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Texas A&M has the No. 2-ranked newcomers class per Baseball America

The Texas A&M baseball team comes in ranked No. 2 in Baseball America’s 2025 newcomer class

Former head baseball coach Jim Schlossnagle left Texas A&M for rival Texas hours after the team lost to Tennessee in the College World Series, sending the program into a frenzy.

At the drop of a hat, several stars from the 2024 roster entered the transfer portal, and the university quickly went on a nationwide search. However, Texas A&M Athletic Director Trev Alberts didn’t have to look far after signing player favorite and hitting coach Mike Earley.

So far this offseason, Earley’s hiring has looked like the right choice. Star hitters, including Jace LaViolette and Gavin Grahovic, withdrew their names from the portal, while ace pitcher Ryan Prager put his MLB future on hold. Just as important, they held on to a number of top transfers and recruits.

They brought in seven players ranked in Baseball America’s Top 100 and two freshmen in the Top 500. Below, you can see the players and their ranking:

TRANSFERS:

  • Myles Patton – Pitcher – No. 11
  • Wyatt Henseler – Infield – No. 24
  • Gavin Kash – Infield – No. 25
  • Conner Harrison – Catcher – No. 31
  • Grant Cunningham – Pitcher – No. 35
  • Jacob Galloway – Catcher – No. 61
  • Jamal George – Infielder/Catcher – No. 68

FRESHMEN:

  • Sawyer Farr – No. 76
  • Terrence Kiel II No. 133

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LSU ranks No. 1 in Baseball America’s ‘way too early’ top 25

LSU comes in at No. 1 in Baseball America’s Way Too Early top 25.

College baseball season ended a month ago, but it’s never too soon to start looking at 2025. Baseball America dropped its “way too early” top 25 and Jay Johnson’s LSU squad earned the top ranking.

It comes as no surprise after LSU retained its top talent, had a busy transfer portal season, and convinced some top high school prospects to pass up the draft and head to school.

If the ranking holds, it would be the second time in three years that LSU began the season No. 1 overall. The Tigers owned the top spot heading into 2023 and paid it off with a national title win.

Baseball America notes LSU has a lot to replace with [autotag]Tommy White[/autotag] and a few top pitchers turning pro, but there’s a lot to like about this squad.

“LSU has as much pure talent as anyone. Now it will be up to Johnson to manage that roster, and he’s proven to be very adept at that part of the job over the last two years,” Baseball America’s Teddy Cahill wrote.

Joining LSU in the top five is Florida, Florida State, Clemson and Texas A&M. The SEC will get a bit tougher with the addition of Texas with the Longhorns sitting at No. 19.

Eleven of the top 25 belong to the SEC.

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Texas A&M’s Gavin Grahovac makes Baseball America’s All-American Team

Texas A&M third baseman earns another All-American bid making him a unanimous All-American

  • SLG%/OB% – .596/.390

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    The SEC Freshman of the Year Gavin Grahovac notched his fourth All-American nod, making him a unanimous All-American. After pulling out of the 2023 MLB draft, Grahovac came into Texas A&M with a load of expectations. He stepped up to the plate, taking the starting third base position and serving as the team’s leadoff hitter.

    He re-wrote the record books with 23 home runs as a freshman, eclipsing fellow, former unanimous Freshman All-American Jace LaViolette by two home runs. Like most of the 2023 roster with eligibility, he jumped into the transfer portal while the university started the new coaching search. However, the hiring of Michael Earley gave Grahovac the confidence to come back to Aggieland with some unfinished business

     

    SEASON STATS

    • Batting Average – .298
    • Runs – 83
    • Hits – 85
    • Home runs – 23
    • RBIs – 66
    • SLG%/OB% – .596/.390

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    4 Texas A&M baseball players selected as All-Americans by D1Baseball and Baseball America

    Four Texas A&M baseball players were selected as All-Americans over the last week, with an additional upperclassman being chosen Wednesday.

    Four Texas A&M baseball players have been selected as All-Americans over the last week, with an additional upperclassman being chosen Wednesday amid the transfer portal madness.

    Senior left-handed pitcher Evan Aschenbeck, junior outfielder Braden Montgomery and sophomores, LHP Ryan Prager and OF Jace LaViolette, were honored by Baseball America on Friday. The quartet were joined by junior RHP Chris Cortez on Wednesday as members of D1Baseball’s All-American teams. Cortez was selected to the third team.

    LaViolette earned a spot on both first teams. Aschenbeck was a first team choice by D1Baseball and second team by Baseball America. Montgomery and Prager received spots on the D1Baseball second team. Montgomery was also chosen for the Baseball America second team while Prager was picked for the third team.

    Fivee Aggies on D1Baseball’s squads was the most in the nation, as was the case with four among Baseball America’s teams. This was the fourth time this year that Texas A&M has had at least four players chosen for All-American units.

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    Three LSU Tigers earn All-American honors from Baseball America

    All three of these guys are likely to hear their names called in the 2024 MLB draft.

    Baseball America has released its list of the 2024 baseball All-Americans. Three LSU Tigers have made the list.

    [autotag]Griffin Herring[/autotag], [autotag]Luke Holman[/autotag], and [autotag]Tommy White[/autotag] are the three Tigers who have been named All-Americans by Baseball America. One Tiger was named a second-team All-American while the other two were both third-team All-Americans.

    Herring earned second-team All-American honors after being the best pitcher on the pitching staff this year. He finished the season with a 6-1 record and a 1.79 ERA. In 50.1 innings of work, he struck out 67 hitters while only walking 13. In his last outing of the year, he pitched a gem against Wofford and earned a win.

    Holman had a great season on the bayou as he finished with a 9-4 record and a 2.75 ERA. In 91.2 innings of work, he struck out 127 hitters and only walked 33. His last appearance of the season came in a loss to North Carolina in the [autotag]Chapel Hill Regional[/autotag].

    White had a good season as he finished with a .330 batting average with 12 doubles, 24 homers, and 70 RBI. All three of these guys are likely to hear their names called in the [autotag]2024 MLB Draft[/autotag].

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    LSU up to a No. 2 seed in Baseball America’s field of 64 projections

    Baseball America has released its latest field of 64 projections, and LSU is projected to be a No. 2 seed in the Norman Regional.

    Do you guys remember how LSU was fighting for its postseason berth life after losing the series to Alabama?

    Boy, how things change in two weeks. LSU swept Ole Miss and entered the SEC Tournament as a projected No. 3 regional seed.

    Now, LSU has started the conference tournament 3-0 by beating Georgia, Kentucky and South Carolina. The Tigers’ RPI has risen to No. 24, which is six spots up from where they were last Sunday.

    Baseball America has released its latest field of 64 projection, and LSU is projected to be a No. 2 seed in the Norman Regional, up from the previously projected No. 3 seed.

    LSU would be in the Norman Regional with Oklahoma, Georgia Tech and Abilene Christian. The Sooners are the No. 1 seed in the Big 12 Tournament. They are undefeated and two wins away from winning the conference championship.

    Georgia Tech is a sneaky talented team but it has struggled in the ACC Tournament going 0-2 so far. Abilene Christian is the No. 2 seed in the WAC Tournament and is 2-0 in the event. It is vying for the automatic bid by winning that conference’s tournament.

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    UNC baseball listed as a top 3 team in latest college baseball rankings

    Are the Diamond Heels’ final regular season rankings a true indicator of their success?

    If your team has to face UNC in the college baseball postseason, good luck.

    North Carolina finished its regular season 41-12 (22-8), good enough for its first ACC Regular Season Title since 2018. The Diamond Heels enter the ACC Baseball Championship with eight wins in their past nine games, which includes taking two of three from archrival Duke to end the regular season.

    UNC was previously winners of six straight – Charlotte, William and Mary, Campbell and a weekend series sweep of Louisville – before dropping last Thursday’s opener against the Blue Devils.

    North Carolina will begin its playoff against Pitt on Thursday in the ACC Baseball Championship. This year’s Diamond Heels team feels special, though, as the talent is certainly there for a College World Series title.

    For one final time before postseason play, though, UNC is being rewarded again for its hot streak.

    That reward is reflected in the form of two separate Top 3 rankings (Baseball American and Perfect Game) in this week’s college baseball polls.

    North Carolina also climbed to sixth in the USA Today Sports and NCWBA polls, plus it sat seventh in the D1Baseball poll.

    Outside of series losses to in-state rivals NC State and East Carolina, plus Miami and UVA, the Diamond Heels pretty much rolled through their regular season schedule. UNC’s hottest stretch arguably came in late March, when its nine consecutive victories included a road sweep of preseason number one Wake Forest.

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    The Texas A&M baseball team remains the unanimous No. 1 team in the country

    The Aggies are rolling remaining the unanimous No. 1 team in the nation after another 3-1 week and a Top 25 series win

    Texas A&M (38-6, 15-6 SEC) continues to show just how elite a team can be in the toughest conference in the country. The Aggies are a complete team from top to bottom, and unlike last season, if they do have some pitching troubles, the offense can, nine times out of ten, put up enough runs to keep them in any game.

    The polls have spoken, and the Aggies reign as the unanimous No. 1 team in the nation. Their dynamic duo, Jace LaViolette, and Braden Montgomery have been a force to be reckoned with, combining for an impressive 116 hits, 45 home runs, and 131 RBIs this season. As we cross the halfway mark of conference play, A&M’s dominance is clear. The only question that remains is have they peaked too early?

    Texas A&M will face Tarleton on Tuesday, April 30, at 6:00 p.m. CST, where the game will air on SEC Network+.

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    Oklahoma falls to No. 22 in latest D1Baseball poll

    Oklahoma lost a tough series to Texas but still remain a top 25 team with a chance to earn the number one seed in the Big 12.

    After a 2-2 week, the Oklahoma Sooners slid a few spots in the latest D1Baseball poll.

    Oklahoma had a monumental matchup with their Red River rivals, the Texas Longhorns, but the Sooners couldn’t secure a series victory. Oklahoma remains the top team in the Big 12 with a 15-6 conference record, but that lead is down to just one game in the loss column. Oklahoma State and West Virginia are right behind the Sooners at 14-7.

    Oklahoma comes in at No. 22 in the latest poll and will get a chance to bounce back this week with games against Oral Roberts and a road series against Texas Tech.

    The top three schools in this poll are future SEC foes, Texas A&M, Arkansas, and Tennessee. The ACC’s best team, Clemson, is No. 4 in the country, while East Carolina rounds out the top five. Oregon State comes in at six, while Florida State, Kentucky, UC Irvine, and Duke round out the top 10.

    Oklahoma State is No. 14 in the poll and the only other Big 12 team to earn a spot in this week’s ranking.

    Elsewhere, Baseball America ranks the Sooners 19th, while Perfect Game USA doesn’t have OU in its top 25.

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    Oklahoma rejoins D1Baseball top 25 at No. 18 after undefeated week

    OU is riding a seven game winning streak and went from being unranked to the highest ranked Big 12 team in this week’s D1Baseball poll.

    Oklahoma took its first and last trip to Provo as Big 12 baseball members and walked away with a sweep. It was the Sooners’ fourth sweep in conference play and helped push OU back into the D1Baseball Top 25.

    The Sooners went from unranked to No. 18 in the latest D1Baseball poll after their showing against the Cougars. Their performance cemented their first-place spot in the Big 12 and extended their win streak to seven straight games.

    Oklahoma has been on a heater as they pushed out to a 14-4 Big 12 record, three games clear of three teams tied for second place.

    The Sooners are one of two Big 12 teams in the Top 25, along with their in-state foes, Oklahoma State. Texas A&M, Arkansas, and Tennessee are the top three in that order. Kentucky, Clemson, and Duke round out the top six. East Carolina, Wake Forest, Oregon State, and the Florida State Seminoles round out the top 10.

     

    Oklahoma State is just three spots back of Oklahoma at No. 19. The Cowboys dropped four spots after a 1-3 week on the diamond.

    Oklahoma is ranked 16th by Baseball America, while Perfect Game has the Sooners ranked 23rd in their latest rankings.

    The Sooners will continue its pursuit of the Big 12 regular season title and the top seed in the Big 12 tournament as it hosts Wichita State for a midweek game on Tuesday and will host Red River rivals Texas for a weekend series.

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