Everything posted by Hookem2147
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2026 Texas Baseball
He was one of the few hitters who seemed to get better as the year went on. .984 OPS with 12 homers for a true sophomore is not too bad. Players are allowed to improve and my guess is at least 1 of these transfer hitters is going to struggle to adjust and we will need someone else to step up. Just the way it goes.
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Texas Recruiting Notes 2026: Boulevard of Broken Bagmen
Wiltfong just put in a prediction for Samari Matthews to Texas
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They are confident in getting Harrison back. No idea on Ruger.
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Don't know much about some of them but Rummel, Cozart, McKernan, Mitchell and Crossland are all on draft radars and would likely be day 1 contributors.
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Needs to throw harder than 86 and probably miss more bats (23 strikeouts in 40 innings against the midweek competition he was facing is not great) if he wants to factor into the conversation on the weekends.
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I’ve never heard of that theory but I’m assuming it has something to do with wanting your 9 hole to be able to set the table for the top of the order?
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I’m pretty meh on Becerra but I guess it’s better than rolling the dice on moving Rodriguez or Mendoza over to SS. Someone has to hit 9th in the order.
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Texas Recruiting Notes 2026: Boulevard of Broken Bagmen
No, was just late to the party in the earlier discussion about who the 4 silents might be and was surprised I didn't see his name mentioned yet.
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Texas Recruiting Notes 2026: Boulevard of Broken Bagmen
I thought Samari Matthews might be one of the hi's with the percentages Gerry had on him last week
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No. Pretty sure that money is already being allocated elsewhere and the amount it would require isn’t worth it.
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Whitcomb committed to Vandy yesterday
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13 errors. Not great but doesn’t Stanford play on a dirt field? Usually see improved fielding on turf.
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His stats remind me a lot of Mendoza at ASU. Doesn’t walk or strikeout much. Good average with basically no power.
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FCB is saying Becker is staying at UVA. I think this will be our pivot option https://gostanford.com/sports/baseball/roster/player/temo-becerra I also think Gasparino will hit the portal soon.
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Roster check (excluding Galvan, Belyeu, Flores, Fien and Cunningham) *freshman C (2): Chamberlain, Courville INF (4): Mendoza, Borba, Livingston, Duplantier INF/OF (2): Freeman, Rodriguez OF (9): Gasparino, Winfield, Moroknek, Williams, Robbins, Peterson, Monsour*, Hill*, Pack* RHP (19): Riojas, Grubbs, Burns, Saunier, Moffett, Rerick, Flores, McCreery, Howard, Hamilton, Cozart*, Westphal*, Crossland*, Rummel*, Boles*, Walls*, Rogers*, Furgason*, Paris* LHP (9): Volantis, Harrison, Bing, Navarre, Walker, Dotson, Higgins, Mitchell*, McKernan* So 45 total with at least a catcher and SS coming from the portal, so call it 47. I’ll assume at least another few guys from the current roster leave and we lose 3-4 more draft eligible guys. That probably leaves us at around 40 heading into the fall.
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2026 Texas Baseball
I think they only want to take 1-2 more arms so they will very picky. Very possible someone like Dotson could be stretched out as a starter with the stuff he has. If they get Grubbs, Harrison, Ruger and Saunier all back from the draft, this staff will be really damn good. All of sudden you are looking at a group that will go 8-10 deep with a lot of different looks (left, right, sidearm) + any freshmen who show they are ready to contribute early.
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Texas Recruiting Notes 2026: Boulevard of Broken Bagmen
3 PM CT announcement for Vodney Cleveland tomorrow per Justin Wells
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Texas Recruiting Notes 2026: Boulevard of Broken Bagmen
Gerry Pretty sure Damari Simeon cancelled Ohio State OV this weekend. Texas vs Michigan decision coming … and the Horns had two great visits. https://247sports.com/player/damari-simeon-46150555/
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Texas Recruiting Notes 2026: Boulevard of Broken Bagmen
We aren't even a year removed from having every DT who officially visited commit elsewhere at our biggest position of need in the cycle, so I won't take for granted that there is a good chance we have 3 really good out-of-state DTs committed by the end of the day tomorrow. LB, TE and RB are the biggest question marks for me right now. LB in particular is a position we need to hit on after only taking 2 last year (1 being a developmental take) and 1 the year prior. OL, CB and WR have solidly set floors right now with who is currently committed and will likely be fine with the remaining options on the board.
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Texas Recruiting Notes 2026: Boulevard of Broken Bagmen
Gerry’s optimism with Finley is interesting considering how other sites are making it seem like an extremely close race with Notre Dame.
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2026 Texas Baseball
Too much can happen between now and February. He also is going to be doing very little baseball the next 7 months and I don’t think he’ll just walk over and immediately start without a ramp up period.
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Texas Recruiting Notes 2026: Boulevard of Broken Bagmen
What is the number at edge this cycle? 2-3? Feels like Carlton will be one but you have to squint and do some wishcasting to see an obvious 2nd or 3rd guy right now, especially if you consider Griffin a LB/edge hybrid.
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2B Mendoza CF Robbins LF Rodriguez (S) C- Portal (hopefully Tinney) SS- Portal (hopefully Becker). RF- Freeman (S) 3B Borba 1B- Livingston (L) DH- Moroknek/Chamberlain/etc. I’m assuming Gasparino and Winfield are being recruited over.
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I think this is an agent play and they are trying to make teams think Texas is more interested to drive up the price.
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We have prioritized Becker over Hacopian from the get-go, so that would be a pretty big change.