It seems like the Portal gets started earlier every year. We already have a player to declare that he is entering the portal.
Stanford Infielder Temo Becerra has entered the portal.
.341 BA with 1 HR on the season.
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It seems like the Portal gets started earlier every year. We already have a player to declare that he is entering the portal.
Stanford Infielder Temo Becerra has entered the portal.
.341 BA with 1 HR on the season.
Important to hire O'Connor or whoever ASAP and have him get to work.
If it's O'Connor, Virginia is not projected to make a Regional (despite a 14-10 ACC record), so get him started the day after the brackets come out. If it's someone else, hopefully we can announce sooner rather than later.
They got time. I want to get hire right then rush it and make the wrong one. I’m curious to see what A&M does with their coach. I hope they give him 1 more year. The portal doesn’t officially opens until after the regional. That’s plenty of time.
Assuming Lemons' star recruits are Fake commitments as usual.
(1) Need a Catcher that can Catch the ball and hits alright.
(2) Need a 1B. A Big Grad that can do damage.
(3) Need a SS.
(4) Need 5 Portal veteran Pitchers. Hungate, Simmons, Ligon, Sullivan, and Williams will leave big holes.
(5) Need a CF, see how OBrien develops
If O’Brien could only hit .270 then he is the everyday CFQuote:
Originally Posted by The Federalist Engineer
In the portal before the season ends?Quote:
Originally Posted by BigDawg81
Stanford site says .341 BA with 1 HR.
For hypothetical only, does anyone think one of our coaching candidates will/or can bring a couple of players/signees with them to MSU?
- Virginia recruits to MS?
- Georgia recruits , recruited by Coggin? That sounds more likely since he almost had Dakota Jordan to Georgia along with Alford.
- Anyone else?
Any coach is going to have 2-3 recruits and probably 1-2 portal guys but whoever the new coach is will have to attack the portal for 3-5 everyday starters and probably at least 2 weekend rotation guys.Quote:
Originally Posted by Santiago
Are we looking at approx 5 million for the cycle in NIL ? Both retaining and recruiting players.Quote:
Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve
Nolan Stevens is your 1B if he comes back.........He's been MIA for a month now.........
Right now- it's around 2-3MM. I'm not saying someone wont write a check- but thats the word as to where we are right nowQuote:
Originally Posted by Santiago
Around that. Had a pretty big pledge in the last couple of weeks that will help get us to that number.Quote:
Originally Posted by Santiago
more good newsQuote:
Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve
A Big Thank You to all those making it happen. If you are on the board, thank you.Quote:
Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve
You?re correct. I read the wrong stat line. It has been corrected.Quote:
Originally Posted by bulldogcountry1
So far he hasn't proven he can hit 0.270 during the midweek much less SEC.Quote:
Originally Posted by BigDawg81
Does the new coach pull a Jay Johnson at LSU and basically bring the majority of a CWS team with him?Quote:
Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve
I wonder if that can be part of buyout negotiationsQuote:
Originally Posted by Tbonewannabe
We'll see. Hopefully we don't M-State it up and agree to not poach players in exchange for a slightly lower buyout.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tbonewannabe
Ohio OF Ben Slanker has entered the portal. Slanker, 6-1, 195, was a 1st Tm All-MAC slugger, hitting .302 w/ 9 doubles, 21 HRs and 69 RBI + 41 BB/38 K and 1.142 OPS. He will be a hot commodity.
WE. NEED. OUTFIELDERS.
this
And a catcherQuote:
Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve
We need portal players to come to State that will play their normal positions. Not bring in guys that have never played or played very little outfield and expect them to play outfield at this high level of the game.
We need guys thst can play defense that will also put our Punch and Judy hitters.....err....I mean batters on the bench or out the door. Tired of SS & 2B who can hit my 2 month old granddaughters weight!
that goes hand in hand with the eval part of recruiting. the previous coach was not good in this area
Will chance come back for his final year? Doubt he has any professional prospects, but he's engaged so he may be ready to move on.Quote:
Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve
Your 2 month old granddaughter weighs 3 bills? Both our SS and 2B guys are outhitting Hines and Stallman right now from an average standpoint?Quote:
Originally Posted by CaptainObvious
Wonder how small program coaches view Summer League baseball now?
Cape Cod All Stars is a buffet for SEC portal poachers.
I'm talking about the guys they replaced that Lemonis was so hard headed about playing before his weak lineups and lazy style got him canned!Quote:
Originally Posted by Coach34
some of us knew what you meant. good job capnQuote:
Originally Posted by CaptainObvious
A lot like Hines, I'm ready for him to move on. He's played hard for us but we can upgrade at all 3 outfield positions and we need to.Quote:
Originally Posted by confucius say
EKU Leading hitter AJ Groenevald (.300/2/14) and leading arm, RHP Burkley Bounds, have each entered the Portal. Bounds made 18 appearances in 2025.
Butler OF Jack Moroknek is another big portal addition. The graduate transfer an All-Big East Selection hit .372 with 16 doubles, 18 HR and 57 RBI in '25. Also had a 1.145 OPS
It could definitely change the dynamic of who plays in that league. It may very well become very transfer player oriented.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Federalist Engineer
Most of the top of the line prospects play for Team USA if they are selected and that has been the way it has been for years.
We may need a lot more than that once the coaching staff is settled.Quote:
Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve
I would have agreed with you at one time. But not now. He's hitting .339 and even higher in sec play. He is second on the team in stolen bases and is a good defender, albeit with a meh arm. I hope he comes back.Quote:
Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve
Frei has another year also.
I would suspect that Chance comes back unless the coach doesn't want him for some reason which would be suprising.Quote:
Originally Posted by confucius say
He's a pretty solid player who will be a fifth year senior and playing at MSU is his dream. I guess someone might draft him and take a flyer on him. If he leaves that is the most likely reason why.
Big yes on Chance, he has gotten better every year, we need him back.Quote:
Originally Posted by Todd4State
Punch and Judy? We ended the season 3rd in the SEC in BA, 2nd in 2B, 5th in HR, 4th in SLG and broke our single season HR record.Quote:
Originally Posted by CaptainObvious
In SEC games only, we are 2nd in BA, SLG, OBP, RS, Hits, & 2b and 3rd in HR