INF Casey Borba announces decision to return to school

[Blake Munroe]

Texas infielder Casey Borba has announced his return to school. As I had reported previously, Borba was on the fence about testing the MLB Draft, but was leaning toward returning to Austin. 

Now Jim Schlossnagle gets a veteran infielder back in the fold. 

 

[Jonas Peterson]

Damnit

[Longhornfrenzy]

Hopefully he can cut down on the strike outs. No problem with his defense, but those K's are rally killers

[CJ Vogel]

Just now, Longhornfrenzy said:

Hopefully he can cut down on the strike outs. No problem with his defense, but those K's are rally killers

Yep. Hopefully that's the focus for improvement. When he hits the ball, it's hit pretty dang hard. 

Rare to see an 18 homer cat hitting 8th in an order. But that's where improvement has to come.

[Longhornfrenzy]

Just now, CJ Vogel said:

Yep. Hopefully that's the focus for improvement. When he hits the ball, it's hit pretty dang hard. 

Rare to see an 18 homer cat hitting 8th in an order. But that's where improvement has to come.

Agreed. Honestly think he tends to struggle with the SEC pitching. Doesn't have a problem with the Tuesday night games

[Assistant Regional Manager]

1 minute ago, Jonas Peterson said:

Damnit

I’ll never understand comments like this when a player isn’t even bad.

Career .931 OPS while playing excellent defense. 

He had several other SEC teams telling him he had a spot if Texas didn’t want him back.

[Assistant Regional Manager]

2 minutes ago, Longhornfrenzy said:

Agreed. Honestly think he tends to struggle with the SEC pitching. Doesn't have a problem with the Tuesday night games

I was surprised a few weeks ago when I saw his OPS in SEC play (.925) actually ended up being better than his overall season one for the season (.919).

[Longhornfrenzy]

1 minute ago, Assistant Regional Manager said:

I was surprised a few weeks ago when I saw his OPS in SEC play (.925) actually ended up being better than his overall season one for the season (.919).

That is surprising 

[CJ Vogel]

That corner of grass by the left field pole at the Disch where the Cannon is held should just be called Borba's hill. He would have had 7 more home runs last year if those balls weren't like 10 feet foul.

[Bevohorns]

he was never going to be drafted lets be real lmaooo

[.45s]

5 minutes ago, CJ Vogel said:

That corner of grass by the left field pole at the Disch where the Cannon is held should just be called Borba's hill. He would have had 7 more home runs last year if those balls weren't like 10 feet foul.

You are right about that.  I think they have tried to get him out of that dead pull problem.  Also, a lot of his Ks come from having to take early pitches and getting behind a lot.  And with his not so great eye for the ball and bat control he is a sucker for those low and outside sliders and curve balls.  Those 81 Ks are nothing to sneeze at.  Of course they aren't in the Trey Faltine range but they need to be cut down.  He is a very good infielder and with a bit more plate work and discipline he can be a much better hitter.  

[Longhornfrenzy]

4 minutes ago, .45s said:

You are right about that.  I think they have tried to get him out of that dead pull problem.  Also, a lot of his Ks come from having to take early pitches and getting behind a lot.  And with his not so great eye for the ball and bat control he is a sucker for those low and outside sliders and curve balls.  Those 81 Ks are nothing to sneeze at.  Of course they aren't in the Trey Faltine range but they need to be cut down.  He is a very good infielder and with a bit more plate work and discipline he can be a much better hitter.  

Agreed.

[Bevohorns]

3 minutes ago, .45s said:

You are right about that.  I think they have tried to get him out of that dead pull problem.  Also, a lot of his Ks come from having to take early pitches and getting behind a lot.  And with his not so great eye for the ball and bat control he is a sucker for those low and outside sliders and curve balls.  Those 81 Ks are nothing to sneeze at.  Of course they aren't in the Trey Faltine range but they need to be cut down.  He is a very good infielder and with a bit more plate work and discipline he can be a much better hitter.  

This has been said about him for 2 years straight if he was like pack or any of the other draft players we have had in the past he would be better by now. 

[Robert Gilbert]

1 hour ago, Bevohorns said:

he was never going to be drafted lets be real lmaooo

There is no reason for this. A Longhorn, who is living the dream that 98% plus of us will never live, has decided to return to help our beloved Horns reach the ultimate goal. Please cheer for him and keep the negativity out of this. 

[bourbasted]

Yep, need to clean up the strikeouts, but I'm very excited about getting veteran leadership back on the team.  Don't underestimate how important it is to have guys on the roster who 'have been there'.  This is a good thing!  Welcome back, Casey!

[Austalgia]

Players improve also, the entirety of his career should be considered without recency bias.   Kody Clemens batted sub .250 with low single digit home runs his first 2 seasons, then broke out his junior year coming back.  

[horns96]

Glad he's back another year to get it straightened out at the plate.🤘

[GoHorns1]

Who is declaring for the draft?