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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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Georgia baseball’s Tucker Bradley leads the SEC in home runs

With a fat dinger and a subsequent bat flip, Georgia’s Tucker Bradley sank the hopes of in-state rival Georgia Tech.

With a fat dinger and a subsequent (and well-earned) bat flip, Georgia’s Tucker Bradley sank the hopes of in-state rival Georgia Tech.

His sixth home run of the still-young 2020 college baseball season places him atop the list of the Southeasten Conference’s home run hitters.

Fourth-ranked Georgia didn’t need any more homers from Bradley today when topped Tech 12-0, ranked No. 17 but likely sinking in next week’s polls following two consecutive losses.

Bulldog Garrett Blaylock is close to the top with four home runs.

In the previous matchup, Georgia outlasted Georgia Tech in the series opener by a score of 6-5 at Foley Field.

As part of a neutral series between in-state foes, the three-game stand features one game at Georgia’s Foley Field, another at Tech’s stadium at 255 Ferst Drive in Atlanta, and a third contest at Coolray Field, the home of Atlanta Braves AAA affiliate Gwinnett Stripers.

Georgia baseball blanks Georgia Tech 12-0, wins season series

Tech needed a miracle entering the ninth, but the away team scored eight runs in the inning’s top half to put the game away for good.

Who runs this state?

In the past three months, the Georgia Bulldogs have clinched victories over the in-state Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets in football, men’s basketball, and baseball.

Following last night’s dramatic victory at Foley Field in Athens, the Dawgs ensured that the next contest, held on Tech’s campus, would be less of a nail-biter for Georgia baseball fans.

Scott Stricklin’s fourth-ranked Bulldogs built an early 4-0 lead across the first five innings. Tech already needed a miracle entering the ninth, but the away team scored eight runs in the inning’s top half to put the game away for good.

The Bulldogs improve to 10-1 on the season.

As part of a neutral series between in-state foes, the three-game stand features one game at Georgia’s Foley Field, today’s game at Grant Field in Atlanta, and a third contest at Coolray Field, the home of Atlanta Braves AAA affiliate Gwinnett Stripers.

Georgia baseball downs Georgia Tech in series opener

Georgia’s Webb oversaw the final ten outs and earned his first save of the season.

Scott Stricklin’s fourth-ranked Georgia Bulldogs swatted the No. 17 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets in the first of three games the rivals will play this season.

After the Jackets put the first run on the board in the top of the fourth inning, the Dawgs answered in the bottom half of the inning with a five-run outburst.

Tech chipped away at their most hated rivals’ lead, scoring three runs and blanking the home team in the fifth and sixth innings.

Still maintaining a one-run lead in the bottom of the seventh, pinch hitter Patrick Sullivan sent Cole Tate home from second base, giving the Bulldogs an insurance run that would prove to be vital.

The Yellow Jackets loaded the bases down two runs in the bottom of the ninth and scored one with a sacrifice fly. Junior reliever Ryan Webb, despite the immense pressure of the game’s ending, struck out similarly-named Jackson Webb (both billed from Roswell, strangely enough) to end the game.

Georgia’s Webb oversaw the final ten outs and earned his first save of the season.

Webb told reporters after the game:

“I just love being in when the game is on the line and this just means more to me because its Tech. I have a lot of friends on that team and last year I kind of laid an egg against them at Suntrust.”

Bulldawg Illustrated posted Webb’s post-game interview.

As part of a neutral series between in-state foes, the three-game stand features one game at Georgia’s Foley Field, another at Tech’s stadium at 255 Ferst Drive in Atlanta, and a third contest at Coolray Field, the home of Atlanta Braves AAA affiliate Gwinnett Stripers.

Georgia baseball opens 2020 season with walk-off win

Feeling the love from a full home crowd on a beautiful Valentine’s Day evening, Georgia rallied in the bottom of the ninth inning.

The Georgia Bulldogs welcomed the Richmond Spiders to Foley Field for college baseball season’s opening day.

Scott Stricklin’s fourth-ranked Dawgs took an early lead, scoring one run in each of the first two innings. In the first, a Tucker Bradley single sent Ben Anderson home. The following inning, junior Cole Tate knocked a solo homer to left field, giving the home team a two-to-nothing lead.

Richmond answered immediately, scoring three runs in each the third and fourth innings, the latter of which featured a pair of two-run home runs. The Spiders’ scoring would end there.

The Bulldogs proceeded to answer Richmond’s answer, tallying one run in each the fifth, sixth, and seventh innings. Both teams failed to score in the eighth, and Georgia entered the bottom of the ninth inning trailing by one run.

Feeling the love from a full crowd on a beautiful Valentine’s Day evening, Georgia rallied in the ninth. Junior Garrett Blaylock (not to be confused with redshirt freshman Garrett Brown, not to be confused with me) evened the score with a solo home run to center, and a crucial dropped fly ball gave the Dawgs their chance to end the game.

With senior Randon Jernigan on base, Tate knocked in his third RBI of the night with a single to center, solidifying a dramatic first win of the season.

The Bulldogs and Spiders play a three-game weekend series. Saturday’s first pitch is scheduled for 2:00 p.m. local time. Sunday’s is scheduled for 1:00. Both will air on SEC Network+.