2026 baseball roster thread

Who is probably the smarter moneyball move vs Tinney

 

Have to watch Watson too I think

 

Duh - You are absolutely right. Since the season is in 2026, I mistakenly looked at the 2026 list, thinking those were the guys coming in this summer/fall to play next season. Sorry people. Here's the correct list for the guys for this summer's group. And from this list, RHP Aaron Watson is listed as the #42 prospect, Jordan Yost #59 & Nic Partridge #190. Thanks for the correction @stingbb!
Florida - Perfect Game Baseball Player College Commitments

 

He is our catcher.

 

Short of a miracle, Tinney not coming.

Tinney, like Amick, and Fischer told staff they were coming and then schools like UT and Texas entered with more money.


Sully not given a ton of support/resources. I’m surprised honestly he’s not considered leaving. I’ll say it again, Bowen is a ball player. Sully is an elite evaluator. When you think of what he’s done in the portal with Waldrep, Shelton, Boser, Donay, what and others he is elite. Sully forced to look at mid majors for the most part for his transfers due to lack of financial support within the program, and he has really done well.

Have to consider that when he is looking at mid major guys often times they are still in need of development like Brody, Shelton, and Bobby and Sully and staff made them better.

 

Would love to get him. Gives us our starter after Bowen gets drafted next year.

He’d split time w Bowen with it being 65-35 in favor of Bowen but gives us a solid, DH and probably another option at first base for 5 to 10 games.
I’d see Sosa like this starting games:

Catcher 20-25 games
DH 15-20
1B 5-10

 

Question anyone have a read on how much of the 20 mil baseball is going to get to pay players? I’ve heard football getting close to 14 mil, leaving 6 for all other sports. But I’m not sure if that was real numbers or just bullsh*t.

 

You know that UK will load the 20 million toward basketball.

UF is in a tough place. Even with all of our success in Men's basketball and baseball we really are a football school. Texas will have the same problem. Same with LSU and UTn.

 

Wait did we flip Rivers Kurland from FSU? When did that happen? (Not that I'm surprised )

 

For sure. I forgot about Watson but don’t think he makes it to Gainesville either. Actually, Yost may have a better chance being that he might want to play with his older brother for a season but again, doubt we have either one next year.

 

Texas is doing well with baseball money reportedly.

 

we are doing very well with basketball money, very few teams have more. Texas not shelling out for basketball like people think they are..Football and Baseball yes they are.
Watson I know one of his teamates family and they been told he really wants to play college ball, but money talks a lot of times. I dont know his family situation though. Maybe others on here do.

 

tinney has commited to texas , hopefully mr.alex sosa is contacted

 

And another UF target, UVA SS has reportedly removed his name from the portal and is returning to Virginia.

 

I guess it's just our bad luck that we're a small, poverty-stricken liberal arts college in Vermont.

 

Yep - Football & Men's basketball are getting 90-95% of the revenue sharing money, from what I understand and unless a given program has private millionaires or corporate sponsors throwing money at a program, those "other" sports are going to have a hard time competing with those who do. And at Florida, from what I have heard, the corporate money is all going to the big 2 sports. Baseball, I think does have 1 guy has has poured millions into the program over the years, along with Gator athletics in general, but you can't expect 1 guy to fund baseball's pay to play deals by himself. Softball is the same way, as there are just no corporate sponsors out there willing to help our other sports keep up with the Joneses.

 

It would be helpful to have some level of transparency in NIL money and sponsorships and how direct payments from universities are being allocated by sport and within teams- and how decisions are taken and by whom. Absent that information, we can only speculate that the Gators’ baseball program is seriously disadvantaged vs others in recruiting. We certainly were slow off the mark on Portal transfers this year. Tennessee, Texas and Vandy had signed quality players while the post-season was only starting. We have a state-of-the-art facility, an outstanding public university with highly successful graduates that can contribute and Florida and the surrounding region is a hotbed of quality ball players…. Other factors (not just money) may be at play as to why some top players choose to go elsewhere.

 

The facility is an interesting point, not just to our baseball team situation, but represents another parallel in the SEC's success. Facility upgrades happened all over the conference in the last 10 years or so in large part to the TV contracts that funded coaches salary increases, stadium rebuilds, and better training facilities, the Heavener Football Center and the Condron Ballpark for one. Those TV investments have led to the SEC's dominance in so many other sports today. I'd be interested to know in sports that the SEC has a conference championship, how many NCs did SEC teams win this past season?

My point, is now that NIL and directly paying athletes is here, will the SEC start to funnel higher and higher TV contract money in other ways. As every sport eventually gets stadium upgrades, will the money players get eventually rise in other ways? The SEC will undoubtedly strive to dominate as long as possible. So where will the money take us. Amateur athletics be damned is the world we live, unfortunately.