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The writing has been on the wall for all of these guys so far (With the possible exception of Courville—I really hoped we'd give him a chance and spend that cash elsewhere, but that was just wish-casting, given what we know about Jim and catchers.) The biggest surprise to me is how long it's taken them to enter. I'm impatient for the churn! But for some reason, the baseball portal is just much slower overall. Remembering from last year: Leffew and Larsen were post-Cape additions, and Pendergrass was a spring enrollee. All were contributors this year. Not that I want us to repeat that per se, and be left scrambling after the draft in a month, but it does add some perspective.

Yes. Humiliating.

Great stuff from Burns + Flores in the pen. 5 IP, 1 run (that shouldn't have been a run — that's on Borba) is a great performance against this Vandy offense. Gave us a chance to win, unfortunately the offense didn't do its part

3 IP from Burns, with just one baserunner off a 64 exit velo cheapie, is a great sign

Embarrassing to get blanked by this Vandy staff through 6 innings. There's still time, but gotta find something we haven't yet

Great stuff from Thomas! Would be bigtime for him to become a trusted option in the thin pen

Burns faces the minimum. Nice work! When he's throwing strikes he's a beast

Man we're lucky Stillman isn't stretched out. Hopefully we can break out against some other guys

Pack has got to catch that.

Two almost-HRs from Robbins and Tinney (plus a barrel from Pack) — 0 runs for the horns Two almost-HRs from Vandy — 1 run, no outs, runner on third 😮‍💨 ...and then a real HR to bring em all in. Fck

to be fair to the original question, I think you're dodging the real question here. It seems the reasons you give here are secondary reasons: given that these players were leaving Texas, why they chose the specific transfer destinations they did (although reporting is that Lee did not actually go for the biggest bag, but that's a different storyline quibble). As nosy fans, we (I) want to know the real story on what happened in Nashville, and how it was/not handled and why, and the fallout that could have affect two shots at a championship with Madi (this year and now next year). That is the real ask. Realistically, we understand we likely won't be told, because we don't have inside sources like the one that told you in confidence, and because folks who do know are cooperating with keeping the real story buried. But that was the ask — not, for example, why Crump chose Duke against the field of other suitors but why she jumped into the transfer market in the first place. "End of story" is not just patently wrong but is giving "please stop looking at this, nothing to see here, we promise!" The silence from many different parties has been deafening (including lack of reporting), the vibes stink, and it's frustrating as a fan.

Need A-Rod and Doza to be the guys they're supposed to be here

Wow, what a weekend of run prevention. 2, 1, 2 runs given up. That'll play!

Good outing from Crossland. Jim seemed unhappy as he pulled him yesterday after the walk. Don't love the 2 out walk today either, but a nice inning and hopefully he's back on track!

More than you can ask of Harrison. Gutsy against those top lefties. That run should be unearned — it doesn't score without Robbins' base error — right?