OF Cannon Murtagh committed to the Hoos as part of the 2026 class this afternoon.
Murtagh is from Tampa and plays in one of the top programs in Florida.
He’s ranked 336 in the 2026 class at Perfect Game.
Like the rest of our 2026 commits of late, he’s a flip from Duke’s class.
Godbout signed for $1,093,800 (full slot) with the Red Sox
He’s not lying. My son went to miss st for a year and there is not 
to do outside of the campus. Fun as it gets on the weekend for sporting events. The food options are really bad. The weather is really bad compared to Cville. All I can say he will be fine at first but if he doesn’t Starkville can turn into a real dark place real fast. They take there sports to a whole other level.
One silver lining: 4 hours drive to NoLA
Damning with faint praise. Towns/cities inside of that mark: Biloxi, Pensacola, Baton Rouge, Gulf Shores, Mobile, and Bay St. Louis, all 3 hours and in, and all of which, outside of Bay St. Louis, I can personally attest have something, often lots, to offer. Living in a car in the parking lot of the Flora Bama bar puts you a little over 3 hours out and gives you immediate access to one of the greatest bars in the Southeast, but, regardless of proximity, that option still doesn’t feel like a good idea.
Mobile is a sneaky incredible town. Great food, good vibes, cool culture, and very pretty imo. Went for a wedding a couple years ago and was shocked how much I liked it. It kind of struck me as a combo of New Orleans and Charleston but ~half the size.
For a few years I had the state of MS as one of my clients and travelled the entire state. We were always able to find diamonds in the rough. I would add Jackson, Hattiesburg, Tupelo and Memphis to the list.
Still not the same as being 2 hours and change from DC or an hour from Richmond.
BA just put out a top 25 for next year. Has Miss St 4th and UVa 9th.
Kyle Teel hit his first MLB home run for the White Sox.
We continue to decimate Duke’s 2026 recruiting class as middle infielder Colton Guillot from Gulf Breeze, FL flips to the Hoos from Duke.
Guillot also pitched for his high school and was all state for Pensacola Catholic.
He’s currently ranked 435 in the 2026 class by Perfect Game.
Everyone who got drafted from our side has signed.
Really great Hoos On podcast with coach Pollard out. He says he expects to have a roster of 42 to 44 players to starts. Talks about a lot of this year’s players.
Yeah Preston does a good job of asking questions that allow CP to break down basically the whole roster. Couple scattered notes, would recommend listening to the whole thing though:
As an Orioles fan my off topic contribution to this thread is that Honeycutt has been horrible as a professional - 43% strikeout rate!
He was a great college player. Really electric but struck out a ton then too (30% rate I think).
The comments on the LHP issues got me to looking and our transfer commit from Cal Luthern (Frank Willius) has deleted his commitment post on X and lists himself as Gonzaga baseball on his IG profile.
So we lost one there.
Preston also seemed to imply that we lost two to the draft. We know Ryan Ure signed as an undrafted free agent but assuming he wasn’t confused about Willius (not on Baseball America’s undrafted free agent signing list), that potentially backs up that Wichita State LHP Brady Owens was inbound too before getting drafted.
Pollard’s other podcast appearance from today.
Doesn’t get into the roster weeds like he did with Preston, but more general talk and gets into ACC baseball in general and his background more.
Some good stories in here.
I think we have a lot of talented”if unproven” RHP’s. If it is really a scraping the bottom of the barrel with LHP at this point why not just go with what they have? Maybe a more talented RHP will fair better against a left handed batter than a mediocre or worse LHP.
Spend 5 minutes with someone from Mobile and they’ll let you know it’s the birthplace of Mardi Gras, not New Orleans.
20 Jayden Stroman
21 Noah Yoder
40 John Paone
Kinda thought each might be slightly higher.