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#951

Not a shock total shock that Sthele went and will sign. His velo ticked up this year and he could be an intriguing bullpen arm with some development. 

Numbers are also starting to get awfully tight on the mound with all the incoming guys and Witt + LBJ hopefully returning.

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    No surprise but it's official.  Tanner Witt

  • Super excited for this season. April 16 circled on the calendar. My son is a true freshman OF at UTRGV. Right now it's looking like he won't redshirt. He's the fourth or fifth OF on the squad. 

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    Jesus we're loaded.  Porter Brown (@PorterBr

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#955
TRANSFER NEWS: I've confirmed that @StanfordBSB two-way talent Braden Montgomery will enter the transfer portal very soon. Montgomery hit .336 with 17 homers and 61 RBIs and is up to 97-98 on the bump. Was our No. 5 2024 College Prospect entering '23. https://t.co/eTepH8FGTd

 

#956

Raul Romero, a Nats founding partner/owner, is a big UT guy (former Regent).  He nudges them every year to take more kids from Texas, particularly UT, whenever they're on the fence between 2+ players in a slot.  I think they're only behind NYY, CHC, and Rangers in terms of UT draft picks and they've only been doing it for ~15 years unlike those other franchises, which is quite telling.  

Who we still worried about on the recruit/commit side?

And when does the portal close?  I assume a lot of those guys on the fence are waiting to see who comes back to what teams after the signing deadline, thus you can't really get an accurate feel on where you might plug into a lineup/staff until 2 August, no?  

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#957
12 minutes ago, HenryJames said:
TRANSFER NEWS: I've confirmed that @StanfordBSB two-way talent Braden Montgomery will enter the transfer portal very soon. Montgomery hit .336 with 17 homers and 61 RBIs and is up to 97-98 on the bump. Was our No. 5 2024 College Prospect entering '23. https://t.co/eTepH8FGTd

 

From Madison, MS. This is likely to be an "SEC highest bidder" contest like many others.

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#958
9 minutes ago, YGIFS said:

Who we still worried about on the recruit/commit side?

It honestly seems as though everyone will make it to campus except Sykora - which is phenomenal.

#962
4 minutes ago, MuellerHorn said:

Zane in the 14th to Cleveland.

NIGHTMARE 😈@MorehouseZane has been selected by the @CleGuardians in the 14th round! #HookEm

 

#967

I’m trying to think of a better draft for Texas. Lucas and Dylan are the only guys we will miss. Sykora is the only recruit not going to make it to campus. Aging arms that never reached their potential like Morehouse and Sthele get taken high enough that they likely move on and free up roster spots.

 

#970
4 minutes ago, chase25 said:

I’m trying to think of a better draft for Texas. Lucas and Dylan are the only guys we will miss. Sykora is the only recruit not going to make it to campus. Aging arms that never reached their potential like Morehouse and Sthele get taken high enough that they likely move on and free up roster spots.

 

We'll miss GG, but you posted before he got drafted. Galvan needs to improve defensively.

#971
6 minutes ago, HenryJames said:

Guillemette to the Astros with the last pick of the 15th.

G WAGON, G WAGON. @garretguill has been selected by the @astros!#HookEm

 

#972
18 minutes ago, zlavydra said:

If you had to guess now, who would be voted "most likely to fulfill the role of shutdown closer in 2024"?

Mercer? Tough question. Hopefully that answer is yet to be added to the roster 

#975

Would think that’s it. Would be very annoying to lose Hurley late. 
 

Brown didn’t enter the portal until after the draft last year so I’d imagine there will still be time and opportunities to plug final roster holes 

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For a team that many claim didn’t have good talent, we have 5 draft picks and it would have easily been 7 if Witt and LBJ lowered their signing bonus number.

This is a year after we had 8 draft picks.

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#977
19 minutes ago, MuellerHorn said:

We'll miss GG, but you posted before he got drafted. Galvan needs to improve defensively.

And get his damn knee off the ground when runners are on base. 

#979
14 minutes ago, BERT said:

And get his damn knee off the ground when runners are on base. 

Galvan's next throw out, caught steeling... will be his first.

#980
8 minutes ago, NorthLoop said:

So we need a Catching Coach. 

I think Briscoe Cain dabbled a bit back there a little in high school and college. 

Oh wait, we talking about baseball?  

We've been so fortunate over the decades with so much great talent at so many spots on the diamond and mound.  But I am consistently amazed at how abundant our catching position has been over the 25-30 years I've followed UT baseball in person.  Trey Salinas, Castenada, Hubele, Thigpen, Teagarden, Preston, Rupp, Lusson (to the extent he played behind the plate), Barerra, Ardoin, and now GG.  That's quite a run...

#982

Tanner Witt, Baltimore 18th.  

Hope he comes back.  Or the Wire reboot gonna be lit as fuck.

#984

Rounds 18-20 are usually when teams will take a guy in the off chance he changes his mind about his asking price, or as insurance a overslot guy they previously chose not signing.  Witt should be safe to expect back to Texas.

#985
2 hours ago, UnhappilyMarried said:

Wow, was that expected? 

Well, @Wulaw Horn was expecting the Astros to immediately spend most of their day 3 picks on Longhorns that they’d then pay through the roof to sign, so, yeah, at least one person was expecting UT to get historically slaughtered on Day 3.

 

#987
4 minutes ago, Hookem2147 said:

Orioles also took another long-shot in the 19th round

Two years in a row the Birds selected an incoming HS SS headed to Okie Lite.

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#988

Gasparino and Borba are headed to Austin. LBJ and Witt are headed back to lead the rotation. Good chance Powell returns.

This is about as successful of a draft as Texas has had since I can remember.

Let’s ride.

#989
23 minutes ago, closetojumping said:

Well, @Wulaw Horn was expecting the Astros to immediately spend most of their day 3 picks on Longhorns that they’d then pay through the roof to sign, so, yeah, at least one person was expecting UT to get historically slaughtered on Day 3.

 

Not exactly expecting it.  Rooting for someone to do something intelligent and upend the draft by taking a lot of guys like Witt.  The main point was, that I was trying to say, is that day 3 guys can still get 7 figures and they can work those deals out with teams they want to play for by telling everyone else they won't sign and telling that team what their number is.  I would assume Witt doesn't have an agreement worked out with Baltimore or they'd have likely taken him in the 11th round instead of the 18th, so we are probably ok, but yeah, it's not like day 3 guys only get 125k and are stuck, they can and sometimes do get way more.  

#990
22 minutes ago, Hookem2147 said:

Gasparino and Borba are headed to Austin. LBJ and Witt are headed back to lead the rotation. Good chance Powell returns.

This is about as successful of a draft as Texas has had since I can remember.

Let’s ride.

Gasparino, Borba, and Morris collectively is the best we've done on draft day with signees since I can remember. 

I think the talk was all about Sykora so people don't know how good Morris is. He's an absolute stud and IMO he's even more developed than Sykora. 

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#991
10 minutes ago, Rickylovesweed said:

Gasparino, Borba, and Morris collectively is the best we've done on draft day with signees since I can remember. 

I think the talk was all about Sykora so people don't know how good Morris is. He's an absolute stud and IMO he's even more developed than Sykora. 

Yep. Pending progression with Witt and the typical in-season development trajectory we see with Pierce’s teams, this squad, frankly, should fuck. 
 

Let’s see what happens with the portal, but I’m very happy. 

#993

Witt, LBJ, and Hurley on the weekends with Morris, Harrison, Whitehead, and others during the week is a stout starting pitching staff.

Thomas, Borba, Gasparino, Powell, Cummings, Belyeu, Flores, O’Dowd, Galvan, Sanders, and Sweeney is a deep lineup.  Adding in Porter Brown would be awesome too.

Seems like there’s more big league potential on this roster than I’ve seen in the last 4-5 years at least.

#994

 

15th round pick Garret Guillemette intends to sign with the #Astros, he told Astros Future.The 21-year-old catcher had a .942 OPS with 18 2B, 11 HR, 60 RBI in 64 games for the University of Texas.

 

#995

Another huge name in the portal. 

Breaking: Stanford OF/RHP @Braden2baseball has entered the @NCAA Transfer Portal. Huge get for wherever he lands as the possible 1st pick in the 2024 draft changes homes.

 

#996

Well, if we need a catcher here's our answer. 

TRANSFER NEWS: @MercerBaseball 's Jozsef Rohrbacher haș entered the Transfer Portal, @d1baseball has learned. Rohrbacher hit .288 with 19 homers and 51 RBIs, along with a 1.010 OPS this past season. https://t.co/eTepH8FGTd

 

#997
37 minutes ago, Snake Diggity said:

Witt, LBJ, and Hurley on the weekends with Morris, Harrison, Whitehead, and others during the week is a stout starting pitching staff.

Thomas, Borba, Gasparino, Powell, Cummings, Belyeu, Flores, O’Dowd, Galvan, Sanders, and Sweeney is a deep lineup.  Adding in Porter Brown would be awesome too.

Seems like there’s more big league potential on this roster than I’ve seen in the last 4-5 years at least.

How about Rigney? Assuming Pierce can get that delivery under control. Man, it would be sweet to have enough depth to roll the same guy out there every Tuesday.

#1000
9 minutes ago, zlavydra said:

How about Rigney? Assuming Pierce can get that delivery under control. Man, it would be sweet to have enough depth to roll the same guy out there every Tuesday.

I don't know if there's NIL money to be allocated but if I'm Texas I'm dropping a bag on Molina, Holman, or Burns. 

A rotation of LBJ, Witt, with any of those 3 gives us arguably the best rotation in the country and easily makes us a top 5 team. 

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