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What I’m Hearing: USA TODAY Sports’ Bob Nightengale relays what his sources are saying following Rob Manfred’s recent comments about the MLB season and his lack of confidence it will even happen.
What I’m Hearing: USA TODAY Sports’ Bob Nightengale relays what his sources are saying following Rob Manfred’s recent comments about the MLB season and his lack of confidence it will even happen.
USA TODAY Sports recently released the greatest first round picks in MLB Draft history. Roger Clemens named the best at number 19.
The MLB Draft has come and gone. The Longhorns saw one of their own in pitcher Bryce Elder taken. Baseball has the University of Texas has a long and storied history. They have won multiple National Championships with the most recent coming in 2005. The Longhorns have the second-most titles in NCAA history, tied with LSU. While they have won six titles, they been invited to play for six more.
In a recent article on USA TODAY Sports, the best players were discussed as it pertains to their draft slot. Former Longhorn Roger Clemens made the list as the best ever to be selected at pick 19. He would go on to play in the Majors for a total of 24 years.
Roger Clemens (1983, Red Sox) – With 354 career wins and 4,672 strikeouts, Clemens is one of the greatest pitchers ever.
Others: Bobby Grich (1967, Orioles), Shannon Stewart (1992, Blue Jays), Alex Rios (1999, Blue Jays)
Clemens is currently third on the all-time list for strikeouts behind Nolan Ryan and Randy Johnson. He finished his career with 536 more strikeouts than Steve Carlton. Clemens’ 354 career wins puts him ninth in MLB history, one behind Greg Maddux.
The man nicknamed “The Rocket” played two seasons for the Texas Longhorns after transferring from San Jacinto College North.
Accomplishments
A little boy turned his 8-month-old sister into an outfielder while out in the backyard practicing T-ball.
A little boy turned his 8-month-old sister into an outfielder while out in the backyard practicing T-ball.
Three former Longhorns were cut from their Minor League Baseball teams this week.
Uncertainty continues to surround Minor League Baseball. Continue reading “Former Texas star Kacy Clemens among those cut in minor league”
Charles Curtis explains why baseball can’t afford to lose the entire 2020 MLB season.
Charles Curtis explains why baseball can’t afford to lose the entire 2020 MLB season.
Sports Pulse: Charles Grantham on how the players and owners could come together
Sports Pulse: Charles Grantham on how the players and owners could come together
SP Bryce Elder was named to the Collegiate Baseball 2020 All-American second-team. Elder had four starts, going 2-1 with a 2.08 ERA for UT.
Before Texas’ baseball season was cut short due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Longhorns were 14-3 and in the midst of a four-game winning streak. Big 12 play was just a week away and Texas was one of the favorites to win the conference.
Starting pitcher Bryce Elder was one of the stars for the Longhorns, being named to the Collegiate Baseball 2020 All-American second-team. Elder had four starts, going 2-1 with a 2.08 ERA.
They know a good thing when they see it.@CBNewspaper has named @bryce_elder13 a second team All-American. https://t.co/Ruvbk6X4oL | #HookEm 🤘 pic.twitter.com/gnVaasxi0f
— Texas Baseball (@TexasBaseball) May 26, 2020
His best game of the season came in the first game of the Shriners Hospitals for Children College Classic against No. 11 LSU. Playing at Minute Maid Park, Elder went 6.1 innings and allowed four runs (three earned) on six hits. Adding 10 strikeouts, it was his second double-digit strikeout effort, also having 11 against Boise State.
While no Big 12 player made the first team, three others made the second team along with Elder. Relief pitchers Haylen Green of TCU and Micah Dallas of Texas Tech made it, while second baseman Brian Klien from Texas Tech was the only positional player in the team.
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Nico Mascia nominated for McWhorter Scholarship.
KNOXVILLE — Former University of Tennessee baseball player Nico Mascia has been nominated for a prestigious academic award.
Mascia, a catcher and infielder for the Diamond Vols, was an all-state player during his high school days at Farragut High School, was nominated for the H. Boyd McWhorter Scholar-Athlete Post-Graduate Scholarship.
The scholarship has been awarded by the Southeastern Conference since 1986.
Mascia, who was an All-State standout as a junior in high school for the Admirals, has excelled in the class room at Tennessee.
He was the 2018 SEC Co-Scholar Athlete of the Year in 2018 as a redshirt sophomore.
The Diamond Vol was on the Dean’s List every year between 2015-19 and he was on the SEC Spring Honor Roll every year during that time.
He was a Google Cloud Academic All-America Second Team in 2018.
Masica, a Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Major, went to work full-time at UT Medical Center in 2019 as an assistant in the orthopedic trauma unit.
Sports Pulse: 1000 fan are allowed to spectate a Taiwanese baseball game while keeping social distance
Sports Pulse: 1000 fan are allowed to spectate a Taiwanese baseball game while keeping social distance
