July 14, 20232 yr Author I would definitely have us right up there with TCU right now in terms of favorite in the conference. OSU and OU probably right behind the top 2. As much as it pains me to say, OU has picked up some good pieces in the portal.
July 14, 20232 yr 1 hour ago, tx 3 putt said: lsu should be #1 If LSU adds Holman or Molina they should be in the discussion but I really don't like their rotation right now. Loer (primarily a reliever at Xavier) Hurd (was good in the postseason but at one point in the season was moved out of the rotation) Jump (has pitched 16 innings in 2 years of college ball) Maybe a talented FR that made it to campus or somebody else? I don't think their rotation has much juice at all right now. They really need Holman or Molina. Edited July 14, 20232 yr by Rickylovesweed
July 14, 20232 yr Author 1 hour ago, hobbes2702 said: Ok someone give me our roster breakdown as it looks now. Who’s the 3rd starter, who’s the late reliever, what’s the lineup look like? Not sure the order or position for some, but as things currently stand lock in Thomas, Powell, Brown, Flores, Galvan and O’Dowd as very likely starters. That *likely* leaves 2 OF spots and a DH spot to battle between. Gasparino, Borba, Belyeu, Cummings, Sweeney, little Duplantier and maybe Sanders could factor into those spots. Witt/LBJ leading the rotation. Rigney/Santos/Tumis/Hurley/Selvig battle it out for Sunday and midweek. Other guys head to the pen. I’d lean Rigney as the 3rd starter currently. Mercer, Tole, Morris and Boehm will be backend of the pen guys. Harrison too whenever he gets back from injury. Duplantier, Whitehead, Hamilton, Miranda and Grubbs probably middle relief dudes and then add in the 2 or 3 guys who don’t end up as starters. I’m sure I’m missing a guy or two. Just did this off the top of my head. Edited July 14, 20232 yr by Hookem2147
July 14, 20232 yr Author I see us as a team ranked between 10 and 20 currently. Still a question mark or two offensively that will need to be answered. Pitching looks much better this year than headed into 2023. Edited July 14, 20232 yr by Hookem2147
July 14, 20232 yr This is obviously an anecdotal look, but you can see how while they're are macro trends---there are a lot of outliers for guys drafted early who weren't bonused much, and then guys who went later who were given a surprisingly large sum. https://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/?key_school=0972a433&exact=1&query_type=key_school
July 14, 20232 yr Author OB said one of the drafted players is having some FOMO and is discussing a potential return. Wasn’t Guillemette (signing Friday according to them) so I’m going to assume Sthele or Morehouse.
July 14, 20232 yr Edit. Misread your comment. Getting Morehouse back would be nice and especially if it's for cheap. Edited July 14, 20232 yr by Rickylovesweed
July 14, 20232 yr 19 minutes ago, Hookem2147 said: OB said one of the drafted players is having some FOMO and is discussing a potential return. Wasn’t Guillemette (signing Friday according to them) so I’m going to assume Sthele or Morehouse. But what if it was Lucas… no chance right?
July 14, 20232 yr Gordon was the weirdest outcome of the draft based on all the buzz that he may return. His slot value is $317 K but maybe he's getting more? I dunno, that's good money of course but not the type of money I was expecting to persuade Gordon to leave based on the pre-draft rumors.
July 14, 20232 yr Morehouse would make sense financially (in terms of slot money/offer money/coming back here NiL money) But as stated upthread...he'll be a a couple months away from being 25 at next year's draft. That's gotta factor in heavily to his decision to go right now.
July 14, 20232 yr So is that rumored transfer in the INF still happening or have things changed due to numbers? I think this is who OB was referring to and he's having a good summer
July 14, 20232 yr 2 hours ago, hobbes2702 said: Yea I don’t remember us being preseason #1 in 05. We were basically wire to wire #1 in 04 and then lost the title. 05 we lost Lecure right before the season and were breaking in a whole new staff. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_NCAA_Division_I_baseball_rankings Tulane didn't become number 1 until May.
July 14, 20232 yr 40 minutes ago, Rickylovesweed said: So is that rumored transfer in the INF still happening or have things changed due to numbers? I think this is who OB was referring to and he's having a good summer Wasn’t the deal that the player is already in we’re just waiting on the announcement?
July 14, 20232 yr 2 minutes ago, Levi said: Wasn’t the deal that the player is already in we’re just waiting on the announcement? Yeah, but numbers change. With Brown back, I now wonder if Belyeu is going to get some time in the INF. Played some 3B in HS. I get the vibe Texas really wasn't expecting Brown back but they made a last-minute push.
July 14, 20232 yr 12 minutes ago, Valmy77 said: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_NCAA_Division_I_baseball_rankings Tulane didn't become number 1 until May.
July 14, 20232 yr Ok Texas was preseason #1 by the USA Today/ESPN Coaches' Poll and Collegiate Baseball poll. Does this mysterious curse of being #1 only happen if we are consensus? Though, to be fair, the only two times I really remember being preseason #1 was 2005 and 2022 because we stayed there for awhile. I probably just don't remember the other times when we started #1 and then sucked. The preseason ranks really don't matter much in College Baseball anyway. Edited July 14, 20232 yr by Valmy77
July 14, 20232 yr On 7/12/2023 at 7:43 PM, Rickylovesweed said: Burns is really talented but he also seems like a major headache. The LSU and Tennessee boards both mentioned that his handlers were a major problem while he was at Tennessee. Now he doesn't want to pitch against the best in the SEC? On top of that, it sounds like had some grade/credit issues at multiple schools. For a guy that really didn't pitch well last season and wants top dollar, he seems like a major headache. He is talented though. Pitching lab >> old redass Frank
July 14, 20232 yr 6 hours ago, NorthLoop said: Man that's not even Rocko money Can’t even get a used Corolla with that!
July 14, 20232 yr 57 minutes ago, Valmy77 said: Ok Texas was preseason #1 by the USA Today/ESPN Coaches' Poll and Collegiate Baseball poll. Does this mysterious curse of being #1 only happen if we are consensus? Though, to be fair, the only two times I really remember being preseason #1 was 2005 and 2022 because we stayed there for awhile. I probably just don't remember the other times when we started #1 and then sucked. The preseason ranks really don't matter much in College Baseball anyway. I’m just glad I’m not totally senile, but that being said I would really prefer not being ranked #1 until 6/24/24
July 14, 20232 yr 6 minutes ago, NeverMarryAStripper said: I’m just glad I’m not totally senile, but that being said I would really prefer not being ranked #1 until 6/24/24 I got you. I would rather we have a season like 2002 where we sneak up on everybody and kick ass at the end. I did kind of dig the hype that was generated around campus by us being #1 in 2022. That was really fun while it lasted.
July 14, 20232 yr Feel like the player contemplating returning would be Sthele not Morehouse. Sthele is only a Redshirt Sophomore and could definitely improve his stock. Especially now that it is pretty evident that he is better pitching in short spurts out of the pen. But maybe Zane got an offer that isn't any worse than what he would get with no leverage next year
July 14, 20232 yr Not sure if I saw this posted, wish him the best. Only pitched 2/3 of an inning at Texas Edited July 14, 20232 yr by chase25
July 14, 20232 yr What the Hell crazy 2024 Baseball schedule is Texas going to play next season with all these new teams in the Big 12? Edited July 14, 20232 yr by BachelorTrek
July 14, 20232 yr We’ve been playing 24 conference games for quite awhile. I could see us bumping up to 27 and either shaving a weekend series or doing away with a few midweeks that have multiple n/c games. due to the new academic calendar, all finals are done 5/6, and almost all student athletes will be done on the 3rd or 4th. That’s two weeks earlier than usual leaving us the ability to backfill with another weekend series either in conference or out. League tourney set to begin 5/22 in Arlington
July 14, 20232 yr 3 minutes ago, YGIFS said: We’ve been playing 24 conference games for quite awhile. I could see us bumping up to 27 and either shaving a weekend series or doing away with a few midweeks that have multiple n/c games. due to the new academic calendar, all finals are done 5/6, and almost all student athletes will be done on the 3rd or 4th. That’s two weeks earlier than usual leaving us the ability to backfill with another weekend series either in conference or out. League tourney set to begin 5/22 in Arlington You are doing the Lord's work on this Board! Thanks, buddy.
July 14, 20232 yr 8 hours ago, chase25 said: Not sure if I saw this posted, wish him the best. Only pitched 2/3 of an inning at Texas
July 14, 20232 yr 11 hours ago, Valmy77 said: I got you. I would rather we have a season like 2002 where we sneak up on everybody and kick ass at the end. I did kind of dig the hype that was generated around campus by us being #1 in 2022. That was really fun while it lasted. the problem with that ranking that early is that the real estate values on this part of the board go through the roof with all the newcomers and us oldtimers get grumpy and want them to fuck off and leave. I much prefer when they simply vacation here in May and June.
July 14, 20232 yr Checked the stats yesterday and Flores and Galvan are not doing well in summer ball. Belyeu is on the same team and is doing pretty well. Flores and Galvan have low batting averages and too many strikeouts and don't seem to be improving over what they did during the season this year. I hope Flores and Galvan pick it up in those categories if they are expected to have significant roles at UT next year.
July 14, 20232 yr 16 minutes ago, troph said: the problem with that ranking that early is that the real estate values on this part of the board go through the roof with all the newcomers and us oldtimers get grumpy and want them to fuck off and leave. I much prefer when they simply vacation here in May and June. This board needs to be locked when the conference tourney starts. That's really when all the shit-posters come out of the woodwork.
July 14, 20232 yr 6 minutes ago, NorthLoop said: This board needs to be locked when the conference tourney starts. That's really when all the shit-posters come out of the woodwork. Non Alanis Morissette irony right there...
July 14, 20232 yr 14 minutes ago, NorthLoop said: This board needs to be locked when the conference tourney starts. That's really when all the shit-posters come out of the woodwork. they were here early with the #1 ranking too.
July 14, 20232 yr 15 minutes ago, .45s said: Checked the stats yesterday and Flores and Galvan are not doing well in summer ball. Belyeu is on the same team and is doing pretty well. Flores and Galvan have low batting averages and too many strikeouts and don't seem to be improving over what they did during the season this year. I hope Flores and Galvan pick it up in those categories if they are expected to have significant roles at UT next year. especially given the waste of a DH spot we had with him last year batting what .200? Upgrading that alone might have made a difference in some games.
July 14, 20232 yr 7 minutes ago, troph said: they were here early with the #1 ranking too. Yeah they're always here in February to shit on our first bad game but they typically disappear quickly.
July 14, 20232 yr This board needs to be locked when the conference tourney starts. That's really when all the shit-posters come out of the woodwork. I’m here all year bro.
July 14, 20232 yr especially given the waste of a DH spot we had with him last year batting what .200? Upgrading that alone might have made a difference in some games.I’d be curious to see the numbers of our DH. I’m not sure it was that bad.Flores horrible average was largely due to his non-DH games. Maybe the stats say differently, but that’s my recollection. Much of Galvans work was at C with GG DHIng there. Carlson was doing fine until he got hurt.Mind you, I’m not saying DH was good or average.
July 14, 20232 yr 23 hours ago, Js1 said: I do not think we’d be ranked #1. But yes, we do look like a contender for 2024. Awesome news Would you say championship or bust? lol
July 14, 20232 yr 56 minutes ago, .45s said: Checked the stats yesterday and Flores and Galvan are not doing well in summer ball. Belyeu is on the same team and is doing pretty well. Flores and Galvan have low batting averages and too many strikeouts and don't seem to be improving over what they did during the season this year. I hope Flores and Galvan pick it up in those categories if they are expected to have significant roles at UT next year. 39 minutes ago, troph said: especially given the waste of a DH spot we had with him last year batting what .200? Upgrading that alone might have made a difference in some games. The good news is this roster will have options galore.
July 14, 20232 yr 17 minutes ago, BurntOrange&White said: Would you say championship or bust? lol No I only say that for women's volleyball, women's tennis, men's swimming, women's track and field and women's rowing. #ChampsonChamps Edited July 14, 20232 yr by Js1
July 14, 20232 yr Author 1 hour ago, .45s said: Checked the stats yesterday and Flores and Galvan are not doing well in summer ball. Belyeu is on the same team and is doing pretty well. Flores and Galvan have low batting averages and too many strikeouts and don't seem to be improving over what they did during the season this year. I hope Flores and Galvan pick it up in those categories if they are expected to have significant roles at UT next year. I'm honestly a little surprised Flores and Galvan are even still playing. I know last summer Dylan Campbell went out and played in Santa Barbara for like 2 games, went 0 for 9 and then went back home. Not going to make excuses for them because how they do in the fall/spring will tell the real story, but this has likely been the longest season of baseball for either of them at any point in their life. Fatigue sets in at some point. Like was mentioned above, we have options. Maybe less so at SS currently but I know Ardoin's little bro will come in with the makeup to play early and I would be shocked if some depth wasn't added up the middle between now and the fall. Edited July 14, 20232 yr by Hookem2147
July 14, 20232 yr 1 hour ago, .45s said: Checked the stats yesterday and Flores and Galvan are not doing well in summer ball. Belyeu is on the same team and is doing pretty well. Flores and Galvan have low batting averages and too many strikeouts and don't seem to be improving over what they did during the season this year. I hope Flores and Galvan pick it up in those categories if they are expected to have significant roles at UT next year. they both need to show up next season
July 14, 20232 yr 1 hour ago, Hookem2147 said: I'm honestly a little surprised Flores and Galvan are even still playing. I know last summer Dylan Campbell went out and played in Santa Barbara for like 2 games, went 0 for 9 and then went back home. Not going to make excuses for them because how they do in the fall/spring will tell the real story, but this has likely been the longest season of baseball for either of them at any point in their life. Fatigue sets in at some point. Like was mentioned above, we have options. Maybe less so at SS currently but I know Ardoin's little bro will come in with the makeup to play early and I would be shocked if some depth wasn't added up the middle between now and the fall. In general, summer ball is not always a great predictor of success or failure. Guillemette also really struggled in his summer league last year. Think he hit around .200. I'm not sold on Galvan, but I bet Flores is eventually a very good hitter based on his prep profile and his raw power.
July 14, 20232 yr 2 hours ago, .45s said: Checked the stats yesterday and Flores and Galvan are not doing well in summer ball. Belyeu is on the same team and is doing pretty well. Flores and Galvan have low batting averages and too many strikeouts and don't seem to be improving over what they did during the season this year. I hope Flores and Galvan pick it up in those categories if they are expected to have significant roles at UT next year. Is there any correlation between performance in summer ball and the subsequent season? Looks like Ricky answered that question to some extent. Edited July 14, 20232 yr by zlavydra
July 14, 20232 yr 19 hours ago, Hookem2147 said: I see us as a team ranked between 10 and 20 currently. Still a question mark or two offensively that will need to be answered. Pitching looks much better this year than headed into 2023. You are being overly conservative to a silly level. 4 hours ago, NorthLoop said: This board needs to be locked when the conference tourney starts. That's really when all the shit-posters come out of the woodwork. That’s not entirely true. You post on this forum all year.
July 14, 20232 yr 8 minutes ago, Js1 said: LSU is again going to try to buy a championship. Mac Bingham to LSU Eh, there's no one even close to the talent they got in the portal last year (and year before that).
July 15, 20232 yr Bingham is a good player but like the route we took with the OF. Gasparino (one of the top prep hitters for 2 or 3 years compared to 1 for Bingham) and then Brown (a slightly worse college player than Bingham but we also likely got him for much cheaper). Hard to imagine we are after another OF so I bet we're not even involved with Braden Montgomery. Unless he wants to DH and pitch here. Edited July 15, 20232 yr by Rickylovesweed
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