***Texas Baseball Portal Thread (Thursday 12:10 PM Update)

[Hashtag]

30 minutes ago, .45s said:

Anybody heard whether any of the UVA portal entrants are not going to Miss. State with Brian O’Connor?  UVA didn’t do well this year, but they have some good players in the portal.

Depends on if UVA retains their hitting coach and hires him as HC

[.45s]

10 minutes ago, Hashtag said:

Depends on if UVA retains their hitting coach and hires him as HC

Would he be able to get them back out of the portal?  What I really meant was were they all going to Miss. State or was there a chance they were going somewhere else, such as Texas.

[Hashtag]

Farmer to the portal....

[HDub1995]

 

[TexasFanatic]

5 minutes ago, Hashtag said:

Farmer to the portal....

He was pretty 💩at the plate. Good defender though 

We will massively upgrade 

Edited 23 hours ago by TexasFanatic

[CJ Vogel]

7 minutes ago, Hashtag said:

Farmer to the portal....

I could only imagine how frustrating a year it was for Farmer.

[Jeff Howe]

Farmer deserves a lot of credit for the work he put in to get himself into the mix as a starter following the coaching change. When it comes to his replacement, however, I think Texas needs a corner outfielder who can either get on base more frequently (a .371 OBP with 25 walks and 10 HBP against 65 strikeouts) or provide more pop (44 total hits with 13 doubles and one home run, good for a .339 slugging percentage).

[texcoyote15]

11 minutes ago, Jeff Howe said:

Farmer deserves a lot of credit for the work he put in to get himself into the mix as a starter following the coaching change. When it comes to his replacement, however, I think Texas needs a corner outfielder who can either get on base more frequently (a .371 OBP with 25 walks and 10 HBP against 65 strikeouts) or provide more pop (44 total hits with 13 doubles and one home run, good for a .339 slugging percentage).

Jeff do they bring in someone to push Gasparino in CF?

[Hashtag]

1 minute ago, texcoyote15 said:

Jeff do they bring in someone to push Gasparino in CF?

You mean the portal? Hopefully

[Jeff Howe]

1 minute ago, texcoyote15 said:

Jeff do they bring in someone to push Gasparino in CF?

We'll see. I think the focus is on bringing in pieces rather than 1-for-1 replacements. Losing Belyeu, Galvan, Flores and Schuessler is a lot to replace in one offseason, even with access to the portal. Depth was one of Schloss' biggest concerns throughout the season, so I'm expecting a lot of roster turnover.

[jkates]

34 minutes ago, HDub1995 said:

 

That one sucks. I happen to think he's a better player than Gasparino and should have been our full-time CF about halfway through conference play. 

[Bevohorns]

Farmer leaving isn't surprising I expect the staff to look for upgrades. All great guys but they aren't good enough to make it to Omaha at least with the time they have left. If pierce would have developed them better previously I think it may have been differently. 

[Hashtag]

20 minutes ago, Jeff Howe said:

We'll see. I think the focus is on bringing in pieces rather than 1-for-1 replacements. Losing Belyeu, Galvan, Flores and Schuessler is a lot to replace in one offseason, even with access to the portal. Depth was one of Schloss' biggest concerns throughout the season, so I'm expecting a lot of roster turnover.

Borba to first, new guy to 3rd potentially because Borba isn't a good 3rd baseman. Flores is addition by subtraction as he was so bad hitting and defensively. 

[hornsfan55]

13 minutes ago, Hashtag said:

Borba to first, new guy to 3rd potentially because Borba isn't a good 3rd baseman. Flores is addition by subtraction as he was so bad hitting and defensively. 

ok, Flores is not addition by subtraction - I'm sorry but you didn't watch him the last few years if that's your takeaway. He had slumps and tough moments but he was a solid hitter (top 10 in school history for HRs) and if you're saying he was bad defensively after giving us countless web gems at SS, idk what to tell you 

[Hashtag]

13 minutes ago, hornsfan55 said:

ok, Flores is not addition by subtraction - I'm sorry but you didn't watch him the last few years if that's your takeaway. He had slumps and tough moments but he was a solid hitter (top 10 in school history for HRs) and if you're saying he was bad defensively after giving us countless web gems at SS, idk what to tell you 

How was he this season? Awful. Good he hit some home runs but he was trash in conference hitting .176 BA. Sorry not sorry but he wasn't good.

 

.239 BA - 11th on team
.808 OPS - 8th on team
.317 OB% - 13th on team
4th on team in strike outs

Tied for team lead in errors 
Above average in terms of fielding percentage. 


 

Edited 21 hours ago by Hashtag

[hornsfan55]

6 minutes ago, Hashtag said:

How was he this season? Awful. Good he hit some home runs but he was trash in conference hitting low 200s BA. Sorry not sorry but he wasn't good.

 

.239 BA - 11th on team
.808 OPS - 8th on team
.317 OB% - 13th on team
4th on team in strike outs

Tied for team lead in errors 
Above average in terms of fielding percentage. 


 

Don't change the parameters and just say this season now - he wasn't great this year, but overall he's not someone fun to replace with all of the production he's had at Texas 

 

I will give it to you - Borba is tough to watch at 3B 

[texcoyote15]

Schloss said on the Zone this morning that he would like to have Galvan and Flores.  Man Galvan would be great, but I’d like to get better at SS. 

[Hashtag]

4 minutes ago, hornsfan55 said:

Don't change the parameters and just say this season now - he wasn't great this year, but overall he's not someone fun to replace with all of the production he's had at Texas 

 

I will give it to you - Borba is tough to watch at 3B 

He was only good in 2024, he's been average at best 2/3 seasons and that's putting it politely. 

Edited 21 hours ago by Hashtag

[hookem1]

Borba ended up finishing the year at .951 and 5 errors on 27 PO. 

[Bevohorns]

9 minutes ago, hookem1 said:

Borba ended up finishing the year at .951 and 5 errors on 27 PO. 

He wasn't a good hitter though. I dont think our defense is why people want these guys replaced. I personally dont want borba as a set starter rather go get a hitter if possible that can take his spot or at least compete for it. You cant have these mid hitters on the lineup when other sec teams have both good hitters and good defenders 

[Blake Munroe]

Thursday 10:30 AM Update: I am expecting a handful of current players on roster to enter the portal relatively soon. 

[Ojeezy]

Just now, Blake Munroe said:

Thursday 10:30 AM Update: I am expecting a handful of current players on roster to enter the portal relatively soon. 

 

[Hashtag]

Just now, Blake Munroe said:

Thursday 10:30 AM Update: I am expecting a handful of current players on roster to enter the portal relatively soon. 

Sounds like Schloss wants to overturn the roster

[Hashtag]

Freshman Carson Luna and sophomore catcher Oliver Service have entered the portal. 3 so far today.

[CJ Vogel]

1 minute ago, Hashtag said:

Sounds like Schloss wants to overturn the roster

I think he wants his guys on the roster more than anything.