HoustonAg2106 said:

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Sean98 said:

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I was hopeful we'd get him because he has real stuff. But he's got a lot of work to do to harness it. He was mostly ineffective this year.

I.e, he was a project, albeit a high end one. It's not like we lost Skenes.

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To be fair, when Skenes transferred from Air Force to LSU nobody knew he was going to be what he turned into.

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Skenes was a known stud at Air Force. 2 straight years with ERA under 3 while also being a stud hitter. First year as a close, 2nd year as Friday night starter.

AggieBB said:

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Goose06 said:

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HoustonAg2106 said:

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Sean98 said:

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I was hopeful we'd get him because he has real stuff. But he's got a lot of work to do to harness it. He was mostly ineffective this year.

I.e, he was a project, albeit a high end one. It's not like we lost Skenes.

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To be fair, when Skenes transferred from Air Force to LSU nobody knew he was going to be what he turned into.

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Skenes was a known stud at Air Force. 2 straight years with ERA under 3 while also being a stud hitter. First year as a close, 2nd year as Friday night starter.

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Correct but his point still stands. We knew he was really good, but NOBODY thought he'd end up being the most dominant college pitcher in modern history.

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And who was the last college pitcher where you would have correctly guessed that? We knew he was a stud. His last weekend at Air Force didn't he go into Austin and dominate the horns lineup throwing 99? Everyone knew he was going to be really good and it's a night and day comparison vs Paz.

There’s probably a lot of people that want to play baseball but aren’t good enough so they join the military because they can’t do anything else

Paul Skenes might be the first dude that wanted to join the military but was so good at baseball that he couldn’t do anything else https://t.co/MBLpjnJlpI

— Hank Dave Burner Acc (@NotHankDave) July 15, 2026

AggieBB said:

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Goose06 said:

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AggieBB said:

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Goose06 said:

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HoustonAg2106 said:

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Sean98 said:

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I was hopeful we'd get him because he has real stuff. But he's got a lot of work to do to harness it. He was mostly ineffective this year.

I.e, he was a project, albeit a high end one. It's not like we lost Skenes.

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To be fair, when Skenes transferred from Air Force to LSU nobody knew he was going to be what he turned into.

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Skenes was a known stud at Air Force. 2 straight years with ERA under 3 while also being a stud hitter. First year as a close, 2nd year as Friday night starter.

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Correct but his point still stands. We knew he was really good, but NOBODY thought he'd end up being the most dominant college pitcher in modern history.

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And who was the last college pitcher where you would have correctly guessed that? We knew he was a stud. His last weekend at Air Force didn't he go into Austin and dominate the horns lineup throwing 99? Everyone knew he was going to be really good and it's a night and day comparison vs Paz.

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Again. His point still stands. He literally said nobody knew nobody knew he was going to be what he turned into. And he's not wrong. Half the country had never even heard of him. Because he played at AF. How often do we see dudes transfer from a school playing low end competition to a sec school, and they just don't pan out? NOBODY saw this coming with Skenes no matter how much you pretend like you did.

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https://www.mlb.com/news/mock-mlb-draft-2023
https://soxmachine.com/2022/12/way-too-early-2023-mlb-mock-draft

These two mock drafts had Skenes as a top 10 pick before he threw one pitch in a game for LSU. He was a 1st team All-American at Air Force and won the award for best two-way player the year before transferring. He was very much considered already a top player beforehand and had success throwing for team USA over summer and in Cape Cod the previous summers.

Yes, he improved at LSU, but he was also expected to be damn good at LSU. Skenes was not some unknown talent that went from zero to hero.

That is why it is weird to compare Paz to Skenes. One had already shown to be a stud at this level and just was better than people thought he was, the other is someone who has potential but has not done anything to hang his hat on at this level. The point was Paz is still a much higher risk of not panning out compared to Skenes who was considered much more of a "surefire" guy out of the portal.

It's like comparing taking Braden Montgomery to Alec Blair out of the portal for us.

Would you be offended if I told you marines eat crayons?
just curious.

swimmerbabe11 said:

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There’s probably a lot of people that want to play baseball but aren’t good enough so they join the military because they can’t do anything else

Paul Skenes might be the first dude that wanted to join the military but was so good at baseball that he couldn’t do anything else https://t.co/MBLpjnJlpI

— Hank Dave Burner Acc (@NotHankDave) July 15, 2026

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The Greatest Generation

Texas A&M has made another late addition to their incoming freshman class with 6-3, 200 pound infielder Cole Travers out of Sebring, Florida.

A one-time Stetson commit, Travers was drafted in the 19th Round by the Blue Jays but will forego signing and head to College Station https://t.co/zkkFtlbpuk

— Ryan Brauninger (@R_Brauninger) July 21, 2026

Don't let the school he was committed to fool you; this kid is a talented baseball player who had some big schools after him, not to mention obviously MLB interest.

Stetson is a strong mid-major program.

Even if they are named after a hat brand and their mascot is the "Hatters." But their campus is nice and they have excellent facilities.

swimmerbabe11 said:

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Would you be offended if I told you marines eat crayons?
just curious.

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My favorite was always Red

Played SS in high school in case anyone was wondering.

And I appreciate all the crayons you ate in service to our country!