Quiet out there on Blanco.
He’s up in the Cape Cod League right now. Looks like he’s scheduled to pitch tomorrow.
He’s got some follows on X from coaches at TCU, LSU, Ole Miss, Kansas State, Central Michigan, Texas, FIU, FAU, Cincy, Boston College, Nicholls, Liberty, Oklahoma State, West Virginia, Memphis, Jacksonville, Tulane, VT and so on.
He’s given several follows back. But there’s not activity or noise out there that points to any school that I’m seeing.
64 Analytics current transfer class portal rankings.
Well if there’s one thing we know, those early and/or pre season rankings can be taken to the bank!
I will use all my powers to jinx them.
Is Arroyo still in the portal?
I believe so — I’d expect him to go pro regardless.
Any noise with returners or potential adds? Baseball recruiting is so hard to follow/find stuff
Most of baseball recruiting news is reporting what happened after the fact. Very few places cover it and even then it can be spotty. But sometimes there is a consensus like everyone expects Henry Ford to announce a commitment to Tennessee any time now.
Then most of what gets shared is stuff that people don’t want you to share on social media / message boards and even then it’s typically not about recruits setting up visits, about to commit, etc. Sometimes it is but that’s rare.
And even when there is info out in the rumor mill, it’s often contradictory. Eric Becker is a great example. Several UVA connections who often have spot on info all have different to slightly different takes on Becker. From the outside, several SEC schools have a slightly different mix of their schools in the hunt along with us.
In a way, that makes baseball recruiting fun. Just about everything that happens is a surprise and then the fun is doing the quick research to figure out what it is that you just got in the form of a commitment or transfer. There’s also a lot less in the way of emotional let down because you don’t exert much energy getting attached to recruits in advance.
The MLB draft then becomes the big, final boss lurking at the end. But if you pay attention to the stuff more than just a little, you learn prettty quickly when to write off a player, when to keep a little faith you may actually land them, or when to believe there’s not a need to worry about the draft. And then, sometimes a player blows up out of the blue and completely resets excpectations but eventually you just learn to roll with it because it’s the nature of the beast.
For UVA specifically, it’s basically out there that several players in the portal would be happy to return. There aren’t any hard names attached to that though.
From the non portal side, Luke Hanson has said that he’ll be back. I’ve heard that both Dean Kampschror and Kevin Jaxel are going to be back. The source on that is strong enough where I put them in as claimed roster spots on my tracker. Ryan Osinski is likely going to be back depending on how the draft goes. But since he’s open to the draft, which is the default position you should take on any 3rd year player if you follow this stuff, he’s not solidly enough in the boat to claim a roster spot in my own tracker.
Between MLB’s draft info and what’s generally out there on Noah Yoder, people feel pretty good he’s going to end up at school. Conversely, Nick Becker does not seem likely to end up in school based on the draft industry info and what’s out there.
Miss State thinks they have a good shot at getting Jack Bauer to school. That would make me pretty annoyed but there’s a pretty decent chance he ends up with arm trouble along the way too if you are just playing the odds.
Keith Law mentioned this in a chat a few days ago.
“I’ve gotten the consistent sense in the last month that high school lefty Jack Bauer, who has hit 102 mph this spring, is no longer likely to go in the first round as his control and his slider have both backed up, but if anyone does take Bauer in the first anyway it would be the Phillies.”
Who has pick 24?!?
Thank you so much!! @KarlHess think we get Eric back with all the inputs?
Ford announced his commitment to Tennessee. So now he’s got some $EC leverage for draft purposes.
In all but one of the scenarios I have heard, we are the constant team.
MG234 is pretty confident in our chances.
You just called that lmao! Really appreciate it sir!! Is Mg reliable? I’ve heard mixed stuff on him on 247….
Hit and miss with her. She doesn’t get into baseball predictions very often.
Had 0 idea it was a she! Thanks again for everything!
New transfer commit from Duke.
Rising 2nd year OF Zach Jackson from Georgia is the newest Hoo.
I don’t follow Duke anywhere closely enough to know how Duke used him, but it looks like he was mostly a pinch runner / defensive replacement.
He played in 16 games but only recorded 4 at bats. He delivered though as he was 2 for 4 with 2 RBI and 5 runs scored. OPB was .714 and his OPS was over 1.4.
Is de Jong the last of the major Duke commits who hasn’t committed elsewhere?