2024 Texas Baseball

[cochamps 1879]

2 minutes ago, Rickylovesweed said:

Well, the most recent follow for the Texas baseball instagram is Montgomery. 

Would be insane and still seems crazy because we have 4 OF that are really good. They have to be moving Belyeu to the IF if that happens. 

Someone may get squeezed in the IF, but we need to nail down SS first imo.  Hopfully Flores steps up.

[rvm96 1643]

5 hours ago, .45s said:

 

I am not sure what is up with the Dodgers, but according to their full draft/signing tracker they haven't signed a single player.  I just checked and the Astros have signed some players, but Garret is not one of them.  Lucas has agreed to terms with the White Sox, but has not signed the deal yet according to the White Sox's draft/signing tracker.

A lot of teams like to announce their signings in 1 or 2 big batches. 

[Hookem2147 21321]

I’ll believe Montgomery isn’t going to Mississippi State when I see it. They have been expecting him to enter for months and are all-in.

My guess is still Campbell.

[Rickylovesweed 14317]

3 minutes ago, Hookem2147 said:

I’ll believe Montgomery isn’t going to Mississippi State when I see it. They have been expecting him to enter for months and are all-in.

My guess is still Campbell.

Yeah, the rumor has been Miss State, LSU, aggy or going back to Stanford. 

But that Texas baseball instagram only follows portal players/commits that have committed from what I've seen. They don't just randomly follow players that they're recruiting. 

[cmontexas 3271]

Dicks on the table 

 

 

[Rickylovesweed 14317]

If it is Montgomery we just need to set up a NIL fund to recruit girlfriends to Texas. 

[Hookem2147 21321]

I'll play into the theory. Montgomery followed Texas Baseball back on Instagram.

[HenryJames 66077]

1 hour ago, Rickylovesweed said:

Well, the most recent follow for the Texas baseball instagram is Montgomery. 

Would be insane and still seems crazy because we have 4 OF that are really good. They have to be moving Belyeu to the IF if that happens. 

We don’t have four OF that are really good. We have some really good outfield prospects, but none of them are on Montgomery’s level.

[Rickylovesweed 14317]

3 minutes ago, HenryJames said:

We don’t have four OF that are really good. We have some really good outfield prospects, but none of them are on Montgomery’s level.

They aren't and Montgomery would definitely start over a couple.

But Gasparino (the 2nd best HS bat to make it to campus), Belyeu (hitting around .400 in the best summer league) and Brown (First team All Big 12) are all going to want playing time. 

Somebody is moving positions if Montgomery is Texas bound. 

[HenryJames 66077]

1 hour ago, Hookem2147 said:

I’ll believe Montgomery isn’t going to Mississippi State when I see it. They have been expecting him to enter for months and are all-in.

My guess is still Campbell.

Why not both?

[HenryJames 66077]

3 minutes ago, Rickylovesweed said:

They aren't and Montgomery would definitely start over a couple.

But Gasparino (the 2nd best HS bat to make it to campus), Belyeu (hitting around .400 in the best summer league) and Brown (First team All Big 12) are all going to want playing time. 

Somebody is moving positions if Montgomery is Texas bound. 

Forgot about Brown. 😵 This is the type of problem that you want.

[torre 1286]

Montgomery just completed playing for Team USA after a busy year.    May have came on an official/unofficial visit and to visit his girlfriend.

Strickly a rumor about is he wants to also pitch and received limited time at Stanford,  hence the portal.    

Big year upcoming for him before the '24 draft.    Bright young man,  SEC boards stated he scored a 35 on his ACT,  both parents are physicians.    Best to him.

[Rickylovesweed 14317]

I said this last page but Montgomery pitching and DHing would really be nice if that's what he wants to do. The numbers don't show it but he's also viewed as a high prospect pitcher. 

That's what Stanford was doing in the regional and super with Montgomery. Using him at DH in case they needed him out of the pen. Seems like that's how he may be utilized. 

 

[HenryJames 66077]

He’s been pretty terrible as a pitcher.

[Rickylovesweed 14317]

3 minutes ago, HenryJames said:

He’s been pretty terrible as a pitcher.

He's hardly pitched. Only threw 14 innings this year. 

Just go see his stuff against A&M in their regional to understand why he's considered a high-end prospect even as a pitcher. 

[HenryJames 66077]

He gave up 20 runs which is why he probably only pitched 14 innings. At some point you have to stop being considered a prospect and actually produce.

[Rickylovesweed 14317]

3 minutes ago, HenryJames said:

He gave up 20 runs which is why he probably only pitched 14 innings. At some point you have to stop being considered a prospect and actually produce.

Yet, with their season on the line Stanford decided to DH him so he could pitch in the regional. They did the same thing in the Supers (didn't end up pitching). 

It looks like Stanford wanted him to focus on hitting but with their season on the line it's pretty clear what their staff thought of his talent. A guy that hardly pitched all season was thrown into the fire when it mattered most. 

[chase25 2048]

Believe Brayden was touching 98 in that Regional. 100% you give him the opportunity to pitch even if its just to make him content and pick Texas. Hit .336 with 17 HRs, and 51 walks (next closest on the team was 38).

Young man will have a field day hitting at the Disch. 

[HenryJames 66077]

In 32.2 career innings pitched he’s given up 32 hits, 32 walks, and 31 earned runs.

But sure tell him what he wants to hear to get his bat on campus.

[Had Enough 2083]

That narrative the broadcast crew threw out in the Super of him not playing RF was odd. First, many a two way player played in the field and still pitched. Second, he only pitched 2.1 innings in the regional. A regional in which they had to come out of the losers bracket. One appearance. Dugan had two appearances in that regional, both of 3+ innings as a comparison. Then against us, he never pitched including game 3 when they were squeezing every last pitch out of their most dependable guys.

If he can throw high 90s, tell him what he wants to hear and give him a shot. If we get 15-20 good innings, that’s a bonus. If he’s deadset on being a two way player, he’ll never meet his max ability at either. You have to wonder how much effort needs to go into the pitching side of things to be effective and does that result in a setback of offensive production.

Get him in and let’s find out.

[Rickylovesweed 14317]

 

[NoDakHornsFan 13]

11 hours ago, Hookem2147 said:

I'll play into the theory. Montgomery followed Texas Baseball back on Instagram.

He followed Nik Sanders as well.

[closetojumping 62740]

12 hours ago, Hookem2147 said:

I’ll believe Montgomery isn’t going to Mississippi State when I see it. They have been expecting him to enter for months and are all-in.

My guess is still Campbell.

Don’t read too much into that Twitter account. The guy behind gets out in front of himself sometimes. 

Texas has made a case to Montgomery. His agent and Pierce know each other well. He’s getting offers above his performance (thus far), so I wouldn’t bet on him picking Texas. 

Gordon is almost certainly gone. Campbell is a long shot to return but there’s more hope there than I figured. He should sign, IMO. 

[UTPhil2006 3807]

So then who is it 

[HenryJames 66077]

CTJ told you who it could be. Don’t assume the Occupy guy is speaking from a position of certainty.

[Bottlecap 1523]

if its at all related to Campbell, then OLF is definitely getting first hand info. They're very, very close to the Campbell family.

Edited July 18, 2023 by Bottlecap

[NoName 16352]

17 hours ago, hobbes2702 said:

I’m shocked that longtime baseball men use colorful language when discussing players privately lol.

you can take off the last two words entirely. those guys generally DGAF as long as there aren't women around.

anyone shocked that a guy who has been coaching for 30+ years uses salty language has never been around baseball coaches before.

[Mason Ramsey 3376]

Montgomery follows the Texas Baseball account and no other school's baseball account aside from Stanford's on Instagram. So who knows, but it can't be a bad sign.

[cochamps 1879]

Most of the draft parties held usully explode when ther guy is chosen.  Dylan and Donavan seemed quite subdued when he was picked.  Just sayin'...

[Js1 85350]

24 minutes ago, Mason Ramsey said:

Montgomery follows the Texas Baseball account and no other school's baseball account aside from Stanford's on Instagram. So who knows, but it can't be a bad sign.

That’s been a pretty good sign in the past that someone is about to commit. But who knows 

[Rickylovesweed 14317]

Campbell is retuning and Montgomery is coming where we go into a shift with 7 outfielders. 

[chase25 2048]

5 hours ago, HenryJames said:

In 32.2 career innings pitched he’s given up 32 hits, 32 walks, and 31 earned runs.

But sure tell him what he wants to hear to get his bat on campus.

and… 47 strikeouts. That’s a 12.9 K/9. He has the tools to be a good pitcher. Especially out of the pen. 

If he wants to be a starter then that is a pipe dream.

Bryce Elder gave up 40 hits and 18 walks in 35.2 innings his Freshman year. Guys get better

[NorthLoop 14209]

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Campbell is retuning and Montgomery is coming where we go into a shift with 7 outfielders.

Campbell could turn 2 from deep RF 

Edited July 18, 2023 by NorthLoop

[HenryJames 66077]

3 hours ago, Rickylovesweed said:

Campbell is retuning and Montgomery is coming where we go into a shift with 7 outfielders. 

How we should position if we play in Palo Alto again.

[HenryJames 66077]

3 hours ago, chase25 said:

Bryce Elder gave up 40 hits and 18 walks in 35.2 innings his Freshman year. Guys get better

Elder got better as a sophomore. Montgomery got worse.

[NorthLoop 14209]

3 minutes ago, HenryJames said:

How we should position if we play in Palo Alto again.

[HenryJames 66077]

 

[Hookem2147 21321]

36 minutes ago, HenryJames said:

 

His inability to throw strikes was not solved in Starkville. 17 walks or HBP's in 20 innings. 

[HenryJames 66077]

It definitely was not.

[Had Enough 2083]

Yet his walks/IP was 3rd best on the team. No wild pitches. He hit a lot of dudes. You gotta like that strategy. Put the fear into the next dude of watching his earhole. It does not appear as though MSUs pitching coach had any magic. Still surprising he wasn’t drafted.

I’m not sure if I should say to hell with him or I hope he has a successful career.

[VirginiaLonghorn 4772]

Anyone steal home?

[torre 1286]

However,  Nixon had a team leading 1.03 WHIP with 24k's in those 20 innings.

Good luck to him !

[Had Enough 2083]

Which begs the question of why isn’t HBP included in WHIP? It’s the same impact as a walk except you aren’t walking on 0-2 or 1-2.

[txhorns 2409]

53 minutes ago, Had Enough said:

Yet his walks/IP was 3rd best on the team. No wild pitches. He hit a lot of dudes. You gotta like that strategy. Put the fear into the next dude of watching his earhole. It does not appear as though MSUs pitching coach had any magic. Still surprising he wasn’t drafted.

I’m not sure if I should say to hell with him or I hope he has a successful career.

Wish him well.  He has done nothing to deserve our scorn.

[HenryJames 66077]

 

[txhorns 2409]

I just want one more good starting pitcher and a catcher.  Don’t even need a good catcher, just an average backup type to set a high floor for us.

[totallynotabuttpirate 5400]

Soooo..... was this the "big news"? 

[HenryJames 66077]

No.

[ClubWhatever 12144]

1 minute ago, totallynotabuttpirate said:

Soooo..... was this the "big news"? 

It is a Tuesday.  

[txhorns 2409]

1 minute ago, totallynotabuttpirate said:

Soooo..... was this the "big news"? 

Hopefully not since everyone already expected it.