April 21, 20232 yr 3 hours ago, HenryJames said: Transfer from Penn. Went to Bowie High in Austin.  He’s hitting .240 this year at Penn. There has to be a catch here.Â
April 21, 20232 yr The catch is he’s probably a walk-on. a) why is he announcing his next destination in the middle of the season? Only reasons I can think of is the Ivy League does not do athletic scholarships or perhaps Penn doesn’t let guys stay for a covid year. If he’s not getting athletic money now then he probably isn’t at his next school. b) he’s from Austin and from a scroll through twitter seems to be a diehard Texas fan.
June 23, 20232 yr I just haven’t been able to follow baseball recruiting and transfers like football and bball. How is Pierce doing so far in shoring up the roster?
June 23, 20232 yr 4 minutes ago, Dbeasy said: I just haven’t been able to follow baseball recruiting and transfers like football and bball. How is Pierce doing so far in shoring up the roster? Good start on pitching. Need to land some hitters. There's apparently an SHSU kid we have a good shot with.
June 23, 20232 yr 33 minutes ago, Ricky's one-hitter said: Outgoing - what's the story here? Â Â Never was able to replicate his freshman season. Good kid and teammate but it was time for a change of scenery. Best of luck to him.Â
June 23, 20232 yr 32 minutes ago, Dbeasy said: I just haven’t been able to follow baseball recruiting and transfers like football and bball. How is Pierce doing so far in shoring up the roster?  4 minutes ago, Levi said: Never was able to replicate his freshman season. Good kid and teammate but it was time for a change of scenery. Best of luck to him. Yep, what Levi said. Two subpar/bad seasons at the plate and Daly isn't elite in any other tool category to offset the deficit in production on offense. One of the basic rules of sports applied to his situation: if there is an equally productive younger player with more potential, you give that player more PT. We'll see where Flores ends up, but Daly was given two seasons to get it together and he didn't, unfortunately.Â
June 24, 20232 yr One of the basic rules of sports applied to his situation: if there is an equally productive younger player with more potential, you give that player more PT. We'll see where Flores ends up, but Daly was given two seasons to get it together and he didn't, unfortunately. Too simplistic. I’m talking in general terms and not specific to Daly/Flores. With NIL, that should give pause to the younger guy because there is no guarantee that they’ll stay 3-4 years. The truth of the matter is equally productive will very rarely be the case because it is not only about the numbers. The veteran will more often do the little things that won’t show up on any stat sheet but that are important in the bigger picture. Not always but that’s a benefit of maturity that comes with experience.
June 24, 20232 yr Daly likely would have been a backup next year had he stuck around.  He’s not a good defensive SS and has not been able to hit the past two years.  He wanted a guaranteed starting spot, can’t blame him, for his final year of college baseball.  He’s an absolutely terrific teammate and person that I wish the best of luck to next year and in life. Â
June 24, 20232 yr 18 minutes ago, Had Enough said:   Too simplistic. I’m talking in general terms and not specific to Daly/Flores. With NIL, that should give pause to the younger guy because there is no guarantee that they’ll stay 3-4 years. The truth of the matter is equally productive will very rarely be the case because it is not only about the numbers. The veteran will more often do the little things that won’t show up on any stat sheet but that are important in the bigger picture. Not always but that’s a benefit of maturity that comes with experience.   Watching you stan for Daly has been tiring. You’re overthinking his value, and. not by a little. If he were adding as much intangible value as you think, Pierce wouldn’t have had the conversation with him that he had. The reality is that, as a starter, Daly was easily under replacement value.Â
June 25, 20232 yr On 6/23/2023 at 12:15 PM, MuellerHorn said:  Yep, what Levi said. Two subpar/bad seasons at the plate and Daly isn't elite in any other tool category to offset the deficit in production on offense. One of the basic rules of sports applied to his situation: if there is an equally productive younger player with more potential, you give that player more PT. We'll see where Flores ends up, but Daly was given two seasons to get it together and he didn't, unfortunately. Texas is also clearly after a middle infielder in the portal. And there are a lot of really good ones. Definitely upgrades over Daly.Â
June 29, 20232 yr 22 minutes ago, Sal said: Good move. It was a weird hiring from the start The coaching/pitching side was good - top ten national ERA doesn't suck - but sounds like he was a recruiting non-entity.
June 29, 20232 yr 1 hour ago, texifornia said: The coaching/pitching side was good - top ten national ERA doesn't suck - but sounds like he was a recruiting non-entity. Very bad recruite, DP tried to fire Rodriguez too..but got told to fuck off.....common denominator folks
June 29, 20232 yr soooo, who told him he couldn't fire Rodriquez? I mean, if you're the head coach, why would you not be able to choose your asst coaches?
June 29, 20232 yr 14 minutes ago, tejas60 said: soooo, who told him he couldn't fire Rodriquez? I mean, if you're the head coach, why would you not be able to choose your asst coaches? It was a term of the contract/buyout issue.
June 29, 20232 yr 1 hour ago, closetojumping said: It was a term of the contract/buyout issue. That seems great for staff cohesion heading into next season…
June 29, 20232 yr I know jack shit about baseball but how is Pierce such a chaos agent and yet the team has gone to Omaha 3x in 6 years and almost made it this year with what most thought was a down roster?
June 29, 20232 yr 9 minutes ago, RollingPresidential said: I know jack shit about baseball but how is Pierce such a chaos agent and yet the team has gone to Omaha 3x in 6 years and almost made it this year with what most thought was a down roster? Coaching and managing people are too different things. You ever know a badass employee that got promoted to manager and sucked at that role? Happens all of the time. Pierce ain't that bad, but he's apparently a hard-driving guy and that takes a toll on the staff, especially pitching coaches.
July 4, 20232 yr Watching you stan for Daly has been tiring. You’re overthinking his value, and. not by a little. If he were adding as much intangible value as you think, Pierce wouldn’t have had the conversation with him that he had. The reality is that, as a starter, Daly was easily under replacement value. I was debating the assertion that equally productive younger guys deserve the nod over older guys simply because they’re younger. That’s a different discussion if you’re talking a 30 year old dude on his last leg/younger guy as compared to a 19 year old/21 year old.I have no doubt that Dalys move was based at least in part on discussions with Pierce. I’d speculate his mind was made up before that discussion. There should have been no guarantees of playing time for Daly. It also wouldn’t be surprising of discussions of more competition coming. So Daly chose and I’d assume Pierce was ok with that. Truth is there are better statistical options than Daly and Flores to be found. We’re hopeful Flores hits some of that potential, but there’s little proof there at this time.
July 10, 20232 yr Sykora is likely gone - first pick of the third round. Witt is probably staying - apparently turned down $2mm from the White Sox.
July 10, 20232 yr 17 minutes ago, texifornia said: Probably but not definitely gone there: Â He's definitely gone. Anybody drafted in the top 10 rounds is almost certainly gone outside of very rare exceptions.Â
July 11, 20232 yr Safe through 12. Looks like our recruiting class minus Sykora is going to make it to campus. Thank you NIL.
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