June 4, 20214 yr On 5/22/2021 at 10:10 AM, Machinator said: Â https://www.mrt.com/sports/chaps/article/MC-s-Dayton-commits-to-Texas-baseball-16203005.php?utm_campaign=CMS Sharing Tools (Premium)&utm_source=t.co&utm_medium=referral
June 16, 20214 yr https://www.perfectgame.org/Rankings/Recruiting/Rankings.aspx Kind of surprised at our recruiting rankings. Does someone who knows about baseball recruiting wanna explain to me like I'm 5 how we cant even crack the top 20 since 2018? Do we take a lot of juco transfers who dont get counted?
June 16, 20214 yr 2 minutes ago, Barbacoa said: https://www.perfectgame.org/Rankings/Recruiting/Rankings.aspx Kind of surprised at our recruiting rankings. Does someone who knows about baseball recruiting wanna explain to me like I'm 5 how we cant even crack the top 20 since 2018? Do we take a lot of juco transfers who dont get counted? Texas only has 9 commits. Taking a small class because so many players are returning. Also, I don’t think perfect game calculates JUCOs and Pierce seems to like the JUCO market.Â
June 16, 20214 yr I'm sure the portal is super active too. Still think its weird we arent ranked higher though.Â
June 16, 20214 yr I like how Pierce recruits. Good mix of JUCO, HS players and transfers. I’ll take more Cam Williams, Ivan Melendez, Tristan Stevens and Mike Antico types even though they don’t help our recruiting ranking.Â
June 16, 20214 yr 18 minutes ago, Barbacoa said: https://www.perfectgame.org/Rankings/Recruiting/Rankings.aspx Kind of surprised at our recruiting rankings. Does someone who knows about baseball recruiting wanna explain to me like I'm 5 how we cant even crack the top 20 since 2018? Do we take a lot of juco transfers who dont get counted? This is wildly uninformed but couldn't teams goose their rankings by taking a bunch of commitments from guys who are definitely going to the Draft?
June 16, 20214 yr 12 minutes ago, texasstrong12 said: I like how Pierce recruits. Good mix of JUCO, HS players and transfers. I’ll take more Cam Williams, Ivan Melendez, Tristan Stevens and Mike Antico types even though they don’t help our recruiting ranking. Totally. I'm just surprised that seems to be unique to us.Â
June 16, 20214 yr 2 minutes ago, texifornia said: This is wildly uninformed but couldn't teams goose their rankings by taking a bunch of commitments from guys who are definitely going to the Draft? Yep. Some of the teams like vandy can get top guys to stay but it’s rare. I know Texas had a catcher that went top 10 in last years draft and didn’t blink going to the MLB. Pierce has done a good job imo of getting juco kids that can play while also projecting quick risers in high school to college. Faltine is the prime example in this case. Drafted in the 39th round by the Red Sox but the moment he stepped foot on campus he was a stud. Â
June 16, 20214 yr I think the following classes will be loaded. 2021, besides the smaller numbers, does seem to be light on top-end players for whatever reason. There are some gems, though.
June 16, 20214 yr Thing is Joshua Stewart, Gavin Kash, and Jack Arthur are all "top-end players". That's 1/3 the class. None are top 100 recruits but you don't want those types because they rarely make it to campus. I think college baseball recruiting rankings are just heavily influenced by numbers. The top 10 recruiting classes have 21, 24, 21, 14, 16, 21, 19, 17, 16, and 18 commits compared to 9 for Texas. Texas likely isn't going to finish ranked high in these rankings because Pierce likes the JUCO market so much. I can't remember how many JUCOs Pierce signed this cycle but I know Jace Hutchins is a good one. Hutchins was getting some MLB draft hype earlier in the year. Â
June 16, 20214 yr Pierce also seems to be very good at evaluating talent. Mitchell Daly was the #253 ranked recruit last cycle out of Alabama. That was an insanely good find.Â
June 16, 20214 yr 26 minutes ago, texasstrong12 said: Pierce also seems to be very good at evaluating talent. Mitchell Daly was the #253 ranked recruit last cycle out of Alabama. That was an insanely good find. He found us.  But yeah we had to tell him yes. Â
June 16, 20214 yr 10 hours ago, Barbacoa said: https://www.perfectgame.org/Rankings/Recruiting/Rankings.aspx Kind of surprised at our recruiting rankings. Does someone who knows about baseball recruiting wanna explain to me like I'm 5 how we cant even crack the top 20 since 2018? Do we take a lot of juco transfers who dont get counted? Several publications had Texas in the top 10 for the 2020 class. Four of those guys were drafted in the first three rounds and the early returns from that class are looking pretty promising. Edited June 16, 20214 yr by Revolution512
June 16, 20214 yr We had the number 1 class in the country last year.  https://www.hookem.com/texas-longhorns/20191114/home-run-texas-baseball-team-announces-the-signing-of-the-nations-no-1-recruiting-class/  It was the perfect year to reach for some extra draft risks given the 5 round draft, we just got screwed by teams like Cleveland going over-slot for our guys. My scout buddy was pretty confident we were going to get Petey Halpin and Jared Jones to campus, Pierce and Co just got unlucky and we lost most of the top end. Witt, Nixon, Daly, Sthele, Gordon still made it a great class Â
June 16, 20214 yr 8 minutes ago, UnhappilyMarried said: We had the number 1 class in the country last year.  https://www.hookem.com/texas-longhorns/20191114/home-run-texas-baseball-team-announces-the-signing-of-the-nations-no-1-recruiting-class/  It was the perfect year to reach for some extra draft risks given the 5 round draft, we just got screwed by teams like Cleveland going over-slot for our guys. My scout buddy was pretty confident we were going to get Petey Halpin and Jared Jones to campus, Pierce and Co just got unlucky and we lost most of the top end. Witt, Nixon, Daly, Sthele, Gordon still made it a great class  Was our adjusted class ranking still number one post draft?
June 16, 20214 yr 4 hours ago, texasstrong12 said: Pierce also seems to be very good at evaluating talent. Mitchell Daly was the #253 ranked recruit last cycle out of Alabama. That was an insanely good find. https://www.perfectgame.org/Players/PlayerProfile.aspx?ID=476628 Daly was 253 overall. Number six overall from Alabama.
June 16, 20214 yr 1 hour ago, MuellerHorn said: https://www.perfectgame.org/Players/PlayerProfile.aspx?ID=476628 Daly was 253 overall. Number six overall from Alabama. I know, probably bad wording on my part. Point is Daly was arguably a top 15ish FR this season. He's much better than his recruiting ranking suggests. Â
June 16, 20214 yr 6 hours ago, MuellerHorn said: Was our adjusted class ranking still number one post draft? 8th per Baseball America but they count JUCO players. So Baseball America had Texas with the 8th best class in '20 and Perfect Game 26th. Ivan Melendez was considered one of the top JUCO players so that's why counting JUCO guys can really create a difference in the rankings. Â
July 1, 20214 yr Weird one here…. You baseball guys obviously know max belyeu. I’ve been friends with his mom since 5 years old. About to start his senior year in Aledo. Got offered by Alabama maybe 15 months ago. Then Texas offered and he accepted. His mom is a huge Aggie, and likely gives to their foundation. It seems odd Aggie hasn’t reached out to him to me. AFAIK he is a great kid.
July 1, 20214 yr 2 hours ago, markstanco said: Weird one here…. You baseball guys obviously know max belyeu. I’ve been friends with his mom since 5 years old. About to start his senior year in Aledo. Got offered by Alabama maybe 15 months ago. Then Texas offered and he accepted. His mom is a huge Aggie, and likely gives to their foundation. It seems odd Aggie hasn’t reached out to him to me. AFAIK he is a great kid. Well Aggy baseball fucking sucks, so that's probably why. They know he ain't stepping foot in Chernobyl. Edited July 1, 20214 yr by Spider2YBanana
July 1, 20214 yr 1 hour ago, texifornia said: https://winthropeagles.com/sports/baseball/roster/daniel--blair/6164 That's a puzzling addition.
July 1, 20214 yr 2 hours ago, MuellerHorn said: That's a puzzling addition. Maybe DP's been drinking a lot
July 1, 20214 yr I like it, bring in 10 more. Fall ball is now a tryout at most programs, bring in as many arms as possible and see if you find tough minded talent.
July 2, 20214 yr 53 minutes ago, Goodman said: I like it, bring in 10 more. Fall ball is now a tryout at most programs, bring in as many arms as possible and see if you find tough minded talent. Except this guy didn't even play well at Winthrop.
July 2, 20214 yr Had two players enter the portal today, true freshman Dalton Porter and RS freshman Austin Wallace.
July 2, 20214 yr 16 minutes ago, Valmy77 said: It's alright. We still have baseball Cam Williams. Minus the one hr he played a terrible World Series.Â
July 2, 20214 yr 38 minutes ago, utfan87 said: Minus the one hr he played a terrible World Series. That double play against Tennessee was cool though.
July 2, 20214 yr 1 hour ago, Valmy77 said: That double play against Tennessee was cool though. Saved by ardoin
July 2, 20214 yr 42 minutes ago, utfan87 said: Saved by ardoin It is rather difficult to execute a 5-2-3 DP by oneself. Anyway whatever his short comings he contributes more to the success of our baseball team more than some 3 star guy was likely to contribute to our football team.
July 2, 20214 yr 4 hours ago, Valmy77 said: It is rather difficult to execute a 5-2-3 DP by oneself. Anyway whatever his short comings he contributes more to the success of our baseball team more than some 3 star guy was likely to contribute to our football team. He also had a nice base knock against Tennessee. Was pretty solid in the hot corner. Oh and hit .295 with 12 homers. Yeah. We probably don’t win the conference without him. Hard to argue with his average and power, but damn if he shortened up some, he’d be downright deadly at the plateÂ
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