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Exactly. Last year we lost 2 RB’s in the first couple of days of fall practice and we were extremely thin at RB the entire season. This year Goosby has an injury of some sort and our swing tackle is lost for the season so we are down to our 4th and 5th options at OT until Goosby is healthy. And our starting RT saw limited action last season as a true freshman. Like CJ said we are manufacturing depth with our top OL. In case of emergency, BREAK GLASS.

If Goosby can’t go or is injured again vs OSU, I think you are correct that they may want/need some experience at LT against OSU…..so hopefully we can avoid having our QB lit up in game one. After OSU we have 3 non conference games then a bye week before we play Florida.

It’s more difficult to find good rankings for HS baseball. The MLB pre draft rankings might be good but you have both college and HS players ranked that you have to sort thru. And it’s hard to know how much they take sign-ability into account when ranking HS players. Perfect Game is the easiest for me. Even the football rankings vary by service and there are much more resources available.

Here are the national rankings for those that were drafted and signed MLB contracts. Perfect Game rankings: 6 - Kayson Cunningham (SS) (1st rd pick) 10 - Gavin Fien (3B) (1st rd pick) 57 - Mitchell (P) (13th rd) 145 - Grayson Boles (RHP) (18th round)

Here are the Perfect Game national rankings for the signees. Anthony Pack was the highest ranked at 32. 32 - Anthony Pack (OF) 47 - Sam Cozart (RHP) 62 - Brett Crossland (RHP) 81 - Cooper Rummel (RHP) 135 - Jack McKernan (LHP) 162 - Brody Walls (RHP) 169 - Kaleb Rogers (RHP) 194 - Grady Westphal (RHP) 228 - Maddox Monsour (OF) 241 - William Hill (OF) 274 - Michael Winter (RHP) 277 - Presley Courville (C) 358 - Jadyn Furgason (RHP) 500 - Jack Paris (RHP)

The impact will most likely come from the transfers. Aiden Robbins (OF) transferred to Texas and has a chance to be really good. He won the Cape Cod summer league batting title. One pitcher to watch is true freshman Sam Cozart. He performed well the West Virginia Black Bears in the MLB Draft summer league. He started 4 games, 19 IP, 2.37 ERA, 26 strikeouts, and 2 BB.

Freeman is not only a good hitter but he provides a ton of lineup versatility/flexibility. He can play OF, INF and C if necessary. Those types of players are hard to find. Ashton Larson may not provide the same power as Moroknek but Larson was very good as a freshman in the SEC. He was injured for a portion of this season. Grubbs, Luke Harrison and Riojas are returning. And some talented freshman pitchers will be here to compete. Aiden Robbins has been good in the Cape Cod league so far. Hitting around .300 with 4 HR, 6 doubles and a triple. Larson and Robbins were both selected for the Cape Cod All-Star game (Saturday, July 19th)

Don’t disagree but when politicians (whichever party) inject themselves into the middle of our sport it makes it more difficult.

Probably just me but was he recruited to the portal? Let’s see where he ends up. LSU, Ark and Tenn are looking for pitchers. Other teams are probably looking also. It’s possible it was mutual but the timing seems odd. Plus the mods were caught off guard.

Hard to know but you are probably right. Moffett has looked good in summer league but started on Tuesday and only made it thru one inning. He threw 36 pitches (19 for strikes) and gave up 2 runs on 2 hits and 2 walks. His inning: Walk, stolen base Single, run scores Stolen base Single Strikeout Sac fly, run scores Walk Strikeout

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Oliver Service entered the portal in early June IIRC. I am too lazy to look it up though…lol

They “might” look for another pitcher. They like the pitchers they just signed but we may have to sweat out the draft on some of them. Aiden Moffett has also looked good in summer league in relief. 4 appearances, 5.1 innings pitched, 1.69 ERA, allowed one hit with 10 K’s and 3 BB. Here is Moffett from a few days ago.

In 2025 he hit .348, with 17 HR, 53 RBIs, 13 doubles, 34 BB, 40 SO, and a OPS of 1.251

Some of you guys are aholes. We need help at SS and Schloss wanted him. Not a power hitter but he hit 330, had 11 doubles, 2 triples, one HR and 6 sacrifice flies. You live and die in the portal when you get commitments from top shortstops in the country that get drafted as a top 10-15 overall MLB draft pick. They rarely make it to campus. In 2024 Bryce Rainer (SS) was selected 11th overall. This year our infield commitments are SS Kayson Cunningham (projected top 10-15 MLB draft pick) and 3B Gavin Fien (projected top 20 to 25 overall).

I hope they pick up next year where they left off. This season Freeman was the NCAA leader with 28 doubles. While hitting .422 Robbins had 5 triples and 20 stolen bases and didn’t make an error all season. The HR totals from Livingston, Moroknek and Freeman are impressive. I hope they translate against SEC pitching.

Luke Dotson (P) lefthander, from Miss St 2025 stats 3.09 ERA, 23.1 innings pitched, 34 SO, 12 BB Josh Livingston (1B/3B) bats left, from Wichita St 2025 stats, 56 games, .284 batting ave, 15 HR, 10 doubles, 48 RBI’s, .958 OPS, 55 SO, 28 BB, 16 HBP Jack Moroknek (OF) bats left, from Butler 2025 stats, 54 games, .372 batting ave, 18 HR, 16 doubles, 57 RBI’s, 1.145 OPS, 41 SO, 26 BB Kaleb Freeman (OF/2B) bats both, from Georgia St 2025 stats, 56 games, .349 batting ave, 16 HR, 28 doubles, 46 RBI’s, 1.236 OPS, 48 SO, 56 BB Aiden Robbins (OF) bats right, from Seton Hall 2025 stats, 53 games, .422 batting ave, 6 HR, 19 doubles, 5 triples, 38 RBI’s, 1.189 OPS, 32 SO, 44 BB I used OPS because it combines on base plus slugging percentage. A higher OPS shows a better picture of how productive they are offensively.

Summer ball. Diving catch by Winfield.