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Pirates draft standout Georgia pitcher Jaden Woods

The Pittsburgh Pirates picked UGA baseball pitcher Jaden Woods in the 2023 MLB draft.

The Pittsburgh Pirates have drafted Georgia Bulldogs baseball pitcher Jaden Woods in the seventh round of the 2023 MLB draft. Woods was the No. 197 pick of the draft.

The 6-foot-2, 205-pound left handed pitcher attended Houston County High School in Warner Robins, Georgia. The No. 197 selection has a pick value of approximately $273,800, per MLB.com.

Jaden Woods entered the draft and attended the MLB combine after his junior season at Georgia. Woods recorded a 3-3 record across 10 starts and a 5.77 ERA in his final season with Georgia. The Bulldogs’ baseball team went 29-27 in 2023.

Impressively, Woods earned a degree in Sports Management during his three years at the University of Georgia.

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UGA football in top schools for dual-sport standout

In-state athlete BJ Gibson was previously committed to play baseball at Tennessee. Now he has reopened his recruitment.

The Georgia Bulldogs are among the top schools for in-state athlete BJ Gibson. Gibson decommitted from the Tennessee Volunteers baseball program on Jan. 23.

Gibson stars in football and baseball for Wilcox County High School in Rochelle, Georgia.

He is a four-star athlete. He is the No. 301 player in the country and the No. 26 athlete. Gibson is the No. 39 football recruit in Georgia.

The 6-foot, 170-pound recruit has great speed and acceleration. Gibson primarily plays wide receiver for Wilcox County. He shows good body control.

Gibson is a smooth athlete. He times the snap count to get fast releases off the line of scrimmage. He is a deep threat and does a lot of damage on screen plays.

Will Gibson pick football or baseball? He could play both sports in college. He is a highly rated baseball recruit. Gibson has gone on recent visits to Florida and Florida State.

BJ Gibson’s top schools are Georgia, Tennessee, Florida, FSU, Georgia Tech, Auburn, Stanford, Kentucky, USF, Northwestern, Georgia Southern, LSU and South Carolina.

Georgia offered the talented two-sport star in February 2022. Gibson named his top 13 schools via Twitter:

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Looking at Georgia baseball’s NCAA Tournament path

The Georgia Bulldogs baseball team put together a solid 35-21 season and are the No. 2 seed of the Chapel Hill Regional.

The Georgia Bulldogs baseball team put together a solid 35-21 season and are the No. 2 seed of the Chapel Hill Regional. UNC, the No. 10 national seed, hosts the regional.

Georgia baseball coach Scott Stricklin helped the Bulldogs go 15-15 in SEC play. The SEC is one of the toughest conferences in baseball. Georgia enters the NCAA Tournament on a bit of a cold streak. The Diamond Dawgs lost six of 10 games to end the season.

What information do Georgia baseball fans need to know about the regional?

Georgia football offers Tennessee baseball commit

The Georgia Bulldogs have offered a scholarship to in-state athlete BJ Gibson, who is committed to play baseball at Tennessee.

The Georgia Bulldogs have offered a scholarship to in-state athlete BJ Gibson. Georgia football joins Arkansas, Ole Miss, Tennessee, Coastal Carolina and more as programs to offer Gibson.

Gibson stars in football and baseball for Wilcox County High School in Rochelle, Georgia. He is committed to Tennessee for baseball. Gibson could play both sports at Tennessee. He has a football scholarship offer from the Volunteers.

The in-state athlete took a visit to the University of Georgia on March 29. The 6-foot, 170-pound recruit has solid speed and acceleration. Gibson primarily plays wide receiver for Wilcox County. He shows good body control.

Here’s a look at the class of 2024 athlete’s sophomore season highlights:

Gibson is a smooth athlete. He times the snap count to get fast releases off the line of scrimmage. He is a deep threat and does a lot of damage on screen plays. Gibson is unranked as a football recruit.

Will Gibson pick football or baseball? He could play both sports in college. He is a highly-rated baseball recruit.

The Tennessee baseball commit announced his scholarship offer from Georgia football via Twitter:

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Watch: Georgia baseball’s walk-off win over Florida

The No. 23 Georgia Bulldogs walked-off with two outs in the ninth inning to defeat the No. 14 Florida Gators

The No. 23 Georgia Bulldogs walked-off to defeat the No. 14 Florida Gators in a nationally televised game on ESPN2 on March 31. Georgia baseball is now 20-6 and 4-3 in SEC play. The Gators fall to 18-8 and 3-4 in SEC play.

Georgia’s dramatic 7-6 win over Florida should help the Bulldogs move up in the baseball rankings.

Georgia third baseman Josh McAllister was the hero of the night. McAllister had three hits to lead the Bulldogs including a clutch walk-off hit with Georgia trailing 5-6. The Dawgs entered the ninth inning trailing 4-6.

Here’s a look at McAllister’s two-out walk-off hit:

Georgia baseball has two more games in the series against Florida. The Bulldogs play the Gators on April 1 and 2. Georgia’s win over Florida is the Bulldogs’ third walk-off win of the season.

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Weekend recap: Georgia baseball takes down Texas A&M 6-4

Georgia baseball beat Texas A&M 6-4 on Sunday afternoon, moving the Bulldogs to 16-7 on the season, 2-4 in SEC play. Details here

Georgia baseball (16-7, 2-4 SEC) notched its first win in College Station on Sunday afternoon when the Bulldogs took down Texas A&M 6-4.

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The Aggies (17-9, 2-4 SEC) led the series 2-0 and was leading Georgia 4-1 on Sunday before the Bulldogs started to make a comeback in the seventh inning. There were two Georgia outs before RBI-singles from Josh McAllister, Connor Tate and Riley King. A wild pitch from Aggie left-hander Will Johnston brought Tate home to give Georgia a 5-4 lead.

Then, with two outs in the eight, McAllister made it 6-4 with his team-leading fifth home run of the season, which made it a three hit day for the redshirt junior.

Freshman right hander Jaden Woods got his first win of the season in the Dawgs victory, allowing one run on three hits with three strikeouts in four innings.

Georgia finishes a four game road trip on Tuesday when it faces Clemson (12-9) at 6:02 p.m. on the ACC Network.

 

A new episode of “UGA Football Live with J.C. Shelton” is here! J.C. is joined by former Georgia tight end Arthur Lynch to talk UGA football, his life as U.S. Army 2nd Lieutenant and more. Listen here:

 

Where’s the love? UGA Baseball still unranked in major polls

The Georgia Bulldogs baseball team is being slept on by quite a few pollsters

Despite compiling an impressive 10-3 record to start the season, the Georgia baseball team has not cracked the top 25 in the D1Baseball or Baseball America’s polls.

To give the pollsters credit, the Bulldogs have played a relatively light nonconference schedule. Georgia will face much improved competition in a few weeks during SEC play, but its best win is Georgia State or Georgia Southern.

Georgia lost its top two starting pitchers, Emerson Hancock and Cole Wilcox, to the MLB draft last year, but it is still ranked No. 22 in the nation in team ERA. This includes teams from the Big Ten and Mid-American Conference who have only played 2-3 games as well.

Are the Dawgs being slept on? It sure seems like it …

Baseball America releases new Top 25 rankings

Baseball America unveils new Top 25 list

Monday, Baseball America released its latest Top 25 poll after the first weekend of play for 2021.

The Gators of Florida fell a few spots to No. 7 after dropping back-to-back games against Miami, while the Bulldogs still have not cracked the Top 25.

Georgia started off slow with a season-opening loss to Evansville, but was able to rebound to win three-straight and take the series.

Up next for the Dawgs is a date with Georgia State on Wednesday in Atlanta before hosting Gardner-Webb for four games in Athens next weekend.

To view the full Top 25 rankings for this week, click here ….

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.

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