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re: Which portal guy is the biggest disappointment?
Posted on 4/19/26 at 4:02 pm to PP7 for heisman
Posted on 4/19/26 at 4:02 pm to PP7 for heisman
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Should've never gotten any of those guys out of "Air Force"
Remind me where Skenes is from..
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Posted on 4/20/26 at 8:39 am to TigerMac81
Caraway for me.
Posted on 4/20/26 at 8:41 am to TigerMac81
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Believe it or not, I think it's Simpson, not Yorke.
If you looked at how Simpson performed against power conference teams while at High Point, you wouldn't be disappointed by his performance here.
You'd only be disappointed by his existence here.
Posted on 4/20/26 at 8:51 am to TigerMac81
Jonathan Giles
Posted on 4/20/26 at 9:04 am to TigerMac81
Yorke by far for me. He hasn't just been bad at the plate, he's been terrible in the field as well. I know it's a team game, but there were a few of his errors that were directly tied to giving up a lead and losing the game.
He was also supposed to have great plate discipline and provide a little power, but neither of those came to fruition.
He was also supposed to have great plate discipline and provide a little power, but neither of those came to fruition.
Posted on 4/20/26 at 9:08 am to sharkfhin
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All of them. Cut them now.
One from grand canyon, from high point and many others with stats that wouldnt hold up im the sec. Dardar is the biggest cause he actually played against big 12 comp. Smdh. Most of those stats from all of them were against garbage can schools. The wold thing is the "coaches" believed this bullshite and recruited them.
There are tons and tons of examples of mid-major transfers coming into the SEC and doing really well
Anthony Eyanson
Daniel Dickinson
Just last year in case you forgot here alone
Sheerin is our best reliever and he's from Mount St. Marys
We just struck out, and I think a case of the don't give a craps have infected too much of this team. I dont believe every single one of these transfers are this bad, I just dont think some are playing with any love/passion for the game right now and its showing. This was a top transfer class, they all cant be striking out due to lack of talent. And honestly some blame needs to be placed on Jay, he's very clearly given up on this team at this point.
This post was edited on 4/20/26 at 9:10 am
Posted on 4/20/26 at 9:12 am to TigerMac81
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Which portal guy is the biggest disappointment?
My ranking of the portal guys (worst to best) based on expectation is...
Carraway
Yorke
Simpson
Dardar
Dathe
Garcia
Posted on 4/20/26 at 9:12 am to TigerMac81
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Which portal guy is the biggest disappointment?
My ranking of the portal guys (worst to best) based on expectation is...
Carraway
Yorke
Simpson
Dardar
Dathe
Garcia
Posted on 4/20/26 at 9:16 am to CalRipkenJr
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Dathe
Dathe was a late add, 6th year guy from D2. Any expectations beyond "rostered member of the team" were too high.
Any contributions he's made are a bonus.
Posted on 4/20/26 at 9:19 am to CalRipkenJr
Lachenmyer was our second highest rated transfer wasn't he? I still think he may turn into something tho.
Posted on 4/20/26 at 9:24 am to sharkfhin
It’s almost like SEC pitching is on a whole different level than any other conference expect maybe the ACC. So it would probably be a good idea to just try to pickup guys from the portal that is experienced at hitting that level of pitching. Tommy White is your perfect example.
Posted on 4/20/26 at 9:29 am to chadr07
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It’s almost like SEC pitching is on a whole different level than any other conference expect maybe the ACC. So it would probably be a good idea to just try to pickup guys from the portal that is experienced at hitting that level of pitching. Tommy White is your perfect example.
Again, plenty of mid-major transfers with great success in the SEC. You are way too severely limiting yourself if you only want to look at transfers from SEC and ACC teams
Imagine not looking at Paul Skenes because he played a t a service academy
Or Anthony Eyanson
Or Devin Sheerin
Or Daniel Dickinson
This post was edited on 4/20/26 at 9:31 am
Posted on 4/20/26 at 10:26 am to thunderbird1100
I'll take small school potential on the hill but position players haven't come around. Yeah i agree that Dickinson was a win for sure.
Posted on 4/20/26 at 10:35 am to sharkfhin
The thing about Dickinson was that he was rated a potential first round pick. To me, that says more than his stats.
Posted on 4/20/26 at 11:09 am to CalRipkenJr
Carraway and Dardar for me. Although Dardar has flashed some hitting but his fielding is atrocious. Yorke is just trying to be what he isnt. He was a contact guy not a HR guy. He is trying too hard to be the latter and its showingup in foul outs and pop ups.
Posted on 4/20/26 at 12:26 pm to sharkfhin
quote:Anthony Eyanson was not pumping 98 at UC San Diego. Trey Beard was a stud at FAU and he's been mediocre at FSU. Mayers was unhittable at Nicholls but couldn't find the zone here. Zac Cowan has been better at LSU than he was at Wofford. Valincius is light years better at MSU than he was at UVA. Every guy is different.
I get it, but you also have to look past why they were there to begin with also. Those two were pitchers. Dickinson was a win. Ok then. 98mph is 98mph with control can def translate. But hitting against trashcan schools doesnt normally.
Dickinson had comparable numbers to Yorke while playing a worse schedule. Gasparino's OPS is 300 points higher than it was last year at Texas. Highly ranked guys like Luke Leto and Brody Drost were absolute dogshit at lower tier schools. You can't just say "ignore the lower level guys unless they throw 100 and hit 50 HR." It doesn't work like that.
quote:Zach Yorke against tournament teams in 2025
na, the pitching he faced was trash at GC. Elite against trashcan pitching? No.
Vanderbilt: 1/4, 1 HR
Oregon (2 games): 4/7, 3 BB
Oregon State: 1/4
Arizona (2 games): 3/7, 2 HR, 1 BB, 3 RBI
This doesn't take into account plenty of other P4 programs like Stanford, Texas Tech, Nebraska, or Rutgers. It also doesn't take into account some of the better G5 teams that had down years last year.
The idea that he only faced "trashcan pitching" is stupid.
What Yorke is as a hitter is not as valuable for this team. I think the big guy who gets on base would be much more valuable on the '23 or '24 team.
I am assuming that both he and Jay thought they could tap into the power more. His natural swing path doesn't really provide a good opportunity for that, and it didn't work out. This is not a case of someone like Simpson who just mashed lower level stuff. This is a guy with baseball DNA who has a skill set that is valuable. Unfortunately, they tried to change that to get him ready for the next level, and it just didn't work. Sometimes, when you're recruiting 22 year olds with 6 months to make changes, that is going to happen. That's just the reality of the sport now.
Posted on 4/20/26 at 2:08 pm to Dead Mike
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Dardar was at least a key part of winning multiple games, and as far as I can recall,
Yes hitting 4HRs in a game is probably a key to helping win a close, extra inning game.
Posted on 4/20/26 at 2:12 pm to NorCali
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Yes hitting 4HRs in a game is probably a key to helping win a close, extra inning game.
That wasn’t Dardar. It wasn’t even a transfer.
Posted on 4/20/26 at 3:43 pm to NorCali
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Yes hitting 4HRs in a game is probably a key to helping win a close, extra inning game.
Don’t watch the games do you?
Posted on 4/20/26 at 4:44 pm to TigerMac81
I think Caraway has potential to bounce back and become a good SEC player next year (assuming he’s back). But considering his postseason in 25 and the hype around that, he been the biggest disappointment despite being the most serviceable all-around out of the portal fielders before he was injured.
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