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19 minutes ago, BurntOrange&White said:

Blake basically saying Gasparino was a bad attitude problem.

That started to become obvious later in the season. His hitting also regressed which is often a sign of a "fuck you I do what I want" type of guy. 

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8 hours ago, petscii said:

Savage at UCLA might not be the coach as he is not under contract after this season. There is also the whole stadium limbo thing, UCLA needs to decide if they are going to be serious about the program or not.

Trade for Cholowsky?

3 hours ago, BurntOrange&White said:

Blake basically saying Gasparino was a bad attitude problem.

and a lollygagger

I really had high hopes for Will.  I have no insider connections, so I will just remain hopeful it was time for a new location.

Portal adds

Wichita State 1B Josh Livingston - .284 BA, 15 HRs, 48 RBIs, .403 on-base percentage, .555 slugging percentage.

Butler OF Jack Moroknek - .372 BA, 18 HRs, 57 RBIs ,16 doubles with a 1.145 OPS.

Georgia State IF/OF Kaleb Freeman - .349 BA, 16 HRs, 46 RBIs, 28 doubles and 15 SBs. 

Mississippi State LHP Luke Dotson 1-2 3.09 ERA, 34 Ks, 12 walks in 23.1 IP

Seton Hall OF Aiden Robbins - .438, 33 RBIs, 16 doubles and 5 HR. 

Western Kentucky LHP Cal Higgins - 1.87 ERA, 52 Ks in 43.1 innings. 

Stanford SS Temo Becerra - .330 avg and 37 RBIs. .935 fld %

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….so now just need a catcher.  Probably the position we needed the most. 

Just now, EZ$ said:

….so now just need a catcher.  Probably the position we needed the most. 

Last I checked Chamberlains ops was 1.000 so far this summer. We aren’t dead in the water if we miss there, but obviously it’s preferable for Chamberlain to platoon LH DH. 

If we miss at C we probably need 1 more top of the order bat. Moving Volantis out of the pen likely means we can’t expect to win nearly every close game again next season

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25 minutes ago, EZ$ said:

….so now just need a catcher.  Probably the position we needed the most. 

I'd love C and one more SP. However, there's plenty to go with at pitcher on our roster, especially with the new portal additions. 

Regardless, this team is going to be salty. Get Tinney, and that's especially true. 

I’m pretty meh on Becerra but I guess it’s better than rolling the dice on moving Rodriguez or Mendoza over to SS.

Someone has to hit 9th in the order.

3 minutes ago, Hookem2147 said:

I’m pretty meh on Becerra but I guess it’s better than rolling the dice on moving Rodriguez or Mendoza over to SS.

Someone has to hit 9th in the order.

Do you subscribe to the theory that your worst hitter should bat 7th?

5 minutes ago, BurntOrange&White said:

Do you subscribe to the theory that your worst hitter should bat 7th?

I’ve never heard of that theory but I’m assuming it has something to do with wanting your 9 hole to be able to set the table for the top of the order?

1 minute ago, Hookem2147 said:

I’ve never heard of that theory but I’m assuming it has something to do with wanting your 9 hole to be able to set the table for the top of the order?

In my daughter's 3rd-5th grade kickball team (which TOTALLY translates to D1 baseball), we try to have two 4-person hitting rotations (leadoff to cleanup), with the weakest links in-between.

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15 minutes ago, Hookem2147 said:

I’m pretty meh on Becerra but I guess it’s better than rolling the dice on moving Rodriguez or Mendoza over to SS.

Someone has to hit 9th in the order.

While I totally get what you're saying (he lacks the big offensive upside for a SS, like we saw from Flores in 2023), we could do a lot worse than Becerra, especially at the bottom of the order.

I'll take a guy with only 13 errors at a premium defensive position and an OBP around .400, especially when we had multiple black holes in the bottom portion of the batting order this past season.

Any idea what his avg and OBP were in ACC play this season? I can't find them sorted out.

Edit: looks like the avg was .333 in ACC play.

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Just now, MuellerHorn said:

While I totally get what you're saying (he lacks the big offensive upside for a SS, like we saw from Flores in 2023), we could do a lot worse than Becerra, especially at the bottom of the order.

I'll take a guy with only 13 errors at a premium defensive position and an OBP around .400, especially when we had multiple black holes in the bottom portion of the batting order this past season.

Any idea what his avg and OBP were in BIG play this season? I can't find them sorted out.

That might be hard to find since Stanford played in the ACC lol 

https://theacc.com/teamstats.aspx?path=baseball&year=2025&school=stanford

.330 and .384 in conf play 

Would love to get Tinney and a Sunday starter to round out the roster.

1 minute ago, txhorns said:

Would love to get Tinney and a Sunday starter to round out the roster.

I was hoping/expecting Kade Bing to fight for a SP spot.

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C - Tinney (hopefully)

1B - Livingstone

2B - Mendoza

3B - Borba/ARod

SS - Becerra

LF - Moroknek/Freeman/Williams

CF - Robbins

RF - Freeman/Moroknek

DH - ARod/Borba

Seems like an upgrade at the plate, to me.

Seems like Volantis, Harrison, Riojas, Bing, Hamilton, Saunier, Flores, and Dotson may all factor into the starting rotation conversation (including Tuesdays).

Grubbs and Burns seem destined for long relief, with Walker as situational stuff, and Higgins as the closer.

It'll be interesting to see how Howard, Navarre, Rerick, and Moffett develop. There will be attrition here, though.

While I'd love another proven SP, that group is a great base. 

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1 minute ago, Texas Fight said:

I was hoping/expecting Kade Bing to fight for a SP spot.

Needs to throw harder than 86 and probably miss more bats (23 strikeouts in 40 innings against the midweek competition he was facing is not great) if he wants to factor into the conversation on the weekends. 

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4 minutes ago, Hookem2147 said:

Needs to throw harder than 86 and probably miss more bats (23 strikeouts in 40 innings against the midweek competition he was facing is not great) if he wants to factor into the conversation on the weekends. 

What freshman pitchers do you think will actually contribute this upcoming season?

Cozart is the only one I really know much about. He has great stuff.

Anyone know where Harrison and Ruger are currently expected to be drafted?  It would be huge to get at least 1 of them back.

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13 minutes ago, txhorns said:

Becerra should hit 1, 2 or 9th

Agreed. Although, I think Mendoza should hit second. 

Just now, MuellerHorn said:

Agreed. Although, I think Mendoza should hit second. 

Have a .400 OBP guy ahead of Mendoza in the 2 hole would be tremendous.

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3 minutes ago, txhorns said:

Anyone know where Harrison and Ruger are currently expected to be drafted?  It would be huge to get at least 1 of them back.

https://www.mlb.com/milb/prospects/draft/

Neither of them are on MLB.com's most recent top-200. I believe it's much more likely both are back than none. However, we probably retain one.

1 minute ago, txhorns said:

Have a .400 OBP guy ahead of Mendoza in the 2 hole would be tremendous.

My thought exactly.

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2 minutes ago, MuellerHorn said:

What freshman pitchers do you think will actually contribute this upcoming season?

Cozart is the only one I really know much about. He has great stuff.

Don't know much about some of them but Rummel, Cozart, McKernan, Mitchell and Crossland are all on draft radars and would likely be day 1 contributors. 

3 minutes ago, txhorns said:

Anyone know where Harrison and Ruger are currently expected to be drafted?  It would be huge to get at least 1 of them back.

They are confident in getting Harrison back. No idea on Ruger. 

Just now, Hookem2147 said:

They are confident in getting Harrison back. No idea on Ruger. 

Volantis, Harrison, plus Johnny Wholestaff is a very solid weekend rotation.

First team All-American C.... 

That fills a huge hole both behind the plate and in the lineup

 

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Whatever... Could have just handed the reins to Oliver Service.

Portal adds. Wow
 

Wichita State 1B Josh Livingston - .284 BA, 15 HRs, 48 RBIs, .403 on-base percentage, .555 slugging percentage.

Butler OF Jack Moroknek - .372 BA, 18 HRs, 57 RBIs ,16 doubles with a 1.145 OPS.

Georgia State IF/OF Kaleb Freeman - .349 BA, 16 HRs, 46 RBIs, 28 doubles and 15 SBs. 

Mississippi State LHP Luke Dotson 1-2 3.09 ERA, 34 Ks, 12 walks in 23.1 IP

Seton Hall OF Aiden Robbins - .438 BA, 33 RBIs, 16 doubles and 5 HR. 

Western Kentucky LHP Cal Higgins - 1.87 ERA, 52 Ks in 43.1 innings. 

Stanford SS Temo Becerra - .330 avg and 37 RBIs.

Notre Dame C Carson Tinney - .348 BA, .498 OBP, 17 HRs and 53 RBIs 

38 minutes ago, txhorns said:

Volantis, Harrison, plus Johnny Wholestaff is a very solid weekend rotation.

Texas should never have to settle for a Johnny Wholestaff game.  Now that Schloss is settled in, we should be at least four 6-7 inning type-starters deep with three to four 2-4 inning shut-down relievers.  We had the relievers this year, just not the starting depth. 

18 minutes ago, EZ$ said:

Texas should never have to settle for a Johnny Wholestaff game.  Now that Schloss is settled in, we should be at least four 6-7 inning type-starters deep with three to four 2-4 inning shut-down relievers.  We had the relievers this year, just not the starting depth. 

We currently have a bunch of question marks for that 3rd SP slot.  We will see multiple different pitchers trotted out there for Sunday and midweek games until someone steps up.

Is Luke Jackson from aggy a target? Hard thrower, with BB issues in not too many innings but an arm Schloss and Weiner brought to Aggy. I would think we might look for some proven right handed pitching to go with the two lefties so far. 

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