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Texas commit Bryce Rainer is picked 11th overall to the Detroit Tigers. Most likely will not make it to campus.

Florida’s 1B/P Jac Caglianone goes 6th. 75 HR at UF - school record.

UGA 3B Charlie Condon goes 3rd overall to the Rockies. 37 HR in 2024.

The MLB Draft is live! Plenty of important decisions to make in terms of the 2025 Texas roster. Will keep this thread going throughout the next two days as we finally get some ideas of where Texas players and signees get drafted. Decisions to make: Jared Thomas – Drafted No. 42 to Colorado Lebarron Johnson Jr. – Drafted No. 139 to Colorado Jalin Flores Tanner Witt - 2024 Signees: SS Bryce Rainer – Drafted No. 11 to Detroit SS Theo Gillen – Drafted No. 18 to Tampa Bay RHP Levi Sterling – Drafted No. 37 to Pittsburgh RHP Jason Flores RHP Drew Rerick

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Wanted to share this. Check out these ratings for the Texas skill players. So many elite speed ratings — though a 93 for Jaydon Blue feels awfully slow.

Thanks for sharing! Good read

Five-star Lewisville OT Michael Fasusi will make his decision August 21 per Hayes Fawcett. Fasusi has a final five of Texas, Oregon, Missouri, Texas A&M and Oklahoma. However, we at OTF believe it is a Texas, Texas A&M and Oklahoma battle with the decision likely coming down in Red River Shootout fashion.

Yes, baseball.

It isn't him but he is a nice piece.

There remains one additional piece we are waiting to make an announcement. Texas fans will be pleased with this one.

90 mph is the same across every level. He’d contribute as a freshman

More than a year away to find out. But we will see.

Another tremendous addition to the future of the Texas Baseball program. Jim Schlossnagle and his staff have landed the No. 1 player in the state of Texas — Kayson Cunningham, an infielder out of San Antonio Johnson HS. Cunningham was previously committed to Texas Tech, though reopened his recruitment and made the decision to stay closer to home and pick the Longhorns.

100%, he’ll be lethal in the short game. Though he still has that take the roof off ability which is awesome

It fits!

Right around the corner!

I would think the staff is sick of losing out on recruits. And you all know the definition of insanity right?

I get it though. The guys Sarkisian and Jackson are pursuing out of the portal likely have NFL futures and tremendous malleability if you are able to land them out of HS. Luckily, and to your point, WR is the deepest position in the portal and there will almost never be a shortage there. Plus, Sarkisian's offense is very attractive to many WR.

Example of the YAC and body control on the short pass attempts.

Want to get a little more of a sneak peek in the next few weeks of what some of the new additions to the Texas roster in 2024. As we near the beginning of training camp, you will begin to hear more and more of newcomers and the roles they are beginning to fill. Today, I wanted to start with Oregon State transfer WR Silas Bolden. After going through all of the opening drives Sarkisian and the Longhorns had in 2023, I am left with the belief that you will see a lot of Silas Bolden early in ballgames. Texas ran some sort of a screen play on nearly 18% of their plays on opening drives a year ago. It is not uncommon for Sarkisian to get his quarterbacks into rhythm early by seeing an easy throw and catch via a screen or short pass attempt. *** Looking back at Bolden's numbers in 2023, I was actually a bit surprised by how little he was used behind the LOS. 80 total targets 17 – beyond 20 yards 25 – between 11–20 yards 31 – between 0–9 yards 7 – behind LOS Where Bolden did his most damage was under 10 yards. On 31 targets, he hauled in 25 passes for an 80.6% rate. And though, only seven of his targets came behind the LOS, he had a tremendous YAC rate. Now, YAC rates are skewed on these types of pass plays as you can only really go forward, but an 11.7 YPC rate on screens behind the LOS is certainly noteworthy. For comparison, Xavier Worthy had a 9.9 YPC mark on 26 receptions coming from 29 targets in 2023. On deep throws: Bolden is an interesting case study on deep pass attempts. He was targeted 17 times beyond 20 yards downfield, though only hauled in five receptions. Not a great hit rate. But looking further into the numbers, and well it is not much of a surprise as to why. Among those 17 targets, only two were classified as 'contested' by PFF. Meaning either Bolden was able to haul in the pass whilst being open downfield, or the ball was poorly thrown. Center of the Field That intermediate range is where Bolden made his money a year ago, and luckily for him, he is now matched up with the best in the country at throwing passes between 10–20 yards. Bolden on passes between 0-20 yards over the middle of the field: 56 targets 40 receptions 71.4% completion 466 yards 11.65 YPC Most importantly above anything else, only two drops on 80 targets in 2023. Reliable with plenty of room for explosivity in 2024. I would expect to see plenty of Silas Bolden early on in the season and more specifically, early in ballgames throughout the season.

Wonder if his mind has changed in the last 3 weeks...