This Tennessee pitcher was committed to us last year out of junior college. Unfortunately he was also run off at A&M by Schloss his freshman year so he wasn’t coming here to play for him.
He is a 17-year-old freshman, so I'll cut him some slack, but it would sure make me feel better for his long-term future on both the baseball and football fields if Jonah Williams could play more than 2 or 3 games in a row.
I took the house settlement piece to mean the roster limit more than the money aspect.
But if it was the money piece, why would the house settlement be relevant to a guy who went to Harvard Westlake and has a Dad who is VP of Scouting for the Dodgers?
Correct. And as a 5th year senior coming off injury, the reference to the house settlement would probably apply to a guy like him.
Also, does anyone consider Gasparino a “fan favorite”?
Unless I’m missing something, the obvious answer is Ace Whitehead. Didn’t play this year, has 1 year of eligibility left and Blake had to answer 20 questions a week about his progress throughout the season.
I’ll be interested to see if they can get a few extra ticks on the fastball for Volantis once he spends a full offseason in the weight room.
His long term future is as a starter but damn having that kind of arm in the bullpen is such a weapon, especially in the college game where leads are rarely safe.
Skip Johnson must have a great agent because I was pretty surprised he was linked to the A&M job and used it to get an extension last year.
1 good season in 2022 and 6, about to be 7, missed postseasons and regional exits around it. Losing record in conference play in 4 of those seasons.
OU remembers what happened last year when they called it with us ahead.
I don’t doubt Skip was stalling big time that last half inning and won’t be in a rush to resume this one.
Nah, these coaches aren’t gonna pull a Pierce and let Mitchell Daly slide over to SS.
They will add one in the portal. Arod likely slots in the OF long term.
I just don’t think he is as trustworthy as Farmer defensively.
And he is 2 for his last 12. Small sample size but Farmer and Rodriguez are swinging the bat better. Probably also want to see if Chamberlain could be a trustworthy bench bat in the postseason.
.143 average with a .400 OBP is about as unique of a line as you’ll see.
Him and Borba have similar missions this summer. Take your selective eye and just swing the bat a tad more.
If yesterday was a regional game they 100% go back to Volantis in the 8th. You are right that it is kitchen sink baseball. The middle relievers and midweek guys you use to pad your stats go away. You have your top 2-3 starters, top 2-3 relievers and run them into the ground.
It goes back to the momentum comment I made earlier. We could use Volantis today to win a 8-7 game and we feel like we have “momentum” but is that giving us the best chance long term? Same thing if we lose 8-7 today with Hudson Hamilton throwing the final pitch and Volantis and Grubbs in the dugout. Is that something that would ever happen in a regional game?
Brand new season starts in 12 days. Nothing carries over.
I think I laid out the stat earlier this week about A&M going 4-7 in their last 11 to end last year.
I am not a huge believer in momentum because everything basically starts over in the postseason and oftentimes you are only as good as the starting pitcher for the day, but it sure would be nice to win this series just from a vibes standpoint.
No Volantis or Grubbs today will make it interesting. OU threw their closer two days in a row so I would assume he is done but Skip has run guys into the ground before.
Not sure how we can make any definitive statements about Riojas after an outing where I believe 5 of the 7 hits he gave up didn’t leave the infield. It wasn’t anything like his previous two outings.
We've seen Grubbs start this year and it wasn’t pretty. My hunch is he is just as much a one time through the order guy as Riojas.
We really need to hope we get a pushover 4 seed so we can get through that first game with secondary arms and line Harrison up to pitch the 1-0 game.