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Hookem2147

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  1. He will be a draft sweat, but those are the type of guys you want.
  2. Bummer. This was a guy who visited and that we wanted.
  3. 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.
  4. Another OF I know we are on https://butlersports.com/sports/baseball/roster/jack-moroknek/12467
  5. Texas, Clemson or UNC. I think Clemson got the last visit.
  6. I believe he was at Texas yesterday.
  7. Another guy we are on that I believe visited late last week https://lmulions.com/sports/baseball/roster/nate-savoie/13541
  8. Someone to keep an eye on https://shupirates.com/sports/baseball/roster/aiden-robbins/7411
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. Nahlin RPM'd Jamarion Carlton to Texas. 60% confidence.
  12. 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
  13. 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.
  14. 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.
  15. 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.
  16. Eric Becker (UVA transfer SS who is a stud) is on campus today, per Chip Brown
  17. Found the Schloss interview from earlier this week on 1300 The Zone. Said he envisions 4-5 position players and 3-4 arms being brought in depending on how the draft shakes out.
  18. Offense is no bueno. Typing that out made me realize they need to make a strong play to get Harrison and Riojas back. Tough to find proven guys in the SEC and Harrison especially was one of the most consistent pitchers in the league.
  19. This is what we currently got if you include true freshman minus Cunningham and Fien. Also will exclude Galvan, Belyeu and Flores to be somewhat conservative from a numbers standpoint *=freshman C (2): Chamberlain and Courville* INF (6): Borba, Duplantier, Stewart, Livingston, Mendoza, Rodriguez OF (7): Winfield, Williams, Gasparino, Peterson, Monsour*, Hill*, Pack* RHP (19): Riojas, Howard, Grubbs, McCreery, Flores, Moffett, Saunier, Hamilton, Burns, Rerick, Crossland*, Paris*, Cozart*, Rummel*, Boles*, Walls*, Rogers*, Westphal*, Fergason* LHP (7): Bing, Walker, Navarre, Volantis, Harrison, Mitchell*, McKernan* So that is 41 right there. So quite a bit more attrition to come.
  20. I’m normally a believer in some guys take time to develop, but man it’s just hard to unsee what he showed this year especially defensively. I think there is a simple yes/no test being applied to a lot of these guys entering the portal. Are they someone you would reasonably expect to contribute on a team who could make it to Omaha in 2026? If the answer is no or you have to think about it, there should be very little resistance if they want to leave.
  21. Nik Sanders giving up his spot on the baseball team to go be a 6th string RB on the football team is something I'll never understand. I see he played this spring at Grayson junior college and did well (.371 with 12 homers)
  22. Props to him for working his way from walk on to starter, but he was a classic tweener. Probably wouldn’t be good enough to be a regular SEC starter but also brought some tools that could make him a solid 4th or 5th OF. No 20 year old sees themselves that way though.
  23. I don't think there is any chance he is drafted. Very little position versatility, isn't a plus third baseman and the hit tool is still somewhat of a question mark. Southard also threw almost 30 innings in 2022 and teams are more willing to take flyers on pitchers than hitters. You can teach a guy who throws hard with good stuff how to pitch a lot easier than teaching a guy who is questionable hitter how to hit.
  24. Looking through some final stats, I don't think enough appreciation is being given to the fact that Adrian Rodriguez played the second half of the season with basically one hand and only batting left-handed and still hit .313 overall/.333 in SEC play. That is really impressive.
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