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42 minutes ago, Hookem2147 said:

Flores isn’t transferring guys. He is just going to take his 200k from whatever MLB team thinks can fix him and move on.

Does he get to keep Tulo’s glove or will it go to the next SS to continue its magic?

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Posted (edited)
1 hour ago, Hookem2147 said:

Flores isn’t transferring guys. He is just going to take his 200k from whatever MLB team thinks can fix him and move on.

do I look like I give a fuck? transfer or play low level minor league ball, same difference to me. 

 

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If you remove the guys already in the portal (5) + Easton Tumis + Belyeu/Galvan/Flores/Schuessler/Spencer/Mercer/Dre, that leaves us with 28 on the current roster. We have an incoming freshman class of 15 if you take out Fien and Cunningham (and Jonah Williams already being here).

So we are still going to need quite a bit of attrition, and this is without knowing whether the roster limit stuff with the house settlement that is still pending. Roster could be 34 next year, or could be a bit higher, depending on what the judge rules with grandfathering current players. 

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11 minutes ago, Hookem2147 said:

If you remove the guys already in the portal (5) + Easton Tumis + Belyeu/Galvan/Flores/Schuessler/Spencer/Mercer, that leaves us with 28 on the current roster. We have an incoming freshman class of 15 if you take out Fien and Cunningham (and Jonah Williams already being here).

So we are still going to need quite a bit of attrition, and this is without knowing whether the roster limit stuff with the house settlement that is still pending. Roster could be 34 next year, or could be a bit higher, depending on what the judge rules with grandfathering current players. 

How many scholarships will we get with this 34+ roster? And surely dudes like Dre are out of eligibility..?

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6 minutes ago, B00M said:

How many scholarships will we get with this 34+ roster? And surely dudes like Dre are out of eligibility..?

I think the talk is everyone could be on full scholarship.

Yeah, Dre is done. I included him in my count but forgot to list his name. 

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Posted
1 minute ago, Hookem2147 said:

I think the talk is everyone could be on full scholarship.

Holy shit. It’s about fucking time! How are schools that lack UT money going to afford that? 

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24 minutes ago, B00M said:

Holy shit. It’s about fucking time! How are schools that lack UT money going to afford that? 

bridesmaids help me im poor GIF

I think we will use the scholarship as a form of nil for mid and bottom of roster while using our real nil plus potentially corporate to land elite portal players and HS

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Fan favorite?  It seems like he worked hard to get the most out of what he had but him being our 2nd best starter last year was a blinking red light that Pierce needed to gtfo. 

Of course there were posts about twice a week asking when he was coming back so maybe he was a favorite.

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Pete Nakos

Speaking with sources, Texas is in the mix for multiple big-time college baseball free agents. The Longhorns are in the mix for Virginia transfers Eric Becker (infielder) and Henry Ford(infielder/outfielder). Becker officially entered the portal on Tuesday with a do-not-contact tag, and batted .368 with 74 hits in 201 at-bats in 2025. He hit nine home runs and drove in 52 RBIs, as well. 

Seton Hall transfer outfielder Aiden Robbins started 46 games this spring, finishing with a .438 batting average to go with 33 RBIs and a .550 on-base percentage. He has emerged as a top portal target for Texas, sources have said. 

Maryland starting shortstop Chris Hacopian totaled 29 home runs and 103 RBIs in his two seasons at Maryland. He was an All-Big Ten second-team honoree both years. The sophomore is lining up a visit to Austin, per a source. The rising junior has been projected as high as a potential top-10 pick in the 2026 MLB draft.

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Posted
34 minutes ago, ThatsGold said:

Who's got the scoop?

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People are jackasses…

You’ve got dumbass Houstonians sending death threats to Lance McCullers.  LMJ could do fuck all for the rest of his life and @Helobious would still see him in his nightmares for what he did to the Yankees.

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Posted
6 minutes ago, Valmy77 said:

This is how I felt seeing the ticket prices this year.

I am going to be a Tuesday night enjoyer for awhile if this keeps up.

Love Tuesday games especially early in the season. No lines at all

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Posted
31 minutes ago, Fondren & Main said:

People are jackasses…

You’ve got dumbass Houstonians sending death threats to Lance McCullers.  LMJ could do fuck all for the rest of his life and @Helobious would still see him in his nightmares for what he did to the Yankees.

I thought they came out and blamed that on Singapore gamblers

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Fien is going to sign whatever he gets if his brother is any indication. Dude signed with the A's in the seventh round. Cunningham is going to sign somewhere for sure. He is undersized but is a gamer.

Interested in how things shake out with the roster cap for the others. Hope my nephew can figure it out and not get kicked to the curb by Max. We will see.

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Posted
27 minutes ago, Fondren & Main said:

I did not know that.  I’m certain Helo still has nightmares though.

I hate Astros fans as much as anyone and will happily advance any narrative to make them look bad but it didn't pass the smell test that anyone in Houston would do anything other than buy that dude a beer

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17 minutes ago, HOOKEM4 said:

Fien is going to sign whatever he gets if his brother is any indication. Dude signed with the A's in the seventh round. Cunningham is going to sign somewhere for sure. He is undersized but is a gamer.

Interested in how things shake out with the roster cap for the others. Hope my nephew can figure it out and not get kicked to the curb by Max. We will see.


Are we guessing who your nephew is, or do we have a forum favorite I’m unaware of?

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33 minutes ago, cmontexas said:

I hate Astros fans as much as anyone and will happily advance any narrative to make them look bad but it didn't pass the smell test that anyone in Houston would do anything other than buy that dude a beer

You’d think so, but listen to the intelligentsia of the Paul Finebaum show sometime.  An idiot LSU fan called in yesterday wanting to fire the baseball coach and guaranteed they would lose their regional.  Hell, Miss St fired their best baseball coach ever this year.  There are loads of crazies out there!

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3 hours ago, Hookem2147 said:

Some portal intel from Pete Nakos. I’m gonna assume our NIL situation is in a good place if these are the names we are linked with.

Speaking with sources, Texas is in the mix for multiple big-time college baseball free agents. The Longhorns are in the mix for Virginia transfers Eric Becker (infielder) and Henry Ford(infielder/outfielder). Becker officially entered the portal on Tuesday with a do-not-contact tag, and batted .368 with 74 hits in 201 at-bats in 2025. He hit nine home runs and drove in 52 RBIs, as well. 

Seton Hall transfer outfielder Aiden Robbins started 46 games this spring, finishing with a .438 batting average to go with 33 RBIs and a .550 on-base percentage. He has emerged as a top portal target for Texas, sources have said. 

Maryland starting shortstop Chris Hacopian totaled 29 home runs and 103 RBIs in his two seasons at Maryland. He was an All-Big Ten second-team honoree both years. The sophomore is lining up a visit to Austin, per a source. The rising junior has been projected as high as a potential top-10 pick in the 2026 MLB draft.

I mean, if we get the top three players in the portal, that would be pretty good...

 

 

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Posted
4 hours ago, B00M said:

Holy shit. It’s about fucking time! How are schools that lack UT money going to afford that? 

bridesmaids help me im poor GIF

They aren’t, definitely going to force universities to make tough decisions and Tech is already in the process. Posted this awhile back in another thread.

https://www.lubbockonline.com/story/sports/college/red-raiders/2025/04/07/texas-tech-baseball-tim-tadlock-on-revenue-sharing-house-v-ncaa/80774061007/

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Posted
16 hours ago, texastough said:

Flores needs to move to 3b and we bring in a SS via the portal

I think both sides need a fresh start

11 hours ago, Hookem2147 said:

Some portal intel from Pete Nakos. I’m gonna assume our NIL situation is in a good place if these are the names we are linked with.

Speaking with sources, Texas is in the mix for multiple big-time college baseball free agents. The Longhorns are in the mix for Virginia transfers Eric Becker (infielder) and Henry Ford(infielder/outfielder). Becker officially entered the portal on Tuesday with a do-not-contact tag, and batted .368 with 74 hits in 201 at-bats in 2025. He hit nine home runs and drove in 52 RBIs, as well. 

Seton Hall transfer outfielder Aiden Robbins started 46 games this spring, finishing with a .438 batting average to go with 33 RBIs and a .550 on-base percentage. He has emerged as a top portal target for Texas, sources have said. 

Maryland starting shortstop Chris Hacopian totaled 29 home runs and 103 RBIs in his two seasons at Maryland. He was an All-Big Ten second-team honoree both years. The sophomore is lining up a visit to Austin, per a source. The rising junior has been projected as high as a potential top-10 pick in the 2026 MLB draft.

This sounds great.   Not worried about the UVA kids but what was the competition level for the Seton Hall kid?

Posted
9 hours ago, Texas Wahoo said:

I mean, if we get the top three players in the portal, that would be pretty good...

 

 

Farber from TXST would be an acceptable consolation prize if we miss out on the other 2 top SSs. 

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4 hours ago, HuntinHorn said:

Any word on why we lost Boogie? Was thinking he was just healing up from his surgery that was supposed to improve his fastball speed from Pierce’s last season.

I heard he never really got back to pre-injury form. I think it's possible he ends up reuniting with Pierce at Rice or Woody Williams at UH. 

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Posted
15 hours ago, Hookem2147 said:

Some portal intel from Pete Nakos. I’m gonna assume our NIL situation is in a good place if these are the names we are linked with.

Speaking with sources, Texas is in the mix for multiple big-time college baseball free agents. The Longhorns are in the mix for Virginia transfers Eric Becker (infielder) and Henry Ford(infielder/outfielder). Becker officially entered the portal on Tuesday with a do-not-contact tag, and batted .368 with 74 hits in 201 at-bats in 2025. He hit nine home runs and drove in 52 RBIs, as well. 

Seton Hall transfer outfielder Aiden Robbins started 46 games this spring, finishing with a .438 batting average to go with 33 RBIs and a .550 on-base percentage. He has emerged as a top portal target for Texas, sources have said. 

Maryland starting shortstop Chris Hacopian totaled 29 home runs and 103 RBIs in his two seasons at Maryland. He was an All-Big Ten second-team honoree both years. The sophomore is lining up a visit to Austin, per a source. The rising junior has been projected as high as a potential top-10 pick in the 2026 MLB draft.

Becker and Ford were UVA's top-two players statistically on offense:

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Becker played SS this season, yet appeared at 3B some in 2024 and can play all infield positions sans 1B. UVA doesn't have the breakdown up for 2025 yet, but below is 2024's.

2024: Appeared in 45 games and made 39 starts (26 at third base and 13 at shortstop)

Ford played multiple positions in the OF this season.

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