Everything posted by Hookem2147
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Texas Recruiting Notes 2026: Boulevard of Broken Bagmen
What is the number at edge this cycle? 2-3? Feels like Carlton will be one but you have to squint and do some wishcasting to see an obvious 2nd or 3rd guy right now, especially if you consider Griffin a LB/edge hybrid.
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2026 Texas Baseball
2B Mendoza CF Robbins LF Rodriguez (S) C- Portal (hopefully Tinney) SS- Portal (hopefully Becker). RF- Freeman (S) 3B Borba 1B- Livingston (L) DH- Moroknek/Chamberlain/etc. I’m assuming Gasparino and Winfield are being recruited over.
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2026 Texas Baseball
I think this is an agent play and they are trying to make teams think Texas is more interested to drive up the price.
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2026 Texas Baseball
We have prioritized Becker over Hacopian from the get-go, so that would be a pretty big change.
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2026 Texas Baseball
Pete Nakos with an update on Eric Becker. One of the top available college baseball players in the transfer portal, Eric Becker’s recruitment is starting to come into focus. The Virginia shortstop entered the portal shortly after Brian O’Connor accepted the Mississippi State job. But Becker has not committed to the Bulldogs yet, and a transfer to Starkville is not a done deal, sources have told On3. Already established himself as one of the best hitters in college baseball, he hit .362 as a freshman in 2024 with eight home runs and 46 RBI, slugging .669 with a 1.137 OPS. In 2025, Becker was even better. He hit .368 on the season, adding nine homers and 52 RBI. The shortstop slugged .617 as a sophomore, with a 1.070 OPS. Becker also hit 21 doubles and has played three of the four positions on the infield in college, with the exclusion of first base. From speaking to sources, Mississippi State is squarely in the mix for Eric Becker. But Texas has also emerged as a legitimate contender. A return to Virginia is another option, as Chris Pollard‘s staff has been in contact and is making an effort to get Becker to withdraw from the portal and return to Charlottesville. Florida had expressed interest in Becker, but the Gators do not appear to be trending in the same way as Mississippi State, Texas or Virginia. To this point, O’Connor has added several Virginia transfers, including left-handed pitcher Tomas Valincius, outfielder James Nunnallee, utility player Chone James and outfielder Aidan Teel.
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Texas Recruiting Notes 2026: Boulevard of Broken Bagmen
Fong with some good intel
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Texas Recruiting Notes 2026: Boulevard of Broken Bagmen
We are talking about guys coming off major leg injuries. That is great they are running around in the summer but the tough part hasn’t even begun for either. No one is saying this RB group can’t be good and there aren’t good players in there, but if the justification for passing on a RB for an entire cycle is looking at a current room of 1 good RB and 5 dudes who have barely played football or are coming off major leg surgeries and saying we are good here, that is a gamble.
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Texas Recruiting Notes 2026: Boulevard of Broken Bagmen
Baxter- Torn ACL Wisner- Solid player but probably not a dude you want to hand the rock to 25 times a game consistently Clark- Torn Achilles Gibson- Fumbling issues in a limited sample size Stewart and Simon- True freshmen we have never seen From a numbers and classification perspective, sure, we are okay but there are a lot of unknowns and major injuries in the room and I would put the chances at zero that all 6 RB’s return in 2026. I’m assuming Stewart and Simon are probably cool with developmental years this season but do we really think 6 guys who all realistically expect to be getting meaningful carries in 2026 are sticking around to share one football at Texas? We need to take at least one RB every year.
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Texas Recruiting Notes 2026: Boulevard of Broken Bagmen
We need to take at least one RB. Let’s be real with ourselves. Being content with taking no running back in the class is like when Mack Brown was ready to take Terrell Cuney as his only OL commitment for the 2014 class before getting fired.
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2026 Texas Baseball
There is no way this is the same Easton Winfield we know
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Texas Recruiting Notes 2026: Boulevard of Broken Bagmen
Someone posted it on OTF but I forgot how few commitments we had at this point a year ago: KJ Lacey Lance Jackson Elijah Barnes James Simon Coleman triplets Emaree Winston Brandon Brown (flipped to LSU beginning of July) Similar to DT last cycle, we will need to pull something out of our ass at TE and RB but overall we seem to be in a much better place at this point in the recruiting calendar this year
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Texas A&M Recruiting 2026: The World's Drunkest Elk
How did I miss this yesterday
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Texas Recruiting Notes 2026: Boulevard of Broken Bagmen
Wasn't it Osborne who parted ways with us? Haven't followed the Latimer recruitment in a while and I see all 3 crystal balls are for....Wisconsin? That recruitment seemed to change in a hurry.
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Texas Recruiting Notes 2026: Boulevard of Broken Bagmen
Welp
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Texas Recruiting Notes 2026: Boulevard of Broken Bagmen
Justin Wells Carthage RB KJ Edwards tells me he’s canceled his Texas OV following his trip to Texas A&M. The Aggies have prioritized Edwards for the longest and loves the loyalty. Texas is working to get that OV back. I’ll have more later.
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Texas Recruiting Notes 2026: Boulevard of Broken Bagmen
Here is what he said: After this weekend, I had predictions in for Texas to land 5-star OT Felix Ojo and 4-star EDGE Xavier Griffin I've added a third -- for four-star EDGE Dre Quinn -- and a decision may not be far off. We do not expect him to OV Notre Dame or Tennessee on Friday. I'm also close to following suit with Samari Matthews, who will come off the board Aug. 10. SC gets this weekend's visit and has been a leader in the clubhouse. Texas closed the gap significantly this weekend, we are hearing
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2026 Texas Baseball
I think the hope is you get Grubbs, Ruger and Harrison back then it opens up a lot of different options. Imagine a bullpen with Ruger, Grubbs, Burns and Dotson on the backend. We wouldn’t lose many games when winning after 5 or 6 innings.
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I don’t think they are done adding elsewhere, but you get Tinney and a SS (Becker plz) and things start looking pretty good offensively. Still interested to see where Rodriguez slots in defensively because Moroknek is for sure in the OF and Freeman seems destined for the OF too considering we have a pretty good second baseman.
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2026 Texas Baseball
Notre Dame catcher is visiting Austin this week. Texas vs Florida battle
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2026 Texas Baseball
Tough for me to believe a guy who is likely to get picked in the top 100 of the MLB draft will turn down a signing bonus of $750K+ to return to school. Feels like wherever Ford commits to will just be used as leverage.
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2026 Texas Baseball
I obviously don’t expect him to hit .340 here but if he can keep his walk numbers up and hit for power when he does make contact, I’ll be pretty pleased. That’s where Flores and Gasparino killed us down the stretch. You can live with your 8 or 9 hole hitter hitting for a lower average but he has to be able to threaten the game in other ways (speed, walks, etc.).
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2026 Texas Baseball
Going to have a lot more flexibility and lineup options at a minimum. Livingston (left handed), Moroknek (left handed) and Freeman (switch hitter). No more Jaquae Stewart as your third best LH bat.
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2026 Texas Baseball
Freeman has catcher experience earlier in this career but has mainly been 2B/OF I believe at Auburn and Georgia State.
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2026 Texas Baseball
Winfield and Gasparino are only going to The Cape because that is where they played last summer. I think they usually just invite the returning guys back, and all the draft-eligible guys that leave are replaced by new freshmen/sophomores.
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2026 Texas Baseball
Guys with multiple years of production are always going to be safer. I do see your point about Moroknek's production against decent teams (quick math says he hit .234 in the 11 games against the teams you mentioned). His strikeout rate was around 16% and dropped from 21% the previous year, so that is a good sign. You are right that it is sometimes a crapshoot with these lower-level guys. Moroknek is far from a guarantee middle-of-the-order guy who hits .300 with 15 homers, but based on his production over two years, I am confident he will contribute more to winning than Winfield did this year.