Texas Baseball 2025 - Show Me A Schloss

[texifornia 56014]

Flipped from USC

[MuellerHorn 4048]

7 minutes ago, texifornia said:

Flipped from USC

Damn, that’s another great prospect pick up. He was a projected 4th-5th rounder that didn’t get drafted until the 20th because his asking price was too high/didn’t care if he had to go to college. 

Edited July 25 by MuellerHorn

[Rickylovesweed 14084]

Between Rerick, Flores, and now Volantis we have some legit FR arms coming in. 

[petscii 1189]

August 26th first day of classes.

[cmontexas 3209]

22 minutes ago, Rickylovesweed said:

Between Rerick, Flores, and now Volantis we have some legit FR arms coming in. 

And Navarre

[Cajun 11659]

16 hours ago, TrashMaster G said:

https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/college-baseball-way-too-early-top-25-rankings-for-2025/

BA isn't impressed with us so far.

I stopped reading at aggy/#5.

No point in going any further & wasting time.

[EZ$ 2094]

5 hours ago, Cajun said:

I stopped reading at aggy/#5.

No point in going any further & wasting time.

They may not have a coach, but their lineup is stacked and they just outbid MLB to get their #1 pitcher to return. It’s next year or never and they are all-in. They are a legitimate top 5 team.  

[Cajun 11659]

Counterpoint - They’re aggy.

[thunderlounge 7619]

1 hour ago, Cajun said:

Counterpoint - They’re aggy.

[wood 10904]

8 hours ago, Cajun said:

I stopped reading at aggy/#5.

The higher they're ranked, the better. 

[MuellerHorn 4048]

4 hours ago, EZ$ said:

They may not have a coach, but their lineup is stacked and they just outbid MLB to get their #1 pitcher to return. It’s next year or never and they are all-in. They are a legitimate top 5 team.  

The talent is definitely there for a title, but with the dearth of coaching experience on that staff across the board, I don’t see a title happening. 

[BillyGoatHill 4267]

Will help keep some signees headed to campus vs. going pro.

Roster size will go from from 40 to 35 or 34, but a full 34 scholarships would be allowed. Looks as if it will be put in place Fall '25. 

 

[Hookem2147 20831]

How we set up the schedule next year will be mighty interesting. Schloss historically scheduled incredibly soft in non-con at A&M because he knew 10 straight weekends of SEC play were awaiting.

We already committed to the Globe Life tournament (will play 3 of Clemson, Louisville, Arizona and Okie State) and Vegas tournament (Illinois, Texas Tech, Washington). That leaves 2 non-con weekends open before SEC play. A little birdie also told me that it is looking like Arizona State will be coming to Austin for at least one midweek game.

In SEC play, it's already been mentioned that we will host LSU and A&M. I'm assuming we will also host OU and will probably have Arkansas either home or away. So we get those 4 + 6 additional SEC teams.

RPI ain't going to be an issue.

[cmontexas 3209]

Chestnut's mom could manage that lineup to the CWS. I don't think they fall off a cliff in 26 either with Grahovic and Sorrell projected to be top 10 picks. It is what it is.

Be happy with the team Schloss is building in Austin and know that we will have a mental edge when we play them like almost always

[TexasFan32 0]

16 hours ago, cmontexas said:

And Navarre

And Powell

[The_Great_Hornsby 3306]

2 hours ago, cmontexas said:

Chestnut's mom could manage that lineup to the CWS. I don't think they fall off a cliff in 26 either with Grahovic and Sorrell projected to be top 10 picks. It is what it is.

Be happy with the team Schloss is building in Austin and know that we will have a mental edge when we play them like almost always

My prediction is that their coach will be a little worse than what Pierce was for Texas. Just by being in the SEC theyll end up hosting a few regionals. But they will only make a couple of CWS over the next 4-5 years. 

[jimmyjazz 45162]

30 minutes ago, The_Great_Hornsby said:

My prediction is that their coach will be a little worse than what Pierce was for Texas. Just by being in the SEC theyll end up hosting a few regionals. But they will only make a couple of CWS over the next 4-5 years. 

That's a rational take of a generic high-level D1 program.  This is A&M.  They will fuck it up 6 ways from Sunday more years than not.

[tx 3 putt 75222]

🔥🔥🔥🔥

 

[jimmyjazz 45162]

I'm pretty sure Mack can fill Schloss in on some of the reasons why he made the right move.  #bonfahr

[Hank_Hill 17674]

Aggy couldn’t win a title with Schloss last year, but I’m supposed to be convinced they can next year with the same players minus Schloss? Aight.

[Scheiss Meister 8308]

Didn't you know that Schloss threw the last two games to screw aggy on his way out the door at the request of the evil CDC and Texas?  In fact, the team did so well in spite of that no talent hack, not because of him.  It is only wild coincidence that 3/4 of aggy's wins at Omaha, and their only appearance in the final series, came under his coaching.  Schloss had nothing to do with it.  Texags said so.

[EZ$ 2094]

So are we expecting Buzz to lead aggy to a Final 4 run this year and we sign him 2 days after?  It has to happen to finalize the Looch 3-headed monster tweet. 

Or even better I guess, he can end up winning about 8 games and they can fire him.

(insert Looch “now come the championships” tweet)

[Rickylovesweed 14084]

2 hours ago, EZ$ said:

So are we expecting Buzz to lead aggy to a Final 4 run this year and we sign him 2 days after?  It has to happen to finalize the Looch 3-headed monster tweet. 

Or even better I guess, he can end up winning about 8 games and they can fire him.

(insert Looch “now come the championships” tweet)

Buzz has only made it past the first weekend 1 time in the last 11 years. He's one of the most overrated coaches in college basketball.

I hope he's at aggy long-term. 

[Hookem75 214]

 

[Hookem2147 20831]

That doesn't bode well for his chances of being a baseball contributor this year (and maybe ever at Texas).

He needs development, and he ain't getting it standing around with the walk-ons during football practice this fall.

Edited July 30 by Hookem2147

[texifornia 56014]

On 7/28/2024 at 1:29 PM, Rickylovesweed said:

Buzz has only made it past the first weekend 1 time in the last 11 years. He's one of the most overrated coaches in college basketball.

I hope he's at aggy long-term. 

And I have never seen a coach so consistently talk and tweet like he's minimum a half bottle of Jim Beam deep. And we've all seen USC-era Sark.

[Texas Wahoo 3376]

 

[Blackcat00 759]

16 hours ago, Hookem75 said:

 

Impossible to do both and start. 

[cmontexas 3209]

Chris Whaley and Lamarr Houston started out as big RBs...

[Rickylovesweed 14084]

1 hour ago, Blackcat00 said:

Impossible to do both and start. 

I don't think anybody is expecting him to start are they? 

With Schuessler and Galvan back he's probably the 3rd string catcher. 

[MuellerHorn 4048]

1 hour ago, cmontexas said:

Chris Whaley and Lamarr Houston started out as big RBs...

Sanders is 215 pounds. Whaley and Houston were much larger and stronger. Probably faster, too.

Sanders isn't going to get PT over any of the five scholarship backs.

Edited July 30 by MuellerHorn

[txhorns 2404]

Wouldn’t Sanders also lose any potential scholarship money from baseball?  Not sure if he got a partial scholarship but I thought there was a rule that anyone playing football could not be on scholarship for another sport.

[kevwun 15255]

That was how it was in the past.  Not sure if it still is, but I would think so.

[petscii 1189]

1 hour ago, txhorns said:

Wouldn’t Sanders also lose any potential scholarship money from baseball?  Not sure if he got a partial scholarship but I thought there was a rule that anyone playing football could not be on scholarship for another sport.

Before NIL when we were stuck with 11.7 shared scholarships, I often wondered why a baseball team wouldn't fill a roster spot from a football player who could also play baseball.  The thinking would be that there would be a better athlete playing football on scholarship than a non scholarship baseball player.

I understand Peter Gardere, Shea Morenz, Lawyer Maloy, and Russell Wilson  playing baseball at college was a corner case but there is a value in being drafted in the MLB and/over the NFL sometimes.  

 

[Cajun 11659]

On 7/30/2024 at 11:31 AM, Blackcat00 said:

Impossible to do both and start. 

I'm gonna have to go ahead and agree with you.

[TheBryMan81 2470]

15 hours ago, txhorns said:

Wouldn’t Sanders also lose any potential scholarship money from baseball?  Not sure if he got a partial scholarship but I thought there was a rule that anyone playing football could not be on scholarship for another sport.

With roster changes coming,  maybe he wouldn't have made the 34 man cut for a baseball scholarship but would make the 105 man cut for a football scholarship?

[cmontexas 3209]

It will be something for the ESPN announcers to talk about when he comes up to pinch hit in Omaha

[txhorns 2404]

18 minutes ago, cmontexas said:

It will be something for the ESPN announcers to talk about when he comes up to pinch hit in Omaha

I mean how many kids get a national championship ring in two sports in the same year?

[petscii 1189]

45 minutes ago, txhorns said:

I mean how many kids get a national championship ring in two sports in the same year?

Anthony Munoz did it in 1978 for USC in football and baseball.

[troph 23995]

21 hours ago, cmontexas said:

It will be something for the ESPN announcers to talk about when he comes up to pinch hit in Omaha

 But what languages does he speak? Is his dad a foreign musician? Who is his roommate?

[Hookem2147 20831]

 

[Mac8111 2100]

 But what languages does he speak? Is his dad a foreign musician? Who is his roommate?

I played summer league with his dad back in the day. Not a musician.

[Rickylovesweed 14084]

Winfield is having a really good summer. 

The middle of our lineup could be scary good with Belyeu, Flores, and Winfield. 

[TwiceHorn 30834]

On 7/28/2024 at 8:45 AM, Scheiss Meister said:

Didn't you know that Schloss threw the last two games to screw aggy on his way out the door at the request of the evil CDC and Texas, the request made during a swing party, no doubt high-fiving while spit-roasting some chick?  In fact, the team did so well in spite of that no talent hack, not because of him.  It is only wild coincidence that 3/4 of aggy's wins at Omaha, and their only appearance in the final series, came under his coaching.  Schloss had nothing to do with it.  Texags said so.

Fify.

Edited August 3 by TwiceHorn

[hobbes2702 12516]

2 hours ago, Rickylovesweed said:

Winfield is having a really good summer. 

The middle of our lineup could be scary good with Belyeu, Flores, and Winfield. 

I would think that’s more top of the the lineup. Probably our 1,2,3

[cmontexas 3209]

Stewart looks like our leadoff guy to me with that plate discipline

[LTtxfan 48713]

Might go watch some Horns "Fall Ball" this year. 

So glad to have a good Head Coach for Texas Baseball again.  🤘 

 

Edited August 4 by LTtxfan

[jimmyjazz 45162]

1 hour ago, LTtxfan said:

So glad to have a good Head Coach for Texas Baseball again.  🤘 

I have it on good authority that Earley was the brains behind A&M's climb to the (almost) top last year.  Advantage, Aggies.

[.45s 28]

On 8/3/2024 at 6:12 PM, Rickylovesweed said:

Winfield is having a really good summer. 

The middle of our lineup could be scary good with Belyeu, Flores, and Winfield. 

Winfield batted .216 with 1 HR for Cotuit this summer.  He only had 51 at bats for some reason and hasn't been with them for about 2 weeks now.  Belyeu batted only .222 with 2 HR in 54 games with Cotuit, but he played earlier with Team USA.

[Machinator 32097]