Welcome to Episode 1 of SEC Baseball Weekly with Chris Lee, Alfred Ezman, and Graham Doty, an SEC baseball podcast that discusses the biggest storylines in the conference all year long. We’ll cover the biggest/trending topics, featuring fun and interesting guest interviews, season predictions, player and team SEC trivia, and a wide range of various unique segments.
Chris, Alfred, and Chase talk about what Texas and Oklahoma baseball joining the SEC means for them and the rest of the conference. A deep dive into the coaching carousel: Texas A&M’s Jim Schlossnagle takes the Texas job while the Aggies replace him with Michael Earley. Texas supported Schlossnagle with a hire of hitting coach Troy Tulowitzki.
South Carolina was able to draw Paul Maineri out of retirement to become the Gamecocks’ new head coach. Vanderbit’s Tim Corbin fires Mike Baxter, Tyler Shewmake, hires Jayson King and Ty Blankmeyer. And Ole Miss’s Mike Bianco fired himself as pitching coach and hired Cleveland’s pitching coordinator, Joel Magnum.
The transfer portal has been mayhem, starting with Ole Miss’s roster getting hit hard. Vanderbilt added Michigan State transfer pitcher Joseph Dzierwa, and a number of good hitters, including James Madison’s Mike Mancini and Dayton’s David Mendez as well as Georgetown pitcher Cody Bowker. Alabama adds LSU C Brady Neal, Miami 1B and more to come. Arkansas adds Ohio State LHP Landon Beidelschies, Zach Root and Kuhio Aloy.
Florida adds Blake Cyr and Billy Barlow, but Cade Fisher and Michael Robertson are out. Tennessee’s Robin Villenueve, Bradke Lohry, Derek Schaefer leaving. South Carolina adds Georgia pitcher Jarvis Evans. Tennessee and coach Tony Vitello have lost several players, but expect the Vols to be major players in the portal as always. Auburn and Butch Thompson add a number of players, highlighted by Samford’s Lucas Steele. And what about Texas A&M and Jace LaViolette and the other Aggies’ who’ve hit the portal?
0:00 Intro
3:27 What Texas & Oklahoma Bring To SEC Baseball
12:08 SEC Coaching Carousel
32:23 Transfer Portal News
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11 Comments
A&M / Earley got LaViolette, Grahovac, Kash, and Schott to stay or from the portal. I think A&M will be fine.
Hook Em 🤘
Earley already making some splashes!
Chris Ole Miss has sold out with regards to the NIL and football. Do you think they are sharing with baseball?
A&M made some very impressive counter moves after being totally sucker punched. Texas? Not a good look and Schloss reputation is permanently tarnished.
A&M has the #1,#2 and #3 "portal" players announced. And one of those is an added player..
Top 5 coach? Last time I counted — ZERO National Championships. ZERO loyalty. And I am not an Aggie fan …. Or for that matter a TCU fan !!
Chris, Alfred, Graham….you’re missing a BIG POINT in this coaching carousel conversation.
Schlossnagle betrayed HIS TEAM!! The players!!! The school and the fans are of minor concern in comparison.
Schloss can say all he wants that he was giving his best coaching his team to the National Championship, but was he really “ALL IN” when agents, MLB scouts and former Aggie players were hearing rumors of his move to UT was a done deal in LATE APRIL.
Cmon guys, wake up!!! There was ONE REASON why four teams (A&M, Mizzou, Nebraska and Colorado left the Big 12–the smug arrogance of the assholes from Austin.
Not a single Aggie player followed Schloss to Texas… That's telling. A&M got Laviollette, Schott, and Grahovac back and picked up transfer commit from Gavin Cash. According to On3 and D1 Baseball, all 4 were in the Top 10 portal rankings. They also got Caden Sorrell and Kaeden Kent to re-commit yesterday. And Penn transfer Wyatt Henseler, who decommited when Schloss left, just recommited to A&M. Also, USC stud Catcher Jacob Calloway just committed to the Aggies too. Earley ain't f-ing around! Gig'em!
Biggest news in College Baseball: Tony Vitello is building a monster and isn't going anywhere.
You are happy about the two new teams now, just give it a couple of years and you will have tu fatigue.
Wish nothing but hate vitriol and yet another reason to not care for the TU with shlosh being a lying pos. ATM will be very good again next season and none of his players followed S which is about all one needs to know… Best of luck to atm unless playing my Vols of course;) ML&R GBO TNJR