Texas Baseball

[Btown22]

Per D1 baseball, Texas is the preseason #3 team going into this year. Hopefully the pitching staff doesn’t lose its edge late in the season again. 

[Dread-headed Texan]

Last season was very underwhelming. 

[Huskie1]

2 hours ago, Dread-headed Texan said:

Last season was very underwhelming. 

While the end of the season was disappointing, dude… they won the SEC regular season championship. No easy feat. That in a transitional, new coach season. 

Edited 22 hours ago by Huskie1

[Dread-headed Texan]

6 minutes ago, Huskie1 said:

While the end of the season was disappointing, dude… they won the SEC regular season championship. No easy feat. That in a transitional, new coach season. 

I guess that's one way to look at it, but when you accomplish all that Texas accomplished, I didn't expect to lose how and who we did in the post season. My comment wasn't one of disappointment, more like one of deflation. Baseball has two seasons, it's unique in the sense it's not like football or basketball where all you have to do is win one game to move on. After the regular season and all the accolades they earned I expected more. That's all I'm saying.

[WG Carter]

Incredible season to win the SEC by 2 games. Won almost every 1 run game and most series.

 

We had some injuries that took a toll and we were not at our best for play offs. Look at power of SEC baseball in initial '26 rankings. Flying that championship flag from last year,  is meaningful 

[Alex Butler]

18 minutes ago, Dread-headed Texan said:

I guess that's one way to look at it, but when you accomplish all that Texas accomplished, I didn't expect to lose how and who we did in the post season. My comment wasn't one of disappointment, more like one of deflation. Baseball has two seasons, it's unique in the sense it's not like football or basketball where all you have to do is win one game to move on. After the regular season and all the accolades they earned I expected more. That's all I'm saying.

Too many late season arm injuries derailed the season unfortunately. 

[utx2]

Injuries mounted up and played a huge part imo. 

[Dread-headed Texan]

Just now, Alex Butler said:

Too many late season arm injuries derailed the season unfortunately. 

I forgot about how we lost our ace and pitching went down the drain. I stand corrected and maybe I was being a little to hard on the guys. 

[Alex Butler]

8 minutes ago, Dread-headed Texan said:

I forgot about how we lost our ace and pitching went down the drain. I stand corrected and maybe I was being a little to hard on the guys. 

It was still disappointing especially losing to UTSA in the regionals at home, but makes a little easier to stomach at least. 

[antcan95]

Didn’t we lose Spencer mid year? 

[Btown22]

9 minutes ago, antcan95 said:

Didn’t we lose Spencer mid year? 

More towards the end I believe but never good to lose your ace at any point in the season. 

[Btown22]

I agree the end of the season felt deflating, but man I’m pumped to see what this season brings 

[antcan95]

15 minutes ago, Btown22 said:

I agree the end of the season felt deflating, but man I’m pumped to see what this season brings 

I think most of us knew they were over achieving during the year, but we just didn’t expect them to burn out against UTSA

[Jim]

3 hours ago, Dread-headed Texan said:

Last season was very underwhelming. 
Expectations going in were middle of the conference finish. The team overachieved all year long. They were fun to watch and played hard all year long. They ran out of gas at the end of the season but underwhelming was not how to describe last year. 

[Blake Munroe]

26 minutes ago, antcan95 said:

I think most of us knew they were over achieving during the year, but we just didn’t expect them to burn out against UTSA

Honestly they should have burnt out a little before. The fact they did what they did last year was amazing. 

[antcan95]

46 minutes ago, Blake Munroe said:

Honestly they should have burnt out a little before. The fact they did what they did last year was amazing. 

I never read any of the write ups after UTSA whooped our butts but what was the reason for them handling us so thoroughly? It seemed like they knew what pitches were coming

[Jerry K]

I think Texas should be in a better position for a deeper run. But it's a long season and injuries are part of sports. I'm not going to predict Omaha but I'm really looking forward to seeing how this seasons team comes together. 

[CJ Vogel]

3 minutes ago, Jerry K said:

I think Texas should be in a better position for a deeper run. But it's a long season and injuries are part of sports. I'm not going to predict Omaha but I'm really looking forward to seeing how this seasons team comes together. 

Definitely going to have more top end depth on the mound this year. 

[Blake Munroe]

16 hours ago, antcan95 said:

I never read any of the write ups after UTSA whooped our butts but what was the reason for them handling us so thoroughly? It seemed like they knew what pitches were coming

IMO, Texas just ran out of gas. Injuries piled up. That’s why I say it’s crazy they made it as far as they did. It should have happened earlier.  

[Jerry K]

3 hours ago, Blake Munroe said:

IMO, Texas just ran out of gas. Injuries piled up. That’s why I say it’s crazy they made it as far as they did. It should have happened earlier.  

@Blake Munroe when do y'all crank up Bases Loaded?