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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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2026 Texas Baseball
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.
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2026 Texas Baseball
Yep I skimmed the list too quickly. I think Rodriguez was supposed to play in the Cape too but he needs a break.
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2026 Texas Baseball
Probably more notable who isn't playing. Mendoza, Rodriguez, Borba, Volantis, Jason Flores (edit: nevermind on Mendoza) First 2 must be recovering from injuries and the last two must have hit inning limits and they didn't want them throwing this summer.
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2026 Texas Baseball
I think it's fair to say a guy who had 1/3rd of his season hit total against Prairie View A&M was a bust. Looking under the hood, there were some red flags at ULM that we kind of ignored or just thought would get better. He hit .278 in Sun Belt play in 2024 so it wasn't like he was lighting the world on fire in that league. The defense was also horrific at both ULM (4 errors, .951 fielding%) and here. I'd be mildly surprised if he is back.
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2026 Texas Baseball
Last visit wins
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2026 Texas Baseball
Left-handed bats are a top priority. It was a glaring hole once Belyeu went down and our lefty options were a hurt Adrian Rodriguez, Cole Chamberlain, Easton Winfield and Jaquae Stewart.
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2026 Texas Baseball
He will be a draft sweat, but those are the type of guys you want.
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2026 Texas Baseball
Bummer. This was a guy who visited and that we wanted.
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2026 Texas Baseball
Mississippi State 247 baseball mod with an interesting post on Notre Dame C Carson Tinney, who Mississippi State tried to get involved with: I have been told that former Notre Dame catcher Carson Tinney is expected to choose between Florida and Texas.
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2026 Texas Baseball
Another OF I know we are on https://butlersports.com/sports/baseball/roster/jack-moroknek/12467
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2026 Texas Baseball
Texas, Clemson or UNC. I think Clemson got the last visit.
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2026 Texas Baseball
I believe he was at Texas yesterday.