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#354
#354
vol66 said:
I’m shocked Little is on the list, maybe one of the VU posters can fill us in.
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He isn't being developed properly. His parents and advisors had enough.

Vandy has missed on a bunch of players recently, and the staff hasn't done a great job of developing the talent they've gotten in the last 3-4 years.

This will be much more evident next year. The USA baseball/Vandy recruiting pipeline isn't a strong as Corbin thinks it is.
 
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#355
GregAmsler said:
Yeah, Beam is a starter next year. Halvorsen is not going to supplant anyone in the weekend rotation. He has great stuff, but had control issues and an ERA over 5.00 at Missouri. He’ll be a bullpen arm.
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Given the severity of his injury - a fracture of his throwing that occurred while he was throwing - and what it might portend for the future, I'd guess they will be very careful with him going forward, and they would not have him be a starter until he shows he can handle a bullpen role of limited work. I'd say he's a lock for the bullpen next season, at least to start the season.
 
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#356
nashvillepanther said:
He isn't being developed properly. His parents and advisors had enough.

Vandy has missed on a bunch of players recently, and the staff hasn't done a great job of developing the talent they've gotten in the last 3-4 years.

This will be much more evident next year. The USA baseball/Vandy recruiting pipeline isn't a strong as Corbin thinks it is.
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I think the whole Kumar thing has hurt that program with elite pitchers.
 
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#357
TheMookieMonster said:
Probably not. Tony V himself has said we only plan to take 3-4 names. My guess is we’ll swing for the fences on the 3 McKee mentioned in his post yesterday and then re-evaluate based on who we miss on.

I will say Christian Little is a really interesting prospect. But, I don’t know if he would fit here or not.
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Christian Little is a diamond in the rough, tons of untapped potential is there. Frank might be all he needs to take it to the next level.
 
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OldTimer said:
Christian Little is a diamond in the rough, tons of untapped potential is there. Frank might be all he needs to take it to the next level.
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The guy was a top 15 recruit according to PG. all he lacks is development. That’s why I say I could see UT going after him. Anderson could turn him into a high pick.
 
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nashvillepanther said:
He isn't being developed properly. His parents and advisors had enough.

Vandy has missed on a bunch of players recently, and the staff hasn't done a great job of developing the talent they've gotten in the last 3-4 years.

This will be much more evident next year. The USA baseball/Vandy recruiting pipeline isn't a strong as Corbin thinks it is.
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Vandy’s days as the gold standard of college baseball ended when NIL was legalized. It takes away the advantage they’ve had for years over everybody else through “Opportunity Vanderbilt”

They’ll still be good as long as Corbin is there and may well win another title before he hangs it up, but the rise of UT is going to make that harder.
 
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TheMookieMonster said:
Well, Perfect Game has us with the #2 class for 2024. Baseball is a weird sport where the highest rated recruits are committed and done with the process in like 8th grade or Freshmen year of high school sometimes. We’ve had some solid early classes under Vitello, but 2024/2025 is where you’re really going to see the talent start to come in.
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Whoa…Burke, Moore, Burns, and Beam are unbelievable. If it gets better than that? Watch out college baseball.
 
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SGMVols said:
Vandy’s days as the gold standard of college baseball ended when NIL was legalized. It takes away the advantage they’ve had for years over everybody else through “Opportunity Vanderbilt”

They’ll still be good as long as Corbin is there and may well win another title before he hangs it up, but the rise of UT is going to make that harder.
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Context: I have a decent-to-good feel for southeast baseball, especially around Tennessee. I knows many, many players who went to UT, VU, Lipscomb, Belmont, etc. and also played myself (no, I will not share where).
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I am sorry to break it to you, but this is not even close to the case. Vandy is done unless they change up their model this summer. The decline and rot inside the program is magnitudes greater than publicly known.

The kids that Vandy wants aren't swayed by a few $100,000 in NIL money.

However, the gold standard of Vandy baseball has gone downhill since they started relying on USA baseball 12-15U selections as the basis for their scouting system. The coaches there have forgotten how to identify players that can play the game rather than light up the combine circuit and radar guns as 8th graders-sophomores. Patrick Reilly is one of tens of examples that I could point to. "The machine" (like the Alabama football model) doesn't work as well in baseball.

Sure, Corbin might pick up random hitting studs from Cali or a pitcher from the Northeast, but it won't be enough going forward.

Vitello is arguably the best recruiter in the country and that is why Tennessee is good. It isn't about NIL money either at Tennessee. Vitello made TCU and Arkansas into the powerhouses they were due to his ability to scout potential in players and then develop that potential. He has always found a near-perfect medium between top talent that goes to college and top talent that signs out of high school.

EDIT: I find it hilarious that the coach of one of the worst programs in Tennessee baseball (Ensworth) is making key personnel decisions for USA baseball.

Contrast the younger teams against the 16-18u USA baseball teams, and it is night and day.
 
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nashvillepanther said:
He isn't being developed properly. His parents and advisors had enough.

Vandy has missed on a bunch of players recently, and the staff hasn't done a great job of developing the talent they've gotten in the last 3-4 years.

This will be much more evident next year. The USA baseball/Vandy recruiting pipeline isn't a strong as Corbin thinks it is.
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You seem to have inside information into Vandy. Are you a former player there? Or know a former player? Or are you just speculating?
 
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CunningLinguist said:
You seem to have inside information into Vandy. Are you a former player there? Or know a former player? Or are you just speculating?
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I was a college baseball player and am in my late twenties now.

I will not reveal where I played but it wasn't Vandy. However, I played every tournament across the SE (and a few nationally here and there) with top-level teams my entire childhood. I've been around long enough to remember when PG was a scouting organization instead of a money-making organization.

I say all that to contextualize that I know a lot about SE baseball, from coaches to players to recruiting tactics to anything else relevant to the game.

Edit: it is sad (but cool!) to see former teammates and friends in the majors when I work an office job, lol!
 
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nashvillepanther said:
I was a college baseball player and am in my late twenties now.

I will not reveal where I played but it wasn't Vandy. However, I played every tournament across the SE (and a few nationally here and there) with top-level teams my entire childhood. I've been around long enough to remember when PG was a scouting organization instead of a money-making organization.

I say all that to contextualize that I know a lot about SE baseball, from coaches to players to recruiting tactics to anything else relevant to the game.

Edit: it is sad (but cool!) to see former teammates and friends in the majors when I work an office job, lol!
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Awesome to hear. You mentioned "the decline and rot inside that org", can you elaborate? Is Corbin growing tired of the school admin? Is Corbin losing touch with the players or his assistant coaches? Corbin has always been regarding as a top shelf guy as a coach and a leader so this is very interesting.
 
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