Kendal22

Brody Brecht from Iowa is the real deal. Hitting around 100 with a nasty slider. Ole Miss isn't a good offense this year, but they looked lost against him. Iowa's bullpen is garbage.

21 minutes ago, rico said:

I am a tad sick of that "throw it in the dirt" chant.

They stole it from Ole Miss anyway.

Just now, IU Scott said:

So is the championship round a single elimination or would the other team have to beat us twice

IU has to lose twice.

Beyond the health of Sinnard, it really hurts to dig into the bullpen this early with Kentucky potentially looming tommorow.

Just now, Seeking6 said:

Hopefully nothing serious with Sinnard. IU up 3-1 early but not sure on injury.

Hope so as well. Looked like some numbness in the fingers and a possible issue with the elbow. 

6 minutes ago, Proud2BAHoosier said:

Speaking of Ole Miss, did anyone see where a kid hit 4 HRs with 10 RBIs in their game yesterday???

WOWZA!

Yep. Calvin Harris from Dubuque, Iowa. Great player. All four homers were crushed.

14 minutes ago, btownqb said:

None of these guys, unless Eblin or Hess get in the portal, would on a roster next year. 

IMO--- again, 10000% an opinion, baseball is different from basketball/football recruiting in regards to having a connection to the staff/knowing the staff/rapport with a staff before even being interested in being recruited by that school. 

Hopefully that gives us a leg up on the 4 in state kids. 

Simply put... ANY of the 4 kids in HS now moving their commitments to IU would be huge, more than 1 is massive. 

Ahh they are instate. That makes sense. I didn't realize that.

2 minutes ago, btownqb said:

Ehh.. still gotta be playing time, thats BY far #1 in baseball. 

The Duff kid could start Day 1 in CF with Whalen moving on after next year. 

Will be interesting to see how it plays out this offseason. I know Ole Miss has a lot of holes to fill in the portal.

3 hours ago, btownqb said:

IU not getting any of these soon to be decommits would be even worse! 

That would definitely be nice! Not sure if the NIL IU is offering will be competitive enough to snag these guys.

On 8/15/2022 at 1:00 PM, btownqb said:

https://www.therepublic.com/2022/08/09/bode-transfering-from-louisville-to-iu/

Bode mentions here playing C, 1B, OF, or DH. But, yeah, official he's coming to IU. Holy cow we are deep. 

From the message boards and Twitter, it appears Ole Miss righthanded pitcher Wes Burton will be transferring to IU. 6'8" pitcher that didn't have a role this past year. Definitely a big personality that will bring a lot to the program in that regard.  Fastball, slider, changeup mix mostly and struggled to find the strike zone over his career in Oxford. However, can be very effective when he's in the zone.

51 minutes ago, 5 championships said:

We’ve lost so much pitching to draft last couple years. Are we losing any recruits to the draft??

I do not believe so.

On 7/17/2022 at 2:08 PM, landrus13 said:

Tennessee picked up Reggie Crawford from UConn. 

Crawford got picked up by the Giants with the last pick in the first round. I expect him to sign.

5 hours ago, btownqb said:

The 2024 class in Indiana has like 15-17 kids all ranked top 400. Nutty. 

Today Ole Miss picked up Xavier Rivas out of the portal. Rivas was a first team All-American at the University of Indianapolis. He's a Portage native.

Also saw where Dutkanych from Brebeuf turned down the draft and will head to Vanderbilt. Indiana high school baseball is very underrated.

1 minute ago, btownqb said:

Ever seen GCU baseball stadium? Pretty friggin nice. 

we drove past it when we were in PHX. They have been a very good program for about a decade. (At least, I have no clue of their programs history)

That is pretty nice! To be honest, I was unaware GCU was in Phoenix haha.

Big 10 opponent USC hired former Grand Canyon coach Andy Stankiewicz as their head coach. 

Starting this thread for general discussion that doesn't fit into existing threads.  Only 7 months until February.

Tracy Smith back in the Big 10 at Michigan!

On 6/28/2022 at 9:50 AM, Kendal22 said:

LSU must be tired of the state of Mississippi winning baseball championships. From the transfer portal they've added:

Pineda - shortstop from Baylor

Tommy White - 27 homers at NC State

Christian Little - very talented pitching transfer from Vandy

Carter Young - Three year starter at short from Vandy

Dylan Tebrake - Pitching ace from Creighton

LSU now probably has the most complete roster for 2023.

 

 

Tigers added Thatcher Hurd today, formerly of UCLA. LSU will be loaded.

LSU must be tired of the state of Mississippi winning baseball championships. From the transfer portal they've added:

Pineda - shortstop from Baylor

Tommy White - 27 homers at NC State

Christian Little - very talented pitching transfer from Vandy

Carter Young - Three year starter at short from Vandy

Dylan Tebrake - Pitching ace from Creighton

LSU now probably has the most complete roster for 2023.

What a season. What a team. What a story.

The 2022 Ole Miss Rebels have probably taken the top spot for my favorite sports season.

3 minutes ago, Kendal22 said:

This is going to be insane. With Tennessee eliminated, every one of these teams has to feel like they have a realistic shot to win it all.

Per Nick Suss (Ole Miss beat writer) on Twitter, here's how the four SEC West teams did against each other in the regular season.

Texas A&M: 5-4

Arkansas: 5-4

Auburn: 4-5

Ole Miss: 4-5

11 hours ago, btownqb said:

SECW is silly. 

Also-- Texas, Tex AM, Oklahoma, Arkansas are all in the CWS. Those fan bases don't like each other.. and all four can absolutely win this thing. 

ND Tex

TAM OU

Aub Ole Miss

Stanford Arkansas 

Going to be a good one. Shew

 

This is going to be insane. With Tennessee eliminated, every one of these teams has to feel like they have a realistic shot to win it all.

Just now, btownqb said:

SECW is one win away from 4 in Omaha. 

The other 3--- Miss St (defending champ), LSU (top 5 program), Alabama..  veryyyy good baseball team, played without their 1st rd pick SP. 

Ben Hess was really good for Alabama. Wish he could have stuck with his original commitment.

What a ride for Ole Miss. Sources indicated Mike Bianco would be out if the Rebels missed the tournament. Now he's erased some past ghosts and probably has job security for the rest of his career.