southlick apologize if I'm being a dick but didn't wanna tag whole fanbase (I need baseball wins and happy to help out any favor), but very glad Mr Shelton made it home to Gainesville. I legit don't think it was NIL that got him back 2 hours home but certainly not complaining, I just assumed we'd overlooked him when he killed it in Tuscaloosa last year. For now I'll take these baseball wins.
We will take him he's a Florida kid from the Tampa area (813 for life)!!!!! Yeah yall owe everybody a good baseball transfer after Saban, hope the FBI hasn't killed you for posting links man.
[QUOTE="JGator1, post: 19131230, member: 355"hope the FBI hasn't killed you for posting links man.[/QUOTE] They aren't my links. I'm just the middle man.
[/QUOTE] For sure man I appreciate it regardless buddy. I see BayouMafia here someday we'll out how much money he stole to pay Tommy White. LOCK HIM UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Need to look forward to college baseball in these trying times, until you have lost a future Heisman Trophy winnner then shit happens my man. I admit I was surprised he put his name in the portal he seemed to like talking shit to us in Hoover but certainly not complaining. Going on the likely principle that we essentially get who we want baseball recruiting wise instate I'm surprised he'd put pride away to come to UF but fuck it. Yall will be okay though.
Late to the party, but here it is if you haven’t already found it. Vaughn era kicks off with bang; Auburn displays mound depth SEC EXTRA Mark Etheridge - October 14, 2023 Spoiler TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Rob Vaughn apparently couldn’t wait to experience the Alabama-Auburn rivalry. And while Friday evening’s exhibition didn’t count in the standings, it did serve notice that Alabama’s rebuilt roster has some pieces to make noise in the SEC this spring. Alabama won a pair of seven-inning games, slugged five home runs, and held Auburn to five hits over the 14 innings. The Tide’s first six batters hit safely in the first game’s 5-2 victory, with three leaving the yard. In the second game, Camden Hayslip, who didn’t play in the first game, hit a pair of monster home runs that had people debating which one went the longest. Both were among the longest ever hit in the stadium as Tide fans went home happy with a 10-0 victory in the nightcap. “It was about as good as it could be,” Vaughn said. “The biggest thing to me was our defense. We played 14 innings of error-free baseball. That’s gonna be the thing. We’ve got some stuff on the mound. We’ve got enough offensively to do some things. It’s just how are we going to grow defensively. We punched out 22 and walked six. Anytime you do that, you give yourself a pretty good shot.” Each team used a lot of pitchers, with Alabama using three pitchers for two innings and another eight more for an inning each. The longest stint any Auburn pitcher had was Tanner Bauman’s 1.2 innings. When you use that many arms, especially early in the fall, there are bound to be some bad frames and that hurt the Tigers. Alabama scored five in the first inning, but then Auburn pitchers retired the next 11 Tide batters. Alabama started Aidan Moza in game one, and he allowed only a walk in his two innings. Greg Farone pitched a pair of scoreless innings. In his lone inning, Riley Quick flashed a 98-mph fastball and 92-mph slider. He surrendered a double to Auburn star Ike Irish but rebounded to avoid trouble. Quick is a key arm for the Tide for 2024. So far this fall, he has looked the part. “Elite,” Vaughn said of the sophomore righty. “From what others have told me, he was chasing sink last year, and the slot got real low. He just couldn’t get the ball over the white. He wasn’t consistent. This fall, he’s 96, 97 with heavy sink. I’d call it control over command but it’s power stuff with a slider at 93. He’s made massive jumps. For us to be the team we need to be, that guy needs to start on the weekend.” The difference in the game was that Alabama pitchers were able to limit baserunners and damage, which is especially difficult considering how many were used. “I’ll be the first to say,” Vaughn said. “I think we have the best pitching coach in the country. What JJ (Jason Jackson) does on a daily basis is such an unbelievable blend of the analytics and new stuff, but with some of the stuff that doesn’t change in pitching. Attacking hitters and that mentality, how they do things.” Alton Davis II pitched the final frame, getting three outs in what would have been a save situation. Davis’ role is still undecided for the spring. Vaughn said they plan to stretch him out this fall to see how his body and stuff respond to stretching out. They know what he can do at the end of the game. But he might be able to transition to a starter role. If Davis doesn’t close, perhaps there is a suitable alternative. Texas transfer Pierce George worked a perfect inning in game two as Alabama held Auburn to one hit. George, a 6-foot-6 righthander, sat at 100 mph throughout his inning, collecting a pair of strikeouts. “It’s in there, man,” Vaughn said. “He’s been sitting pretty consistently at 98, 99 (mph). He was banged up last year (at Texas). He had an injury and didn’t pitch much last year. There are some things you can teach and some you can’t. 100 is hard to teach. He was around the zone, landing his breaking ball, and that fastball was firm. When he’s on the white at 100 with a good breaking ball, it’s tough.” Last season’s ace Ben Hess missed the back half of the season with elbow soreness. He’s started to throw again and feels great, with his velocity back up to the mid-90s. If his progress continues, he will get an inning in Alabama’s second exhibition game this fall versus Florida State. Moza set Auburn down 1-2-3 in the first, and then Gage Miller smacked a home run to lead off the bottom of the first. Then Ian Petrutz followed with another homer. After a pair of singles, TJ McCants added the third home run of the first inning before the first out was recorded. Alabama didn’t score again but didn’t need to for the victory. Gage Miller has been the breakout star of the early fall Miller has been one of the biggest surprises of the Tide fall. “They call him 12-Gage,” Vaughn said. “It’s the best nickname on the team. There is thunder in there. I don’t want to put this comp on him because he’s a big-league all-star but it’s Kyle Schwarber. He’s not the best runner. He’s not going to wow you. But he can set you off with a bang. He set the tone tonight, and then Ian followed it. That first inning was fun. This dugout was shaking.” Miller, a junior college transfer originally from Pennsylvania, was referred to Vaughn by a coaching friend. “Josh McDonald, the pitching coach at UConn, called me the day I got the job and said, ‘Gage Miller, that’s your kind of kid. You’re going to love him.’ I knew he had put up good numbers in juco and was in Amsterdam (Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League) playing well. “He comes down the first month in individuals, and I’m watching him and thinking, ‘he’s fine. Good player. Glad he’s here.’ “And then scrimmages start, and I don’t think that guy has missed a barrel yet. You can’t throw a fastball past him. He’s stayed over breaking balls. He’s a smart hitter and understands what pitchers are trying to do to him.” Vaughn also loves the upside for freshman shortstop Justin Lebron. “I’m very aware that starting a freshman in this league at shortstop is not an easy thing,” Vaughn said. “But it’s a combination of competitiveness, athleticism, and he’s going to keep coming offensively. He’s an elite defender, and his baseball IQ is through the roof.” That’s one of the many position battles going on for a club with just one returning position starter, which is much different for Vaughn after having a veteran team at Maryland heading into last season. “It’s been refreshingly fun,” he said. “Last year, I was looking at who is going to bat seventh and play left. I have six months to figure out one spot. This year, I have Mac Guscette returning as one of the best catchers in the SEC, and that’s it. It’s been cool to watch the competition. Kids can’t take a day off because they are pushing each other.” Tigers return experience on the mound, but questions linger elsewhere Across the diamond, Auburn is trying to decide what the left side of the infield will look like, settle on a catcher, and understand the pitching roles. “The elephant in the room is Ike Irish, who is trying to transition to catcher,” Thompson said. “What does that look like? “What I’m bullish on is Irish, Chris Stanfield in center field. Bobby Peirce is right field. Cooper McMurray (who did not play Friday) at first base is a positive. We need those to be building blocks for us.” Thompson mentioned four transfers as potential impact players for the Tigers: Deric Fabian, Cooper Weiss, Mason Maners, and Javon Hernandez. Despite the lopsided margin, Auburn had positives of its own, considering the Tigers jumped into this outside scrimmage after just having their first intra-squad scrimmage last Thursday (Alabama started practice September 26). That rust was displayed at times, along with playing close to forty players and using 14 pitchers. Irish had a hard-hit double, and Cole Edwards drove in a pair of runs with a clutch single. Five pitchers turned in perfect innings. “Auburn has a heckuva club,” Vaughn said. “They are in week two of practice and I remember what we looked like in week two. They had a couple of missed fly balls. The more you get on the field the cleaner that gets. That is gonna be a good squad with some electricity on the mound.” “We’ve only played four innings in one setting, so 14 is a challenge for us,” said Thompson, who played almost everyone who traveled. Will Cannon started game one and struggled. Christian Herberholz started game two, allowing one unearned run in his lone frame. Chase Allsup, Carson Myers, and Bauman all pitched well, along with Cam Tilly. “The biggest thing for us positionally, Cole Foster was a good draft pick, and Bryson Ware broke our school home run record,” Thompson said. “Plus, Nate LaRue was a great defensive catcher. Those are three big things to replace.” Chase Allsup brings premium velocity to the Auburn staff With 80% of its innings pitched returning, Auburn’s strength should be on the hill. And while it’s early, Thompson likes the depth. “One inning at a time on the mound is tough to evaluate,” said the Auburn skipper. “I need to see them stretched out. They are all bunched up. We have a solid clay of depth, but nobody’s separated yet. We don’t really know who our dudes are on the mound until we start building them up.” A top candidate to be that dude is Josepth Gonzalez. The projected ace last season, he threw five innings on opening day and never retook the mound in a game. Auburn has a plan for the righthander to keep him healthy for the season. “Joseph just started throwing again,” Thompson said. “We are going to ramp him up and take him all the way through the season with no break. I don’t think it’s beneficial to start him up, shut him down for 45 days, and get him going again. I want him to be our most ready on opening day pitcher. It’s a huge year for him. Body looks good. He’s hungry. I think it’s a good plan for a pitcher in his category.” Thompson mentioned Chase Allsup, who was at 97, 98 mph versus Alabama, as a key arm and singled out a few others as well. “I think Tanner Bauman is going to take a jump,” Thompson said. “Herberholz, we are leaning on him to be a quality starter. Dylan Watts, 18th rounder from junior college, came to school. Carson Myers was a trusted starter for UAB. Cam Tilly—we think he’s ready.” Both teams will have a second exhibition later this fall. Alabama hosts Florida State on October 28. Auburn faces Louisiana Tech in Biloxi on November 4.
I’m loving that all these schools are playing legit competition in these fall games. That’s the way it should be. The first year or two they allowed it the competition was so shit that it seemed pointless. I think it’s a great idea to play that UF-UGA game down in Jacksonville the night before the Cocktail party. Bama and Auburn played last week. I’ve seen several other high profile teams play each other. And I’m here for all of it.
We’ve been doing it since I wanna say 2019, tickets aren’t cheap and all that $ wasn’t solely to pay Vanilla Ice for the performance after the game. They had some kinda filming at the stadium and slightly heated (our closer got suspended after minor celebration vs UGA in Sunday game), just weird SEC Network wouldn’t try to at least stream.
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I tend to think PG is more accurate. They really know the HS landscape unlike any other service IMO. But they don’t do as great on the transfers and JUCO kids like some other services do. So, I think PG (and PBR as well) is legit on the HS classes and rankings while Baseball America and D1 do better on ranking entire classes that contain transfers and JUCO kids along with the HS kids.
LSU's NIL spend would probably drum up 95% support on some kind of wealth tax for insanely rich assholes No worries Cags will still hit nukes