OTF Premium Baseball: St. Mary’s catcher Ian Armstrong commits to Texas

[Jeff Howe]

Jim Schlossnagle and the Texas baseball program secured a transfer portal commitment from St. Mary’s catcher Ian Armstrong on Saturday.

Armstrong announced his commitment to the Longhorns on Instagram.

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[CutaneousHorn]

Here we go!

[Jeff Howe]

This is one of the big portal targets we’ve been talking about for a few days. Arguably the biggest positional need for Texas in the transfer portal has been filled by one of the best catchers available.

[Hank South]

🤘

[Glass Joe]

Remind me who Nolan Cain is again?

[rocketman]

And there you are!

[Texansarebetter]

YES!!!!🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

[CJ Vogel]

Major fan here

[Texansarebetter]

Armstrong hit .351 with 16 home runs this year. Had ZERO passed balls the entire season. Sign me up🤘🏻

[Red Five]

How's his arm?

[texcoyote15]

Great pickup.  WOW the sky isn’t falling 😃😃

[Texansarebetter]

Savoie would have been nice but he hasn’t been a full time catcher. He’s played OF as well in his first 2 years of college. Armstrong is a true catcher with elite defense and a big time bat. He’s probably a better fit for what we need behind the plate and his offensive numbers speak for themselves. Great pickup!! Hook em’!!🤘🏻🤘🏻

[Jedi Master Bevo]

Huh, got the catcher Schloss wanted. 

[Texansarebetter]

[texcoyote15]

5 minutes ago, texcoyote15 said:

Great pickup.  WOW the sky isn’t falling 😃😃

This kid might hit 25 homers in Austin. You know how when that wind gets to blowing regular fly balls start jumping out. 

[BurntOrangeDriller]

Let’s go!!!

[Jedi Master Bevo]

25 minutes ago, CJ Vogel said:

Major fan here

But Cain left. How was this possible? 😆 🤣 

[Jedi Master Bevo]

https://x.com/i/status/2068384391160557961

[davisxcole]

Wait so what does this mean for Tinney? Isn’t he a junior 

[Longhornfrenzy]

Great get🤘🏻 Almost took my mind off of spending money on furniture for my new home 😁

[BurntOrangeDriller]

5 minutes ago, davisxcole said:

Wait so what does this mean for Tinney? Isn’t he a junior 

Tinney is a projected second round pick. He gone 

[HonkEm]

19 minutes ago, Texansarebetter said:

Thks for posting this...don't watch too much baseball, but one of my questions was>>>>was Tinney a liability behind the plate? He seemed to make a lot of errors in some of the games i've watched. This guy seems pretty good on defense.

[Texansarebetter]

Blake just said Armstrong is the #30 draft prospect for the 27’ draft. Guy is a stud🤘🏻

[Jeff Howe]

18 minutes ago, davisxcole said:

Wait so what does this mean for Tinney? Isn’t he a junior 

He'll be drafted high enough that he'll sign a professional contract. He's not coming back.

[Ace Recruiter]

So, we're not shutting down the program? Good to know.