Tag: Georgia Baseball

See Notre Dame football commit Thomas troll baseball Twitter page

Irish signee Jayden Thomas was a bit confused when a certain Tweet said he was uncommitted.

Signing day has come and gone for the Notre Dame football team, Georgia’s wide receiver Jayden Thomas included in that group. On Friday, the Prep Baseball Report posted a tweet about Thomas being an uncommitted baseball prospect. It’s safe to say, Thomas didn’t take to kindly to the tweet.

Obviously Thomas is a very talented baseball player, but he’s chosen to focus on football at the next level. Could he be a dual-sport athlete in South Bend? Sure, but it seems like Thomas will be going after his gridiron dreams first before his diamond ones.

Brand-new college baseball show to debut February 20th

Southern Slams Baseball announces the debut of a LIVE NCAA baseball show for 2021 college season

Folks, college baseball season is right around the corner …

In just one week, teams from across the nation in all 50 states will take to the diamond to compete for 8 spots to Omaha in June, including the Georgia Bulldogs.

Southern Slams Baseball, the newly launched college baseball content brand, announced Thursday that it will be debuting an “all-new Saturday LIVE show” on everything around the game.

The brand will finally bring us access to a College Gameday-like show for baseball every Saturday morning. If you’re interested in learning more, visit Southern Slams Baseball here …

And let’s hope our Diamond Dogs have a big year up in Athens after Georgia football completed yet another successful season under head coach Kirby Smart!

Georgia baseball receives another low rank in SEC baseball vote

Georgia baseball receives low ranking in SEC atmosphere poll by Southern Slams Baseball

The Georgia baseball team will begin its 2021 season on February 19th in Athens.

However, the offseason polls and articles have not been too kind to the Dawgs.

Southern Slams Baseball, which covers the sport across the South, ranked the Bulldogs No. 11 in the SEC for their uniform list.

Now, the brand has announced that Georgia also falls quite low in its best atmosphere poll for the conference. Now, before turning your anger to the folks at Southern Slams, remember that this was voted on by fans across the nation.

Arkansas took home the top honors of the poll, while Texas A&M and Mississippi State gave it a great run.

The full list can be viewed here: 

Georgia baseball uniforms receive low rating in SEC list

Georgia baseball received a low ranking in this SEC uniforms list

With baseball season just around the corner, the Southern Slams Baseball staff put together a list of the top uniforms in the SEC.

The college baseball website ranked all 14 SEC teams from the bottom to the top, but Georgia came in quite low unfortunately.

The Bulldogs ranked 11th out of all 14 teams in the list, with the change to ‘Bulldog Bold’ branding hurting the Dawgs in their rank according to Southern Slams’ Justin Royce.

If you want to view the full list of rankings, you can view them here:

Watch: Georgia baseball completes practice for 2021

The UGA baseball team completed its first practice on Friday for the 2021 season

Friday, the Georgia baseball team completed its first official practice of the 2021 season at Foley Field.

The Bulldogs will look to improve upon back-to-back NCAA Regional appearances in 2018 and 2019 after the 2020 season got cut short due to COVID-19.

Georgia lost its top two pitchers in Emerson Hancock and Cole Wilcox to the MLB Draft, but still has plenty of pieces to make a run at Omaha this season.

Make sure to follow along with us throughout the spring as we bring you the latest on everything Bulldogs baseball.

While counting down the days to first pitch, take a look at the official schedule here: 

Georgia baseball falls just outside Top 25

The Georgia baseball team will start the season just outside the Top 25

The Georgia baseball team will return to the diamond on February 19th at Foley Field.

After a strong start to the COVID-19 shortened 2020 season, the Bulldogs lost top pitching aces Emerson Hancock and Cole Wilcox.

Now, the Dawgs will look to build off their strong 2018 and 2019 seasons with a less experienced starting pitching staff.

As a result, Georgia fell just outside the Top 25 in Southern Slams’ latest preseason poll. 

Rivals Florida, Georgia Tech, South Carolina, Auburn and Tennessee all made the list, although the Dawgs did receive votes.

Let’s see if Georgia can climb into the Top 25 as the season progresses.

Look: Georgia baseball schedule for 2021 gets leaked

The 2021 Georgia baseball schedule appears to have been leaked

Things are looking up in Athens.

Wednesday, the Georgia basketball team earned its first victory over Kentucky since 2013 off a last-second basket for the win in Stegeman Coliseum.

Now, the 2021 schedule for baseball appears to have been leaked per Southern Slams Baseball.

If this list is official, the Bulldogs will play host to in-state foes Georgia State, Georgia Southern and Georgia Tech, while also welcoming nearby powers Auburn and Clemson to Athens.

Georgia will look to build off its postseason appearances in 2018 and 2019 after a promising 2020 season got cut short by the pandemic.

UGA Wire is still waiting to find out regarding capacity at Foley Field this season, but will keep you posted.

Georgia baseball’s Cole Wilcox signs life changing MLB deal

Georgia Bulldogs baseball standout Cole Wilcox has signed a life changing rookie deal with the MLB’s San Diego Padres.

Georgia Bulldogs baseball standout Cole Wilcox has signed a life changing deal with the MLB’s San Diego Padres. Wilcox was selected 80th overall in the third round of the 2020 MLB Draft.

Wilcox is a pitcher and was a redshirt sophomore at the University of Georgia. Wilcox has signed a deal for $3.3 million as Jim Callis reports.

Wilcox will try to work his way through the minor leagues and eventually end up pitching for the Padres. The MLB will have a shortened season this year. Unfortunately for Wilcox and many rookies, the minor league baseball season has been officially cancelled.

The Padres rookie is from Chickamauga, Georgia and played high school baseball for Heritage High School. He was fantastic in his four starts during the 2020 season, where he recorded a 1.57 ERA in four starts and a 3-0 record. Georgia finished the shortened 2020 season with a 14-4 overall record.

Opponents hit only .209 against him in 2020. Wilcox dominated striking out 32 players while walking two batters faced.

Cole Wilcox announced his excitement to sign with the San Diego Padres:

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UGA football player card: TE Jarrett Freeland

Jarrett Freeland signed with Georgia baseball in 2013, but pursued a MLB career after the Cincinnati Reds drafted him in 2013 MLB Draft

Jarrett Freeland, Tight End (#48):

Class: Redshirt sophomore

Height: 6-7

Weight: 258 pounds

Hometown: Liburn, Georgia

High School: Parkview

Georgia Bulldogs tight end Jarrett Freeland has one of the more unique stories of any player on the University of Georgia roster. Freeland signed with Georgia baseball in 2013, but elected to pursue an MLB career after the Cincinnati Reds drafted him in the 15th round of the 2013 MLB Amateur Draft.

Injuries and positional changes took their toll on Freeland, who was released by the Arizona Reds in late 2017. Following this, Freeland decided to return to Georgia. Freeland, who is turning 26 in June of 2020, is one of the oldest players on the Georgia roster.

Freeland has excellent size and could be utilized as a blocking tight end at some point. For now, he’s adjusting back to football and looking to help the team anyway he can.

His father, Buddy Freeland, graduated from the University of Georgia as well.

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Former Georgia baseball commit flips to play QB for Clemson Tigers

Bubba Chandler, who was recently committed to Georgia baseball, has announced his commitment to Clemson, where he’ll play QB and baseball.

On Wednesday, Clemson football added a commitment from quarterback Bubba Chandler, who until recently was committed to play baseball at Georgia.

Clemson offered Chandler on May 7. On May 11, he announced he’d be reopening his recruitment and that he wanted to play both baseball and football in college.

Chandler announced his decision to play both sports for Clemson via Twitter on May 20.

Out of North Oconee High School in Bogart, Georgia, Chandler is a right-handed pitcher and shortstop. He originally committed to play baseball at UGA in June. With Georgia not being able to offer him a football scholarship, he’s decided to attend Clemson, where he can pursue both sports.

Chandler originally did not expect to receive interest from Clemson, a school that he’s never actually taken a recruiting visit to. But when Clemson quarterback target Christian Veilleux committed to Penn State a few weeks ago, it left the Tigers looking for a signal-caller in their 2021 class. So Clemson took a swing at a two-for-one deal and it paid off.

He did, however, visit Clemson in 2018 when his friend on the football team got him to tickets to see a game in Death Valley.

“[The Clemson coaches] just watched my film, a lot of my Twitter videos, and I talked with the coaches pretty much every day on the phone,” Chandler told ESPN. “Then, of course, our high school head coach knows [Clemson safeties coach] Mickey Conn pretty well. Clemson’s coaches asked our head coach about me, my character, and I guess they liked what they heard.”

Chandler has been playing both sports for nearly his entire life, and will continue that at Clemson.

“They’re going to develop me into the best player I can be in both sports,” Chandler said. “They have a chance to compete for a national championship every year. I’ve always wanted to play football in college, and what better place to play football than at Clemson?”

As for Georgia, the Bulldogs already have another quarterback committed in the 2021 class who also happens to be from Bogart. That’s 5-star dual-threat Brock Vandagriff.

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