David Pierce reels in two on a Monday Night

[Donald Boyles]

One is from Rouse High School in Leander, Jared Southard. Southard is a C/RHP with a huge upside.



Waiting on the 2nd one

 

[Bob Barker 007]

Don't know much about baseball recruiting. Is Pierce's strategy to get early commitments a good one for getting the best talent? 

 

[Donald Boyles]

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[Donald Boyles]

Don't know much about baseball recruiting. Is Pierce's strategy to get early commitments a good one for getting the best talent? 

Skip and Tommy did as well..

I have seen most of these kids play. The latest one, Andre Duplantier is Jon Duplantier's younger brother. Jon pitched at Rice and is now in the Arizona Diamondbacks organization.

This is just the nature of Baseball Recruiting. These coaches have done their due diligence & background check.

 

[Sirhornsalot]

Are we getting better recruits or are we about where we were before? I assume Duplantier is a pitcher. What kind of arm does he have?

 

[mav]

Skip and Tommy did as well..

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Just didn't receive the publicity ?

I just don't understand the excitement of committing a 2019 prospect like Duplantier and others at 16 years old.   I realize prospects are evaluated at a much earlier age,  but there are many unanswered questions for Texas and the young players.   I can understand telling them you are very interested,  continued communication, etc.

You never know about injury, development, scholarship availability, and what your actual team needs will be in case of unexpected losses   It will be interesting to see how many of the early commitments change to another school or develop into their full potential based on early teen years performance.   Or worse, have their commitment withdrawn by Texas.

If Duplantier continues to improve it is certain he will be offered by many other schools,  including Rice.   Perhaps Pierce feels he needs this strategy because Texas is far behind in the recruiting wars.   It seems to be a high risk - high reward strategy for this number of signees for 2019 and beyond. 

 

[Donald Boyles]

Just didn't receive the publicity ?

I just don't understand the excitement of committing a 2019 prospect like Duplantier and others at 16 years old.   I realize prospects are evaluated at a much earlier age,  but there are many unanswered questions for Texas and the young players.   I can understand telling them you are very interested,  continued communication, etc.

You never know about injury, development, scholarship availability, and what your actual team needs will be in case of unexpected losses   It will be interesting to see how many of the early commitments change to another school or develop into their full potential based on early teen years performance.   Or worse, have their commitment withdrawn by Texas.

If Duplantier continues to improve it is certain he will be offered by many other schools,  including Rice.   Perhaps Pierce feels he needs this strategy because Texas is far behind in the recruiting wars.   It seems to be a high risk - high reward strategy for this number of signees for 2019 and beyond. 

This is the class of 2019 as it stands now;

RHP Sanson Faltine

OF Austin Wallace

RHP Jared Southard

2ndB Brenden Dixon

3rdB William Swope

2ndB Brett Baty

SS Jaden Woodson

LHP Chase Lummus

SS/RHP Andre Duplantier

Everyone of these players are the type of players that you want in your program, High Character, Take care of their Academics, and they can play ball.

If Texas would, as you call it, withdrawn their scholarship, where would that leave David Peirce and the coaching staff?

In Baseball, this the norm to have the majority of the class all but locked up by their Junior Year. You should see what LSU, Miami, Vanderbilt, Texas A&M, TCU, USC, class looks like..

 

[mav]

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If Texas would, as you call it, withdrawn their scholarship, where would that leave David Peirce and the coaching staff?

In Baseball, this the norm to have the majority of the class all but locked up by their Junior Year. You should see what LSU, Miami, Vanderbilt, Texas A&M, TCU, USC, class looks like..

where would that leave David Peirce and the coaching staff?

It seems with only 11.7 scholarships and a roster limit of 28 ? (schollys)   there is a possibility of issues if someone does not leave as expected for MLB,  injuries, etc.   Meaning someone may have to walk-on or  take a lesser scholarship than originally offered for the team  to fill an immediate need when you commit 9 players 3 years in advance.  

 majority of the class all but locked up by their Junior Year

I certainly agree with that premise,  but 9 players after their freshman year (15/16 years old) seems a risk.   It seems you could communicate with them as much as allowed,  show 'em love,  but wait on their development unless you have a Brooks Kieschnick or a known highly recruited player.   Do other schools have as many as 9 committed  ?

 

[mav]

Let me add,   David Pierce and Sean Allen certainly know more about recruiting than I and I hope their approach is successful.     However,  it may be that  at Texas and  a P5 conference,  early recruiting should be tempered.