Braden Montgomery portal watch in 3... 2...
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Has he seen our baseball stadium? What about our attendance records?
I don’t think evaluation was the problem. He just chose Stanford over us
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I’d say unbelievable, but with this staff, it’s actually entirely believable. A 6’2”, 200 lb, 94 MPH throwing kid that can fly… yeah, who needs that? Let him go out of state
let's hope Hunter Hines can work some magic.
I think he’s making a mistake. But he may as well make that mistake in Starkville. Would be a huge pickup for us. Just wish his pitching stats were better. But not complaining if he signs with us.
Dakota Jordan and Braden Montgomery would certainly give us 2 studs in the outfield.
Through 15+ rounds and neither Kellum Clark nor Armani Larry have been drafted. Starting to think with some NIL that it might be possible to get one or both of those guys back. Did see that former Bulldog Mikey Tepper went in the 15th round.
I think it’s time Clark moves on. He hit 11 HR which is fine and dandy but only had 26 RBI on the season. That’s a terrible ratio and shows you a real lack of production In the middle of the lineup.
Stanford is a good school, especially for post graduates. Almost zero percent acceptance rates.
That being said, it is a DIFFERENT culture out there. Not like other places.
That being said, it is a DIFFERENT culture out there. Not like other places.
Yeah, everything I’d read about him was he was all about the Stanford academics. If he ends up at Vandy, I’m gonna puke!
We need to give him whatever it takes. If will be an investment down the road as He'll be a number 1 draft pick.
Yep Clark needs to move on, but Nixon would be a welcomed returner.
We need to give our NIL money to pitchers. He’s a great player, but it’s just for 1 year and the need is much greater for pitchers.
Admittedly, I don't know what pitchers are in the portal or might enter the portal, but he is a can't miss, homegrown talent and we need to act.
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And projected 1st rounder next summer already. This would be a HUGE get for us.
Yep its 1 year but might as well go all in. Hines is gone and both Kota and Lo are draft eligible sophomores. Dakota already projected 1st round also.
How can we go all in if we don't bring in some good pitchers from the portal?
Until proven otherwise, I will not believe that guys like this will end up anywhere other than LSU, UF, UT, or Vandy. Maybe this kid will change the trend, but not holding my breath
Hope we have enough NIL money to grab him and a few more I guess. Im sure LSU will find a way to snag him anyways. Ugh.
The one sport where our stadium and program history is a plus in recruiting is being countered by NIL. Football and basketball - we don't have that luxury. Even a national championship is not helping us - it's all about the $$.
Are there good pitchers in the portal? I have no idea, but we can't wait around sitting on our money, we need to get him, unless there is a Friday night starter in the portal. We have to host next year, we can't sit on NIL money and to get a portal pitcher fro the 2025 season. All chips have to be in for this coming season.
We have to host? Hell if that is your expectations, you’re probably going to be let down. Honestly, I’d settle for a regional and a team that looks like they have played baseball before
Its sad. And out of control. Every year the few teams with the deepest pockets go and buy the stud All Stars. Its BS.
Not really. Our baseball NIL today, is as good as anyones. We aren't losing guys due to money much. It's our abysmal performance on the field that's killing us. We also weren't proactive enough. We finally got rid of a huge part of our problem there.
100% agree. I think the overall program expectation is to be in the hosting discussion every single year, but after completely missing Hoover twice now, 2024 expectation should be play baseball for longer than we did the last two years. Any postseason at all. Hosting is a pipe dream at the moment.