| BSB/SB ⚾Bama Baseball Offseason: Roster moves and other news...

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

The NCAA Baseball Portal is open from today until July 2nd. The Tide needs several pieces for next year's club... some that can step in right away along with some depth pieces. The hope is that Vaughn can retain the key core of guys on the team... it's much easier to build on to that foundation with portal additions than it is to repair it... With his first full SEC season now under his belt, it will be interesting to see how well he and his staff can navigate the portal, draft, NIL world, etc.

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

One notable addition today...

Staton will be a senior and will likely slide in to replace Gage Miller at 3rd (he can also play 2nd if needed). He started all 58 games for Samford this season.

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

There have been about a half dozen or so Bama players put their name in the portal as well, but nothing too terribly impactful as of yet. That is likely to change however in the days ahead... Hopefully Bama can keep adding impact bats and arms to help fill the holes and mitigate the losses.

 

[Bammerboy321]

19 HRs. Great addition.

 

[Bammerboy321]

There have been about a half dozen or so Bama players put their name in the portal as well, but nothing too terribly impactful as of yet. That is likely to change however in the days ahead... Hopefully Bama can keep adding impact bats and arms to help fill the holes and mitigate the losses.

Just please not Lebron.

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

19 HRs. Great addition.

Maybe he can be our version of Sonny DiChiara!

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[Brandon Van de Graaff]

There have been about a half dozen or so Bama players put their name in the portal as well, but nothing too terribly impactful as of yet. That is likely to change however in the days ahead... Hopefully Bama can keep adding impact bats and arms to help fill the holes and mitigate the losses.

Unfortunately, this was what I was referring to... just wasn't sure when it would be official...

 

[Bammerboy321]

 

[Bammerboy321]

LETS FUCKING GO

 

[Bammerboy321]

Riley Quick is back!

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

Lebron is a guy like Quick and Alton Davis from last year... he had other big teams in his ear, teams that could offer more $. Says a lot about him (and his family) that he turned them down... hopefully he does the same next year at this time too, then goes on to be a 1st rounder. Personally, I think he'd look fantastic in Yankees pinstripes...

Quick is the Tommy Lewis of Bama baseball... some will understand that.

 

[UAgrad93]

Copied this from the Rant BAMA board! Some of those guys aren’t as useless as some others!!

Justin Lebron INF Fr.
2 Mason Swinney INF So.
4 Riley Quick RHP So.
8 Tyler Fay RHP R-Fr.
12 Gage Miller INF Jr.
15 Coleman Mizell OF Fr.
16 Jonathan Stevens RHP Fr.
18 Will Hodo INF/OF Jr.
20 Zane Adams LHP Fr.
21 Ian Petrutz OF Jr.
23 Aidan Moza RHP Jr.
24 Tate Robertson LHP Jr.p
27 Ben Hess RHP Jr.
28 Kade Snell LHP/INF R-Jr.
31 Will Portera C/INF R-Jr.
32 Braylon Myers RHP Jr.
33 Ariston Veasey RHP/UTL Fr.
35 Jansen Kenty LHP Fr.
36 Hagan Banks RHP Jr.
37 Will Plattner C So.
38 Luke Vaughn C Fr.
39 Sam Mitchell RHP Fr.
40 Matthew Heiberger LHP Fr.
41 Connor Ball LHP Jr.
43 Parker Picot OF/INF Fr.
46 Coulson Buchanan RHP Jr.
48 Bobby Alcock RHP R-Jr.
50 Pierce George RHP So.
88 Beau Brailey RHP Fr.
99 Austin Morris RHP R-Fr

Signees
Ashton Alston, 6’6”, 205 pounds, right hander pitcher, Gallatin, TN.
JT Blackwood, 6’2”. 210, right handed pitcher, Cullman, AL.
Richard Bonomolo Jr, 5’11” 190 pound outfielder from The Bronx, NY.
Beau Bryans, 6’0”, 190 pounds, LHP, Madison, MS.
Ahmaad Duff, 5’7”, 155 pounds, outfielder, Indianapolis, IN.
Sean Griggs, 6’2” 190 pounds, infielder, Wall, NJ.
Jackson Hunter, 6’3”, 190 pounds, RHP, Meridianville, AL.
Carter Johnson, 6’2” 180 pounds, infielder, Oxford High School, Oxford, AL.
Colby Jones, 5’11 170 pounds, infielder, Westville, FL.
Jack Ketchum, 6’3”, 210 pounds, right hander pitcher, Columbus MS.
Connor Lehman, 6’2” 200 pounds, left handed pitcher Indian Mound, TN.
Anthony Pesci, 6’4”, 195 pounds right hander pitcher, Commerce Township, MI.
Peyton Steele, 6’1” 185 pounds, outfielder, Hartselle, AL.
Nash Wagner, 6’5” 215 pounds, right hander pitcher, Zionsville, IN.
JoJo Williamson, 5’8” 170 pounds, infielder, Hartselle, AL.
Jon Young, Jr., 6’1” 190 pounds, infielder, Cherry Hills, NJ.

Portal In
Carson Ozmer INF/RHP Grad transfer from Penn
Garrett Staton INF from Samford

Portal Out
5 Sammy Leis C R-Fr.
10 Joey Rubin INF Jr.
14 Luke Williams OF R-Fr.
22 Camden Hayslip OF Jr.
29 Evan Haeger OF the Fr.
42 Alton Davis II LHP So.
52 Jackson Baker RHP Fr.

MLB Draft

Out of eligibility
3 Evan Sleight OF Gr.
6 Max Grant INF Sr.
9 Mac Guscette C Sr.
11 William Hamiter OF Gr.
13 Bryce Eblin INF Sr.
17 Kameron Guangorena C Gr.
19 Zane Probst RHP Sr.
26 Greg Farone LHP Sr.
44 TJ McCants OF/INF Sr.

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

Miller was fun to watch this year… kid could flat out hit. Rarely saw him get fooled twice from the same pitcher.

 

[UAgrad93]

Miller was fun to watch this year… kid could flat out hit. Rarely saw him get fooled twice from the same pitcher.

Would likely have been 1st team or 2nd team SEC if not for the year Condon put up at UGA or Tommy White at LSU, even though Miller put up as good if not better numbers than White.

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

Bama adds another...

 

[TerryP]

Bama adds another...

The one thing I like about this era of the NIL is watching coaches build rosters.

In my world, I don't have a figure on the pulse yet.

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

The one thing I like about this era of the NIL is watching coaches build rosters.

In my world, I don't have a figure on the pulse yet.

As it pertains to UA, it would be a lot more fun if Bama Baseball had the high level of funds of the basketball and football teams. But, my hope, and my expectation, is that when baseball becomes a head count sport (hopefully after this next season), things will level off somewhat in terms of Bama having a hand tied behind their back. Programs like LSU and Arkansas are still going to have the NIL/Collective advantage, but being able to fund entire scholarships for players in Tuscaloosa should equate to a pretty decent sized boost in both recruiting and roster retention (of which I think for sustained success, you need to do both very well).