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Hope it is Houston. The Longhorns are the pro team in Austin!

Imo, the city of Austin should not have any professional sports franchises. In this era of college athletics, The University of Texas Longhorns have every professional sport out there besides hockey (they do have a club team though). Surprised San Antonio was not selected for MLS over Austin. AUSL is an exception because it's new and is technically in Round Rock and not Austin proper.

Had a note on catchers in today’s insider notes , fwiw. As for the portal being slow, I agree… but also remember the team had to get back from Omaha, get situated, have player meetings, etc. Every team at the CWS is running behind compared to the rest of the schools out there. You’re definitely at a clear advantage when it comes to the portal when you aren’t in Omaha, that’s for sure.

Probably, but in this era, any one of these pitchers could get a massive offer they can't refuse and be gone at the drop of a dime. But Texas spent big on player retention last offseason, and it obviously paid dividends. I think Texas will do everything they can to keep their homegrown players (Kavan, Henry, Martinez, and Stewart) for 2028. It will be a while before the AUSL $$$ can match or surpass NIL + Rev Share $$$ in college.

Alright a&m is gonna be good. Probably not a contender but might be annoying in the sec race.

I was asked about this last week for Austin. Will be interesting to see what the NHL does. Austin does not currently have a major four professional franchise. This would knock it down to major three (NFL, MLB, NBA).

international prospect ?

Elkins will develop this year. Needs to get stronger and play against high caliber players/athletes on the interior for a year Texas is still expected add one more player to the roster

With the 5x5 rule potentially passing, does this affect Texas' pursuit of one more big internationally to complete this roster? Would the staff decide it is not necessary and be more willing to play Coleman Elkins if needed?

Was told Texas staff worked the guys really hard Monday, and was pleased with how they responded and performed.

Seconded the Austin Ice Bats

Team logo Puck around and find out.

😂 go to Houston we have enough weirdos in Austin already. We don't need anyone else moving here.

The writing has been on the wall for all of these guys so far (With the possible exception of Courville—I really hoped we'd give him a chance and spend that cash elsewhere, but that was just wish-casting, given what we know about Jim and catchers.) The biggest surprise to me is how long it's taken them to enter. I'm impatient for the churn! But for some reason, the baseball portal is just much slower overall. Remembering from last year: Leffew and Larsen were post-Cape additions, and Pendergrass was a spring enrollee. All were contributors this year. Not that I want us to repeat that per se, and be left scrambling after the draft in a month, but it does add some perspective.

With the new five year rule the 2028 pitching staff could look a lot like this. Including the Back To Back headline.

Jason Flores to the portal.

Just a bump.

Or honestly why not the Ice Bats? Bring it back.

Reply with your team name. I'll go with the Austin Armadillos

Good fit for OKC who picks at 12, 17. Spurs at 20, 76ers at 22, Celtics at 27 at the latest.

Worth the read..LOL Wow.. the NFL really dropped the hammer. Good for them

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