Mr.Ackar07 said:

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LB12Diamond said:

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Moss being a starter vs bullpen I don't think is as easy a decision as you make it. Just too much history specifically on the Ags the past few seasons where having very reliable bullpen pitchers were key in winning games.

It costs us several games early this past season when that was not established. We would start next season with a solid guy in the pen if Moss was not moved from there.

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You need the progression though. Moss steps up from being "the dude" to a starter and someone like Lyons or McCoy improves upon last year and becomes "the dude" out of the bullpen for this season. Absent that progression, the team would not be in a good spot pitching wise. It would be nice to find another stud starting pitcher and keep Moss in the pen, but year-to-year, you want to see this progression as it makes the club better.

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Exactly. Not only that, but we have Stewart coming back from injury, Freshcorn looked massively improved in his last 2-3 outings, and we pulled two transfers in Vargas and Bollinger who were the main bullpen pieces for their respective teams. There are a lot of options to take over in that role.

Appreciate you making this thread as always Mr.Ackar. It's a perfect summation of the draft headlines/results and is great to look back to in future years. Looking forward to see how much our guys got in signing bonuses

I thought boughton had a deal before his name was called

trouble said:

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I thought boughton had a deal before his name was called

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Brauny just mentioned that he has not signed and is still thinking about his decision.

Sdao have a time table for when he is going be back to playing ball? There any plans to play summer ball?

I'm not talking about progression. I'm talking about the importance of a solid bullpen guy and how it specifically helped out A&M all three years Schloss was here. Those guys all left A&M as bullpen guys. Never progressed to a consistent starter.

As I pointed out it costs us games last year in the beginning to teams we never should have lost to.

S&C Coach Jeremy McMillan has a very impressive resume at A&M, having developed 10 Major League Baseball players, several of whom were pitchers.

OldFox61 said:

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S&C Coach Jeremy McMillan has a very impressive resume at A&M, having developed 10 Major League Baseball players, several of whom were pitchers.

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Sounds like correlation not causation…

LB12Diamond said:

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I'm not talking about progression. I'm talking about the importance of a solid bullpen guy and how it specifically helped out A&M all three years Schloss was here. Those guys all left A&M as bullpen guys. Never progressed to a consistent starter.

As I pointed out it costs us games last year in the beginning to teams we never should have lost to.

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Yes, but there is a lot of experienced bullpen guys we will have on next year's team that are capable of filling that role. What we don't have is a bunch of returning weekend starters and we will need guys to step into that role. It is reasonable that someone who was competing for that role last year makes the progression into it.

A hefty portion or most weekend starters began their careers as solid bullpen guys before working themselves into that role.

Has Kaiden Wilson signed with the Marlins?

W said:

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so is it safe to say that MLB clubs & scouts liked the talent on A&M's roster last year?

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Yet another further indictment of our "coaching" staff's "abilities".

I believe Blaine Bullard is going to sign with Toronto.

Again

You are missing my point. But let's just move on.

LB12Diamond said:

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Again

You are missing my point. But let's just move on.

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I'll say one more piece before letting it be myself.

My understanding is that you are saying that it is important to have a solid, trusted bullpen arm. I am saying that there are other guys with that experience capable of filling that role. Stewart, Bollinger, Vargas, Freshcorn and Cunningham all are experienced, career bullpen pieces that I expect to eat up a lot of innings next year. That's not to mention younger guys like Lyons, McCoy, Brasseaux and the incoming freshmen/Juco guys capable of taking that step.

Moss, even though he was effective out of the bullpen, was pushing for a starter role this last preseason and fits the bill of a weekend starter better than most. You argue we lost a lot of games late because a lack of a solid bullpen arm, but that argument is two-fold. We remained in games before losing it late in large part because our starting pitching was very effective and kept us in games to the late innings.

I'm not saying it isn't important to have trusted bullpen arms, but that Moss is much more needed in growing into the role of a weekend starter over staying as a long-term reliever because we have much more players suited to and experienced in filling that need.

Well

You listing several guys is kind of my point and if that's how's it handled, we will be going into next season just like we did this year. Which did not go well.

If coach were to say Moss was our dedicated best reliever and he's going to focus and be that guy, we would know where we stood right now.

As we have agreed, it's a very important role. I'd prefer not messing with something that was established by the end of this season and one of the few things last year that went well that is coming back.

Looking at the roster in no particular order:

Catcher
1) Bear Harrison
2) Zane Becker

Infielder
3) Sawyer Farr
4) Gavin Grahovac
5) Ben Royo
6) Blake Binerup
7) Marco Jones
8) Chris Hacopian
9) Travis Chestnut
10) Matthew Boughton*
11) Boston Kellner
12) Nico Partida

Outfielder
13) Terrence Kiel II
14) Caden Sorrell
15) Sam Erickson
16) Jake Duer
17) Jorian Wilson
18) Luke Billings
- ) Sawyer Farr
- ) Marco Jones
- ) Travis Chestnut

Right Hand Pitcher
19) Aiden Sims
20) Weston Moss
21) Clayton Freshcorn
22) Gavin Lyons
23) Grant Cunningham
24) Josh Stewart
25) Juan Vargas
26) MJ Bollinger
27) Chase Bentley*
28) Cooper Fulbright
- ) Nico Partida
- ) Luke Billings

Left Hand Pitcher
29) Caden McCoy
30) Shane Sdao
31) Jackson Brasseux
32) Ethan Darden
33) Hunter Bond
34) Cooper Powell
35) Carson Bailey
36) Cole Hubert
37) David Ramirez
38) Hunter Vincent

*Drafted and might sign - decision still pending

Was Travis Chestnut also hurt all year?

I thought he was just out of eligibility

TexanJeff said:

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Was Travis Chestnut also hurt all year?

I thought he was just out of eligibility

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He transferred to a DII school for the 2025 season because he was out of eligibility according to the NCAA at the time. He appealed his status and was granted an extra year of eligibility that he will use for the 2026 season.

Mr.Ackar07 said:

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TexanJeff said:

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Was Travis Chestnut also hurt all year?

I thought he was just out of eligibility

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He transferred to a DII school for the 2025 season because he was out of eligibility according to the NCAA at the time. He appealed his status and was granted an extra year of eligibility that he will use for the 2026 season.

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What a country

Mr.Ackar07 said:

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Looking at the roster in no particular order:

Catcher
1) Bear Harrison
2) Zane Becker

Infielder
3) Sawyer Farr
4) Gavin Grahovac
5) Ben Royo
6) Blake Binerup
7) Marco Jones
8) Chris Hacopian
9) Travis Chestnut
10) Matthew Boughton*
11) Boston Kellner
12) Nico Partida

Outfielder
13) Terrence Kiel II
14) Caden Sorrell
15) Sam Erickson
16) Jake Duer
17) Jorian Wilson
18) Luke Billings
- ) Sawyer Farr
- ) Marco Jones
- ) Travis Chestnut

Right Hand Pitcher
19) Aiden Sims
20) Weston Moss
21) Clayton Freshcorn
22) Gavin Lyons
23) Grant Cunningham
24) Josh Stewart
25) Juan Vargas
26) MJ Bollinger
27) Chase Bentley*
28) Cooper Fulbright
- ) Nico Partida
- ) Luke Billings

Left Hand Pitcher
29) Caden McCoy
30) Shane Sdao
31) Jackson Brasseux
32) Ethan Darden
33) Hunter Bond
34) Cooper Powell
35) Carson Bailey
36) Cole Hubert
37) David Ramirez
38) Hunter Vincent

*Drafted and might sign - decision still pending

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So four of these guys will need to be cut in order to get to the new roster limit of 34, correct?

Or does Marco Jones not count since he is on a football scholarship?

Interesting, thanks!

Howard Roark said:

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I wouldn't count in Marco Jones playing anything but football, otherwise great list

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Is Porter the last guy to do both? If so, that's a long time ago!

Aston04 said:

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Howard Roark said:

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I wouldn't count in Marco Jones playing anything but football, otherwise great list

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Is Porter the last guy to do both? If so, that's a long time ago!

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Choo Freeman















Too soon???

Aston04 said:

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Howard Roark said:

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I wouldn't count in Marco Jones playing anything but football, otherwise great list

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Is Porter the last guy to do both? If so, that's a long time ago!

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I believe so. Before him it was Beirne and Granger.