 hours ago, bschoolprof said:

    ; 2) the coaches have screwed around with hitter's swing planes and pitchers' arm angles this year and the results have been a disaster ; 

    I think there is truth to the above.    Not a regular viewer,   but happened to see part of Game Plan with David Pierce on LHN awhile back.    He talked extensively about correcting hitter's mechanics using intricate terms.

    Please keep us posted on other info and we will make your green bar expand.....oh, wait...    

     

    To amend my post above about Neely,  AAS stated Pierce and the coaches had individual meetings with the players this past Monday to discuss their performance and future.    Neely may have been told he was not part of the future.   However,  I talked briefly with his Dad at a high school game.  Dad seems like a no bs guy wanting the best for his son.   Neely is definitely a project,  but has the tools to be very good.   Perfect Game ranked Neely, Cobb, and Madden very close.   Neely is not Pierce's type of pitcher due to control issues (walks).

  15. 32 minutes ago, Moby Ric said:

    Way to make it dramatic Tech.  It took 3 pitchers in the 9th to get it done. 

    Coach Hughes has made KSt very competitive.

    When did Jung move to SS ?    Lost confidence in Baker ?

  16. 31 minutes ago, GopherRock said:

    Minneapolis Super is completely sold out. Tickets that hadn't been bought by season ticketholders went on sale at 9 this morning and were gone by 10.

    Good Luck !     Beat LSU and the SEC.

    Great, well coached team,  great fans.   Really enjoyed the visit to Austin in the past though Texas is 1-4.   Coach Trachsel is the real deal. 

  17. 32 minutes ago, Js1 said:

    Cross Jack Neely off - in the portal. 

     

    Though Neely's performance was erratic this year,  likely indicates he feels he is not receiving proper coaching.

    -  From a UT Family.  Great grandfather and grandfather played football here.

    - Would have been a fairly high draft choice.   Saw him pitch in high school couple of times.   Numerous scouts.    Told scouts he intended to attend UT,  his dream school. 

    - May transfer to a smaller school and become draft eligible.   Only 19 yo.

    -  Only negative he is a Red Sox fan.    😊

  18. Tournament Schedule:

     

    2019 Phillips 66 Big 12 Baseball Championship - Oklahoma City, Okla.

    Wednesday, May 22
    Session One
    Game 1: No. 4 West Virginia vs. No. 5 Kansas - 9:00 a.m. (FCS)
    Game 2: No. 1 Texas Tech vs. No. 8 K-State - 12:30 p.m. (FCS)

    Session Two
    Game 3: No. 2 Baylor vs. No. 7 Oklahoma - 4:00 p.m. (FCS)
    Game 4: No. 3 Oklahoma State vs. No. 6 TCU - 7:30 p.m. (FCS)

    Thursday, May 23
    Session Three
    Game 5: Game 1 Loser vs. Game 2 Loser - 9:00 a.m. (FCS)
    Game 6: Game 3 Loser vs. Game 4 Loser - 12:30 p.m. (FCS)
    Session Four
    Game 7: Game 1 Winner vs. Game 2 Winner - 4:00 p.m. (FCS)
    Game 8: Game 3 Winner vs. Game 4 Winner - 7:30 p.m. (FCS)

    Friday, May 24
    Session Five
    Game 9: Game 7 Loser vs. Game 5 Winner - 3:15 p.m. (FCS)
    Game 10: Game 8 Loser vs. Game 6 Winner - 7:00 p.m. (FCS)

    Saturday, May 25
    Session Six
    Game 11: Game 7 Winner vs. Game 9 Winner - 9:00 a.m. (FCS)
    Game 12: Game 8 Winner vs. Game 10 Winner - 12:30 p.m. (FCS)
    Session Seven
    *Game 13: Winner Game 11 vs. Loser Game 11, If Necessary - 4:00 p.m. (FCS)
    **Game 14: Winner Game 12 vs. Loser Game 12, If Necessary*** - 7:30 p.m. (FCS)

    Sunday, May 26
    Session Eight
    Game 15: Championship Game - 1:00 p.m. (FSN)

    Times listed in Central.

    http://www.big12sports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=10410&ATCLID=211803862

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