Who do we want?


1379 college baseball players entered the portal before Noon. Today is Day One

Need a 1b and a Friday night guy.

ReggieF said:

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Need a 1b and a Friday night guy.

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I want a LH 1B who switch hits and hits dingers…

Prager and Cortez are draft risks, correct? I assume Aschenbeck and Rudis are gone?

Regardless, I think Schloss & Max will be very active for pitchers

I believe Rudis has another year.

Someone else can correct me if I'm wrong (and I'm sure we'll get the Aggies vs. the MLB Draft thread when the season ends), but I think this is where we stand right now:

Sure-Fire MLB Draft Losses:

• Montgomery
• Prager
• Cortez

Draft-Eligible, Could Return:

• Camarillo
• Armstrong
• Wansing (Possible medical retirement?)
• Jones
• Rudis
• Stewart
• Tracy (Still on the team? Redshirt?)
• Appel (Covid/Ivy League)
• Schott (Covid/Ivy League)

Seniors:

• Chestnut ***Petitioning for an extra year, tbd***
• Targac
• Burton
• Bard
• Aschenbeck ***Petitioning for an extra year, tbd***
• Peery
• Badmaev

EDIT: Added notes to Chestnut and Aschenbeck based on reporting that they are petitioning for an extra year.

We need a spreadsheet!

Gavin Kash, Texas Tech is entering the portal

https://www.instagram.com/p/C7w1jtHO0eT/?igsh=MW8xYWg0eDRzMjEzbg==

https://texastech.com/sports/baseball/roster/kashgavin/12739

He hit .327 with 26 HR in 2023 and .300 with 15 HR this year.
Played 1B and hit cleanup for tech.

The guy from Tech will be a legit addition to whoever gets him

But he was a sip, transferred to tech and now in the portal again

#TexasTech’s Gavin Kash has entered the transfer portal.

Kash hit 41 home runs in his two seasons as a Red Raider, tallying 135 RBIs while batting .314 over his Tech career. pic.twitter.com/XysQ11m9Fq

— RedRaiderSports.com (@RedRaiderSports) June 3, 2024

Prager likely gone but does have some negotation room with being draft eligible soph. Makes complete sense to go depending on where he goes in draft. But perfect example of NIL and still have huge chance to move up in draft could come back.

Still I believe he will sign

Prager has another leverage year …. If he gains 10 pounds and a couple of mph's on his fastball he could be a top 20 pick next year . As of now ( 1 year removed from major arm surgery ) he is a 3rd rounder . He needs to come back and make some serious $$$ next year as a 1st rounder.

OKCAGS said:

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Prager has another leverage year …. If he gains 10 pounds and a couple of mph's on his fastball he could be a top 20 pick next year . As of now ( 1 year removed from major arm surgery ) he is a 3rd rounder . He needs to come back and make some serious $$$ next year as a 1st rounder.

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I actually think there's a fair shot at this (speaking totally out of my ass). But more importantly, given the experience our staff has, I'm comfortable saying that they will lay out all the data, the likely options - long term, financial, etc, provide the best info to the kids and then respect their decisions. Which is exactly what they should do.

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. If he gains 10 pounds and a couple of mph's

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Schloss alluded to this very thing in his comments about his (Prager's) performance vs tu. Perhaps he can sway him to return. Either way, I expect Schloss to hafta turn away some talented players wanting to come here. Feels like he almost has his pick, and if/when we make another good run in Omaha, expect it to continue apace!

Justin Vossos and Carl Schmidt are the only Aggies currently listed in the portal.

If Wyatt Henseler (transfer from Penn) makes it to campus, he's your 1B next year. He's played 3B at Penn but pretty sure Schloss wants to keep GG over there. He's not left handed, but he does hit dingers.

- Unanimous 2024 Ivy League Player of the Year.
- led Ivy League in 2024 with 22 home runs.
- Ivy League career home run mark with 54
- 3x All Ivy League

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In addition to his athletic accolades, Henseler was also named the program's Academic All-Ivy representative for his accomplishments in the classroom.

The Emmaus, Pa. native put together another remarkable season at the plate in 2024, leading the Ivy League in home runs (19), runs (54), slugging percentage (.784), and total bases (131). In addition to those categories, Henseler also leads the Quakers in batting average (.371), OPS (1.265), games played/started (42), hits (62), RBIs (47), hit-by-pitches (13), on-base percentage (.481), multi-hit games (22), multi-RBI games (14), and currently has a season-best reached base streak of 27 consecutive games.

In Ivy play, Henseler led the conference in batting average (.438), OPS (1.479), runs (31), home runs (10), total bases (73), slugging (.913), and on-base percentage (.566).

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This kid can rake.

Gavin's primary position was OF in high school. We could see him in RF next season.

I'm mainly worried about losing Kent. He should be a starter next year and he's been so beneficial this year.

He played OF, SS and even C in HS. We'll see what happens; Schloss mentioned 3B being a good spot for him and I've heard the same from others.

RED AG 98 said:

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He played OF, SS and even C in HS. We'll see what happens; Schloss mentioned 3B being a good spot for him and I've heard the same from others.

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Again, I think the staff build for the long term. Part of that is understanding the best future interests of players. I'd be surprised if they don't also consider "what is the players future MLB position?" in combination with "what do we need today?". So is Gavin better positioned for the long term at 3b or corner OF?

... another fun rumor out there is that Ethan Petry, USCe OF may be looking around with Kingston getting fired. He's a 6'4", 235# sophomore RF that hit .307 with 21 HRs. That would be a nice right handed bat to go some combination of GG, Jace, Petry, Sorrell

Mr.Ackar07 said:

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Justin Vossos and Carl Schmidt are the only Aggies currently listed in the portal.

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Beat me to it. Came here to post this. This will be very interesting to watch as active roster decisions are made for the rest of the post-season. That seems to be an infection point for players to make decisions.