Cats baseball listed as a team to watch

[bhoovy]

Jack “Evan” Haitt is a sophomore at San Jacinto. SJ is also in the Juco World Series. Evan is a reliever. I couldn’t find any stats on him or anything on Perfect Game. It would appear he’s a potential transfer also.

[bhoovy]

Cash Rugely is a sophomore at Navarro JC. He’s an infielder who in 40 games this year batted .371, 8 hrs, 22 sb, 41 rbi and 55 runs scored. This is some offense and speed we can use. He too would likely be a transfer, hopefully to KSU. Perfect Game does show him committed to KSU with also being associated to Navarro. He has no ranking from them, however they do show he was drafted by the Cardinals out of high school in the 40th round.

[oldcat59]

Thanks bhoovey..... a lot of good information on these potential players! Keep searching!

[BronxCat1]

From what I've been hearing, the only players expected to return are -

McCullough (RHP)
Spurlin (1B)
Rodriguez (RHP)
Dale (INF)
Johnson (OF)
Goodwin (INF)
Moore (LHP)
Ruhl (RHP)
Torres (LHP)
Pelletier (C)
Nicholson (LHP)
Uselton (OF)
Wozniak (LHP)

Everyone else is either graduating, gone to the draft, or no longer wanting to play / have been cut by Hughes.

Apparently Hughes is cleaning house and replacing most with his guys coming in.


EDIT:

I forgot Hughes (OF), he is also on the returner list

[PurpleOnWhite]

How do you “cut” a scholarship player?

[BronxCat1]

For who?

Several players were confirmed told to enter the transfer portal b/c they don't have a future at K-State. So not sure if a formal cut, or just 'You ain't playing".

[bhoovy]

A couple names missing that would surprise me if they’re not back is the coaches son, Dom Hughes and Cam Willman. Willman is draft eligible but don’t see him going very high if at all, especially with fewer rounds. And that’s also why I think it’s possible to see Kokoska, Phillips and/or Seymour back. I think the number of rounds has been cut in half from 40 to 20, starting last year. So could see a lot of draft eligibles that would have gone before decide to stay. That’s also why you’ll probably see more high school seniors that would have been drafted find their way onto a campus. I also heard from a guy who plays summer baseball that the signing bonuses for those last 5 or so rounds aren’t really worth it and guys are passing and returning to college ball.

I’m not too surprised that Hughes would be making some big changes. I had heard Jordon Maxson was concerned about whether he was going to be cut or not heading into the year. It appears there are a number of juco players Hughes has keyed on, along with high school players.

Also, there are very few full scholarship baseball players. Guys like Wicks would likely get a full, but most of them are on half scholarship or less. Played softball with some ex shocker players who talk to us about that. Said it was quite rare to have a player with a full scholarship.

[PurpleWildcat]

I heard in a interview the other day that they only have I believe 11.7 scholarships, so Hughes was saying they had to split scholarships up amongst guys.

[BronxCat1]

A couple names missing that would surprise me if they’re not back is the coaches son, Dom Hughes and Cam Willman.

I forgot Hughes, he's staying per my list. Willman was cut if the whispers are correct.

[sfs20]

Surprising that they would cut Willman