First of all, some of this is German worthy. (Or actually all of it), but screw it beause it doesn't involve Scott Lindsey.
A couple of years ago, people were asking about Patrick Palmeiro, who was listed as a secret commitment/soft verbal whatever term you prefer to use by Perfect Game a couple of years ago. Well, Rafael was not real happy with how the whole coaching switch thing happened, and his son ended up at a Colleyville CC in Texas after being drafted by the Pirates. He then transferred to Howard CC- same school as former MSU commit Runey Davis from a couple of years ago. Well, now he has ended up at UAB with Polk and former MSU/Polk refugees Micheal Busby and David Hayes. I wish all of them good luck!
Paxton Pace isn't on the team any longer, and I hate that because he has battled injuries throughout his entire career, and I know that he had to play with a lot of pain at times. When he actually did play, he did pretty well the times that I saw him, so I hate that for him because his issues were something out of his control. I wish him well in the future as well.
Pace leaving also means that we are down to two players that played under the old regime- Ryan Collins and Cody Freeman. The only players left that were recruited by the previous staff are Brent Brownlee, Nick Routt, Caleb Reed, and Devin Jones.
The good news on the injury front is that ALL of our players at this time- knock on wood- are able to play and virtually the entire team is 100% at this time. The only players that aren't 100%, are at least cleared to throw and could contribute in limited action- and there are three guys that fall in this category. Tim Statz, Micheal Dixon, and Ben Bracewell. The best news on the injury front is that Ben Bracewell has recovered very well from his surgery in the summer, and it's looking more and more like he is going to be able to pitch next year, which is a change because he was expected to sit out the year. Only thing is, that moves the roster back to 36, which means that one of those three again are likely to be the victim of a roster cut. My educated guess is that Dixon will be the one that gets cut because Statz and Bracewell seem to be further along. The other option would be a freshman, and I just don't think that will happen, but is not out of the question either.
The other good news for me is that we have some prospects from the Gulf Coast that I would like to see, which gives me an excuse to go to Mary Mahoney's this spring.
On my baseball watch wish list this spring are- Brandon Woodruff, Will Cox, Jacob Lindgren, Myles Gentry, Jonathan Holder, Curt Chism and Jacob Schempert. I would put Anthony Alford on there, but I'm not sure how much he will play next year because of his recent knee injury, plus I've seen him play several times before.
A couple of years ago, people were asking about Patrick Palmeiro, who was listed as a secret commitment/soft verbal whatever term you prefer to use by Perfect Game a couple of years ago. Well, Rafael was not real happy with how the whole coaching switch thing happened, and his son ended up at a Colleyville CC in Texas after being drafted by the Pirates. He then transferred to Howard CC- same school as former MSU commit Runey Davis from a couple of years ago. Well, now he has ended up at UAB with Polk and former MSU/Polk refugees Micheal Busby and David Hayes. I wish all of them good luck!
Paxton Pace isn't on the team any longer, and I hate that because he has battled injuries throughout his entire career, and I know that he had to play with a lot of pain at times. When he actually did play, he did pretty well the times that I saw him, so I hate that for him because his issues were something out of his control. I wish him well in the future as well.
Pace leaving also means that we are down to two players that played under the old regime- Ryan Collins and Cody Freeman. The only players left that were recruited by the previous staff are Brent Brownlee, Nick Routt, Caleb Reed, and Devin Jones.
The good news on the injury front is that ALL of our players at this time- knock on wood- are able to play and virtually the entire team is 100% at this time. The only players that aren't 100%, are at least cleared to throw and could contribute in limited action- and there are three guys that fall in this category. Tim Statz, Micheal Dixon, and Ben Bracewell. The best news on the injury front is that Ben Bracewell has recovered very well from his surgery in the summer, and it's looking more and more like he is going to be able to pitch next year, which is a change because he was expected to sit out the year. Only thing is, that moves the roster back to 36, which means that one of those three again are likely to be the victim of a roster cut. My educated guess is that Dixon will be the one that gets cut because Statz and Bracewell seem to be further along. The other option would be a freshman, and I just don't think that will happen, but is not out of the question either.
The other good news for me is that we have some prospects from the Gulf Coast that I would like to see, which gives me an excuse to go to Mary Mahoney's this spring.
On my baseball watch wish list this spring are- Brandon Woodruff, Will Cox, Jacob Lindgren, Myles Gentry, Jonathan Holder, Curt Chism and Jacob Schempert. I would put Anthony Alford on there, but I'm not sure how much he will play next year because of his recent knee injury, plus I've seen him play several times before.