aginlakeway said:

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Pumpkinhead said:

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Big news which on top of everything else coming back could make us pre-season #1.

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We will be #1.

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Hell yeah!!!!

Agryan00 said:

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I thought this was a good probability when LAA gave a record deal to 11th round pick Trey Gregory Alford (HS kid from Colorado). They overpaid him by $1.8MM thus meaning LAA is going to have a hard time signing anyone else. Prager was the highest slot money at just under $1MM still to sign. I am guessing he got an offer somewhere between $500-700K. In a worst case scenario you are going to get this deal again next year why not return? Prager should get between $500K and $1.5MM next year if he performs the same and could get closer to $2MM+ if he takes his game to the next level.

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He has a ton of leverage as a sophomore. If he was a junior, this wouldn't be happening.

Can't get over how awesome this is. Aldo thankful the Angels are so dysfunctional

YES!!

Whoa!.

Will be very interesting to see how this team responds. After they drop a few hard to understand games with the new staff, then make a good run in the SEC, how will they handle expectations once the post-season starts? As good as they look on paper, the random nature of baseball dictates a systematic approach that ignores the weight of expectations and focuses on simple execution pitch after pitch, and letting the chips fall where they may. How will this group handle it?

94chem said:

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Will be very interesting to see how this team responds. After they drop a few hard to understand games with the new staff, then make a good run in the SEC, how will they handle expectations once the post-season starts? As good as they look on paper, the random nature of baseball dictates a systematic approach that ignores the weight of expectations and focuses on simple execution pitch after pitch, and letting the chips fall where they may. How will this group handle it?

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Nailed it. The full return of the team immediately sets an expectation that we know will see adversity in some form next season. How much latitude gets extended, especially from the like of TA. With the talent we have, hopefully we are able to look forward and play through it and ignore the surrounding rhetoric. Every effort has to be made to avoid finger pointing. Earley was the right call to keep it in check.

So you are in essence saying we can't forget, "That's the way baseball goes."

There will be other good baseball teams and every year you have a new team regardless of the number of returning players. Who would have predicted LSU would struggle the way they did this year after winning it all in 2023?

With the new coaching staff and some key missing players from last year we have no idea what the maximum trajectory of the 2025 Aggies truly is. But we all know you can't win without a good complete roster and we know this roster is better with the return of Ryan and several other guys. Improvement for the returning guys, impact from some new guys, avoiding any major injuries and coming together as a team with confidence, grit and swagger might make 2025 another special year. I can't wait to see what happens.