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Who Makes It Back to Omaha? | Ep. 050 · College Baseball Now

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  Speaker 1: We're projecting how the Omaha 8 and the full slate
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  Speaker 1: of Super Regional teams fare in 2027. Stick with us.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: Ain't no problems.
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  Speaker 2: Ain't no problems.
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  Speaker 4: Don't want problems with me, no.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Let me talk to the chat. They know I was
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  Speaker 2: gone for a minute.
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  Speaker 1: Had to PRB. Had to grab a couple wins. What
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  Speaker 1: I did, I did. They sleeping on the kid. I
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  Speaker 1: had to do a PIG.
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  Speaker 3: I can never be average.
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  Speaker 4: And they want to follow with the boy.
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  Speaker 1: They don't want no status. I don't need your cosign
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  Speaker 1: running with God.
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  Speaker 3: Want to test that?
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  Speaker 1: Tell them what's standing.
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  Speaker 3: Put control.
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  Speaker 2: Run the game.
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  Speaker 3: Best believe I'm shining, dawg.
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  Speaker 1: Counting in my wins. Yeah, I love it when they
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  Speaker 1: count me out.
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  Speaker 4: I'm the least of the chain.
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  Speaker 1: Boy, I've been a dog.
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  Speaker 4: Best believe I run the game.
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  Speaker 1: You know I'm making.
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  Speaker 3: Happy to be with you for episode 50 of College
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  Speaker 3: Baseball Now.
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  Speaker 4: 50 episodes, guys.
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  Speaker 2: Pretty impressive.
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  Speaker 1: However, episode two of season two, and today we are
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  Speaker 1: talking about what we think the Omaha Eight, plus some
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  Speaker 1: of their greatest foes in 2026, will fare in 2027. Hi, everybody.
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  Speaker 1: Drew Wheeler, director of amateur content at Prospects Live, here
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  Speaker 1: with you tonight, along with my friends and yours, starting
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  Speaker 1: with the gentleman who is in the bottom left corner.
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  Speaker 1: It is coach Jake Bardry. Coach, go pack, go, is
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  Speaker 1: what your sweatshirt says, huh?
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  Speaker 5: That is what it says. They're not doing too much recently.
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  Speaker 5: This past week was kind of a tough one to watch,
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  Speaker 5: but we'll get them back.
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  Speaker 4: We're playing tonight as the episode releases.
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  Speaker 1: So let's go. Let's go pack. Let's go pack. So
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  Speaker 1: you shared something the other day, Coach, in the group chat,
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  Speaker 1: some football stats for the Knights. I'm curious. If you
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  Speaker 1: had to shout out any one Arcadia guy, you can
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  Speaker 1: shout out one. Who's going to get the dub? Oh, man.
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  Speaker 4: You're making me do this here, huh?
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  Speaker 5: Chris Quick. Chris Quick, my guy, has had a great fall.
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  Speaker 5: He's got three homers. He's hitting, I think, around 500,
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  Speaker 5: not striking out, getting hit by pitches. We love that
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  Speaker 5: at Arcadia. He's doing all the right things. He's trying
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  Speaker 5: to learn a new position on top of it. So
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  Speaker 5: shout out Chris.
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  Speaker 1: Where's he playing?
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  Speaker 4: He is moving from first base to left field.
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  Speaker 5: We're going to need him to play a little bit
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  Speaker 5: of left field for us this year. So not an
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  Speaker 5: outfielder by trade, but we think he can get it done.
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  Speaker 1: Good for you, Chris. Hey, enjoy the shout-out from college
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  Speaker 1: baseball now. In the bottom right corner, it is JB Sebastiano. JB,
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  Speaker 1: you're looking healthy as always. Hair's looking really lovely. What
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  Speaker 1: you up to, pally?
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  Speaker 3: Nothing much. You know, we got out to the ballpark
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  Speaker 3: a little bit over the weekend, got to see Duke
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  Speaker 3: and Coastal play a very interesting fall ball game, and
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  Speaker 3: that's about it.
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  Speaker 1: That's exactly what I was going to go into, is
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  Speaker 1: you got to see some fall ball. All right, JB,
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  Speaker 1: let's do the same thing. Shout out one guy who
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  Speaker 1: impressed you most.
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  Speaker 3: Rex Watson had a pretty nice day for Coastal. He
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  Speaker 3: had a nice ball that he gapped for them to
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  Speaker 3: put two on the board for Coastal early. He was
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  Speaker 3: a guy that, you know, it's kind of the power's
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  Speaker 3: been there. The physicality hasn't been in question. It's just
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  Speaker 3: kind of how much he's going to hit at the
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  Speaker 3: end of the day and to deal with the chase
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  Speaker 3: stuff and everything. So we'll see how it works out.
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  Speaker 3: But he's really one of the big few returners for
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  Speaker 3: Coastal that they got that they'll really need this year.
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  Speaker 1: Certainly nice for the chance to see him in strong form,
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  Speaker 1: at least in the fall, JB. I'm with you there.
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  Speaker 1: And returning for Episode 2, Season 2, it is our friend,
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  Speaker 1: your friend, Quinn Martin. I can call him Quingeman. You can't.
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  Speaker 1: Unless you comment, then you can't. Quinn, it's great to
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  Speaker 1: see you as well, buddy.
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  Speaker 2: Great to be back, back-to-back. I'm happy to be here.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, absolutely. Quinn, we had an interesting draft in the
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  Speaker 1: group chat trying to determine who would speak and kind
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  Speaker 1: of lead the discussion about these Omaha 8 teams. And
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  Speaker 1: I'm curious, Quinn... You felt a little slighted at one
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  Speaker 1: point in this draft. I think that there was a
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  Speaker 1: little bit of a misunderstanding. I think you might have
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  Speaker 1: thought that you were getting jumped in the draft order.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, I just had to make sure my
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  Speaker 2: place was being respected.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, well, absolutely. I think that on behalf of that
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  Speaker 1: individual who won't be mentioned by name or initials, I
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  Speaker 1: think that we can say it was all just a
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  Speaker 1: big misunderstanding.
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  Speaker 2: I hope so, but my eyes are peeled.
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  Speaker 1: His eyes are peeled, and he's got four of them.
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  Speaker 1: He's got four of them. We got three in glasses. Jake, again,
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  Speaker 1: no glasses tonight. We'll keep that on the scoreboard. We'll
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  Speaker 1: keep that on the scoreboard for the end of the season.
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  Speaker 1: But speaking of he with initials, we'll start with you, Mr. Sebastiano,
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  Speaker 1: because one of the eight teams that made it to
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  Speaker 1: Omaha had an exceptionally strong season. I'll let you get
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  Speaker 1: into it. It's your North Carolina Tar Heels, and I'm
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  Speaker 1: curious to know what you project for them in 2027.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, well, it's an offense that's kind of reloaded and
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  Speaker 3: could be even better than it was last year. You
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  Speaker 3: return a lot of the key pieces. You get Paulson, Gallagher,
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  Speaker 3: and Cooper Nicholson back. A really strong start there. Behind
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  Speaker 3: the plate, you bring in Devin Russell from Maryland, who
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  Speaker 3: should be a solid replacement for Colin Hynek, who did
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  Speaker 3: a lot of the lifting after Winslow went down. Then
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  Speaker 3: from there, you move over to getting Jamie Laskowski and
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  Speaker 3: Cole Fenton, which will be two big adds in the infield.
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  Speaker 3: This will be awesome. And then on top of that,
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  Speaker 3: you'll get C.J. Eggery in the outfield and then two
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  Speaker 3: freshmen that have really stood out, Mantella Browman and Harrison Alshai.
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  Speaker 3: Both are kind of an interesting blend of two different
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  Speaker 3: skill sets. Browman, a lot of speed defense, some interesting
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  Speaker 3: tools there, a little bit of pop in the bat
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  Speaker 3: he showed in the fall with the home run against
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  Speaker 3: NC State. And then Alshai is kind of a pure
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  Speaker 3: hit guy. You know, the defense has kind of been
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  Speaker 3: questionable so far, and we'll have to see what they
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  Speaker 3: decide to do with him. He'll probably stick in left field.
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  Speaker 3: But this Tar Heel team, the offense is going to
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  Speaker 3: be what drives them from there. The starting rotation, again,
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  Speaker 3: should be fairly strong. You move Caden Glober most likely
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  Speaker 3: into the Friday role. You get Jimmy Voorhees from CSUN,
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  Speaker 3: who's looked amazing so far. He'll probably slide in on Saturday.
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  Speaker 3: And then it's between Jackson Rose, Folger Boaz, and kind
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  Speaker 3: of a few other guys for that Sunday role, which
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  Speaker 3: we'll see. But a very strong rotation. I think the
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  Speaker 3: question for the Tar Heel team and how deep they
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  Speaker 3: go is the bullpen. They brought in some experienced arms
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  Speaker 3: like Preston Crowell from Virginia Tech, Scott Doran from Coastal,
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  Speaker 3: and a few other transfer arms from junior colleges like
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  Speaker 3: But for them, it's really going to depend on what
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  Speaker 3: they can do with those guys and Walker McDuffie to
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  Speaker 3: kind of create a strong back end of the bullpen,
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  Speaker 3: which isn't going to be as solidified, I think, as
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  Speaker 3: in the past. McDuffie probably slides back into the closer role.
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  Speaker 3: But if he struggles, like we saw a little bit
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  Speaker 3: last year, who kind of steps up and takes some
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  Speaker 3: of that weight off of him? And I think it'll
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  Speaker 3: probably be Crowell, but we'll have to see how they
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  Speaker 3: deploy them and what ends up working out this year.
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  Speaker 1: It's so interesting that you were talking about the starting rotation, JV,
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  Speaker 1: because I feel like that's been such a strength for UNC,
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  Speaker 1: at least in the last... Five, six years. Interesting, too,
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  Speaker 1: that Voorhees, like you said, is kind of being the
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  Speaker 1: guy that steps up. Because I remember last season you
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  Speaker 1: kept talking about Rose and Boaz being these kind of
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  Speaker 1: heir apparent to this group. And now while Glauber's stepping
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  Speaker 1: up into Friday, I think we all kind of, I
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  Speaker 1: would have thought that that was what would happen just
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  Speaker 1: based on last year's performances. It's interesting that as of now,
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  Speaker 1: it looks like Rose and Boaz are kind of going
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  Speaker 1: at it for Sunday in your perspective.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I think it's a very interesting thing to look
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  Speaker 3: at and to see which guy may end up in
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  Speaker 3: the bullpen or how they deploy them in maybe midweek
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  Speaker 3: roles and what they decide to do. It'll be kind
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  Speaker 3: of interesting. And on top of that, you have a
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  Speaker 3: couple of freshmen that are really intriguing arms that were
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  Speaker 3: draft names and Cameron Tarkenton and Rhett Britt, who are
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  Speaker 3: two right-handed freshmen that were really, really talented guys, got
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  Speaker 3: some draft looks and ended up making it to campus.
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  Speaker 3: And they're two guys that will probably battle out for
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  Speaker 3: midweek and bullpen innings over the weekend as well. Like
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  Speaker 3: we've seen in the past, a lot of freshmen get
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  Speaker 3: their shot at some point. So Those are two definitely
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  Speaker 3: to look out for as well.
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  Speaker 1: Do I recall, JB, were you a Rhett Britt guy
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  Speaker 1: as well? Or was that just me? Yeah, I liked
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  Speaker 1: Rhett Britt.
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  Speaker 3: Him and Tarkenton, I think, were both solid ads. We'll
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  Speaker 3: see where they kind of stack up. But for sure,
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  Speaker 3: it'll be an interesting thing to follow for this team.
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  Speaker 3: And I guess, I don't know if we're doing it,
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  Speaker 3: but if we had to give a prediction, I think
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  Speaker 3: this team's got what it takes to get back to Omaha.
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  Speaker 3: Whether they get back to the National Championship might be
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  Speaker 3: a stretch. But I think this team is definitely an
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  Speaker 3: Omaha contender for sure beginning of the year, and it's
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  Speaker 3: kind of see how it flows through the year.
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  Speaker 1: You love it. Hey, I'm with you. I think that
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  Speaker 1: there's a lot of talent here, and the emergence of
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  Speaker 1: a guy like Laskovsky on this squad is just kind
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  Speaker 1: of such a boon for the hype, I think, for
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  Speaker 1: them right now. It's going to be exciting, and I
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  Speaker 1: know obviously we'll be well in tune with what UNC
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  Speaker 1: is doing as well on this show.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean, I agree with you, JB. I think that,
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  Speaker 5: you know, I think the sky's the limit for this team,
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  Speaker 5: like you mentioned. I mean, they can definitely get back
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  Speaker 5: to Omaha. We saw how well Glover pitched in Omaha itself. And,
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  Speaker 5: I mean, he's definitely capable of leading this rotation back there.
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  Speaker 5: And I think, you know, there are some veterans in
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  Speaker 5: the lineup. But, like, you know, having Gavin Gallagher come
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  Speaker 5: back after, you know, he's been, you know, he's played
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  Speaker 5: all around the infield.
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  Speaker 4: He's a three-year starter.
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  Speaker 5: Career 300 hitter he's just a really consistent player for
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  Speaker 5: this north carolina team it's probably it's probably you know
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  Speaker 5: you're closer to them than than i am but it's
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  Speaker 5: got to it's got to feel good for them to
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  Speaker 5: know that they have gallagher coming back and can really
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  Speaker 5: just be that anchor in the lineup and just the
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  Speaker 5: the steady guy you can trust and to come up
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  Speaker 5: in the big spot and all the stuff that all
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  Speaker 5: the good hitters do that he can do.
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  Speaker 1: It yeah i i think jake that's a great point
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  Speaker 1: to have that kind of it's such a cliche thing
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  Speaker 1: to see because i mean i guess in some regards
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  Speaker 1: you don't see it on a stat sheet but It matters.
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  Speaker 1: A glue guy, a veteran leader who just kind of
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  Speaker 1: knows the team, knows the deal, and like you said, Jake,
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  Speaker 1: has been there and done that. It's always nice to
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  Speaker 1: have as many of those as you can on the squad.
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  Speaker 1: Let's flip the script here. So North Carolina made it
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  Speaker 1: to the national championship, but another team was there as well,
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  Speaker 1: and they won it. Quinn, the Sooners. Just like we
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  Speaker 1: all predicted all season long, Oklahoma won the national championship.
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  Speaker 1: Don't check us on that. Quinn, what are they looking
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  Speaker 1: like for 2027?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, they definitely made quite the run towards the end
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  Speaker 2: of last year. They lost a lot of guys. There's
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  Speaker 2: no getting around that.
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  Speaker 6: They lost a lot of talent, like Jackson Willits, Brendan Brock,
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  Speaker 6: Camden Johnson, Dayton Lachance, guys like Nolan Stevens transferred.
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  Speaker 2: LJ Mercurius and Cameron Johnson got drafted.
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  Speaker 6: Just so much front of the rotation, top of the
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  Speaker 6: line of talent that it's going to be really hard
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  Speaker 6: to replace.
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  Speaker 2: I think they did a pretty good job.
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  Speaker 6: They went to the community college ranks for a lot
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  Speaker 6: of those guys on the pitching side. Honestly, they added
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  Speaker 6: a few pitch hitters as well, but probably the most
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  Speaker 6: interesting thing for me was the looking at the outfield.
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  Speaker 2: They had a lot of veterans come back in, uh,
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  Speaker 2: Jason Harris and Jason walk.
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  Speaker 6: And they added Jay Abernathy from your falls or whatever
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  Speaker 6: you have your own thoughts about. But, um, thinking about it,
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  Speaker 6: I mean, those guys, all three of them out there
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  Speaker 6: can absolutely fly. Got three elite athletes in the outfield
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  Speaker 6: that I think can cover a lot of ground and
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  Speaker 6: maybe save some of the question marks that I feel
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  Speaker 6: a little bit on the pitching side. The rotation, I'm
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  Speaker 6: not really sure how it's going to pan out. They
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  Speaker 6: have only a few guys with real starting pitching experience.
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  Speaker 6: I think Cord Rager fits pretty well into that Friday slot.
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  Speaker 6: Then UT Arlington transfer Kalen Diger I think fits well
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  Speaker 6: in the Saturday spot.
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  Speaker 2: And then Sunday's for me is pretty wide open.
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  Speaker 6: I think Xander Mercurius could fit well in there if
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  Speaker 6: he takes a jump command wise. But I got some
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  Speaker 6: other community college options that look fun in the back end.
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  Speaker 6: They have a few pop ups that could be interesting.
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  Speaker 6: I'll go and say like two guys I think could
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  Speaker 6: be cool pop up names. One guy I've been trying
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  Speaker 6: to hype up for a little bit now, Sawyer Farr.
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  Speaker 6: I've really loved the projectability since high school. He hasn't
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  Speaker 6: really got the at bats to show it yet. I'm
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  Speaker 6: hoping these are starting shortstop, but they do have another freshman,
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  Speaker 6: I guess a little underrated or wasn't ranked too highly nationally,
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  Speaker 6: Cameron Jackson. Just looking at some video this fall, he's
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  Speaker 6: looked like a lot of fun, pretty dynamic athlete, so
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  Speaker 6: I'm excited to see how much PT he gets. Then
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  Speaker 6: another one would be Carson Brumbaugh, Arkansas transfer, super highly
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  Speaker 6: ranked nationally coming into last year and really couldn't get
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  Speaker 6: much going on either way.
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  Speaker 2: He's listed as a two-way. Not sure where he'll end
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  Speaker 2: up playing.
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  Speaker 6: Obviously, Oklahoma's depth comes in the lineup side, so maybe
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  Speaker 6: he gets him around the mound.
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  Speaker 2: I just hope they get him going because he.
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  Speaker 6: Is a very projectable talent.
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  Speaker 2: We just haven't seen it yet, so excited to see
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  Speaker 2: where that goes.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I'd say. So, Quinn, kind of piggybacking because JB
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  Speaker 1: brought up a great point, like let's just go ahead
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  Speaker 1: and call it predictions or I guess a stamp of
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  Speaker 1: kind of what you think as of right now. We
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  Speaker 1: can't understate the fact that Oklahoma, I don't think any
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  Speaker 1: of us would have said, this is a national championship
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  Speaker 1: contender at the start or even in the preseason last year.
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  Speaker 1: But hot, cold, hot really paid off for them. They
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  Speaker 1: got hot at the right time. And like you said,
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  Speaker 1: an incredible run. And they played incredible team ball. But
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  Speaker 1: what do you think the ceiling is for these guys
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  Speaker 1: in 2027?
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  Speaker 6: I mean, I think the feeling right now is probably
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  Speaker 6: pretty similar to what it was last preseason and they
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  Speaker 6: went and won the national championship. So it's hard to
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  Speaker 6: call it. It's hard to give a ceiling, but I mean,
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  Speaker 6: to be honest, the floor is kind of low. I
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  Speaker 6: think that realistically they're probably a middle of the pack
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  Speaker 6: sec team, but that's what they were last year and
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  Speaker 6: they went all the way. So it's hard to say,
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  Speaker 6: but I don't feel as confident as I guess we
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  Speaker 6: felt going into conference tournament season at the end of
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  Speaker 6: last year.
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  Speaker 1: That's fair. I think that's totally fair, dude. Uh, Interesting
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  Speaker 1: stuff there. Let's move from Oklahoma, the national champions, and
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  Speaker 1: talk about the Big 12, because this is a Big
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  Speaker 1: 12 propaganda show. Jake, West Virginia, one of the most
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  Speaker 1: interesting teams last season. I know you and I have
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  Speaker 1: talked about them ad nauseum. I feel like I was
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  Speaker 1: writing about West Virginia every day because I practically was.
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  Speaker 1: And this is another team that made it to Omaha.
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  Speaker 1: They took the country roads all the way to the
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  Speaker 1: dance and Didn't quite end how they wanted it to, Jake,
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  Speaker 1: but I'm curious. Let's flip the page. What are we
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  Speaker 1: looking at for 2027?
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean, yeah, last year was a huge success
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  Speaker 5: for West Virginia. I mean, they won 47 games last year.
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  Speaker 5: They finished second just to Kansas, who had a crazy
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  Speaker 5: season in their own right. But, you know, they were
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  Speaker 5: still able to host a regional.
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  Speaker 4: They took down Kentucky twice, Wake Forest, Binghamton. in that round.
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  Speaker 5: Then they, you know, did something that you don't see
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  Speaker 5: too often. I think they were the 16 seed and
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  Speaker 5: they ended up hosting the super, uh, typically, you know,
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  Speaker 5: the one seat can handle their own super regional, but
• 15:37
  Speaker 5: they didn't. Uh, and they took care of Cal Poly
• 15:39
  Speaker 5: in the, in the supers and, you know, they, they,
• 15:42
  Speaker 5: they had a decent showing in Omaha. They took it,
• 15:44
  Speaker 5: they beat Troy twice, lost to North Carolina twice. If
• 15:47
  Speaker 5: you're going to, I mean, if you're going to lose
• 15:48
  Speaker 5: to the, to the national runner ups, I guess that's a,
• 15:51
  Speaker 5: you can't, you can't knock them.
• 15:52
  Speaker 4: Too much for that.
• 15:54
  Speaker 5: Um, Before I get into this upcoming season, I do
• 15:58
  Speaker 5: want to mention that Coach Saban is building something really
• 16:01
  Speaker 5: special in Morgantown, and he's doing it really fast. He's
• 16:04
  Speaker 5: only in his second season. He's 91-33 in those first
• 16:09
  Speaker 5: two seasons, and last year obviously taking his team to
• 16:13
  Speaker 5: Omaha for the first time in program history. And it's
• 16:17
  Speaker 5: really interesting how this roster is built, even going into
• 16:21
  Speaker 5: this year, and how much they're able to consistently get
• 16:24
  Speaker 5: out of like these D2 and D3 transfers. Cause you know, they're,
• 16:28
  Speaker 5: they're hitting the transfer portal like everybody else, but they're,
• 16:30
  Speaker 5: you know, they're just not able to get the same
• 16:32
  Speaker 5: caliber of player that, you know, the SEC teams are
• 16:35
  Speaker 5: able to get. So they, they do a really good
• 16:37
  Speaker 5: job at scouting these lower level pitchers and they brought
• 16:40
  Speaker 5: in a handful of guys this year. Robert Satin, he
• 16:44
  Speaker 5: he's coming from D2 powerhouse university of Tampa had 37
• 16:48
  Speaker 5: innings last year for them. Drew Becker, 67 innings at
• 16:53
  Speaker 5: D2 Ashland University. Zach Whitney, 81 innings at D2 Southern
• 16:57
  Speaker 5: New Hampshire. And then Austin Zients, I'm probably saying that wrong,
• 17:01
  Speaker 5: 75 innings at D3 Marietta. And we've seen guys contribute
• 17:08
  Speaker 5: for West Virginia out of these schools. So there's no
• 17:11
  Speaker 5: doubt that these guys are going to come in and
• 17:13
  Speaker 5: have a chance to contribute as well. And I hope
• 17:15
  Speaker 5: I'm not forgetting anyone after I just.
• 17:16
  Speaker 4: Named those guys. But Chanson Cole a year ago.
• 17:20
  Speaker 5: He was a guy that came in from, I think
• 17:23
  Speaker 5: he was a D2 transfer, and he front-lined that rotation.
• 17:26
  Speaker 4: At the end of the year.
• 17:27
  Speaker 5: On top of that, they bring in Griffin Page from
• 17:31
  Speaker 5: Wright State.
• 17:32
  Speaker 4: He had three really good years at Wright State.
• 17:35
  Speaker 5: I'm assuming he's probably going to get just as much
• 17:37
  Speaker 5: of a chance to start as anybody else as well.
• 17:39
  Speaker 5: Like I mentioned, they return Chanson Cole.
• 17:42
  Speaker 4: They return some.
• 17:44
  Speaker 5: Some of their key bullpen guys, David Hagan, Ben McDougal,
• 17:48
  Speaker 5: David Perez, all, you know, trusted arms for them that
• 17:52
  Speaker 5: could have a chance to start as well. Offensively, they
• 17:56
  Speaker 5: bring in Jack Cannon from LeMoyne last year who put
• 17:59
  Speaker 5: up some insane numbers for LeMoyne. I know, JB, I
• 18:03
  Speaker 5: think you got to see LeMoyne. I'm assuming he was
• 18:05
  Speaker 5: one of the stars out there for them. He hit
• 18:07
  Speaker 5: 439 last year on the season. 10 homers. He also
• 18:14
  Speaker 5: stole 51 bases for them. He's going to slide into
• 18:18
  Speaker 5: one of the three outfield spots. Don't know which one
• 18:20
  Speaker 5: it's going to really be. Don't know where he fits
• 18:22
  Speaker 5: the best, but he could probably play any of them
• 18:24
  Speaker 5: with that speed. And then the returners on offense, it's
• 18:28
  Speaker 5: obviously headlined by Gavin Kelly, utility man, massive offensive threat,
• 18:33
  Speaker 5: draft prospect. You name it, Gavin Kelly's going to be
• 18:36
  Speaker 5: able to do it. Don't know where he's going to
• 18:37
  Speaker 5: play on defense, but wherever he lands, whether it's catch
• 18:41
  Speaker 5: or second base defense, he might pitch at some point.
• 18:43
  Speaker 4: I don't know. He'll probably do a good job at
• 18:44
  Speaker 4: it if he does.
• 18:47
  Speaker 5: But he's obviously, he's obviously the guy that's getting a
• 18:49
  Speaker 5: lot of attention in that lineup. They bring in, or
• 18:51
  Speaker 5: they bring back Matt Einish as well. Another draft guy
• 18:55
  Speaker 5: that we're paying a lot of close attention to this season.
• 18:58
  Speaker 4: Tyrus Hall's coming back. Brock Wills is coming back.
• 19:00
  Speaker 5: And then Drew, your and I's favorite player in college
• 19:03
  Speaker 5: baseball last year, Armani Guzman's coming back.
• 19:05
  Speaker 4: He can play all over the field. It's an experienced team.
• 19:08
  Speaker 4: It's an experienced team.
• 19:09
  Speaker 5: When you pair that with the, you know, proven success,
• 19:11
  Speaker 5: you can trust, Coach Saban is going to get it done.
• 19:14
  Speaker 5: If they can get as much out of these transfer
• 19:16
  Speaker 5: pitchers as they've been able to the last few years,
• 19:19
  Speaker 5: it's hard to not consider them being one of the
• 19:22
  Speaker 5: teams to beat in the Big 12 again. If they
• 19:25
  Speaker 5: have another successful run in 2027, I wouldn't be shocked
• 19:28
  Speaker 5: at all.
• 19:30
  Speaker 1: Nor would I. I'll tell you, pal, the key thing
• 19:33
  Speaker 1: I'm glad you brought up is that Chance and Cole
• 19:34
  Speaker 1: was a D2 transfer, and now you're seeing all these
• 19:37
  Speaker 1: guys from D2 and D3 come in This is like
• 19:41
  Speaker 1: the door opening into Oz and it's a colorful world.
• 19:45
  Speaker 1: Not to spit on D2 or D3 by any means,
• 19:47
  Speaker 1: but what I'm saying is they're going to have an
• 19:49
  Speaker 1: opportunity to play and contribute right away, Jake. And that
• 19:52
  Speaker 1: was such a great point to make about Cole kind
• 19:54
  Speaker 1: of being the blueprint for what that could be under
• 19:56
  Speaker 1: a Saban squad.
• 20:00
  Speaker 3: Yeah, and on top of that, I guess to jump
• 20:02
  Speaker 3: in about the– no, sorry, Jake. I wasn't trying to
• 20:05
  Speaker 3: jump on you. If you've got something else, go ahead.
• 20:07
  Speaker 4: No, you're good. Go ahead.
• 20:08
  Speaker 3: No I was just gonna say it's funny they played
• 20:10
  Speaker 3: out here against Wake Forest the other day and just
• 20:13
  Speaker 3: kind of a little bit off topic but funny since
• 20:15
  Speaker 3: we're talking West Virginia Wake Forest has to be the
• 20:18
  Speaker 3: most bipolar baseball program of all time because they lost
• 20:21
  Speaker 3: 11 to nothing with three hits to Campbell and then
• 20:24
  Speaker 3: beat a World Series West Virginia team 13 to 3
• 20:28
  Speaker 3: makes zero sense but on top of that to add
• 20:31
  Speaker 3: into a more relevant note saw some stuff some little
• 20:34
  Speaker 3: some little clips from a friend that was at the
• 20:36
  Speaker 3: game and everything and Gavin Kelly this year. I'm going
• 20:40
  Speaker 3: to be curious to see where it goes. He faced
• 20:42
  Speaker 3: LaVonis a few times and it was a little dicey.
• 20:45
  Speaker 3: And I know Einish also, he had an okay day
• 20:48
  Speaker 3: at the plate out there. And a lot of people
• 20:50
  Speaker 3: were saying that it was kind of concerning offensively from
• 20:52
  Speaker 3: West Virginia, from what I heard. So it'll be interesting
• 20:54
  Speaker 3: to see. I don't think Wake's pitching is equivalent to
• 20:56
  Speaker 3: what they'll see in the Big 12. 95% of the
• 20:59
  Speaker 3: weekends that they're out there because it's just ridiculous the
• 21:02
  Speaker 3: amount of talent they have there. But something to follow,
• 21:04
  Speaker 3: I guess, for the year.
• 21:06
  Speaker 1: That's a curious point, JB. Uh, and it also kind
• 21:09
  Speaker 1: of underscores a little bit of your concerns about Gavin Kelly,
• 21:12
  Speaker 1: but we'll have plenty of time to talk about that is, uh,
• 21:15
  Speaker 1: you know, you don't play against LaVonis. What are you
• 21:16
  Speaker 1: going to look like in the majors or in on
• 21:18
  Speaker 1: the liners? I guess either way, no big deal there. Uh,
• 21:22
  Speaker 1: great stuff. Great stuff, guys. Let's talk about an sec team. Uh,
• 21:27
  Speaker 1: the fake UT Texas. Uh, obviously I think that there's
• 21:32
  Speaker 1: a lot of things that we can highlight, uh, with
• 21:36
  Speaker 1: the university of Texas and Oh, Jake, I'm sorry. We're what's,
• 21:39
  Speaker 1: what's the prediction for West Virginia in 27? Oh, I mean, I.
• 21:45
  Speaker 4: Like the offense. I like the lineup a lot.
• 21:47
  Speaker 5: I like the amount of returners that they have, you know,
• 21:50
  Speaker 5: obviously Kelly and I just named all the guys that
• 21:52
  Speaker 5: they're bringing back. I think that's an experienced lineup, you know,
• 21:56
  Speaker 5: as much as, as much as I just raved about
• 21:58
  Speaker 5: how much they've been able to get out of these
• 21:59
  Speaker 5: lower level pitchers, it's not a guarantee that they're going
• 22:02
  Speaker 5: to come in and be great right away. So, I mean,
• 22:05
  Speaker 5: I feel like the team is going to kind of
• 22:06
  Speaker 5: go as far as the pitching can take them. Cause I,
• 22:09
  Speaker 5: like I said, I trust the lineup. I think they're
• 22:10
  Speaker 5: going to hit if they pitch, they're going to be
• 22:13
  Speaker 5: one of the teams to beat in the big 12.
• 22:14
  Speaker 5: I don't, I wouldn't be shocked if they won the
• 22:16
  Speaker 5: big 12, if they're the favorites go to a regional
• 22:19
  Speaker 5: can pitch their way out of it, all that kind
• 22:20
  Speaker 5: of stuff. But you know, if the pitching kind of
• 22:22
  Speaker 5: falls flat, we saw, we saw chance and cold pitch
• 22:24
  Speaker 5: in Omaha and he didn't have the best showing in
• 22:26
  Speaker 5: Omaha as great as he was during the season.
• 22:28
  Speaker 4: He got on the big stage and wasn't, wasn't phenomenal.
• 22:31
  Speaker 4: Page doesn't have a lot of experience pitching and, on
• 22:33
  Speaker 4: the big stage either. So like, you know, if the
• 22:36
  Speaker 4: pigeon holds up, they're going to be, they're going to
• 22:38
  Speaker 4: be the team to.
• 22:38
  Speaker 5: Beat in the big 12. But if not, then we could,
• 22:41
  Speaker 5: you know, we could see them fall. I kind of
• 22:43
  Speaker 5: like they, they did when they got to Omaha.
• 22:46
  Speaker 3: Another thing that's interesting to point out with them. And
• 22:48
  Speaker 3: this is another like weird thing I've been keeping track of,
• 22:50
  Speaker 3: but they've been targeting pretty high end recruits, which is
• 22:53
  Speaker 3: new for West Virginia. I'd say out of high school recently,
• 22:55
  Speaker 3: they've signed a couple really high end 28 recruits, which
• 22:59
  Speaker 3: I think is kind of showing like that shift in,
• 23:01
  Speaker 3: their strategy like Jake was talking about, a lot of
• 23:03
  Speaker 3: the lower mid-major type of transfers that they can get
• 23:07
  Speaker 3: from below D1, mid-major-ish type schools, and then going after
• 23:11
  Speaker 3: the higher and high school recruits that are getting dropped
• 23:13
  Speaker 3: by a lot of these premier programs for transfers now.
• 23:16
  Speaker 3: It's kind of an interesting thing to see and track
• 23:19
  Speaker 3: how they build their team from now on.
• 23:22
  Speaker 1: That is compelling because I think that that almost plays
• 23:25
  Speaker 1: back to a point Jake made a second ago about
• 23:27
  Speaker 1: what Coach Saban's is doing almost to elevate this brand
• 23:30
  Speaker 1: even further. I think that a kid who, like you said, JB,
• 23:35
  Speaker 1: if he gets dropped for the sake of a transfer,
• 23:38
  Speaker 1: you get to go to another premier college that says, hey,
• 23:40
  Speaker 1: we want you. I mean, who wouldn't want that? This
• 23:43
  Speaker 1: is a team that was a legitimate Men's College World
• 23:47
  Speaker 1: Series contender. It's awesome. It's got to be awesome for them.
• 23:52
  Speaker 1: Real quick, we'll transition to the University of Texas. It's
• 23:55
  Speaker 1: just going to be a disgusting jaunt through burnt orange,
• 23:58
  Speaker 1: so I'll try to be quick about it. Here's what
• 24:00
  Speaker 1: we know. We know that this is a team who
• 24:03
  Speaker 1: lost a significant amount of its key contributors. Carson Tenney,
• 24:07
  Speaker 1: we can say and we did say a lot about
• 24:10
  Speaker 1: his defense, but we won't here because the guy really,
• 24:12
  Speaker 1: really swung the bat well last year. Led the team
• 24:15
  Speaker 1: in OPS with almost a 1,200 mark. Second on the
• 24:18
  Speaker 1: team in slugging with a 688 mark there. Drafted 43rd overall.
• 24:22
  Speaker 1: He's gone. Aiden Robbins as well. Huge transfer portal addition
• 24:28
  Speaker 1: last season out of Seton Hall. was another just offensive
• 24:32
  Speaker 1: juggernaut for them. First on the team in slugging, second
• 24:35
  Speaker 1: on the team OPS, third on the team in average.
• 24:37
  Speaker 1: And that's just talking baseball card numbers. Mets snapped him up.
• 24:40
  Speaker 1: He's gone as well. We take away two of their
• 24:43
  Speaker 1: rotation pieces in Ruger Riojas and Luke Harrison. One of
• 24:47
  Speaker 1: the key bullpen contributors, Thomas Burns. Another bullpen fella, Cody Howard,
• 24:52
  Speaker 1: out as well. You also saw, again, we just talked
• 24:55
  Speaker 1: about it, the transfer portal. There were Texas guys who
• 24:58
  Speaker 1: didn't have as much of an opportunity. knew that there
• 25:00
  Speaker 1: would be some transfers coming in. There's going to be
• 25:02
  Speaker 1: some shuffling with your big impact schools, but you're seeing
• 25:07
  Speaker 1: guys like Ashton Larson, who was a highly considered player
• 25:13
  Speaker 1: now at Texas Tech. Guys like Grady Westfall. Andrew Ernest
• 25:18
  Speaker 1: was second on the team in batting average in only
• 25:21
  Speaker 1: 15 games admittedly, like TCU adding a really quality catcher there.
• 25:25
  Speaker 1: A left-handed pitcher going to Houston. There's some quality players
• 25:29
  Speaker 1: from this team that have left, of course. But here's
• 25:34
  Speaker 1: the catch from Texas. They are still, sorry to say,
• 25:37
  Speaker 1: a College World Series and an Omaha contender, bar none,
• 25:41
  Speaker 1: hands down, because of not only what they brought back,
• 25:44
  Speaker 1: but what they added. Let's start with what they bring back.
• 25:48
  Speaker 1: Anthony Pack Jr. is obviously going to kind of be
• 25:50
  Speaker 1: the key figure in terms of what this team does,
• 25:53
  Speaker 1: in my opinion. In 61 games last year, we saw
• 25:56
  Speaker 1: this kid, a freshman, lead this team in batting average.
• 25:59
  Speaker 1: He was third on the team in OPS, had 12
• 26:01
  Speaker 1: home runs, slugged like nearly 600 on the year. Pack
• 26:05
  Speaker 1: can do a little bit of everything. I think we
• 26:07
  Speaker 1: saw him adjust to the SEC, to the level, but
• 26:13
  Speaker 1: I was pleased with what I saw. I think he's
• 26:15
  Speaker 1: got to be kind of in the mix for the
• 26:16
  Speaker 1: top of the 28 class, at least in my opinion.
• 26:19
  Speaker 1: Adrian Rodriguez is a gentleman we're going to talk about
• 26:22
  Speaker 1: ton this season. He was a dude that we had
• 26:26
  Speaker 1: just outside our top 10 in the NCAA 50 guys,
• 26:29
  Speaker 1: as you guys well know. Quinn wrote a banger report
• 26:33
  Speaker 1: on A-Rod, and it pointed out a lot of the
• 26:35
  Speaker 1: major issues with him is that it is kind of,
• 26:38
  Speaker 1: at this point, the switch hitting probably does hamper him
• 26:40
  Speaker 1: a little more than it doesn't. Quinn, I'll let you
• 26:42
  Speaker 1: jump in on that in a minute if you want
• 26:44
  Speaker 1: to talk about A-Rod and that concern after we wrap
• 26:46
  Speaker 1: this up. Casey Borba is going to return, guys. That's
• 26:49
  Speaker 1: another guy that really slugged. Third on the team in
• 26:52
  Speaker 1: home runs. Timo Becerra saw a lot of time. But again,
• 26:56
  Speaker 1: this isn't just an offensive story for what they're bringing back.
• 26:58
  Speaker 1: They have got starters. Dylan Volantis is back. Sam Cozart
• 27:02
  Speaker 1: is back. So we have at least two quality starting
• 27:05
  Speaker 1: pitchers here. I mean, that's a Friday-Saturday. And I mean,
• 27:08
  Speaker 1: that's as good of a Friday-Saturday as you'll catch across
• 27:12
  Speaker 1: I mean, out there with the rest of them. And that's,
• 27:14
  Speaker 1: you know, even not even dependent on how you feel
• 27:16
  Speaker 1: about a guy like Sam Cozart that I know is,
• 27:18
  Speaker 1: you know, a little bit of a weird taste in
• 27:21
  Speaker 1: some people's mouths. Some scouts love him. Some, you know,
• 27:23
  Speaker 1: see him as more of a projection thing. Either way,
• 27:26
  Speaker 1: Ethan Walker is coming back. This is a guy who
• 27:28
  Speaker 1: in 17 innings and 25 games had a 260 ERA.
• 27:32
  Speaker 1: Just really does well to limit damage. So, I mean,
• 27:34
  Speaker 1: we're seeing some key returners across the field come back
• 27:37
  Speaker 1: for Texas. But then again, guys, the transfers. And I'll
• 27:39
  Speaker 1: try to just blaze through these really quickly. Ian Armstrong
• 27:42
  Speaker 1: coming over from St. Mary's. This kid was the West
• 27:46
  Speaker 1: Coast MVP of the tournament, all West Coast first team,
• 27:50
  Speaker 1: 351 average, 16 home runs. I think he's going to
• 27:52
  Speaker 1: pretty well be your ersatz for Tenney. And then if
• 27:58
  Speaker 1: that's the case, then I really like the thought of
• 28:01
  Speaker 1: Sawyer Solitaria from Kent State kind of being your new
• 28:04
  Speaker 1: Aiden Robbins in a sense. And new is such a
• 28:08
  Speaker 1: ham-fisted way of saying it because they're not really– They're
• 28:11
  Speaker 1: not the same player, but I think that they just
• 28:13
  Speaker 1: fit in that same mold. Guys, you remember that Kent
• 28:16
  Speaker 1: State team that could upset Tennessee last year. I remember
• 28:20
  Speaker 1: saying on this very show, man, Kent State's got some ballplayers, guys,
• 28:24
  Speaker 1: and Solitaria was a name I wrote down within, like, what,
• 28:26
  Speaker 1: third week of the season? 294 average, led the team
• 28:30
  Speaker 1: in home runs, led Kent State with 16. This is
• 28:33
  Speaker 1: a baller. Lincoln Garcia from Texas Tech, another huge name,
• 28:36
  Speaker 1: just mashed for Tech's team, did really well. Gavin King
• 28:41
  Speaker 1: from Middle Tennessee, big strikeout arm, needs to reign in
• 28:44
  Speaker 1: the control. Long story short, this Texas team I think
• 28:47
  Speaker 1: is a shoe-in for like top five probably when we
• 28:51
  Speaker 1: start talking about rankings in the country. There are very
• 28:54
  Speaker 1: few holes. Everything looks sured up. Everything looks solid. I
• 29:01
  Speaker 1: don't know, guys. As bad as I hate to say it,
• 29:03
  Speaker 1: I think that this is a pretty dangerous team.
• 29:07
  Speaker 3: Yeah, I agree. And on top of that, from the
• 29:10
  Speaker 3: guys you talked about, there's four freshmen that really stood
• 29:12
  Speaker 3: out to me that make it to campus for them.
• 29:15
  Speaker 3: Starting off East in Austria, he was a guy that
• 29:17
  Speaker 3: was at USA consistently, had a really loud round near
• 29:20
  Speaker 3: the combine too while we were there. He's a guy
• 29:22
  Speaker 3: with light tower power, super interesting, could be a fun
• 29:25
  Speaker 3: bat to follow. The catching, we talked about guys leaving.
• 29:29
  Speaker 3: Brady Murrieta gets there. He was a guy that had
• 29:31
  Speaker 3: some helium early on in the cycle and kind of
• 29:33
  Speaker 3: fell off, but that's a guy that's a great get
• 29:34
  Speaker 3: for them. And then two arms that really stood out,
• 29:37
  Speaker 3: Trey ringel or rangell whichever way we want to say
• 29:40
  Speaker 3: it but the guy that's up to 100 really electric
• 29:43
  Speaker 3: whippy arm got some power stuff that'll be fun out
• 29:45
  Speaker 3: of a bullpen most likely for them and then cooper
• 29:47
  Speaker 3: webb who's another guy that was at the combine another
• 29:49
  Speaker 3: arm that had some late helium kind of up and
• 29:51
  Speaker 3: down and then ended up on campus which is a
• 29:53
  Speaker 3: huge win for them so four names definitely to follow
• 29:55
  Speaker 3: this year.
• 29:56
  Speaker 1: As well Great shot, JB. Rangel specifically, there's a lot
• 30:00
  Speaker 1: of hype for a kid that throws Hundo coming out
• 30:03
  Speaker 1: of the bullpen for Texas. I mean, you know Max
• 30:05
  Speaker 1: Wiener's just salivating. I need to probably phrase that differently.
• 30:12
  Speaker 1: Wiener's very excited to get... It's going to be a
• 30:15
  Speaker 1: great match in Austin. I'm going to stop now.
• 30:19
  Speaker 4: It's a great match.
• 30:21
  Speaker 1: Golly. Somebody take the mic from me.
• 30:25
  Speaker 7: I'm going to jump back to Adrian Rodriguez a little bit.
• 30:29
  Speaker 2: Drew, you mentioned him a little bit.
• 30:31
  Speaker 1: Yes, please.
• 30:32
  Speaker 2: I don't remember anything after the last 30 seconds. But, yeah,
• 30:36
  Speaker 2: I don't know what it is about Adrian Rodriguez for me.
• 30:39
  Speaker 7: I just can't really buy it right now. He's super volatile,
• 30:43
  Speaker 7: for me at least. He won the starting shortstop job.
• 30:46
  Speaker 7: He's going to play there this spring.
• 30:48
  Speaker 6: To me, I see him as more of like a,
• 30:51
  Speaker 6: super utility guy, more, more athletic than Polish for me
• 30:55
  Speaker 6: at this point.
• 30:56
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 30:56
  Speaker 6: And going back to the switch hitting, there's just a
• 30:59
  Speaker 6: very obvious drop off in power as a righty, super
• 31:03
  Speaker 6: high number of ground balls, EVs drop off pretty significantly, significantly.
• 31:07
  Speaker 2: And while the hit tool.
• 31:09
  Speaker 6: Is still average ish as a, as a righty, it
• 31:12
  Speaker 6: doesn't feel like this is a swing that's going to
• 31:15
  Speaker 6: work for him long-term.
• 31:16
  Speaker 2: He just gets beat way too often.
• 31:18
  Speaker 6: There's just, a lot of projection and questions that I
• 31:23
  Speaker 6: have that I can't really place in that high in
• 31:26
  Speaker 6: that first round where I feel like a lot of
• 31:28
  Speaker 6: people are projecting him right now.
• 31:30
  Speaker 1: I think that's understandable. We've got time to see whether
• 31:33
  Speaker 1: he adjusts now, Quinn, of course. And I think me
• 31:36
  Speaker 1: and you have talked about that. It's going to be
• 31:38
  Speaker 1: such an interesting thing to see what he looks like
• 31:41
  Speaker 1: this season and what that further adjustment looks like. going forward.
• 31:47
  Speaker 1: It's going to be one of the more compelling storylines
• 31:49
  Speaker 1: for them, for sure. JB, let's kick it back to
• 31:52
  Speaker 1: you for another team in the SEC, as will be
• 31:55
  Speaker 1: a theme among these last four. Go ahead, JB. Tell
• 31:59
  Speaker 1: us about Ole Miss. It's going to be an interesting
• 32:00
  Speaker 1: season for the Rebs in Oxford.
• 32:02
  Speaker 3: Yeah, so Ole Miss, I mean, they returned some familiar faces,
• 32:06
  Speaker 3: and on the starting rotation, it'll get dicey for them.
• 32:09
  Speaker 3: But Owen Pano is back. They get Judd Udemark back,
• 32:12
  Speaker 3: which is a big deal. They get Dom Decker back,
• 32:14
  Speaker 3: Hayden Federico, a lot of names you're familiar with on offense.
• 32:18
  Speaker 3: It's a great start for them. They brought in some
• 32:20
  Speaker 3: interesting transfer pieces as well, which would help out there,
• 32:23
  Speaker 3: including guys like Trey Hossie from Louisiana Tech and a
• 32:26
  Speaker 3: few others, which will be fine for them. And then
• 32:29
  Speaker 3: the bullpen and the starting rotation is really where it
• 32:31
  Speaker 3: gets interesting. They got Walker Hooks and J.P. Robertson back
• 32:34
  Speaker 3: who were in the pen for them last year. We'll
• 32:36
  Speaker 3: see how that goes this year for them, probably moving
• 32:38
  Speaker 3: those guys back in those roles. They got a lot
• 32:40
  Speaker 3: of other guys that don't have starting experience in the portal,
• 32:43
  Speaker 3: which will be good for the bullpen. And they got
• 32:45
  Speaker 3: a lot of guys that should eat up a lot
• 32:46
  Speaker 3: of innings for them. But on the starting side, you
• 32:48
  Speaker 3: get Maverick Rizzi from LSU. That's a guy that hasn't
• 32:51
  Speaker 3: had a lot of starting experience. Something that's kind of
• 32:54
  Speaker 3: interesting to see where he goes. He did a lot
• 32:56
  Speaker 3: of it on the Cape, none at LSU. Kendall Hoffman
• 32:59
  Speaker 3: is a guy that had some starting experience. We'll have
• 33:01
  Speaker 3: to see where he goes. It was at Houston. He
• 33:03
  Speaker 3: started 14 games, had some decent success a year ago.
• 33:06
  Speaker 3: Brent Stukes for upstate. Started all 16 games for them.
• 33:12
  Speaker 3: Kind of an up-and-down season for him as well. That's
• 33:14
  Speaker 3: another guy you kind of got to have to watch.
• 33:16
  Speaker 3: Eli Pillsbury, another guy that transferred in. Made 16 starts
• 33:21
  Speaker 3: from Jacksonville State. Lefty, kind of funky, one to watch.
• 33:24
  Speaker 3: And then Charlie Foster from Mississippi State is another one
• 33:26
  Speaker 3: that's a big deal that they got in there. He
• 33:27
  Speaker 3: had some starting experience as well. So those five guys
• 33:31
  Speaker 3: are the guys you're going to have and I think
• 33:33
  Speaker 3: is really, really good. to see what the rotation shapes
• 33:36
  Speaker 3: up to look like at the end of the day.
• 33:38
  Speaker 3: There's a lot of volatility in this rotation. I think
• 33:40
  Speaker 3: some guys are safer options with a lot of experience.
• 33:42
  Speaker 3: Others are guys with command issues and kind of reasons
• 33:45
  Speaker 3: why they haven't worked out at previous schools like Rizzy
• 33:47
  Speaker 3: or Foster. It will be interesting to see what kind
• 33:50
  Speaker 3: of falls through the cracks there and what ends up
• 33:52
  Speaker 3: being their solidified weekend rotation. But it is a very
• 33:56
  Speaker 3: experienced group, no matter what, with the transfers they brought
• 33:58
  Speaker 3: in and the guys they return, which would make them
• 34:01
  Speaker 3: an interesting Omaha hopeful. I wouldn't say that they're an
• 34:04
  Speaker 3: Omaha favorite right now, but they're an Omaha hopeful, I think,
• 34:07
  Speaker 3: for sure in the SEC.
• 34:09
  Speaker 1: JB, I know that you kind of touched on a
• 34:11
  Speaker 1: lot of areas of concern for Ole Miss, and I
• 34:15
  Speaker 1: think you said that the– well, I'll let you say it.
• 34:18
  Speaker 1: If you had to tell an Ole Miss fan, this
• 34:19
  Speaker 1: is your number one area of concern. If you get
• 34:22
  Speaker 1: this thing worked out before midway through the SEC slate,
• 34:26
  Speaker 1: you're looking at a really deep run.
• 34:28
  Speaker 3: I think it's the starting pitching, honestly. I think the bullpen,
• 34:31
  Speaker 3: you have so many options you can go to there
• 34:33
  Speaker 3: that it'll be okay. And so many guys, if they
• 34:35
  Speaker 3: don't work out as starters, it's okay. But the problem
• 34:37
  Speaker 3: is you don't have a lot of guys that you're
• 34:41
  Speaker 3: locked in as a starter and you're confident in right now,
• 34:43
  Speaker 3: I guess is my kind of go-ahead takeaway from it.
• 34:46
  Speaker 3: A lot of guys I had starting experience at mid-majors,
• 34:48
  Speaker 3: which is great. They could bounce up. Kind of still,
• 34:51
  Speaker 3: you have to see how it falls into place, especially
• 34:53
  Speaker 3: in an SEC schedule, it's a lot tougher. Two SEC
• 34:56
  Speaker 3: guys you bring over, not a lot of starting experience,
• 34:59
  Speaker 3: a lot of command issues. Can they figure it out
• 35:01
  Speaker 3: and have success for you? That's where it kind of
• 35:03
  Speaker 3: falls into place. But I think their bullpen is pretty set,
• 35:06
  Speaker 3: and I think the offense should be okay as well
• 35:08
  Speaker 3: with all the guys they've returned in production and what
• 35:10
  Speaker 3: they brought in. But really, the starting rotation is what's
• 35:13
  Speaker 3: going to be the biggest question going in for me.
• 35:17
  Speaker 5: Yeah, I just had a couple little storylines, I guess.
• 35:21
  Speaker 4: I mean, JB, you've already talked about these guys twice
• 35:23
  Speaker 4: now at this point.
• 35:24
  Speaker 5: But Charlie Foster coming over from you know, the bitter rival,
• 35:29
  Speaker 5: Mississippi State. And then you have Maverick Rizzi from LSU,
• 35:31
  Speaker 5: who Ole Miss obviously doesn't really think too fondly of either.
• 35:35
  Speaker 5: I mean, all three of those fan bases. I mean,
• 35:37
  Speaker 5: Ole Miss was kind of– their fans were a little
• 35:41
  Speaker 5: not as rowdy as.
• 35:42
  Speaker 4: They could have been in Omaha when we were there. But,
• 35:44
  Speaker 4: you know, I know they can get loud.
• 35:47
  Speaker 5: Mississippi State fans get loud. We know how LSU gets
• 35:49
  Speaker 5: when they're playing well. I think we can only hope
• 35:52
  Speaker 5: that Foster and Rizzi both wind up in the rotation
• 35:56
  Speaker 5: or playing a big role just so we can see
• 35:58
  Speaker 5: them pitch against their former team. Cause they do, they, they,
• 36:00
  Speaker 5: they both play against LSU this year. So that's going
• 36:02
  Speaker 5: to be, I mean, I mean, it gets don't miss
• 36:03
  Speaker 5: this year.
• 36:04
  Speaker 4: So it's going to be a, it's going to be
• 36:05
  Speaker 4: fun to watch.
• 36:06
  Speaker 3: Why not put them in an Omaha bracket, Jake? Why
• 36:08
  Speaker 3: not put three of those teams together.
• 36:10
  Speaker 1: On one side?
• 36:11
  Speaker 3: If they make it there, that would be, I'll be something.
• 36:16
  Speaker 1: That is going to be crazy to have Ole Miss,
• 36:18
  Speaker 1: Mississippi state, LSU and Tennessee all on one side of
• 36:20
  Speaker 1: the bracket. That's going to be nuts. Oh my God.
• 36:23
  Speaker 1: That's going to be insane.
• 36:24
  Speaker 3: It's a guarantee.
• 36:24
  Speaker 1: We need it.
• 36:25
  Speaker 3: There's always a poor SEC grouping nowadays.
• 36:29
  Speaker 1: Yeah, group of death. Yeah, yeah. Some crazy stuff happening
• 36:32
  Speaker 1: there for sure. I love it. Good stuff. Wait, let's
• 36:34
  Speaker 1: keep it in the SEC. Quingeman, you claimed the dogs
• 36:38
  Speaker 1: with a wonderful clip from the– oh, what is that
• 36:42
  Speaker 1: channel called? I don't remember. Anyway, bing bong, it's Georgia.
• 36:46
  Speaker 1: What you got, Quinn? Yeah. Yeah.
• 36:50
  Speaker 2: I don't know where you're going with that.
• 36:51
  Speaker 1: Side talks. Side talks. That's it.
• 36:53
  Speaker 2: I just picked a gift from the images section on iMessage.
• 36:58
  Speaker 1: But that's whatever.
• 37:00
  Speaker 2: Yeah, Georgia's legit. They brought in a ton of talent.
• 37:03
  Speaker 7: They have nine guys with legit starting experience, not to
• 37:07
  Speaker 7: mention guys like Jason Flores and Marcos Paz, just two
• 37:12
  Speaker 7: high upside guys who I think will make a legit
• 37:15
  Speaker 7: impact for them this year. And on the offensive end,
• 37:19
  Speaker 7: Brought in Mikey Bell, who honestly probably should have been
• 37:22
  Speaker 7: in the draft.
• 37:23
  Speaker 2: Hard to believe he's even back. Brought in this.
• 37:28
  Speaker 7: Today is where I start the hype train for Junior Milwaukee.
• 37:33
  Speaker 7: Just a defensive tackle, physical monster who has a little
• 37:39
  Speaker 7: bit of grace to him.
• 37:40
  Speaker 2: I've seen some clips of him this fall. He's played
• 37:43
  Speaker 2: a little third base. He's played a little first place.
• 37:45
  Speaker 2: He's played a little right field. And I am fully
• 37:48
  Speaker 2: bought in.
• 37:49
  Speaker 6: So today is the day that junior Milwaukee hype train
• 37:53
  Speaker 6: is off, off and running. Otherwise we got Henry Allen
• 37:58
  Speaker 6: and Cole Johnson have both had pretty good falls. Hunter
• 38:01
  Speaker 6: Carnes comes over from Florida state, gets a steady veteran catcher,
• 38:06
  Speaker 6: which is going to fare well for the amount of
• 38:09
  Speaker 6: pitching talent they have. Obviously Georgia is a very pitching heavy,
• 38:13
  Speaker 6: you know, West Johnson's like the pitching savant.
• 38:15
  Speaker 7: So, A lot of high upside and current, I guess, maturity.
• 38:22
  Speaker 7: They have some grad guys, some seniors that I think
• 38:28
  Speaker 7: can be falled on for, I guess, consistency if needed,
• 38:34
  Speaker 7: but also have some really high upside guys.
• 38:36
  Speaker 2: I mentioned Flores and Paz.
• 38:39
  Speaker 6: But we also have Florida transfer Cooper Walls, the real
• 38:44
  Speaker 6: USC transfer, Riley Goodman, who I still want to believe in,
• 38:47
  Speaker 6: but there's got to be some strikes there. And Christopher
• 38:51
  Speaker 6: Cespedes is one from Maryland that I'm super interested in.
• 38:54
  Speaker 6: He's got this runny fastball, and really his primary is
• 38:58
  Speaker 6: this gyro slider.
• 38:59
  Speaker 2: It just dies. It falls out of the zone completely.
• 39:03
  Speaker 4: It's awesome.
• 39:05
  Speaker 2: Also, some really good freshmen as well.
• 39:07
  Speaker 6: I talked about the starting pitching, but I think someone
• 39:09
  Speaker 6: who honestly could slide into that weekend spot at some
• 39:12
  Speaker 6: point is Matthew Sharman.
• 39:13
  Speaker 2: Had a ton of.
• 39:14
  Speaker 6: Draft looks, really nice arm action. I think he has
• 39:18
  Speaker 6: a good changeup as well, if I'm not mistaken. I
• 39:20
  Speaker 6: would love to see him get some run, especially in midweeks.
• 39:24
  Speaker 6: But yeah, I love, I really enjoy this Georgia team.
• 39:27
  Speaker 2: I think the only big concern.
• 39:30
  Speaker 6: I would have, one for offense, one for pitching, on
• 39:33
  Speaker 6: offense would be the amount of whiff this team generates.
• 39:36
  Speaker 2: They have a lot of guys with power overhead profiles.
• 39:39
  Speaker 6: So I would like to see some guys shore that up,
• 39:42
  Speaker 6: especially my guy, Junior Lewaki. He can't be like a
• 39:44
  Speaker 6: 40% whiff rate again this year, but he was just
• 39:48
  Speaker 6: getting started.
• 39:48
  Speaker 2: So I'm not even worried about it.
• 39:50
  Speaker 6: Um, on the pitching side, I think it would be
• 39:53
  Speaker 6: the amount of high upside guys they have and how
• 39:56
  Speaker 6: many of them actually get to that upside. Like guys
• 39:59
  Speaker 6: like Joe Nottingham, can he be a starter? Riley Goodman,
• 40:02
  Speaker 6: can he produce anything this year? I really hope so. Um,
• 40:06
  Speaker 6: Jason Flores, what's his role going to be? Just a
• 40:08
  Speaker 6: lot of guys that could be, you know, Friday, Saturday guys.
• 40:12
  Speaker 2: Will they be? Maybe, maybe not. So could be a
• 40:16
  Speaker 2: lot of, um, volatility, I guess I'll say.
• 40:22
  Speaker 3: Yeah, and kind of to bounce off of that, to
• 40:25
  Speaker 3: hit on Quinn kind of took one of my points
• 40:26
  Speaker 3: and wanted to say Matthew Sharman, we loved him last year.
• 40:29
  Speaker 3: I know we had him ranked pretty good. I liked him.
• 40:31
  Speaker 3: I had him ranked pretty good. That's one that'll be
• 40:33
  Speaker 3: definitely a fun arm for Wes Johnson to handle and
• 40:36
  Speaker 3: see his development there. But Jake Hanley is another one
• 40:38
  Speaker 3: that I really, really liked, that one over there from Indiana.
• 40:41
  Speaker 3: He was the guy that when they came to North Carolina,
• 40:43
  Speaker 3: that was the one bat that I was really worried about.
• 40:45
  Speaker 3: the whole weekend series. And it will definitely be a
• 40:47
  Speaker 3: fun one there at Georgia. That's a launching pad. And
• 40:49
  Speaker 3: for him, perfect place to be. So it will definitely
• 40:52
  Speaker 3: be fun to watch that offense, like Quinn was saying.
• 40:55
  Speaker 3: And I think those are two names also kind of
• 40:57
  Speaker 3: to follow throughout.
• 40:59
  Speaker 1: I do love the point Quinn made and JBU followed
• 41:01
  Speaker 1: up on it. They're talking about how in Athens, feed
• 41:04
  Speaker 1: the trees, just the whole thing, right? And dude, you've
• 41:08
  Speaker 1: got the team to do it. You've got a bunch
• 41:10
  Speaker 1: of just loaded, let's swing and mash teams. So we'll
• 41:14
  Speaker 1: see if their monsters can mash in Athens for 2027.
• 41:17
  Speaker 2: That was good. I like that.
• 41:19
  Speaker 1: Thank you, sir. We're coming up on Halloween. I'm trying
• 41:22
  Speaker 1: my best. I'm getting a little spoopy over here. Well,
• 41:26
  Speaker 1: speaking of spoopy, Jake, what would happen if Troy managed
• 41:32
  Speaker 1: to make it to Omaha? What would happen if somebody
• 41:36
  Speaker 1: predicted in our last preseason said, Troy can make a
• 41:41
  Speaker 1: run at Omaha, and then sure enough, they do. Jake,
• 41:45
  Speaker 1: what are we looking at with Troy for 2027, sir?
• 41:49
  Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean, last year, Troy, I mean, we obviously
• 41:52
  Speaker 5: talked about him a lot in the preseason, and we
• 41:54
  Speaker 5: knew the amount of talent that they had on the team,
• 41:56
  Speaker 5: but they kind of came out of nowhere going towards
• 41:59
  Speaker 5: the end of the season. They had an up-and-down regular season,
• 42:02
  Speaker 5: and then they just got on fire at the perfect time.
• 42:05
  Speaker 5: They They played 71 games last year is one thing,
• 42:08
  Speaker 5: which is insane. That Sunbelt tournament is crazy, and they
• 42:12
  Speaker 5: won 39 of them. They didn't win the Sunbelt tournament,
• 42:15
  Speaker 5: but they did make it to a regional anyways. I
• 42:18
  Speaker 5: think they were one of the teams we were discussing
• 42:20
  Speaker 5: if they were going to get an at-large bid towards
• 42:22
  Speaker 5: the end of the year.
• 42:22
  Speaker 4: They ended up getting one.
• 42:24
  Speaker 5: They went to Gainesville after losing their first game to,
• 42:28
  Speaker 5: I believe, I think it was Miami.
• 42:30
  Speaker 4: They ended up.
• 42:31
  Speaker 5: Winning out and then hosting Little Rock. in the Supers
• 42:35
  Speaker 5: as a three seed. And then they, they, they beat
• 42:37
  Speaker 5: them twice and obviously made it to Omaha. They, they, they,
• 42:40
  Speaker 5: you know, they picked up a win versus Ole Miss,
• 42:43
  Speaker 5: but you know, West Virginia proved to be just a
• 42:45
  Speaker 5: little bit, a little bit too tough for them. They
• 42:47
  Speaker 5: lost to them twice, but again, I mentioned them coming
• 42:50
  Speaker 5: out of nowhere, going, going into May, the month of
• 42:53
  Speaker 5: May last year, Troy had a losing record. I think
• 42:57
  Speaker 5: they were one game below 500 with like less than
• 42:59
  Speaker 5: a month of the season left to go. Obviously I credit,
• 43:03
  Speaker 5: you know, that mostly to the players, but you know, coach,
• 43:06
  Speaker 5: coach Meade, you know, he's, he's built a culture at
• 43:09
  Speaker 5: Troy and it's one that, that guys really want to
• 43:11
  Speaker 5: be a part of. I think I talked about it
• 43:13
  Speaker 5: last time talking about Jimmy Janicki, but he's, he's the
• 43:17
  Speaker 5: big name on this team with the draft prospect status,
• 43:19
  Speaker 5: the performances in Omaha, just being the overall, you know,
• 43:22
  Speaker 5: leader of this team. But, you know, there were, there
• 43:24
  Speaker 5: were guys like, like Houston Markham, you know, Jay Ruth,
• 43:28
  Speaker 5: Jay Boroff, who, who, who, who broke out and, big
• 43:31
  Speaker 5: ways towards the end of the year last year. And
• 43:32
  Speaker 5: all three of them, you know, decided not to, not
• 43:35
  Speaker 5: to try and transfer, but to stay with Troy, run
• 43:37
  Speaker 5: it back this year. And that just speaks, that just
• 43:40
  Speaker 5: speaks volumes to the, to the, to the culture that
• 43:42
  Speaker 5: they have there at Troy. They're also joined by some,
• 43:47
  Speaker 5: some big time returners on the, on the pitching side,
• 43:49
  Speaker 5: Cooper Ellingworth and Hayden Smith, both starters last year, both
• 43:53
  Speaker 5: coming back this year. top relievers know a thick pin.
• 43:58
  Speaker 5: I wouldn't be shocked if he makes a push for the,
• 44:00
  Speaker 5: for the rotation. If not, he's just going to be,
• 44:02
  Speaker 5: he's just going to be really good out in the
• 44:03
  Speaker 5: bullpen again, like he was last year. Matt deals coming
• 44:05
  Speaker 5: back at a lot of innings last year. On top
• 44:08
  Speaker 5: of that, you know, they have, they have transfers coming
• 44:10
  Speaker 5: in as well. Peyton Knowles coming in from, from Seattle.
• 44:13
  Speaker 5: He had three 47 last year, nine 90 OPS. And
• 44:17
  Speaker 5: he's got a lot of defensive versatility and he's, he's played.
• 44:20
  Speaker 4: I think he's been.
• 44:21
  Speaker 5: Playing left field for him this fall, but he, but
• 44:23
  Speaker 5: he's played first base. He's played second base. Uh, he
• 44:25
  Speaker 5: can really just bounce around, bounce around the field, play
• 44:28
  Speaker 5: a bunch of different spots. Cooper Williams coming over from,
• 44:31
  Speaker 5: from Kennesaw state hit 300 last year, probably going to
• 44:34
  Speaker 5: slot right in and play third base for him this year. Uh,
• 44:36
  Speaker 5: Landon acres coming over from MTSU, uh, power hitting outfielder.
• 44:41
  Speaker 5: And then, uh, Preston Watkins is the other transfer that
• 44:43
  Speaker 5: I'll mention. He's Corpus Christi transfer. He's been, he's, he's
• 44:47
  Speaker 5: been starting games this.
• 44:48
  Speaker 1: Fall for Troy.
• 44:49
  Speaker 5: I think of their three scrimmages, he started two of them. Um,
• 44:53
  Speaker 5: upper eights, low nines, fastball for strikes, two decent breaking balls.
• 44:56
  Speaker 5: It's looking like he's going to, he's going to get
• 44:58
  Speaker 5: the nod on somewhere in that rotation when, once the
• 45:01
  Speaker 5: season starts. Um, and then lastly for the, for the pitching,
• 45:05
  Speaker 5: you know, they had, they got a pair of a
• 45:07
  Speaker 5: hard thrown freshmen, uh, Tyner Flint and Layton pole.
• 45:10
  Speaker 4: I think they're both up into the, up in the
• 45:12
  Speaker 4: mid nineties coming in as freshmen.
• 45:14
  Speaker 5: And you don't see that a lot at some of
• 45:15
  Speaker 5: these mid major programs that can make, you know, immediate
• 45:17
  Speaker 5: impacts on the mound. Um, there's always the struggle of
• 45:22
  Speaker 5: being a, you know, a successful, especially mid-major team when
• 45:25
  Speaker 5: it comes to losing some of your top players from
• 45:28
  Speaker 5: the year before. And they've definitely lost their fair share
• 45:30
  Speaker 5: of innings and at-bats from last year's team. But like,
• 45:33
  Speaker 5: I still think there's enough coming back on both sides
• 45:35
  Speaker 5: of the ball for them to be a force in
• 45:37
  Speaker 5: the Sun Belt and probably going to be one of
• 45:39
  Speaker 5: the favorites in that conference again, as we get into
• 45:41
  Speaker 5: the season.
• 45:44
  Speaker 1: It is so interesting to consider that though, because dude, Troy,
• 45:49
  Speaker 1: they were the ultimate Cinderella. in a lot of regards, man,
• 45:53
  Speaker 1: like we we've seen, we've seen some really great mid
• 45:56
  Speaker 1: major teams. I mean, you could talk about Murray, you
• 45:58
  Speaker 1: could talk about plenty of teams who have just been that,
• 46:01
  Speaker 1: that Cinderella, but Troy just really caught a lot of
• 46:05
  Speaker 1: fire and we're such a fun team. And like you said, you,
• 46:08
  Speaker 1: you've got guys like Jay Boroff, whose entire, his entire
• 46:13
  Speaker 1: legacy was crafted in the tournament. Jake is crazy work, man. And,
• 46:18
  Speaker 1: They are going to be a really fun team to watch.
• 46:20
  Speaker 1: If you had to put a ceiling on them, I
• 46:23
  Speaker 1: know that's so hard, dude.
• 46:26
  Speaker 5: I mean, they were just in Omaha, and that was
• 46:30
  Speaker 5: obviously their ceiling last year. I mean, it's hard for
• 46:32
  Speaker 5: me to not say that again. I guess just to
• 46:36
  Speaker 5: be a little bit more humble for it, I mean,
• 46:38
  Speaker 5: they're going to be a regional team. They're going to
• 46:40
  Speaker 5: be a postseason team. They're going to perform well in
• 46:41
  Speaker 5: the Sun Belt. If the offense goes crazy like it
• 46:44
  Speaker 5: did towards the end of last season, sure, they can
• 46:47
  Speaker 5: make it to Omaha again. I think just a safe ceiling,
• 46:51
  Speaker 5: I guess, or floor, I guess I'm calling it a floor, really.
• 46:55
  Speaker 5: They're going to be a postseason team, and then we'll
• 46:57
  Speaker 5: see how far they can go after that.
• 46:59
  Speaker 1: I think that's an excellent outcome for Troy, especially amidst
• 47:02
  Speaker 1: the loaded fun belt. Some would say the fifth best
• 47:06
  Speaker 1: conference in college baseball. I wouldn't fight you. All right,
• 47:10
  Speaker 1: the eighth and final team. It's Alabama. This is what
• 47:16
  Speaker 1: happens when you draft fourth. You get Alabama. So, Coach
• 47:20
  Speaker 1: Rob Vaughn, he is bringing back a couple players. This
• 47:23
  Speaker 1: was a team that went 42-21 last year. Guys, you
• 47:26
  Speaker 1: heard us. I think we all said it. It got
• 47:29
  Speaker 1: to the point that it was almost like tired rhetoric
• 47:31
  Speaker 1: even because we said it so often that it became
• 47:35
  Speaker 1: sort of boring to hear, but Alabama in 2026 went
• 47:40
  Speaker 1: as Justin LeBron went. He was their star. He was
• 47:43
  Speaker 1: their motor. And now granted, he is a player who
• 47:46
  Speaker 1: we have talked extensively about his flaws, but he was
• 47:50
  Speaker 1: a dynamic player that could be that engine type piece
• 47:54
  Speaker 1: for Alabama. Of course, he was drafted in the first
• 47:57
  Speaker 1: round of the Reds. You saw guys like Brady Neal,
• 48:01
  Speaker 1: their catcher who was arguably their second best hitter last year,
• 48:04
  Speaker 1: picked to the Reds as well. A couple of their
• 48:06
  Speaker 1: main pitchers, Tyler Fay, who had some outstanding starts for Alabama.
• 48:10
  Speaker 1: The Pirates picked him up. Zane Adams picked up by
• 48:13
  Speaker 1: the Orioles as well. A couple transfers. You see, let's see,
• 48:18
  Speaker 1: John Young Jr. going to Charlotte. I think we talked
• 48:20
  Speaker 1: about him the other day in the group chat. Shout
• 48:23
  Speaker 1: out John Young Jr. And Austin Morris leaving the program
• 48:26
  Speaker 1: as well. But Alabama's not without. They're not doing without.
• 48:31
  Speaker 1: They are bringing back some players. Bryce Fowler led the
• 48:34
  Speaker 1: team in batting average with a 320. Did really well
• 48:36
  Speaker 1: to get on base as well, 901 OPS. Eric Hines
• 48:40
  Speaker 1: was third on the team with a 289 average. John
• 48:43
  Speaker 1: Lim coming back was a bit of a power hitter
• 48:45
  Speaker 1: for them, so I think they're looking to see him
• 48:46
  Speaker 1: expand on 10 home runs and 853 OPS for him,
• 48:48
  Speaker 1: but I think My key storyline, I guess, for Alabama
• 48:55
  Speaker 1: in 2027 is going to be what do the freshmen
• 48:57
  Speaker 1: look like and what can we get out of our transfers?
• 49:00
  Speaker 1: Let's talk transfers first because, uh, Mateo Serna from Missouri
• 49:04
  Speaker 1: coming over, I think they're going to be expecting a
• 49:06
  Speaker 1: lot of him just as a veteran leader. Cooper Neville
• 49:09
  Speaker 1: from DBU, uh, also got on base at a really
• 49:12
  Speaker 1: strong clip, had hit a couple of home runs as well.
• 49:14
  Speaker 1: We'll see what he can do. I think he'll pretty
• 49:15
  Speaker 1: well slot into an infield role pretty, easily, in my opinion.
• 49:20
  Speaker 1: Going to get a USF transfer, Michael Sine. That is
• 49:23
  Speaker 1: going to be a strong add. 81 innings pitch, just
• 49:25
  Speaker 1: under a 4 ERA for him for this sophomore. A
• 49:29
  Speaker 1: couple SEC guys as well. Miller Green from Vanderbilt, a senior.
• 49:33
  Speaker 1: Didn't do so hot last year. I'm pretty sure he
• 49:35
  Speaker 1: was struggling with injury, if I'm not mistaken. And then
• 49:37
  Speaker 1: Noah Allen from Ole Miss, a sophomore. a right-hander to
• 49:41
  Speaker 1: go along with Green being a left-hander. The freshman, that's
• 49:44
  Speaker 1: what I was talking about a second ago. I think
• 49:45
  Speaker 1: we can talk about guys. I do want to shout
• 49:48
  Speaker 1: out a friend of the show. Some would call him
• 49:51
  Speaker 1: a legend. He himself called himself a legend of the
• 49:53
  Speaker 1: show in a text message today. I won't go so far.
• 49:56
  Speaker 1: Josh Catlett, shout out to Josh. He got to see
• 49:59
  Speaker 1: Alabama recently, and I asked him just kind of some
• 50:01
  Speaker 1: thoughts and checked up on his thoughts. Wyatt Williams, he said,
• 50:05
  Speaker 1: is a right-hander that could start. Luke Smyers, a Kate performer,
• 50:08
  Speaker 1: sinker slider guy, lefty. But the ones I'm looking at,
• 50:11
  Speaker 1: Bubba Coleman, kind of shifting infield-outfield patient, has some present power. But,
• 50:16
  Speaker 1: of course, guys, it's the reclass. It's Harry Chubb Jones Jr.,
• 50:21
  Speaker 1: the two-way player. I'm hyped. It's not every day that
• 50:25
  Speaker 1: you see a guy who, and I haven't asked you
• 50:28
  Speaker 1: guys this, but, I mean, just nods of the head
• 50:29
  Speaker 1: or a vocal confirmation. I would have said Chubb was
• 50:33
  Speaker 1: probably a top-20 prep for this draft, surely, right?
• 50:38
  Speaker 4: In that range?
• 50:40
  Speaker 3: Yeah, there's him and Spur and Dio reclassing up, which
• 50:43
  Speaker 3: I guess we forgot to talk about Spur and Dio
• 50:45
  Speaker 3: in Texas as well, which is weird, but two interesting ones, yeah.
• 50:49
  Speaker 1: But either way, the fact that he's reclassing two-way player,
• 50:53
  Speaker 1: I'm not entirely sure how he's going to fit in
• 50:54
  Speaker 1: as a freshman. I'm sure he's just going to get
• 50:56
  Speaker 1: in where he fits in. I mean, he just wants
• 50:57
  Speaker 1: to play at this point. It's clear if he's reclassing
• 51:00
  Speaker 1: to this school. It's going to be interesting to see
• 51:03
  Speaker 1: what he does. I don't want to bury the lead here.
• 51:07
  Speaker 1: We were concerned about Alabama in 2026. You take their
• 51:11
  Speaker 1: engine and you give them untested chub. You give them
• 51:16
  Speaker 1: Michael Sine. I think that what you said about Ole Miss, JB,
• 51:22
  Speaker 1: that they are likely a middle-of-the-pack SEC team who could
• 51:27
  Speaker 1: make it to Omaha, depending on what they do. But
• 51:30
  Speaker 1: it's so unlikely to say yeah, because there are just
• 51:33
  Speaker 1: so many more talented SEC teams that they're going to
• 51:36
  Speaker 1: run into. I do think Coach Vaughn's going to have
• 51:38
  Speaker 1: them ready. I'm very interested to see what Sinead does
• 51:41
  Speaker 1: specifically from USF. I think that could be a really,
• 51:45
  Speaker 1: really talented arm to see what he does in the
• 51:48
  Speaker 1: SEC is going to be a lot of fun. But
• 51:50
  Speaker 1: I will officially say, I'll borrow from Jake, probably a
• 51:54
  Speaker 1: regional team, probably. Good for you all.
• 52:01
  Speaker 7: Drew, I got a quick question for you. I'm not
• 52:04
  Speaker 7: sure if you mentioned it or not, but I was
• 52:07
  Speaker 7: interested to see what your projection upside ceiling would be.
• 52:11
  Speaker 2: For Friday night guy, probably Miles Upchurch. What do you
• 52:15
  Speaker 2: think for him this year?
• 52:20
  Speaker 1: Well, it's interesting. We know that last year he was Sunday.
• 52:25
  Speaker 1: Is that right?
• 52:27
  Speaker 3: Okay. Throw in Omaha. I think he came in in
• 52:31
  Speaker 3: relief at the very end. He was warming up, but
• 52:33
  Speaker 3: he was not a starter in Omaha, so he was
• 52:35
  Speaker 3: a Sunday guy.
• 52:36
  Speaker 1: I remember you guys mentioning he didn't start. That was curious,
• 52:40
  Speaker 1: but I mean, Quinn just not prepared for that. Uh,
• 52:44
  Speaker 1: I mean, big, it's a good frame. If I remember, right. Like,
• 52:47
  Speaker 1: I mean, it's a big body right-hander. I think that
• 52:49
  Speaker 1: the fact that they're seeing him pitch in the weekend already,
• 52:53
  Speaker 1: I think that's been inspirational. I mean, uh, looking at
• 52:55
  Speaker 1: his numbers right here, uh, the lowest mark among the, uh,
• 52:59
  Speaker 1: Alabama starters and with a three 75 ERA, I mean, uh, I,
• 53:05
  Speaker 1: that sounds pretty solid to me, uh, without, without having prepared.
• 53:09
  Speaker 1: I think that he probably is their Friday guy. I,
• 53:12
  Speaker 1: I think he gets overshadowed pretty quickly in terms of
• 53:15
  Speaker 1: Friday guys in the sec, but all things considered, this
• 53:19
  Speaker 1: is a sophomore who is going to have, cause he's
• 53:22
  Speaker 1: not 27 eligible. He'll be 28 if I'm not mistaken.
• 53:26
  Speaker 1: And so I think that this is going to be
• 53:29
  Speaker 1: a great year for development. And I mean, if we
• 53:31
  Speaker 1: see another gradual step up, I think it's a great
• 53:33
  Speaker 1: step for up churches, uh, for his draft stock in 28. So, yeah, actually,
• 53:38
  Speaker 1: I guess the starting pitching for Alabama is going to
• 53:40
  Speaker 1: be something I'm a little keyed in on between Upchurch
• 53:43
  Speaker 1: and Michael Simei. That's kind of crazy. Good call, Quinn.
• 53:46
  Speaker 1: I like it.
• 53:48
  Speaker 2: Thank you.
• 53:48
  Speaker 7: One other quick note, if you get your live news
• 53:52
  Speaker 7: 24 hours later, the Milwaukee Brewers have won the World Series.
• 53:56
  Speaker 2: Oh, my gosh.
• 53:57
  Speaker 1: The Brewers. The crew, wow. We appreciate everybody waiting to
• 54:03
  Speaker 1: check their media until we announce it on YouTube tomorrow morning.
• 54:09
  Speaker 1: Just so you guys know, they won. Just so you know.
• 54:13
  Speaker 1: Start the lockout, baby. Let's lock it down. College can't
• 54:17
  Speaker 1: get here soon enough. So we had planned at home
• 54:21
  Speaker 1: to talk about the other teams that qualified for Supers.
• 54:26
  Speaker 1: Let's do really quickly, guys, we'll say– The thing you
• 54:30
  Speaker 1: like the best about the team and then a prediction
• 54:33
  Speaker 1: for what they could be in 2027. That way we
• 54:35
  Speaker 1: get to the Supers squads as well really quickly. I'll
• 54:38
  Speaker 1: start with Mississippi State. I saw a ton of them.
• 54:42
  Speaker 1: I saw them again. I think that what Mississippi State
• 54:45
  Speaker 1: has done is they played the transfer portal incredibly well.
• 54:49
  Speaker 1: They are returning an incredible staff, the best rotation in
• 54:52
  Speaker 1: college baseball, argue with a brick wall. This is an
• 54:55
  Speaker 1: Omaha contender. This is exactly what I meant a minute
• 54:58
  Speaker 1: ago when I said teams like Ole Miss and Alabama,
• 55:00
  Speaker 1: it's so hard to project them for Omaha when you're
• 55:02
  Speaker 1: going to run into Mississippi State. You're going to run
• 55:04
  Speaker 1: into Texas. You're going to run into another team that
• 55:05
  Speaker 1: wears a better shade of orange. But Mississippi State's an
• 55:08
  Speaker 1: Omaha contender for sure. Jake, you were so excited to
• 55:12
  Speaker 1: talk about the Johnnies, and sadly that will have to
• 55:15
  Speaker 1: wait until another episode. But tell us something you like
• 55:17
  Speaker 1: about St. John's and what's their ceiling for 2017.
• 55:21
  Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean, they flew under the radar kind of
• 55:23
  Speaker 5: all season last year and ended up doing a lot
• 55:26
  Speaker 5: of damage in the postseason. I mean, what I like
• 55:29
  Speaker 5: a lot about them is just that they didn't really
• 55:32
  Speaker 5: lose a ton. I mean, they lost their offensive and
• 55:35
  Speaker 5: pitching leaders in Adam Agresti, Liam O'Leary in the draft,
• 55:39
  Speaker 5: but they returned a lot of impactful guys. Evan Chafee
• 55:42
  Speaker 5: was a starter last year, and he's coming back for them.
• 55:46
  Speaker 4: Evan, I think it's Hochul is how you pronounce it.
• 55:48
  Speaker 5: Victor Frederick, Tommy Conley, David Rodriguez is coming back this
• 55:52
  Speaker 5: year for them. They got a lot of returners on
• 55:55
  Speaker 5: that side of the ball. And then on offense, Jada
• 55:57
  Speaker 5: Raifstanger was a guy that made a lot of noise
• 56:00
  Speaker 5: in the postseason last year. Luis Rodriguez, Dylan Fitzsimmons, they're
• 56:04
  Speaker 5: also coming back in the lineup this year. I like
• 56:07
  Speaker 5: what they're bringing back. It's an experienced team. It's a
• 56:09
  Speaker 5: team that's got a history of success in the Big East.
• 56:13
  Speaker 5: I think they're going to be one of the teams
• 56:14
  Speaker 5: to beat in that conference. And I mean, they're probably
• 56:17
  Speaker 5: going to be my my, my preseason predictor to win
• 56:21
  Speaker 5: that conference, just based on what I saw from a
• 56:23
  Speaker 5: lot of these guys a year ago. I think that's a,
• 56:25
  Speaker 5: I think that's a fair thing to say them and
• 56:26
  Speaker 5: UConn are going to be up there at the top,
• 56:27
  Speaker 5: but I like it.
• 56:29
  Speaker 4: I think they're going to be one of the favorites.
• 56:31
  Speaker 1: Love that. Quinn, your new hometown, the Auburn Tigers. What's
• 56:36
  Speaker 1: something you like? What's the, what's the ceiling or your
• 56:39
  Speaker 1: prediction for them in 27? Yeah.
• 56:41
  Speaker 2: I mean, this is built up to be the year, right?
• 56:43
  Speaker 6: I mean, we've talked about the underclassmen for the last
• 56:46
  Speaker 6: two years and now we're here Frankly, I'm a little underwhelmed.
• 56:50
  Speaker 6: I don't really think this is the team that does it.
• 56:54
  Speaker 6: I think there are some pieces. The pitching depth is decent.
• 56:57
  Speaker 6: Like you got Marciano coming back. Alvarez coming back. I
• 57:01
  Speaker 6: think LJ Cormier is going to be good this year.
• 57:03
  Speaker 6: I just don't know if this is an Omaha winning team.
• 57:07
  Speaker 6: There are some pieces, but I'm a little skeptical of
• 57:10
  Speaker 6: my new hometown team.
• 57:13
  Speaker 1: We'll see.
• 57:14
  Speaker 2: I feel like this is more of a super, super
• 57:17
  Speaker 2: regional kind of team.
• 57:19
  Speaker 1: Okay, that's fair. JB, back to your homeland to talk
• 57:23
  Speaker 1: about USC, and I'm not going to make any comments
• 57:26
  Speaker 1: that I could make here.
• 57:28
  Speaker 3: We'll keep it short and sweet for you, Drew. I
• 57:30
  Speaker 3: love Andrew Johnson. I don't like their offense, and they're
• 57:33
  Speaker 3: a regional hopeful.
• 57:36
  Speaker 1: This sounds like the 26th USC team, JB. My God.
• 57:39
  Speaker 3: I don't think they start off 18-0 or whatever it was.
• 57:43
  Speaker 1: Get rid of them.
• 57:44
  Speaker 4: No chance.
• 57:47
  Speaker 1: Wow, I forgot USC started 18-0. Jake, we'll stick to
• 57:51
  Speaker 1: the West Coast. Tell us about Oregon, buddy. What's up,
• 57:53
  Speaker 1: you like? What's the outlook for them in 27?
• 57:57
  Speaker 5: I'll also keep it nice and short. You know, Will
• 58:00
  Speaker 5: Sanford's going to be the leader of that rotation. J.B., Quinn, Drew,
• 58:03
  Speaker 5: I'm sure, is also a massive fan of Will Sanford.
• 58:06
  Speaker 5: Go listen to our first episode if you want to
• 58:09
  Speaker 5: deep dive on him a little bit. But he's going
• 58:11
  Speaker 5: to front line that rotation. He's going to be really good.
• 58:14
  Speaker 5: For them, I think the pitching is going to be
• 58:16
  Speaker 5: solid overall. The more the questions come on the offensive side,
• 58:19
  Speaker 5: they lost a lot. Braden Jackson, Jackson Menez are coming back.
• 58:23
  Speaker 5: They bring in some big transfers, Adrian Lopez, Carter Johnston,
• 58:27
  Speaker 5: Dominic Longo.
• 58:28
  Speaker 4: Those guys are coming over. They provide a lot of
• 58:30
  Speaker 4: thump in.
• 58:30
  Speaker 5: That lineup, but how they all mesh together is always
• 58:33
  Speaker 5: a question mark. I like their bullpen. Tanner Bradley, Toby
• 58:37
  Speaker 5: Twist kind of front line in that bullpen. They also
• 58:39
  Speaker 5: have some pretty good depth there. I think they're going
• 58:42
  Speaker 5: to be one of the They're going to be probably
• 58:44
  Speaker 5: on paper the team to beat in the Big Ten,
• 58:49
  Speaker 5: in my opinion. I think their regional team, super regional team,
• 58:53
  Speaker 5: will stand for competition to it.
• 58:56
  Speaker 1: It's going to be interesting to see for sure. Quingen,
• 58:59
  Speaker 1: tell us about another Big 12 favorite. It's Kansas. What
• 59:02
  Speaker 1: do you like about them? What's the outlook for 27?
• 59:05
  Speaker 2: I'll try and keep it short and sweet. Dan Fitzgerald's awesome.
• 59:08
  Speaker 2: Trust him. Basically, the entire lineup is Juco guys. Absolutely
• 59:13
  Speaker 2: love it.
• 59:14
  Speaker 6: The world is going to be introduced to Carson Zagarin,
• 59:17
  Speaker 6: and Mason Cook has a banger slider.
• 59:20
  Speaker 1: Mason Cook does have a banger slider. Love that. JB,
• 59:24
  Speaker 1: back to your homeland. Wow, Cal Poly time. Tell us
• 59:26
  Speaker 1: about them.
• 59:27
  Speaker 2: Yeah, the Stangs.
• 59:28
  Speaker 3: The thing to love is honestly the coach and the
• 59:31
  Speaker 3: program tradition there. Larry Lee has done a great job.
• 59:33
  Speaker 3: They've run a great program. That's what you love. What
• 59:36
  Speaker 3: I don't like, they lost seven of their biggest contributors
• 59:38
  Speaker 3: to the draft from a year ago. And for them,
• 59:41
  Speaker 3: it's another team that's probably a team fighting for the
• 59:44
  Speaker 3: top of the Big West to get in that will
• 59:45
  Speaker 3: probably need to win that tournament to get in. So
• 59:48
  Speaker 3: they're a regional long shot I'd put right now trying
• 59:51
  Speaker 3: to fight their way in.
• 59:53
  Speaker 1: It's going to be interesting to see what they're doing.
• 59:54
  Speaker 1: Shout out to our boy Rapacelli, new addition to the
• 59:56
  Speaker 1: team from Cal Poly. All right, let's wrap it up
• 59:59
  Speaker 1: with Little Rock. Drew's going to talk about it. So
• 1:00:01
  Speaker 1: here's the thing. They're in the UAC, which was previously
• 1:00:04
  Speaker 1: the WAC. Crazy stuff. Sweet logo, though, if you haven't
• 1:00:07
  Speaker 1: seen it. Check that out. Favorite thing that they are
• 1:00:10
  Speaker 1: doing in terms of what they're bringing back, Jerry Lopez
• 1:00:13
  Speaker 1: is coming back to this team. What we saw from him,
• 1:00:15
  Speaker 1: the shortstop, is that he was incredible in tournament play.
• 1:00:20
  Speaker 1: A pair of three-hit games in the NCAA tournament, three doubles,
• 1:00:23
  Speaker 1: Two-hit game against Troy in the series Jake was talking
• 1:00:26
  Speaker 1: about earlier, the Contraception Classic Super Regional.
• 1:00:30
  Speaker 3: Get it?
• 1:00:30
  Speaker 1: All Trojans? Hello? Anyway, I think that that's going to
• 1:00:34
  Speaker 1: be an interesting team. I mean, UAC, I think that... Easy. UAC,
• 1:00:39
  Speaker 1: I think they're in the mix. I mean, we saw
• 1:00:42
  Speaker 1: Little Rock win six tournament games, NCAA tournament, in the
• 1:00:47
  Speaker 1: last two years. Before that, they were just to the
• 1:00:50
  Speaker 1: dance once in 2011. I mean, this is a team
• 1:00:53
  Speaker 1: that's on the rise, and amidst this new whack, we'll
• 1:00:58
  Speaker 1: see what they do. It's going to be interesting to see.
• 1:01:00
  Speaker 3: Drew, I don't know if you realize, but on that
• 1:01:02
  Speaker 3: side of the bracket, there's another Trojan team, too. So
• 1:01:05
  Speaker 3: we had three out of eight teams.
• 1:01:07
  Speaker 1: Oh, there were, weren't there? Oh, my gosh. Contraception Classic. Man,
• 1:01:15
  Speaker 1: where was Trojan to sponsor that? Oh, my God. Think
• 1:01:19
  Speaker 1: of the marketing they could have had.
• 1:01:21
  Speaker 5: Quinn, I don't think you were on with us for
• 1:01:23
  Speaker 5: that episode last year, but when we brought that up
• 1:01:25
  Speaker 5: last year, that was an instant classic. That was hilarious
• 1:01:28
  Speaker 5: when we put all that together.
• 1:01:31
  Speaker 1: After we did it, I think we were even like, wow,
• 1:01:34
  Speaker 1: I can't wait to see what team wraps this one up. Man,
• 1:01:39
  Speaker 1: who's going to pull it out this time? There's so
• 1:01:42
  Speaker 1: many good jokes you can do.
• 1:01:45
  Speaker 2: That's great.
• 1:01:46
  Speaker 1: It was a lot of fun. A lot of fun
• 1:01:48
  Speaker 1: was had, and man, we had a lot of fun
• 1:01:49
  Speaker 1: tonight talking about the top eight teams from 2026, what
• 1:01:53
  Speaker 1: they'll do in 27. A lot of fun. Hope that
• 1:01:56
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• 1:02:02
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• 1:02:05
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• 1:02:08
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• 1:02:39
  Speaker 3: And the.
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  Speaker 1: the world series as Quinn reported a moment ago, just ended.
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  Speaker 1: So it's coming in hot and heavy at prospects live
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  Speaker 1: with our team. We'd love to have you join us
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  Speaker 1: on the discord to talk ball, to be able to
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  Speaker 1: communicate with us and want to thank you for listening.
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  Speaker 1: Of course, the college baseball now, uh, Quinn, thank you
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  Speaker 1: for being with us again. Excellent work as always. Please
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  Speaker 1: tell the fine folks at home where they can find
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  Speaker 1: you between your appearances on the pod.
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  Speaker 2: I'll be on Twitter. Quinn underscore Martin 17. Um, Can't
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  Speaker 2: really say what I've been working on. Not really sure yet.
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  Speaker 2: Maybe you can comment some ideas for me.
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  Speaker 1: Comment some ideas for what you want to see Quinn working.
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  Speaker 4: Mr.
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  Speaker 1: Sebastiano, tell the folks where they can find you and
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  Speaker 1: what you're working on, my man.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, it's at JV underscore Sebastiano on Twitter. Yeah, hopefully
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  Speaker 3: be working on some of those reports here soon enough.
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  Speaker 3: And then, you know, maybe we'll see from there, like Quinn,
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  Speaker 3: come up with some ideas. Brainstorm.
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, we'll have a brainstorm session. That's going to work
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  Speaker 1: out for all of us. Coach! No more fall ball,
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  Speaker 1: if I'm not mistaken. I believe it is wrapped up
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  Speaker 1: for the Knights in Arcadia, but I'm sure you're working
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  Speaker 1: on some fun stuff. Tell the folks where they can
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  Speaker 1: find you and what you're working on.
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  Speaker 5: You can follow me at Jake Barge on Twitter. Unlike
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  Speaker 5: those two, I'm about to start a massive project coming up,
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  Speaker 5: hopefully in the next week or so. I'll have the
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  Speaker 5: first conference preview out. It's going to be the brand
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  Speaker 5: new Pac-12. It's going to be the first one.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, I saw it.
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  Speaker 4: That's the one.
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  Speaker 5: A lot of preparation goes into these and finally going
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  Speaker 5: to get to start putting words on paper for us.
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  Speaker 4: So I'm really excited about it.
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  Speaker 1: I did not know the pack was the first one. Jake,
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  Speaker 1: is that just for me? I'm so excited.
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  Speaker 4: It is just for you. I did it. I'm going
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  Speaker 4: to have your name written right at the top of it. Yes.
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  Speaker 1: He knows how much I love. I'm going to be
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  Speaker 1: a pack 12 there. Pack. What are we? Pack seven?
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  Speaker 4: Whatever.
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  Speaker 1: I'm a pack.
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  Speaker 3: Baseball wise, I think Oregon State's in there. So they
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  Speaker 3: get a little extra.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, no, that's true.
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  Speaker 4: I'm pretty sure.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 4: So.
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  Speaker 1: Hey, okay. Hey, the pack is on fire. Let's see
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  Speaker 1: it happen. If for whatever reason you want to follow
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• 1:04:48
  Speaker 1: Follow our account as well, CollegeBaseNow on Twitter. Thank you
• 1:04:53
  Speaker 1: so much for joining us for this episode. We've had fun.
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  Speaker 1: Hope you've had fun. Until next time, for everyone, we'll
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  Speaker 1: see you later.