*****Portal Watch

[wtmvol]

“I want them to know that I’m a competitor,” Hindy said. “That this is probably the end of the line for me college baseball wise so I will come in every day ready to empty the tank and do whatever I can to help the Tennessee Volunteers win a national championship.”

Love that!

 

[@1RBFjr]

Interesting that Reynolds is mentioned. I wonder if this is foreshadowing the future pitching coach when CFA retires.

 

[kong]

newest diamondvols podcast was a banger.

Joe Doyle thinks Clay Edmondson and Estrada make it to school. Also said Vitello will be able to pay peebles, bargo, or Chapman enough money to come back to school if he really wants to.

Also said there’s a 15-20% chance that both Schoolcraft and Appenzeller make it to campus

 

[VolFan_stuck_in_the_901]

newest diamondvols podcast was a banger.

Joe Doyle thinks Clay Edmondson and Estrada make it to school. Also said Vitello will be able to pay peebles, bargo, or Chapman enough money to come back to school if he really wants to.

Also said there’s a 15-20% chance that both Schoolcraft and Appenzeller make it to campus

I would strip and run around naked in the streets if we got Schoolkraft to campus.... that kid has Cags 2.0 written all over him

 

[Cosmo Kramer]

I would strip and run around naked in the streets if we got Schoolkraft to campus.... that kid has Cags 2.0 written all over him

 

[taylorvol]

Interesting that Reynolds is mentioned. I wonder if this is foreshadowing the future pitching coach when CFA retires.

I think so…wouldn’t shock me to see CFA announce one more season.

 

[Cosmo Kramer]

 

[CNeagleVolFan]

Read somewhere that we are recruiting Finley Bates. A SS/2B from SDSU. Any truth to this?

 

[senorb19]

Read somewhere that we are recruiting Finley Bates. A SS/2B from SDSU. Any truth to this?

Yes seems like he’s either been on campus or they’re trying to get him to from what I’ve seen. He seems to be the name at the top of their infield list as of now. Not a big power bat but could add another contact option to the middle infield.

 

[CNeagleVolFan]

Yes seems like he’s either been on campus or they’re trying to get him to from what I’ve seen. He seems to be the name at the top of their infield list as of now. Not a big power bat but could add another contact option to the middle infield.

He hit 4 home runs last year, but SDSU’s field is MASSIVE. I could see him being a Liam Spence type of hitter for us.

 

[senorb19]

Seems like Finley Bates & Brodie Purcell are the remaining target as of now. Still waiting to see if Ethan Conrad commits and if the draft somehow doesn’t go his way.

 

[senorb19]

Also, on the diamond vols podcast today Joe Doyle made it sound like he expects Edmondson and Estrada to make it to campus. That’s HUGE for the pen. If they both make it, Ford makes it, and one of the freshman lefties make it this roster will be insane next year.

 

[931Vol]

HEYOOO

 

[931Vol]

HEYOOO

Purcell? Finley? Conrad? Potentially someone removing their name from the Draft? Hopefully we won’t have to wait 4 days.

 

[senorb19]

Purcell? Finley? Conrad? Potentially someone removing their name from the Draft? Hopefully we won’t have to wait 4 days.

If someone was pulling their name from draft who would y'all prefer it be? I would say Arvidson or Bargo is who I would want the most back another year.

 

[preacherman20]

There is no removing your name from the draft in baseball. They can draft any person eligible age/grade-wise they choose. You do not sign up for the draft like basketball or football. So you do sign up or remove your name. There have been guys drafted in the past that had no intentions of going.

 

[WGWTFA98]

Purcell? Finley? Conrad? Potentially someone removing their name from the Draft? Hopefully we won’t have to wait 4 days.

You don’t have to wait - it’s Bates

 

[JarFly]

If someone was pulling their name from draft who would y'all prefer it be? I would say Arvidson or Bargo is who I would want the most back another year.

Regardless of the fact of not being able to pull out of draft, I would take Arvidson hands down. Wish them both well but Arvidson would be a huge difference maker.

 

[Sam I Am]

I saw somewhere a headline with Tony V. accusing an SEC school of illegal portal tactics concerning our players. Anybody know anything on this?

 

[Sam I Am]

I'm going to answer my own question.....lol.......It's on Knoxnews.com. Tony says there is one particular program in the SEC that likes to make "undercover offers" to our players.

 

[931Vol]

You don’t have to wait - it’s Bates

Beautiful. Middle infield depth.

 

[JarFly]

I saw somewhere a headline with Tony V. accusing an SEC school of illegal portal tactics concerning our players. Anybody know anything on this?

Georgia is best guess from some who know much more about it than me.

 

[931Vol]

There is no removing your name from the draft in baseball. They can draft any person eligible age/grade-wise they choose. You do not sign up for the draft like basketball or football. So you do sign up or remove your name. There have been guys drafted in the past that had no intentions of going.

I understand that but I was more referencing what is the current trend of high schoolers (William Schmidt last year) as well as the trio from Texas yesterday effectively pulling their name out of the draft. I recognize there is no formal process for this, but if you make it known publicly that you will be attending school, there will not be a team that will draft you at the adequate slot value expected, effectively pulling your name out of the draft. This has become a lot more common since the draft format changed a few years ago.

 

[ProjectP]

I saw somewhere a headline with Tony V. accusing an SEC school of illegal portal tactics concerning our players. Anybody know anything on this?

The articles and tweets were based on a radio interview he did. Obviously the tweets were sensationalized. He was talking about how busy they've been as a staff dealing with the new landscape of college baseball, and one of the things he mentioned was keeping the roster together and how there is a school in the league that has been offering guys on Tennessee's roster.

Rumor was it was a school in an adjoining state going after a couple Tennessee freshman from that state.

 

[ProjectP]

There is no removing your name from the draft in baseball. They can draft any person eligible age/grade-wise they choose. You do not sign up for the draft like basketball or football. So you do sign up or remove your name. There have been guys drafted in the past that had no intentions of going.

This isn't accurate. There is a formal process of making yourself ineligible to be drafted. According to JJ Cooper at Baseball America, it happens about 5-6 times a year. This year seems to have an uptick.