Just starting another poll. They are fun to me haha.

I wanted to give the two grad transfer catchers a few days to think and regroup after Casey Opitz went undrafted. As y’all read my story the other day, DVH said he expects at least one of the two to move on, so I reached out to both of them to see if they had any update on their futures.

A.J. Lewis, the versatile All-American catcher from Eastern Kentucky, just replied: “I have not changed anything as of now.”

I’ll keep you posted on if I hear back from Robert Emery, the transfer from San Francisco.

If I had to choose, I’d wanna keep Lewis. I think he’s the better hitter + he’s versatile and can play multiple positions. Emery wouldn’t be bad to have as a backup catcher, but Lewis can get in the lineup multiple ways.

Login to view embedded media
2021 Sugarland prospect Remington Strickland has built up an impressive offer sheet, despite it being pretty low on P5 offers thus far.

Strickland pinned his late-February Arkansas offer to his twitter profile page and at the time, he had plans to visit Texas Tech (which hasn't offered yet) and SMU for an official visit. He got visits to Rice and SMU in before the extended dead period.

After regularly texting Coach Pittman and Coach Davis, Strickland told me he's now got the Hogs at the top of his list. He says SMU, UH, Rice, Colorado State and UCF hit him up daily as well.

"I’m really looking forward to being able to visit all these schools. It’s really hard to pick a school at the moment when you can’t even visit them."

According to his twitter, Strickland has a 4.7 GPA which explains offers from Yale, Penn, Princeton, Rice, etc.

In case you haven't checked out the highlight tape yet:
Login to view embedded media

Just curious who you’d want to be your lead back for one season only. If you could pick from the 4. Just for fun.

ya'll come

The White Hall native and Arkansas State product had a pretty nice MLB debut with the Royals tonight...
Login to view embedded media

https://arkansas.rivals.com/news/arkansas-loses-2nd-grad-transfer-catcher-to-mlb

I'm still efforting an interview with A.J. ... I'm a pretty surprised by this, but looking back at my last interview with him, he asked be afterward, "Do you think there will be a season?" I was still pretty confident there would be and tried to give him some confidence, but now I'm wondering if he just thought it was too big of a risk to spend a year in Arkansas and not actually get to play. Might as well start your pro career, especially if he'd probably not get more than a $20k signing bonus even if he was All-SEC next year. At least that's what I'm speculating was his thinking.

Also, don't be shocked if Arkansas adds another catcher.

Texas has found a loophole to the NCAA's "no visit" rule. They are bringing in recruits on unofficial visits, then just facetiming them as they walk around.

Any plans for us to match this @nikkichavanelle or @NWAHutch ?

Who ya got winning the fight on September 12th?

STATS
Login to view embedded media
LEAGUES
Perfect Timing College League (league finished)
-- Jacob Burton: PT White
-- Christian Franklin: PT Cardinal
-- Matt Goodheart: PT Cardinal
-- Kevin Kopps: PT Cardinal
-- Bryce Matthews: PT Blue
-- Will McEntire: PT Black
-- Caden Monke: PT Cardinal
-- *Robert Moore: PT White
-- Jacob Nesbit: PT Black
-- Peyton Pallette: PT Black
-- Brady Slavens: PT Black (2020 JUCO signee)
-- Cullen Smith: PT White
-- Curtis Washington Jr.: PT White (transfer portal)
-- Braydon Webb: PT Black
-- Nate Wohlgemuth: PT Black (2020 signee)

South Florida Collegiate Baseball League
-- Mark Adamiak: Delray Beach Lightning
-- Michael Brooks: Palm Beach Diamond Ducks (2020 signee)
-- Zack Morris: Delray Beach Lightning
-- Cason Tollett: Palm Beach Xtreme

California Collegiate League
-- Blake Adams: Santa Barbara Foresters
-- Christian Franklin: Santa Barbara Foresters
-- Evan Gray: Healdsburg Prune Packers
-- Peyton Pallette: Santa Barbara Foresters
-- Elijah Trest: Santa Barbara Foresters

Northwoods League
-- Trey Harris: La Crosse Loggers (transfer portal)
-- Bryce Matthews: Rochester Honkers
-- Robert Moore: Rochester Honkers

Coastal Plain League
-- Matt Goodheart: Martinsville Mustangs
-- Kevin Heinrich: Martinsville Mustangs (transfer portal)
-- Kevin Kopps: Martinsville Mustangs
-- Brady Slavens: Martinsville Mustangs (2020 JUCO signee)
-- Corey Spain: Martinsville Mustangs

V Tool Summer Collegiate League (South Texas)
-- Jalen Battles: Canes Southwest (2020 JUCO signee)

V Tool Summer Collegiate League (North Texas)
-- Zack Gregory: NTXBC Dirtbags

Texas Collegiate League
-- Jalen Battles: San Antonio Flying Chanclas (2020 JUCO signee)

Florida Gulf Coast League
-- Robert Moore: Sarasota Tigers
-- Heston Tole: Sarasota Tigers (2020 signee)

LINKS
Monday, June 1
Baseball returns to NWA
Tuesday, June 2
Goodheart starts summer ball hot, discusses status of shoulder
Critical summer awaits Kevin Kopps
Notebook: Burton throws gas, other tidbits from PT College League
Tuesday, June 9
PT College League Notebook: Pallette’s revenge, Slavens delivers, more
Thursday, June 18
Washington discusses transfer portal, future with Diamond Hogs
PT College League Notebook: Smith takes teammate deep, oddities, more

Anyone taken a peak yet and what do you think? I only played the #3 game on PS4 but I love it so far 3 epidsoes in. Almost seems like they’ve made it to where you didn’t have to read the books or play the game to follow along. Hope it’s going to be a great series they can build out.

https://kentuckysportsradio.com/bas...ulty-ask-school-to-change-name-of-rupp-arena/




Saw this last night. I like bad things happening to UK basketball but don’t think they should change the name.

Any of y’all ever replaced a window sill? Getting house ready to put on the market and need to replace one because of our dog chewing the corner of it. In terms of DIY projects, is it about your normal difficulty or actually difficult? I’m terrified to mess it up and have to replace the whole window trimming.

https://basketballrecruiting.rivals.com/news/starting-five-commitment-frenzy-to-continue-this-week
Couple big Arkansas targets in here but not looking promising

The hoop hogs get their first dose of the Musselman staff as fall camp starts today. There's no "contact activities" right now but they still get to be coached by the staff and I'm sure Muss is geeked about it regardless. A reminder that Isaiah Joe is still working with the team until he makes a decision (the deadline is in 14 days).

ICYMI: Hutch's story on potential lineups w/ and w/o Isaiah Joe: https://arkansas.rivals.com/news/projecting-arkansas-2020-21-depth-chart-with-without-isaiah-joe

This was a fun story to write: https://arkansas.rivals.com/news/diamond-hogs-2020-signee-spotlight-oklahoma-rhp-jaxon-wiggins

ICYMI
Diamond Hogs 2020 HS Signee Spotlight Series
RHP Markevian "Tink" Hence - Watson Chapel (Ark.) - SIGNED W/ CARDINALS
INF Jackson Cobb - Texarkana (Texas) Pleasant Grove
3B/OF Cayden Wallace - Greenbrier (Ark.)
LHP/OF Nick Griffin - Monticello (Ark.)
RHP Louis Stallone - Kings Park (N.Y.) St. Anthony's
INF Zac White - Little Rock (Ark.) Joe T. Robinson
OF Clayton Gray - Cabot (Ark.)
INF Michael Brooks - Wellington (Fla.) Palm Beach Central
INF/RHP Ethan Bates - Hot Springs (Ark.) Lakeside
RHP/OF Nate Wohlgemuth - Owasso (Okla.)

Other Newcomer Profiles
INF/OF Brady Slavens - Johnson County C.C.
C Dylan Leach - Carthage (Texas) - early enrollee
LHP/UTL Lael Lockhart Jr. - Houston graduate transfer
RHP Issac Bracken - Northern Colorado graduate transfer
C Robert Emery - San Francisco graduate transfer - UPDATE
C A.J. Lewis - Eastern Kentucky graduate transfer
RHP Ryan Costeiu - Sacramento City C.C.

Here's a weekend long read for y'all. I really enjoyed telling Harrison's story and hope you enjoy reading it: https://arkansas.rivals.com/news/ou...nsas-pitcher-makes-comeback-as-dii-outfielder

(Shoutout to Harding grad @Lowcountry Hog)

https://arkansas.rivals.com/news/razorback-roster-rundown-no-78-dalton-wagner
Wagner just looks like he can be so much better. Hope Brad Davis can bring it out

Every once in a while, I do a research project that produces jaw-dropping results. This is one of those times where I finished it and was like, "Holy $%&#." ... https://arkansas.rivals.com/news/looking-back-at-first-commits-of-arkansas-classes-since-2004

(Also, the last time I did this story - it's been a couple years, I think - y'all pointed out a few corrections. Thank you. I have made those corrections and am pretty sure everything is accurate now. But if I forgot someone, please let me know!)

In an argument with a buddy. Does J Crawford count towards the 25 in the 21’ class? I’ll hang up and listen. @nikkichavanelle