We just land a big one? Ford?
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We just land a big one? Ford?
Maddox Webb, relief pitcher, from the citadel. Possibly at least one more today.Quote:
Originally Posted by Msujd164
Got pretty good numbers. I don't know anything about him.
I think there is going to be another one soon
seems more are coming
Seems that way and I hope it?s BeckerQuote:
Originally Posted by Pancho
Kirby coaches catchers so it could be Majewski from Seton Hall.
You mean MilewskiQuote:
Originally Posted by Todd4State
Yeah. My spelling sucks.Quote:
Originally Posted by SmokeyDawg
I know nothing about baseball, can the HS catcher that just committed be impactful next year, or do catchers need a year or two (like linemen in football)?Quote:
Originally Posted by Todd4State
another good get. We have 4 guys that can be weekend SP's. Now build that bullpen
This is a sweet pickup. Exact kind of dude Parker is known to find and turn into a top 3 round SPQuote:
Originally Posted by BeardoMSU
They can be impactful but you also don't want to completely rely on a freshman normally. Ideally, you would want to pair them up with a veteran like a Joe Powell, Josh Lovelady, or in a perfect world a guy like Logan Tanner.Quote:
Originally Posted by viverlibre
Depending on how good they are and how quickly they can adjust to college/SEC baseball you could potentially catch them at least one game a weekend and against most midweek teams so you can ease them in.
Obviously, they have to be able to hit, control the running game, block, and frame pitches but the other big thing I think is the pitchers have to trust them. It may be intimidating for a freshman to catch a guy like junior year Ethan Small.
I think it's a good pick up because he can compete for a weekend spot and if he doesn't win it I could see him being a guy who we could use for multiple innings out of the bullpen potentially.Quote:
Originally Posted by vv83
that guy will not be a SP for us. We have those guys alreadyQuote:
Originally Posted by vv83
These pickups are a bit underwhelming for $2.9 MM per year........
These coaches are learning that the SEC does the portal differently. I think they thought the UVA guys would just sign no questions asked and are now learning that the open market in the SEC is different.Quote:
Originally Posted by Saltydog
Some of our most important pieces were already here, keeping them was huge. If they left it would have been rough.Quote:
Originally Posted by Saltydog
our lineups are set in stone for the following season every year until they inevitably never are when ball starts.Quote:
Originally Posted by Coach34
Well we pretty much knew Pico and Ligon were going to be weekend guys for us and they were. Scary was the only surpriseQuote:
Originally Posted by vv83
exactly. there's 1 every year.Quote:
Originally Posted by Coach34
Just heard that Seton Hall catcher Kevin Milewski is about to give his commitment to State.
.300 hitter with 16 bombs.Quote:
Originally Posted by BigDawg81
#22 ranked catcher last season by D1
Are we after their lead off hitter? Aiden Robbins - was the big East hit king batting .422 on the season. McMullan following him on Twitter and he is in the portal.
Looks like ‘26 SS/OF Noah Danza from NJ has committed to us. Was committed to VA. Good sized kid, 6’2”.
I assume we are still waiting on this one? Still in need of aveteran SS as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by BigDawg81
Kevin McMullan is getting players with power capability. Milewski is 6-5 235. This is the biggest non pitching dude on the team. Hunter Hines was 6-3 210, was our biggest dude. Ace Reece is 6-3 200.
Even with Becker and Ford not coming, this is already feeling like a solid and balanced slugging lineup. Vystas Valincious is 6-4 240, hit 348 but low power at Illinois. He has room to improve but his BB/K rate is like Nate Lowe, another huge dude with a high average.
That's a big pickup but man.....he's gotta be legit. We don't really have anyone behind him that you could count on if he's not as advertised, gets injured, or his game goes to hell for a few weeks.Quote:
Originally Posted by BigDawg81
Milewski still hasn?t committed.
Perspective on Ryder Woodson the NC State Kid from Wolfpack fans:
They are upset he was not starting earlier and would be a starter for them, had he stayed.
He finally got playing time in the Regional and was excellent.
I’m wondering if they are planning on the Woodson kid being the starting SS.
That would be my guess since we've apparently struck out on Becker.
Another good Virginia pitcher in the portal…
https://youtu.be/cM4-V1MdzWU?si=7RqrKVnMeRiYMFOUQuote:
Originally Posted by BeardoMSU