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#651
6 hours ago, BurntOrange&White said:

Temu > Flores and it's not even close

I don’t see any evidence that’s the case. Nothing in his defensive numbers show that.

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#653
12 minutes ago, BurntOrange&White said:

Do you watch baseball or just look at stats?

Is this a real post from the newcomer to the baseball board?

Tell us all about how many Stanford games you’ve watched the past two years.

Jalin - 8 errors in 270 defensive plays.

Temo - 13 errors in 201 defensive plays.

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#654
50 minutes ago, closetojumping said:

I have to tell you, the ongoing hate towards Borba as a hitter is absurd. It was thing in the 2025 thread, game threads, and now here. I get that he took too many called 3rd strikes for some people's liking, but the guy hit pretty fucking well down the stretch and, ultimately, on the year. He could be in store for a massive season based on the the work they're pushing with him regarding a focus on all fields with power. 

I agree. I was a big fan of Borbombs. He was a problem on defense. Dude can hit and I hope he is even better next season.

#655
15 minutes ago, Revolution512 said:

His swing is a little long and yes, was a dead pull hitter. Sure, we all heard Schloss discuss trying to get him to use all fields. That would help. He had a nice finish to the year. However, I don’t think an average bat and average glove is what Schloss has in mind at a place like 3rd base.

He will need to improve a good bit imo. It’s not out of the question, he just needs a big step forward this summer/fall.

"If Borba is playing next year, he will have dramatically improved" or some shit in your post above the quoted one. Give us a fucking break. 

The guy finished the season with an OPS just shy of 1.000. All the takes about Borba being bad offensively and needing to be replaced in the lineup are laughable. 

#656

Borba’s numbers in SEC play really tell the story a lot of people see.

.227 BA

.792 OPS

38 strikeouts to 30 BB/HBP in 97 plate appearances.

 

So yeah, dramatic improvement seems fitting.

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#658
6 minutes ago, Valmy77 said:

I agree. I was a big fan of Borbombs. He was a problem on defense. Dude can hit and I hope he is even better next season.

the really great news is we have options now.  Borba, deservedly so, is going to get his shot at third.  if he is a defensive liability, my guess is the Freeman kid can probably move there and Borba can DH.  The Livingston kid has even played some 3rd.

If Temo locks down SS from a fielding perspective everything becomes pretty simple.  We don't have to depend on seeing if a frosh can play 3rd and hit in the SEC.  If Temo is a real problem in the field, which I don't expect at all, then we may have some issues.

#660
1 minute ago, Ghost of NMAS said:

The game thread meltdown the first time Temo boots one at short should be fun

and if he pairs it with an 0-4, 3K's and a GIDP we will be asking for Borba at SS.

#661

Damn.  I wonder what our staff ERA would have been had our 2B, SS, and 3B been able to wipe their own asses defensively.

#662
Just now, Had Enough said:

Damn.  I wonder what our staff ERA would have been had our 2B, SS, and 3B been able to wipe their own asses defensively.

Just throwing it out there but errors don’t count as earned runs…

#663
3 hours ago, NorthLoop said:

We should take bets on the first one of those to need TJ surgery before the season starts... 

 

I kid I kid.... but seriously. 

I am bit curious about injuries.   A Longhorn baseball savant sent me a podcast with Schloss.  He mentioned Mercer hitting 97.  That’s two years running he seemed slated for a big role but pitched very little.  Then Spencer.  Last year was worse.

Curious if we have a higher, more longed injury rate than others.

#664
7 minutes ago, hobbes2702 said:

Just throwing it out there but errors don’t count as earned runs…

I’m well aware, but presumably balls that we can’t get to become hits, which may then become earned runs, right?

#665
1 hour ago, Revolution512 said:

Borba’s numbers in SEC play really tell the story a lot of people see.

.227 BA

.792 OPS

38 strikeouts to 30 BB/HBP in 97 plate appearances.

 

So yeah, dramatic improvement seems fitting.

.800 ops in conference was 4th on the team, for context

#666
22 minutes ago, Had Enough said:

I am bit curious about injuries.   A Longhorn baseball savant sent me a podcast with Schloss.  He mentioned Mercer hitting 97.  That’s two years running he seemed slated for a big role but pitched very little.  Then Spencer.  Last year was worse.

Curious if we have a higher, more longed injury rate than others.

Couch has been here for 5 years. Could be coincidental that’s when the injuries started

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#667
1 hour ago, Had Enough said:

I am bit curious about injuries.   A Longhorn baseball savant sent me a podcast with Schloss.  He mentioned Mercer hitting 97.  That’s two years running he seemed slated for a big role but pitched very little.  Then Spencer.  Last year was worse.

Curious if we have a higher, more longed injury rate than others.

Spencer had arm problems at Indiana State. It's part of the reason he wasn't drafted.

I don't think our arm injuries are any more frequent than most other programs. We just focus on us so it seems like it. When you carry 20 pitchers on a roster odds are a guy or two will go down every year unfortunately. Just the way it is in the sport. It just always seems to be an important guy for us (Witt, Mercer, Spencer, etc.) instead of the middle reliever who was only set to get 20 innings. 

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#668
38 minutes ago, Hookem2147 said:

Spencer had arm problems at Indiana State. It's part of the reason he wasn't drafted.

I don't think our arm injuries are any more frequent than most other programs. We just focus on us so it seems like it. When you carry 20 pitchers on a roster odds are a guy or two will go down every year unfortunately. Just the way it is in the sport. It just always seems to be an important guy for us (Witt, Mercer, Spencer, etc.) instead of the middle reliever who was only set to get 20 innings. 

Probably true but Witt, Harrison and Mercer’s rehab were a little long.  And Witt and Mercers were two years of no production.

#670

Chamberlain to the portal. Interesting but I guess he was on the outside looking in for consistent AB’s.

Freeman has catcher experience and Courville (incoming freshman) has some potential but you probably need to add someone else.

#671

Borba sucks ass. Quit looking at season stats you nerds. He was pathetic in important situations. (As were Gaspo and Flores down the stretch)

I think a healthy A Rod could make us proud at 3b

#672
4 hours ago, closetojumping said:

The guy finished the season with an OPS just shy of 1.000. All the takes about Borba being bad offensively and needing to be replaced in the lineup are laughable

…hmmmm…kind of like our crummy softball coach?

#673
4 hours ago, dcar00 said:

and if he pairs it with an 0-4, 3K's and a GIDP we will be asking for Borba at SS.

No…Katie Stewart will be at SS!

#674
4 hours ago, Had Enough said:

I am bit curious about injuries.   A Longhorn baseball savant sent me a podcast with Schloss.  He mentioned Mercer hitting 97.  That’s two years running he seemed slated for a big role but pitched very little.  Then Spencer.  Last year was worse.

Curious if we have a higher, more longed injury rate than others.

 

4 hours ago, BurntOrange&White said:

Couch has been here for 5 years. Could be coincidental that’s when the injuries started

Pitchers getting hurt.  It's a real stumper

#675

Where have our 2025 guys gone:

Ace Whitehead - USC

Jacque Stewart - Texas State

Tommy Farmer - UC Irvine

Sam Richardson - Jacksonville State

Matt Scott - Oregon

Carson Luna - Michigan

 

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Updated - Scott to Oregon?

#676
8 hours ago, WBT said:

 

Pitchers getting hurt.  It's a real stumper

Yeah, almost as if the human arm isn't built to accelerate as quickly as possible while twisting as quickly as possible. Crazy. 

#677
On 6/20/2025 at 9:58 AM, texifornia said:

Just like we all expected

Easton Winfield currently sits No. 1 in Batting Average for the Cape Cod League (min 10 Plate Appearances)He is off to a hot start this summer slashing .444/.500/.444

 

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#679
14 hours ago, hobbes2702 said:

Is this a real post from the newcomer to the baseball board?

Tell us all about how many Stanford games you’ve watched the past two years.

Jalin - 8 errors in 270 defensive plays.

Temo - 13 errors in 201 defensive plays.

One thing not factored in here is that Stanford's field is garbage

#682
2 minutes ago, HuntinHorn said:

Hopefully the pitching staff works on their anti-HBP training this offseason.

Curious where we ranked nationally on that. Maybe one of our stat gurus can pull that up. 

#684
5 minutes ago, NorthLoop said:

Curious where we ranked nationally on that. Maybe one of our stat gurus can pull that up. 

If I'm reading this correctly ("Hit Batters", not "Hit By Pitch") it looks like we're in a multi-way tie for #20 at 103 HB.  Worst was San Diego with 138 HB.

#685
21 minutes ago, HuntinHorn said:

Hopefully the pitching staff works on their anti-HBP training this offseason.

 

18 minutes ago, NorthLoop said:

Curious where we ranked nationally on that. Maybe one of our stat gurus can pull that up. 

… just be grateful we didn’t play Coastal Carolina.

#686
36 minutes ago, VirginiaLonghorn said:

 

… just be grateful we didn’t play Coastal Carolina.

Well we did play Kentucky 3 times. 

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#687
2025 @TexasBaseball signee Sam Cozart is having himself a summer 👀The big RHP currently has an ERA of 1.20 and a WHIP of 0.93 across 15 IP. He has struck out 21 and only walked 2.His fastball has been up to 97 🔥pic.twitter.com/QorjPrzPTO#HookEm 🤘🐂⚾️

 

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#688
22 minutes ago, texifornia said:
2025 @TexasBaseball signee Sam Cozart is having himself a summer 👀The big RHP currently has an ERA of 1.20 and a WHIP of 0.93 across 15 IP. He has struck out 21 and only walked 2.His fastball has been up to 97 🔥pic.twitter.com/QorjPrzPTO#HookEm 🤘🐂⚾️

 

Supposedly not a big draft risk, but who knows...

#690
27 minutes ago, texifornia said:
2025 @TexasBaseball signee Sam Cozart is having himself a summer 👀The big RHP currently has an ERA of 1.20 and a WHIP of 0.93 across 15 IP. He has struck out 21 and only walked 2.His fastball has been up to 97 🔥pic.twitter.com/QorjPrzPTO#HookEm 🤘🐂⚾️

 

Looks a lot like Burnes mechanics wise

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#691
13 minutes ago, HOOKEM4 said:

Well it isn't hurting his stock to go out there and do that against top players.

Yeah. I just want him to make it to campus. 

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🚨COMMIT - @TexasBaseball picks up a commitment from C/1B Andrew Ermis (@andrew_ermis3)Andrew put up outstanding numbers last season at @TC_Leopards..338 avg, 7 doubles, 10 HRs, and 41 RBIs#HookEm 🤘🐂⚾️ https://t.co/SN2ua1v2Qc

 

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4 minutes ago, Texas Fight said:
🚨COMMIT - @TexasBaseball picks up a commitment from C/1B Andrew Ermis (@andrew_ermis3)Andrew put up outstanding numbers last season at @TC_Leopards..338 avg, 7 doubles, 10 HRs, and 41 RBIs#HookEm 🤘🐂⚾️ https://t.co/SN2ua1v2Qc

 

Just to clarify for everyone - JUCO guy. HS c/o 2023

#694
4 minutes ago, MuellerHorn said:

Just to clarify for everyone - JUCO guy. HS c/o 2023

I wonder if there is a difference in a JUCO transfer or JUCO commit.  Is a transfer someone who leaves JUCO as a Freshman or with eligibility left?  A commit is a Sophomore who has exhausted the JUCO eligibility?  Or is there no difference whatsoever?

#695
18 minutes ago, Texas Fight said:

I wonder if there is a difference in a JUCO transfer or JUCO commit.  Is a transfer someone who leaves JUCO as a Freshman or with eligibility left?  A commit is a Sophomore who has exhausted the JUCO eligibility?  Or is there no difference whatsoever?

IDK what JUCO counts as anymore considering the Pavia court ruling.

#696
3 hours ago, VirginiaLonghorn said:

 

… just be grateful we didn’t play Coastal Carolina.

Kentucky thinks Costal Carloina's effort to be hit by pitches is adorable.

#697
TRANSFER: @StanfordBSB RHP Joey Volchko has entered the Transfer Portal with a Do Not Contact tag. Volchko had ups and downs in 2025, but it’s massive arm with huge upside. Profile: https://t.co/5P1UhoryLmPortal: https://t.co/ptcTrU3pVy

 

#699
2 hours ago, MuellerHorn said:

Just to clarify for everyone - JUCO guy. HS c/o 2023

Is that Temple College? Good JUCO program. McMurtry is a dickhead but their program has been solid under him.

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