btownqb Posted May 19, 2021 Report Share Posted May 19, 2021 I've mentioned.. we are not good enough at the C and SS positions. Maybe Tank Espalin is that guy at SS in the future, I flat out do not know. What I hope happens.. Tank Espalin moves to 2B or 3B, Colson Montgomery is SS.. and Paul Toetz is either 2B/3B/DH. I think Richardson and Barr move on after this season regardless if they're drafted. Could be wrong though. Fougerousse at 1B/DH moving forward and Colopy in RF/CF moving forward are the only two position players (other than Toetz 2B/3B/DH) I see moving forward that have their position locked in to start the year next year. If Colson Montgomery is on campus he is starting somewhere. I am not sure if Ashley will move on or not.. but we have TJ White (6'2 210) top 100 OF from SC coming in who absolutely rakes from the left side, and Ryan Gilbert from OH top 160 player 6'5 230 (raw).. but big time potential. You also still have Ethan Vecrumba, Sam Murrison, Bobby Whalen, and Hunter Jesse as OFers (though I expect one or two of these guys to transfer). Carter Mathison is another incoming FR from Homestead (6'1 210) who is leading the state in HRs and RBIs.. he's obviously someone else that could factor in. We are also bringing in two Top 150 pitchers in Ben Hess from IL (6'5 220) and Luke Hayden from Edgewood (6'1 210).. and I think they along with Sharp will be in the running for some starting pitching consideration. I think Sommer will move on.. he has his degree in hand and I don't think baseball is in his future. With it being only a 20 round draft.. I have no clue if Brown and Bierman will be back. Bringing either one of those back would be huge. You have a guy like Braydon Tucker who would be a solid Sunday guy if need be. At C we are bringing in a kid 6'4 210 from OH.. Brock Tibbitts. He played HS QB.. not overly sure why he's ranked so low. I assume we like his ability as an athlete and teach him to play baseball. We have Joe Reid on campus now as a FR .... but he's seen zero game time this year. He was a fairly highly ranked player. We are bringing in a top 150 C in the 2022 class in AJ Shepard. He's the 7th rated C in the country in his class, as of now. Both of our catchers that have seen time this year are both SRs. We could absolutely look at the transfer portal for this position, as well. 3B Toetz SS Montgomery RF White CF Colopy 1B Fougerousse DH Gilbert LF Vecrumba C Reid 2B Espalin Just my guess/being hopeful w/potential and all that. I don't think that is what will happen though. Future prospects that are ranked in their class 2022 SS Tyler Cerny #130 2022 C AJ Shepard #135 2022 OF Devin Taylor #70 2022 1B McKay Whitaker #245 2022 RHP Ayden Decker-Petty #306 2022 RHP Evan Whiteaker #230 2023 OF Andrews Wiggins #39 2023 RHP Adam Switalski #172 2023 C TJ Schuyler #336 Big time influx of talent coming in. We have to have more though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btownqb Posted May 19, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2021 I could see 8-10 guys transferring out of the program along with 5 SRs graduating and guys like Richardson/Barr/Bierman/Brown being drafted/going pro. I could see Manous/Sommer/Ashley moving on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5 championships Posted May 19, 2021 Report Share Posted May 19, 2021 We really need to make a regional this year to continue momentum for the program Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btownqb Posted May 19, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2021 I don't think this means it's still 100% official, but certainly not a bad sign that he is signing his LOI. I do think he is leaning this way though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btownqb Posted May 19, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2021 Looking through some stuff today.. Ryan Gilbert's exit velo is insane right now and he also has a well above avg 60 yard dash. As of last week he had 23 SBs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosierfan1901 Posted May 20, 2021 Report Share Posted May 20, 2021 BOOM! Colson Montgomery signs with the Hoosiers @btownqb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btownqb Posted May 20, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2021 2 hours ago, Hoosierfan1901 said: BOOM! Colson Montgomery signs with the Hoosiers @btownqb Still not 100% though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thirdgenhoosier Posted May 23, 2021 Report Share Posted May 23, 2021 On 5/19/2021 at 10:19 PM, btownqb said: Still not 100% though You follow IU baseball closer than anyone. Has IU underperformed this year or are we about where we should be based on the current talent? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btownqb Posted May 23, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2021 3 minutes ago, thirdgenhoosier said: You follow IU baseball closer than anyone. Has IU underperformed this year or are we about where we should be based on the current talent? We aren't overly talented. Especially at the plate. We needed the non conference. Bad. We haven't underperformed at all. Just have had a really bad 8 game stretch at the wrong time. Win out and you're in the NCAAs feeling much better about yourself. We also haven't benefitted from having any sort of a home field advantage at all and then having our biggest our biggest series on the road. Who knows. We need this incoming FR class to get here in a hurry though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btownqb Posted May 23, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2021 Sorry we aren't overly talented when you factor in our inexperience. Espalin, Colopy, and Fougerousse I think will all be good players. They're simply true FR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thirdgenhoosier Posted May 23, 2021 Report Share Posted May 23, 2021 2 minutes ago, btownqb said: Sorry we aren't overly talented when you factor in our inexperience. Espalin, Colopy, and Fougerousse I think will all be good players. They're simply true FR. Thanks. Very much appreciate your insight! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btownqb Posted May 23, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2021 1 minute ago, thirdgenhoosier said: Thanks. Very much appreciate your insight! I'm not the gospel and definitely not a guru. It appears the next 3 recuiting classes, on paper, are much better than what we've had. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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