Besides a new head coach, what are our top needs for next year? It seems like a new first baseman is key since we’ve had Justin Murray at that position for the last two years when he wasn’t pitching.
Pitching:
Antoine Jean (63 IP) graduated in May 2013. Only pitcher to throw each of 14 weekends.
Jaxon Jelkin (34 IP; hurt) finished third year after a year at Nebraska, CC and UH. Coming back?
Cade Citelli (41 IP) finished his third year.
JOSÉ TORREALBA (26 IP) was a grad transfer and finished his fifth year.
Justin Murray (20 IP; 2.18 ERA) is gone.
Basically everything……won’t have a sharper knife until you know who all will be headed out.
Right now it’s just gather as much talent as possible….
TW would have to have the top recruiting class in the Big 12 to even have a shot of sniffing the tournament….
Does anyone here actually trust the guys brought in to actually develop? Whether an arm or bat I know I don’t.
I had a conversation with a parent last week whose kid is an upper level D-1 arm….Dad has already put the word out his son is going to college.( educated guess he would be drafted 8-12 rounds if just based on talent alone)
I did not even bring up UH’s name….still a lot to talk about with him regarding scholly %, preference, etc.
But he will most likely play in the Big 12 unless one particular ACC school that saw him last summer really comes through.
Anyway, until TW is gone I just can’t even bring up UH’s name in good faith.
A lot of solid ACC options if he feels like he’d be developed. If parents can afford it, Duke, UNC and Wake for academics. FSU and Miami for baseball history. Stanford!
Anywho, anyone know when the portal closes? I saw that it opened on 6/3.
Because college sports is meant for college aged kids (18-22) who get four years of eligibility, 5 if you redshirt. It is not fair for guys of that age to have to compete against grown men who are 26. That is why they have professional baseball. If you played sports in college, imagine being able to come back four years later and compete with a bunch of 20 year olds. You would completely dominate!