We tweeted yesterday that Ricky Jacquez, Freshman Texas Baseball pitcher, was dismissed from the team for unspecified violations of team rules. The announcement hit the media avenues today that Jacquez was, in fact, asked to leave the team. Two days… two freshmen pitchers gone. Parker French lost to a shoulder injury and Ricky Jacquez lost to ….. well, that’s the hush part. While it was not disclosed exactly what Jacquez did to merit his dismissal by Augie Garrido and the Texas Athletic department, rumors have certainly been thrown around. We will not get into those but what we will tell you is that the series of events in the Missouri game in which Jacquez was supposed to pitch were a bit odd. We have a good baseball group posting here on the/members/djbfootball-308/” rel=””>djbfootball posted the following on May 6th at 1:13 pm – “Ricky was supposed to get the start, he goes to warm up and then heads straight for the dugout. Very Odd. John Curtiss is now on the mound for game 3.” It was odd indeed and we can’t help but speculate that Jacquez’s pink slip had something to do with those few minutes in which he took the mound and then was called back to the dugout. Jacquez is a young guy with loads of talent and will probably play for another school next season. Texas is an a precarious situation with the pitching staff after losing Parker French just a day earlier to a shoulder injury.
Jacquez, a San Antonio native, was selected by the Chicago Cubs in the 39th round of Major League Baseball’s First-Year Draft last year. Jacquez was 2-1 with an ERA of 5.79 in 42 innings pitched.
