Luke The Drifter said:

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My advice to your friends who were on the roster but didn't get to go to Omaha: Play better, improve your skills, *earn* one of the NCAA-mandated maximum 27 available spots.

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This is the way. Jordan Thompson made sure he wrote his own name into the lineup when he wasn't getting any playing time at all, and never looked back. There was plenty of time early in the year for a young player to step up at every position on the infield, with the exception of first base. it never happened. Now you have an infield coming back that will include the likes of Ryan Targac, Kalae Harrison, Hunter Haas, Kaeden Kent, Kaikea Harrison, Trevor Werner, and potentially Conner Weigman. Not a ton of room at the inn, and all the guys listed are pretty high ceiling guys.

Hornbeck said:

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powerbelly said:

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I'm pretty sure NCAA limits post-season roster size to 27.

What do you propose the coaches do?

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They were on Regional and Super Regional rosters

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I think 32 or 33 are allowed on regional and super regional rosters, but I'm not 100% certain of that.

Either way, Schloss was taking the 27 players he felt best suited to get us wins in Omaha.

Hornbeck said:

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If those guys were just cut from the travel roster, I'm betting their parents would (and even them) have understood. Have you even been on a collegiate level athletic team? Real easy to be glib.

To be recruited by Childress, get begged to stay by Schloss, play all season, then get cut *from the team* right before CWS? They had a problem with that.

I was just trying to answer a poster's question.

Why on earth would any Aggie be in the portal right now? They got kicked out.

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You're displaying a complete lack of knowledge of how scholarships work in baseball. Once they don't make the Omaha roster, their year is over. If they are not going to be extended a scholarship in the Fall, the sensible thing to do is to let them know so that they can start looking for a space elsewhere. This happens every year with every team. How would it be a good thing for the kids to say, "We don't need you in Omaha but we'll see you in the Fall," when the staff has made the decision that this player isn't going to be a part of the plans for next year? It's not.

If you've got a problem with annual renewable scholarships, take it up with the NCAA. The rest of us are not living in your fantasy world where once a kid makes the team as a freshman, they've got four years guaranteed on the roster.

Hornbeck said:

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powerbelly said:

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I'm pretty sure NCAA limits post-season roster size to 27.

What do you propose the coaches do?

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They were on Regional and Super Regional rosters

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So....there were other players sitting with the parents in the stands for regionals and supers that are now back in uniform. Everyone agrees that it hurts and it sucks. To pretend like every last anecdotal detail you described isn't happening all over the country, is being pretty intellectually dishonest.

Hornbeck said:

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If those guys were just cut from the travel roster, I'm betting their parents would (and even them) have understood. Have you even been on a collegiate level athletic team? Real easy to be glib.

To be recruited by Childress, get begged to stay by Schloss, play all season, then get cut *from the team* right before CWS? They had a problem with that.

I was just trying to answer a poster's question.

Why on earth would any Aggie be in the portal right now? They got kicked out.

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Would you rather our coach wait until after Omaha and after seeing what transfers are coming in, or letting them go now when all but eight schools are reviewing the transfer portal and making offers?

It'd be more selfish of schloss to let them dangle for another 2-3 weeks than to have a tough conversation and let them start looking for other opportunities at the best possible time where the maximum amount of opportunities are out there for them.

Have my doubts you're an Ag but if so this is the reality of D1 baseball. I don't envy the coaches for having to have those discussions and feel greatly for the kids that didnt make the cut but this is life.

Hornbeck said:

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"have my doubts you're an ag"

…and people wonder why there's sociology Papers written about Texags

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I don't think I have ever wondered that.

Same

Just in case there was any doubt, now we all know he's a troll

Aggies#1 said:

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Not sure what to think of yet on losing this many top 10 freshman players from the state that entered the portal. We are potentially losing 5 of the top 10 ranked players from the 2021 Texas class…

2021 State of Texas Class Rankings per PBR
#1 Jordan Lawlar (Vandy) MLB 1st Round Draft Pick 6
#2 Issac Pacheco (A&M) MLB 2nd Round Draft Pick 39
#3 Rawley Hector (A&M) Signed NOW PORTAL
#4 Ryan Johnson (Dallas Baptist] Signed and SP/RP, 3-2, 58 IP, 4.30 ERA
#5 Hagen Smith (Arkansas) Signed and SP/RP, Pitched against A&M in a Win, 6-2, 72 IP, 4.85 ERA
#6 Austin Stracener (A&M) Signed NOW PORTAL
#7 Tyler Lee (was committed to A&M, don't know what happened to this guy…, did he get cut?)
#8 Hudson White (Texas Tech) Signed and Starting Catcher 215 AB, 6 HR, 35 RBI, .260 BA
#9 Ty Hodge (A&M) Signed NOW PORTAL
#10 Will Rizzo (A&M) Signed NOW PORTAL

Jack Hamilton was at #6 until he got hurt his senior year playing ball. NOW PORTAL

I did not put any stats next to the A&M players because they really didn't do anything. So why is it that Texas A&M is the only team that could not make a big splash with a Top 10 Texas Player? Hell we had 5 of them. Now in fairness, we did have a couple of Texas Freshman contributors in Ryan Prager and Brad Rudis.

Something's not right here… you don't go 0-5 here with the Top 10 and other known programs (more established than A&M in baseball lately) go 1-1… and all of our guys end up in the portal…

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Don't get too caught up in "rankings" in baseball. Lots of those high rankings are weighted on outside factors. Ie…

60 times, velo from outfield, pop times, velo off the bat in a batting cage.

Being familiar with a couple names from your list specifically….You'd never understand how and why they were rated high after watching them actually play. Basically "Showcase" kids.

"Perfect game" for instance, it's fairly common to raise your grade if you go to multiple showcases. Just keep paying thos $600+ registration fees and you've got a good shot to getting a good grade.

Plus if Schloss can replace multi year "projects" with good portal contributors - then I'm sure he will.

And once again, all of the Aggies that were listed in the portal are not listed anymore.

Hornbeck said:

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powerbelly said:

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I'm pretty sure NCAA limits post-season roster size to 27.

What do you propose the coaches do?

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They were on Regional and Super Regional rosters

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Who are you specifically talking about? Who has been playing all year and is now no longer on the team?

It seems Hornbeck must be pals with the Hodge family. If Schloss cut Hodge, thats unfortunate as I think a number of us had high hopes for him based on some fall reports. However, in his 18 at bats this year, he got 1 hit and 1 walk to go along with 11 k's. There is no way he was going to see any action in Omaha so its not a surprise at all he would get left off the roster.

I am a little surprised we took Lovett and Majors over Hamilton and Hector but Hector gave up multiple runs in each of his last 6 outtings whereas Majors only gave up 3 runs total in his last 5 outtings. Schloss may view Majors and Lovett as better options in situational spots or maybe they have been throwing better in practice (none of the 4 have gotten much action in May/June).

Hornbeck said:

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Tell that to them. Several players were upset about the timing, from what I understand.

Couple that with the way Schloss handled Dettmer, and I'm not sold on the new skipper.

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I don't know them, if I did that is exactly what I'd tell them. They got cut, it sucks but its better you found out now before options start closing, let's figure out what the next step is.

I think there is a lot of confusion on this thread but since I was one of the ones that asked the question early in the thread, I feel satisfied with the answer. The best I can gather is that these players did not just up and decide to enter the transfer portal right before Omaha which is what I thought. It makes more sense that they didn't make the CWS roster and A) decided to enter the portal or B) were encouraged to enter the portal.

I presume it's possible that a younger player doesn't make the CWS roster but has potential and doesn't enter the portal. He just knows he has to work hard to earn playing time. That happens everywhere in life.

As for the posters who personally know kids/parents that are upset about how they were treated, I would imagine it is different for every situation and I don't pretend to know the ins and outs of every player's situation.

With all of that being said, I have learned a lot from this thread so I appreciate the posters who answered my question.

I have officially entered the transfer portal. Thank you to everyone at Texas A&M for their help and support over the past year. Excited for this next step.

— Will Rizzo (@WillRizzo3) June 20, 2022

Farmer1906 said:

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Hornbeck said:

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"have my doubts you're an ag"

…and people wonder why there's sociology Papers written about Texags

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I don't think I have ever wondered that.

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I haven't wondered either nor do I really care. I can see why this site triggers the sociology types.

Saw in another post but looks as if Joey Powell, Catcher from Cincinnati has committed

https://www.instagram.com/tv/CfFOaC1lKRE/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

TexAg1822 said:

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Saw in another post but looks as if Joey Powell, Catcher from Cincinnati has committed

https://www.instagram.com/tv/CfFOaC1lKRE/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

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Interesting. Not quite Troy Claunch from what I can tell but solid. He will be a 4th year junior next season.

RS-Soph stats:
.326 batting average
5 HR
4 triples, 12 doubles (both 2nd place on his team)
.996 OPS
39 k's / 22 BB's
No errors defensively and 5 PB's as well as 12/27 catching base stealers.

Hornbeck said:

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Tell that to them. Several players were upset about the timing, from what I understand.

Couple that with the way Schloss handled Dettmer, and I'm not sold on the new skipper.

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So much LOL. Not sold on a coach that led us to our best season ever. In year 1! LOL

AggieBB said:

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Hornbeck said:

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Tell that to them. Several players were upset about the timing, from what I understand.

Couple that with the way Schloss handled Dettmer, and I'm not sold on the new skipper.

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So much LOL. Not sold on a coach that led us to our best season ever. In year 1! LOL

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Yea, he sure handled Dettmer poorly vs. Notre Dame, didn't he?

Well, he does have 'horn' in his username so maybe that explains it.

Joey Powell is a bigger pick up than folks are giving credit for - any catcher batting over .300 is a plus at that position. I know it's AAC competition (not SEC) but this was a "good get".