Hopefully 3B
Good read on the staff’s offseason approach.
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The window to enter the portal officially closed yesterday. Will give it another day to see if there’s any late entries but I’m not seeing any new names on 64analytics’ transfer board.
Mentioned it a couple times in this thread but I’m very surprised at a few of the names who decided to stick around. Interested to see how the roster number works itself out.
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MLB.com released their top 250 draft rankings. Of note to us…
- 19th. OF AJ Gracia
- 21st. 3B Bo Lowrance (HS commit)
- 41st. SS Eric Becker
- 148th. 2B/3B Joe Tiroly
- 151st. LHP Kyle Johnson
Will Yow was dropped from the list after taking his name out of the draft, was ranked 108th in the last iteration of the rankings. Neither Clatur nor Loggie being listed is a good sign for us, could still be risks depending on how much new eligibility rules change the draft dynamic but strictly going off past history I’d say we have a good shot at seeing both on Grounds. Am also beginning to get more confident we see Sam Harris return, again not a guarantee but his stock hasn’t been particularly high across these lists this offseason.
I’ve actually heard that Lowrance will have a very high asking price come draft day which I found interesting, but he’s been getting pretty consistent first round grades the past month so it likely won’t matter to us.
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Am gonna repost the roster tracker from the top of the thread as I’ve ran out of edits on the original post. Wall of text incoming.
OUT OF ELIGIBILITY:
- C Noah Jouras
- RHP Kevin Jaxel
- RHP Joe Colucci
- RHP Lucas Hartman
- OF Harrison Didawick
- LHP Dean Kampschror
- RHP Tyler Kapa
DRAFT ELIGIBLE (chance of going pro in my opinion):
- OF AJ Gracia (very high)
- INF Eric Becker (very high)
- LHP/OF Kyle Johnson (high)
- INF Joe Tiroly (high)
- 1B/OF Sam Harris (medium)
- 1B/OF Antonio Perrotta (low)
- C Jake Weatherspoon (low)
- RHP Nate Bassett (low)
- LHP Tommy Roldan (very low)
- INF Noah Murray (very low)
- RHP Charlie Oschell (very low)
RETURNING PLAYERS:
- C Will Broderick
- INF RJ Holmes
- C Thomas O’Connell
- LHP Henry Zatkowski
- OF Zach Jackson
- OF Will Mahala
- RHP Noah Yoder
- RHP John Paone
- LHP Brendan Cowen
- INF/OF Bryce Neely
- RHP Michael Yeager
- RHP Ryan Prior
- RHP Thomas Stewart
- RHP Christian Lucarelli
- LHP Max Stammel
TRANSFERS OUT:
- RHP Matt Augustin (Charlotte)
- RHP Ben Schulman (Dartmouth)
- OF LJ Edwards (Indian River State College)
- OF Will Huggins
- RHP/INF Jayden Stroman (Georgia Tech)
- INF/OF Aiden Harris (VCU)
- OF Griffin Enis (Dallas Baptist)
- RHP Christopher Worley
- RHP Drew Koenen (Charlotte)
TRANSFERS IN:
- LHP John Downing (Seton Hall) John Downing - Baseball - Seton Hall University Athletics
- OF Sal Mineo (Delaware) Sal Mineo - Baseball - University of Delaware Athletics
- LHP Joey Giordano (Richmond) Joey Giordano - Baseball - University of Richmond Athletics
- LHP Serigne Sarre (Mount St. Mary’s) Serigne Sarre - 2026 - Baseball - Mount St. Mary’s University
- INF/C Michael Elko (Richmond) Michael Elko - Baseball - University of Richmond Athletics
- INF Reid Howard (Western Kentucky) Reid Howard - Baseball - Western Kentucky University Athletics
- OF Jordan Crosland (Maryland) Jordan Crosland - Baseball - University of Maryland Athletics
- RHP Robbie Lee (Denison) Robbie Lee - 2026 - Baseball - Denison University
HS COMMITS (PG ranking and potential draft risk):
61st. 3B Bo Lowrance (extremely high draft risk)
108th. SS Will Yow
116th. RHP Wyatt Clatur (low draft risk)
136th. SS Bryant James (low draft risk)
174th. LHP Sean Loggie (low draft risk)
230th. SS Sal Garcia
254th. RHP Griffin Loy
266th. RHP Wes Peterson
283rd. RHP Quinn Showalter
303rd. Pierce Quinn
358th. C Bradley McCafferty
474th. OF Cannon Murtagh
501-1000. C Barrett Bucholz
501-1000. LHP Cole Duhaime
501-1000. SS Colton Guillot
Overall class rank pre-draft: 9th in the country
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Removed Nick Stutzman from our recruiting class, he has flipped to App State.
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Are any of the transfer ins draft risk?
I think there’s a shot Crosland or Elko get picked day two but I haven’t seen either show up on any draft rankings. Also believe Reid Howard is a draft eligible sophomore but would be surprised if he gets taken.
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What’s the plan for 3B? I’m also assuming the staff have full confidence in weatherspoon behind the plate…
I wonder if it is Elmo at 3B and Yow or Holmes at 2B.
That’s very possible. From the article I posted above by Greg Madia, it sounds like the non 1B infield spots are going to be an open competition. We probably should toss Bryant James into the mix too.
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Any chance in hell Bo Lawrence ends up at UVa/3rd? I wanna dream big
I do not have high expectations on Lowrance if he stays in the draft. I think if we are going to pull a miracle and land him, he’ll withdraw this next week and make it academic.
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The only chance we have of seeing Lowrance on Grounds is if his asking price is a 1st round slot value and teams aren’t showing willingness to sign him for that much in the leadup to the draft. But based off how much he’s raised his stock over the past six months I think it’s highly likely he gets taken early.
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No way he makes it to grounds right?
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Once I read “Top 40” recruit for 2027 I assumed it was over, haha. We can hope though.
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Hi @gooddoyouwor. Are you friends of @janooon ? Do you have any thoughts about basketball too?
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https://twitter.com/chasejusticetv/status/2074611386512977952?s=46&t=lMa7F-gR141SbjqqmdY87A
Sounds pretty set on going in the draft. Really wanted him to start at 3B for us
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I thought baseball players can get drafted and then decide if they want to take whatever MLB might offer vs. go to college. Maybe I am misunderstanding how it works, but why would you withdraw if that’s the case? I’ll admit I’m no expert so maybe I am missing a nuance.