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59 minutes ago, tokamak said:

68 scholarships for rowing?? brb, going to buy child-size practice oars for my daughters

It's the cheat code to most elite schools. Lots of them have Women's, Men's Heavyweight, and Men's Lightweight crews, plus JV and Thirds boats.

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19 minutes ago, zlavydra said:

Is Winfield a salvageable piece of the puzzle?  If so, would he rather be a 4th OF here or star at Lamar? I suppose that's the question?

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.

 

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9 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

is developing players a thing of the past for the elite programs ?

go figure it out at a mid, then get nil to a major ?

I think NIL enables this for sure. 
You should see healthy mix of Freshmen and Xfers in going fwd. 

I am all for it, kids develop differently and a kid who wasn’t redshirted in HS and maybe didn’t do whole PG/5 Tool circuit may be a diamond in rough that Texas would never take a flier on out of HS. Let that dude go to a smaller D1/D2 school get some film and then make a play for him 

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34 minutes ago, Hookem2147 said:

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.

 

yup, a whole lot of ....

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Posted (edited)
5 hours ago, Js1 said:

Look, if the pervs on this site can drool over the softball players (and one in particular who doesn’t even play)

I resemble that remark.

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6 hours ago, Hookem2147 said:

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.

Will probably never know but I am curious if he was a voluntary portal entry or if his portal entry was "recommended"

We're getting to a point where you have to win the underwear Olympics to be on an elite college roster, but I think that dude could have been a solid role player.

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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.

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7 minutes ago, Hookem2147 said:

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.

That roster fucking blows

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3 minutes ago, hobbes2702 said:

That roster fucking blows

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.

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9 minutes ago, BurntOrange&White said:

Do not contact tags mean don’t contact player personally. Doesn’t mean you can’t contact his representation 

I know what it means. When someone enters with a do not contact tag there is a 99.9% chance they already know where they are going. Would be nice if it is Texas

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Inside the numbers.  Beard improved year over year with ERA dropping from 5.51 to 3.28.  His K/9 was basically 1:1 his freshman year.  No reason to think he wouldn’t improve again.

A little more context to the numbers.  3 appearances versus UTSA.  15.1 innings versus UTSA the past two years.  12 hits, 10 earned runs, 13 Ks, 7 walks, 4 HBP.  He did not finish strong this year - 10 earned in 17.2. 17 hits, 5 walks, 16 K, 1 HBP and 4 WPs in his final 3.  He did not show up strong in the conference tourney with the season on the line against an average Tulane team.

His best outings against better competition were FIU and Charlotte.  Quite a few games against Texas Tuesday competition.  Not the UTSA kind.

A little help from Weiner could go a long way.

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On 6/4/2025 at 2:56 PM, MuellerHorn said:

Are you talking about summer semesters? Otherwise, there's no reason not to just push the portal dates back some and have it close before school starts again in August/September (depending on the school). As it stands, the current model only really helps some guys take a few credits during a summer session. Portals opening before the culmination of any sport season is just a stupid idea for many reasons.

I get what you are saying, but then it's holding up players on ~285 teams to wait on 16 teams. Let those guys get a move on, figure out their summer seasons, and get to work with their new teams IMO. 

23 hours ago, tokamak said:

68 scholarships for rowing?? brb, going to buy child-size practice oars for my daughters

Just rewards for winning 3 of the last 5 national championships.

2 hours ago, Post Oak said:

Allowed back-to-back base runners? Hard pass

Did he hit either of them?

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