1B with a 37 career HR and a .303/.420/.566 slash.

Let's go.

PhatMack, as the starter of the *****Official***** thread, it is your duty to update the OP with additions/losses.

I don't make the rules.

Detective Jake Peralta said:

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1B with a 37 career HR and a .303/.420/.566 slash.

Let's go.

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The Kid from Penn (Wyatt Henseler), can absolutely rake. He's been 3B for them but early rumor was that he was likely to get a shot at 1B here, with GG having claimed the hot corner for the next 2 years.

2024 slash:
.360 / .465 / .755 with 22 bombs

career slash (4 years, 3 as starter with significant PT):
.354 / .445 / .690 with 54 bombs

Assuming he makes it to campus, no doubt in my mind that Wyatt will be in the everyday lineup. Only question is where and at what position.

A lot of these names thrown around that are now in the portal are guys with great stats. However they are from small schools. So having those #s against their conference and non-conf schedule/talent, is fine, but could equate way different against the talent of an SEC schedule grind.

To me, the hardest thing for Schloss and his coaches will be to sort through and see who have the attributes to make the transition to go against the SEC gauntlet of arms and play the SEC level of defense. That way, a guy from a smaller school who hit 20+ dingers or has an .350 avg, will still look good in the SEC, rather than getting him here and all of a sudden he just hits like 7-8 dingers or maybe just has a .240 avg

Completely agree. The additions of Appel, Schott, and Burton this year give me confidence our staff is doing the right kind of scouting to make sure these kids can play in the SEC.

True, but whether it be through superior scouting, development or both, this has not seemed to be an issue with transfers under Schloss. Most of them end up having better stats even against much stiffer pitching. Hope this trend continues and I have full confidence it will.

I really hope Henseler makes it here...but the draft is a real risk.

Now we have a back up plan that can also DH.

BucketofBalls99 said:

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A lot of these names thrown around that are now in the portal are guys with great stats. However they are from small schools. So having those #s against their conference and non-conf schedule/talent, is fine, but could equate way different against the talent of an SEC schedule grind.

To me, the hardest thing for Schloss and his coaches will be to sort through and see who have the attributes to make the transition to go against the SEC gauntlet of arms and play the SEC level of defense. That way, a guy from a smaller school who hit 20+ dingers or has an .350 avg, will still look good in the SEC, rather than getting him here and all of a sudden he just hits like 7-8 dingers or maybe just has a .240 avg

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Appel says Hi. So does Schott

PhatMack19 said:

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one thing to keep in mind I suppose in this new NIL era...

any returning player for 2025 is going to be, um, due a raise since the Ags had a great season

and for some of the returning players -- who likewise had a great season -- the raise could be substantial

(of course some NIL will be freed up by players going to the draft)

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I think guys like Grahovac, Laviolette, and maybe a Camarillo May get some big bidders.

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That's against NCAA rules unless they are in the portal…..

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Oh the naivety in some...

Coach Schloss and Co. have absolutely killed it in the portal for 3 years. There is ZERO, and I mean ZERO reason to doubt their evaluations at this point. I'm not saying they have all been hits or that they will all be hits, but the instant impact folks he has brought in every year is to me 100% without comparison on the A&M campus.

The list goes on and on and on and I'm probably forgetting folks but Claunch, Palisch, Moss, Rock, Haas, Bmont, Appel, Schott, Teddy, Stewart, Badmaev, Peery -- the hit rate is astronomical in terms of impact. Absurd.

BucketofBalls99 said:

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Super stoked that those guys say 'hi'. Tell them a big 'howdy!' back for me next time you see them

I'm well aware of the transfers already here. Wasn't talking about them. This thread is about the portal that just now opened up and I was talking about "A lot of the names" already mentioned. Not all of them……that's why I said 'a lot'

Coach and his staff have done a wonderful job thus far while here, and no reason to doubt them this year.

Just saying this is probably their hardest challenge, is to sort through and see if their stats/talents are apples to apples, as far as jumping from their smaller conference over to the SEC gauntlet.

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The jump from a mid-major to the SEC is a whole lot shorter than it is from HS.

Not transfer portal, but Henseler is opting out of the draft and coming to A&M.

BOOM! SCHLOSS/CAIN FROM THE TOP ROPE!

After a lot of conversations with my family, I’ve decided to opt out of draft consideration and head to College Station. Excited to start my next chapter in Aggieland! Gig ‘em 👍🏻👍🏻 @AggieBaseball

— Wyatt Henseler (@wyatthenseler) June 11, 2024

Ahh, the Ivy League guy. So actually he was from the portal and not HS. Thats a good look. Shows they think they can improve their stock by coming to A&M!