We are really going to have to have some portal hits next year to fill in
for who we're losing. We are losing a lot of offensive production and I doubt we can adequately replace that with who we have sitting on the bench this year. We lose the following starters:
Cannizzaro
DeMartini
Watson
Micheletti
Ebel
We'll also lose key backups in Tackett and Eisert. Obviously we have shown the ability to go out and pick up some nice additions historically (from the list above we have Cannizzaro, Watson, and Micheletti who all started somewhere else), and next year we are really going to have to hit on our additions.
Thread Replies (31)
Need to ask/answer the question of what is holding us back
-- VTJay
May 22, 2024 at 10:18 AM ET
VTJay
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05/22/24 10:18 AM ET
Pitching, fundamentals & hitting
-- hokiepro
May 22, 2024 at 09:05 PM ET
hokiepro
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05/22/24 09:05 PM ET
Is our head coach in job jeopardy? Is he completely safe?**
-- Atl-Thumper
May 22, 2024 at 08:34 PM ET
Atl-Thumper
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05/22/24 08:34 PM ET
With respect to Duke, Duke plays to a different strategy that works very
-- VTScoop
May 22, 2024 at 01:31 PM ET
VTScoop
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05/22/24 01:31 PM ET
My son and I were told recently, if you want to play college baseball you
-- Hokie Chris
May 23, 2024 at 11:36 AM ET
Hokie Chris
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05/23/24 11:36 AM ET
You buried the lede, Scoop.
-- Will Stewart
May 22, 2024 at 08:18 PM ET
Will Stewart
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05/22/24 08:18 PM ET
Just setting it up for those paying attention :-). One of the best things
-- VTScoop
May 22, 2024 at 09:31 PM ET
VTScoop
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05/22/24 09:31 PM ET
Yes sir. I left out that golden, encouraging nugget. That's good for VT.**
-- Will Stewart
May 22, 2024 at 09:34 PM ET
Will Stewart
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05/22/24 09:34 PM ET
All due respect…. I don’t think that matters.
-- wahoo2023
May 22, 2024 at 09:56 PM ET
wahoo2023
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05/22/24 09:56 PM ET
It's surely not the only answer VT needs.
-- Will Stewart
May 22, 2024 at 11:35 PM ET
Will Stewart
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05/22/24 11:35 PM ET
From what I’ve heard from friends of program
-- wahoo2023
May 23, 2024 at 10:06 AM ET
wahoo2023
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05/23/24 10:06 AM ET
Will, how does Tech’s endowment compare to some “peer” land grant universit
-- BackInTheBurg
May 22, 2024 at 08:59 PM ET
BackInTheBurg
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05/22/24 08:59 PM ET
Wikipedia has the list ....**
-- Will Stewart
May 22, 2024 at 09:32 PM ET
Will Stewart
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05/22/24 09:32 PM ET
How does VCU have a larger endowment than Tech. Medical School have any-
-- BackInTheBurg
May 22, 2024 at 09:39 PM ET
BackInTheBurg
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05/22/24 09:39 PM ET
MCV is a very large part of it. Also the prior president was
-- Nelsonia Hokie
May 23, 2024 at 08:29 PM ET
Nelsonia Hokie
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05/23/24 08:29 PM ET
In my defense, I did search for some info, TAMU for one and it didn’t pop
-- BackInTheBurg
May 22, 2024 at 09:36 PM ET
BackInTheBurg
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05/22/24 09:36 PM ET
We are almost double the size of USC's and Clemson's endowments. VT, NC
-- VTScoop
May 22, 2024 at 09:25 PM ET
VTScoop
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05/22/24 09:25 PM ET
VT endowment is larger than Clemson, comparable with NC State, and
-- Irish Hokie
May 22, 2024 at 09:18 PM ET
Irish Hokie
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05/22/24 09:18 PM ET
Fair point on Duke and its niche to get a degree (MBA) from Duke
-- VTJay
May 22, 2024 at 01:48 PM ET
VTJay
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05/22/24 01:48 PM ET
I have always thought VT should be upper third ACC…. Consistently.
-- wahoo2023
May 22, 2024 at 01:09 PM ET
wahoo2023
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05/22/24 01:09 PM ET
VT seems to have health issues with its best arms annually
-- hokiepro
May 22, 2024 at 01:31 PM ET
hokiepro
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05/22/24 01:31 PM ET
Pitching (coaching) is an enormous problem and obvious to anyone
-- Irish Hokie
May 22, 2024 at 01:04 PM ET
Irish Hokie
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05/22/24 01:04 PM ET
Yeah not that complicated. There is a reason he had to bring in 8 portal
-- vtfin91
May 22, 2024 at 09:02 PM ET
vtfin91
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05/22/24 09:02 PM ET
I think Duke is case study. What is it Pollard is doing to hit at a higher
-- HokiePWC
May 22, 2024 at 11:12 AM ET
HokiePWC
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05/22/24 11:12 AM ET
Wrt the “technology” at Wake…we’ve got the same pitching lab tech
-- hokiepro
May 22, 2024 at 12:45 PM ET
hokiepro
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05/22/24 12:45 PM ET
They keep pushing foreward on the kinetics end. Their analystics team is
-- HokiePWC
May 22, 2024 at 04:10 PM ET
HokiePWC
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05/22/24 04:10 PM ET
We are really going to have to have some portal hits next year to fill in
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-- Nortazhokie
May 22, 2024 at 11:58 AM ET
Nortazhokie
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05/22/24 11:58 AM ET
Yup. Our margin for error here is slim.**
-- HokiePWC
May 22, 2024 at 04:10 PM ET
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05/22/24 04:10 PM ET