I think those are the ones. Maybe Lanzendorfer too if he actually has eligibility left.
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Guess you missed last postseason. Always frustrated me how his struggles always seemed to be amplified, even exaggerated by some fans. He had a really solid career for us.
Still think he’s not a finished product. He lost his command too much but I think that’s something that will get fixed easily at the next level. He probably doesn’t have the stuff to be a closer, and can’t go 3x through a lineup to be a starter, but I think he’s a guy that will ultimately pound the strike zone as a middle reliever.
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Honestly the main thing he needs to fix is his delivery time, and learning a slide step from the stretch. If he isn’t such a liability when it comes to giving up steals he’ll have a shot as a reliever.
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Speaking of Augustin…
https://x.com/matt_augustin/status/1938238821914861729?s=46&t=IIkkMqQ8qIBkUJTInsw88Q
Nice to get him back in the fold.
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Any health update on him? He’s a game changer if healthy but a big if.
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follow up-- what positions would you like us to build up more with the remaining roster spots? Catcher? Pitching?
Buchanan was at the Pollard intro press conference, but his name is still in the portal according to D1 Baseball. Tough to read seems like he’s pretty low key on social media.
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The last I heard was that the injury was severe, which should come as no surprise given he missed the entire season. No idea on a timetable or anything.
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@chavlicek15 what’s your nephew doing?
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Definitely need a catcher for depth, would be surprised if we don’t add another one via the portal. Need some more LHP in the bullpen, and probably another transfer that can at least battle for a weekend rotation spot. Preferably a veteran arm.
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Current roster picture:
OUT OF ELIGIBILITY:
- RHP Jay Woolfolk (Drafted 12th round by the Braves)
- C Jacob Ference
- RHP Alex Markus
- RHP Wes Arrington
4TH YEARS WHO MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE ELIGIBILITY LEFT:
- LHP Matthew Buchanan
- LHP Blake Barker
MOVING ON FROM THE PROGRAM:
- LF Harrison Didawick
DRAFT ELIGIBLE 2ND/3RD/4TH YEARS:
- 3B Luke Hanson (Drafted 15th round by the Rangers)
- RHP Ryan Osinski (Drafted 17th round by the Yankees)
- RHP Jack O’Connor (Drafted 8th round by the Dodgers)
- RHP Kevin Jaxel
- LHP Dean Kampschror
RETURNING PLAYERS:
- RHP Charlie Oschell
- RHP Drew Koenen
- RHP Michael Yaeger
- RHP Nate Bassett
- SS Eric Becker
- OF Aiden Harris
- RHP Matt Augustin
- 1B Antonio Perrotta
- UTL Tommy Roldan
- RHP Joe Colucci
UVA PORTAL ENTRIES:
- UTL Max Prozny (Committed to Georgia Southern)
- OF Isaac Vanderwoude (Committed to Belmont)
- LHP Bradley Hodges (Committed to South Carolina)
- OF Will Broderick
- LHP Tomas Valincius (Committed to MSU)
- LF James Nunnallee (Committed to MSU)
- UTL Chone James (Committed to MSU)
- RHP Auggie Richie (Committed to Washington State)
- RF Henry Ford (Committed to Tennessee)
- LHP Evan Blanco (Committed to Tennessee)
- C Trey Wells (Committed to Rutgers)
- 1B Chris Arroyo
- CF Aidan Teel (Committed to MSU)
- RF Walker Buchanan
- IF Jackson Sirois (Committed to Maryland)
- RHP Bryson Moore (Committed to FSU)
- LHP Matt Lanzendorfer (Drafted 15th round by the Dodgers)
- LHP William Kirk (Committed to MSU)
- 2B Henry Godbout (Drafted 2nd round by the Red Sox)
DUKE PORTAL ENTRIES:
- C Macon Winslow (Committed to UNC)
- SS Andrew Bell
- LHP Owen Proksch (Drafted 9th round by the Rangers)
- RHP Gabe Nard (Committed to FSU)
- RHP Bryce Brannon
- LHP Mark Hindy
- LHP Andrew Healy (Drafted 9th round by the Brewers)
- RHP Collins Black (Committed to NCST)
- RHP Aidan Weaver
- C Jay Slater (Committed to Northwestern)
PORTAL COMMITS:
- CF AJ Gracia (Duke)
- UTL Kyle Johnson (Duke)
- 1B Sam Harris (Duke)
- IF Noah Murray (Duke)
- LHP Henry Zatkowski (Duke)
- LHP Max Stammel (Duke)
- OF Zach Jackson (Duke)
- C Jake Weatherspoon (Indian River State College)
- 2B Joe Tiroly (Rider)
- LHP Frank Willius (Cal Lutheran)
- RHP Tyler Kapa (Eastern Michigan)
- C Noah Jouras (Davidson)
- LHP Ryan Ure (Oklahoma State)
INCOMING HS CLASS:
- RHP Noah Yoder
- OF/RHP Jayden Stroman
- SS Nicky Becker (Drafted 2nd round by the Mariners)
- OF Griffin Enis
- OF LJ Edwards
- SS RJ Holmes
- C Thomas O’Connell
- RHP Christian Lucarelli
- RHP Thomas Stewart
- RHP John Paone
- OF Bryce Neely
- RHP Chris Worley
- SS Will Huggins
- OF Will Mahala
- RHP Ryan Prior
- RHP Ben Schulman
Reposting this as I’m no longer able to edit the other post.
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Thanks for the list!
By my count, we have 8 returners, 11 portal commits, 14 HS commits and 5 draft eligible which is 38 spots. 4-5 of the HS commits are draft risks. If we lose 10 to the draft, we’ll have 6 spots to fill.
And chances are very high we’re not losing 10 to the draft. Hanson has already said he’s planning on coming back, am just including him as part of the draft eligible list in case some team takes a late flier on him. The other draft eligible guys I all expect back as well, maybe someone takes a chance on O’Connor but given he’s currently injured I highly doubt it.
As of right now I’d say the absolute most players we lose from our HS class is four. Becker and Stroman aren’t complete lost causes but I wouldn’t bank on either of them making it here. Paone is in the range where I’d say he probably goes to college but it’s not a sure thing, could still go either way. By many different accounts Yoder is set on going to school so am confident with him but wouldn’t say it’s a 100% guarantee. Holmes and O’Connell are only listed as maybe draft risks because of their ranking on Perfect Game, they haven’t shown up on any draft lists that I’ve checked so we should be good there. And Mahala is well out of the range that I’d typically expect a HSer to go pro, was surprised to even see him on Future Stars’s list.
This is strictly a vibe I’m getting, but it feels like we’re not quite done yet in terms of portal attrition. We’re gonna have to make space for some necessary additions, to be honest I’m a little surprised that we took Kapa from Eastern Michigan given how our current roster construction looks. Not to say he’s a terrible add but we are running out of room and I didn’t view a RHP option as a necessity unless they view him as a potential starter on the weekend.
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I forgot that part of the House settlement was roster limit exemptions for people who would’ve otherwise been cut from the team, so 34s not a hard cap. Guys might still choose to leave if they see that they won’t play and have to pay for school 100% themselves, but we don’t have to force attrition to make roster room.
Yeah it won’t be forced but I’m still a bit surprised at a couple of the names that have stuck around.
https://x.com/PrestonWillett/status/1938257765970936170
Summation of the MLB.com draft rankings update.
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Actually he might have been better off just doing baseball–pitched much better after devoting all his time to it. May have worked out some more of the kinks earlier if he hadn’t straddled two sports.
So the first 105 are pretty sure bets to be gone (if they get drafted there). How likely is it that someone projected rounds 5 and higher to go if they are HS or still have leverage?
(I know how things worked historically but with NIL not sure if the calculus has changed)
best part of this is that he’s from Miss and Oak had to have had his eye on him I’d think. But a guy with a 4.31 and 33 ACT (that’s like 98th percentile) understands value of a UVa degree.
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