re: Ashton Larson...Did he sign with anybody out of the portal?

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waiting on Stanfield to see what he's going to do

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This. /thread

Stanfield has a difficult decision; he wanted to go pro but wasn’t drafted.

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This. /thread

Stanfield has a difficult decision; he wanted to go pro but wasn’t drafted.

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Yep so either he signs a FA contract or comes back plays again and hope he gets drafted next year or sign a FA contract next year after he finishes his senior year

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Stanfield has a difficult decision; he wanted to go pro but wasn’t drafted.

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It seems like Stanfield is ready to get out of college and start his career. The question is how much NIL money could he get to stay, which would assuredly be more than whatever FA contract he signs.

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It was Kling whether you want to believe it or not.

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given how many players have entered the transfer portal since he's been here, you have no idea who it was. But it is a fact that Jay has never said who he was talking about whether or not you want to make assumptions about who it was.

I think there's a chance. He was basically a last minute portal addition. I think he's looking for playing time. With a high probability that Jones and frey are gone plus Costello already transferred out he's got an opportunity at 1b. If stanny goes he's got opportunity in OF. That may not be good enough to keep him around, but if he didn't enter the portal when he did he'd have no opportunity at all.

Jays comments on transfers was that he didn't want to enter a bidding war. I don't think money was why Larson entered the portal.

We'll see how it all shakes out in a few weeks

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And damn near every post game team pic had Larson next to Jay with his arm around him even though he wasn't playing. If Stanfield leaves, I would not be surprised at all to see Jay take Larson back. He was a team player that just needs to play now

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At least from what the public could see, Larson was a model teammate and accepted his much reduced role this season with class. He was always one of the first off the bench congratulating guys after a big hit or defensive play. And as mentioned above, he and Jay seem to be pretty tight. He also delivered on a few occasions as a PH through the mid and late season and was really good as a true freshman last year.

Larson wants playing time and he’s good enough to get it guaranteed most anywhere else. I don’t think anyone blames him for looking around. But I have a feeling Jay might take him back from the Portal if Stanfield moves on with the others we also lost in the draft. We’ll see. I don’t expect it, but I also don’t think Jay tells him to kick rocks, either.