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Hookem2147

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  1. Going to have a lot more flexibility and lineup options at a minimum. Livingston (left handed), Moroknek (left handed) and Freeman (switch hitter). No more Jaquae Stewart as your third best LH bat.
  2. Freeman has catcher experience earlier in this career but has mainly been 2B/OF I believe at Auburn and Georgia State.
  3. Winfield and Gasparino are only going to The Cape because that is where they played last summer. I think they usually just invite the returning guys back, and all the draft-eligible guys that leave are replaced by new freshmen/sophomores.
  4. Guys with multiple years of production are always going to be safer. I do see your point about Moroknek's production against decent teams (quick math says he hit .234 in the 11 games against the teams you mentioned). His strikeout rate was around 16% and dropped from 21% the previous year, so that is a good sign. You are right that it is sometimes a crapshoot with these lower-level guys. Moroknek is far from a guarantee middle-of-the-order guy who hits .300 with 15 homers, but based on his production over two years, I am confident he will contribute more to winning than Winfield did this year.
  5. Yep I skimmed the list too quickly. I think Rodriguez was supposed to play in the Cape too but he needs a break.
  6. Probably more notable who isn't playing. Mendoza, Rodriguez, Borba, Volantis, Jason Flores (edit: nevermind on Mendoza) First 2 must be recovering from injuries and the last two must have hit inning limits and they didn't want them throwing this summer.
  7. I think it's fair to say a guy who had 1/3rd of his season hit total against Prairie View A&M was a bust. Looking under the hood, there were some red flags at ULM that we kind of ignored or just thought would get better. He hit .278 in Sun Belt play in 2024 so it wasn't like he was lighting the world on fire in that league. The defense was also horrific at both ULM (4 errors, .951 fielding%) and here. I'd be mildly surprised if he is back.
  8. Last visit wins
  9. Left-handed bats are a top priority. It was a glaring hole once Belyeu went down and our lefty options were a hurt Adrian Rodriguez, Cole Chamberlain, Easton Winfield and Jaquae Stewart.
  10. He will be a draft sweat, but those are the type of guys you want.
  11. Yay
  12. Bummer. This was a guy who visited and that we wanted.
  13. Mississippi State 247 baseball mod with an interesting post on Notre Dame C Carson Tinney, who Mississippi State tried to get involved with: I have been told that former Notre Dame catcher Carson Tinney is expected to choose between Florida and Texas.
  14. Another OF I know we are on https://butlersports.com/sports/baseball/roster/jack-moroknek/12467
  15. Texas, Clemson or UNC. I think Clemson got the last visit.
  16. I believe he was at Texas yesterday.
  17. Another guy we are on that I believe visited late last week https://lmulions.com/sports/baseball/roster/nate-savoie/13541
  18. Someone to keep an eye on https://shupirates.com/sports/baseball/roster/aiden-robbins/7411
  19. A&M going to the portal for the SS is interesting because Kent had a decent year but he isn’t some slam dunk top draft pick. Maybe his dad said I ain’t letting you go back after watching this shit show.
  20. Becker (UVA SS that was on campus this weekend) ain’t much better at .925. Trying to find a SS in the portal is like trying to find a LT in the portal in football. The good ones are either being kept by their existing teams or hold the most leverage in the portal. Maybe there is a world where they look to bring in a 2B then let Mendoza/Rodriguez battle it out at SS? Not what I would do but just brainstorming.
  21. Nahlin RPM'd Jamarion Carlton to Texas. 60% confidence.
  22. OB baseball mod: Maryland SS Chris Hacopian is visiting Texas today and will be at Arkansas tomorrow. This on the heels of the Texas A&M visit. Aggies are running third in this race based on what I have been told
  23. Jason Flores, Mendoza, Williams, Rodriguez, Volantis, Chamberlain, Borba, Walker and Burns are all underclassmen we should want back. Doesn’t even include the draft eligible guys like Harrison, Ruger, Galvan, Belyeu that would obviously be welcomed back with open arms.
  24. In the long run it will be a good thing but in the short term it will cause some interesting scenarios because baseball recruiting happens so early and most big programs already had a lot of their 2025 and 2026 classes locked in before the roster reduction was even on the radar.
  25. You don’t want to get the reputation of recruiting over your HS signees every year or cutting them loose in July. The reason you see Georgia sign 15 portal guys every year is because they sign HS classes of only 8 or 9 guys. We currently have 18 signed. Even Jay Johnson said they don’t plan on taking as big of a portal class this year and while he won’t admit it, they ran off quite a few of their HS signees last year in favor of taking portal guys. Also have to remember the rosters are going from 40 to 34. If you portal in 8 position players and 6 pitchers and 15 of your 18 man HS class makes it campus, you just used up 29 of your 34 spots. We do have 8-10 returning players I would like to have back. The current roster ain’t total junk.
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