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JoesterVT JoesterVT OP
Jun 26, 2026 at 08:22 PM ET
Crowl to UNCheat. How does the money work these days?
Baseball is even weirder than football in the NIL era...

12 Replies

U2Hokie U2Hokie
1mo
He'll be a stud there no doubt - taking his 7.61 era to the tarholes!
At least he is getting paid something!
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VT One
1mo
One bad outing can ruin a college ERA for the season, especially for a
reliever. The only ERA antidote for a bad outing or two is a lot of good outings. Crowl had a subpar start this past season but he has been very effective over the course of his career, imo. Looking at Carolina’s pitching year to year I would say that they feel good about him, too. They don’t appear to be in the market for projects.
U2Hokie U2Hokie
1mo
He's got some great metrics - In 24 outings his ERA was above 10 12 times!
So maybe they fix him? But that is project status to me...
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VT One
1mo
Fair point. I would have guessed half or less on appearances over 10 ERA.
I still think he will pitch pretty well for UNC in a lesser role than he had at Tech. He’ll make more money with less stress.
U2Hokie U2Hokie
1mo
Hope he does - just cant get over how high our team era was last year! 6.86
and in 2025 it was 5.23 ... Praying the new PC and pitching analytics guy from Tenn can change our path - this is awful pitching!
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Slider!22
Awful is on the fair side
With one or two exceptions, this head coach has not built competent pitching staffs. Have to recruit 4-6 good freshman arms every year and develop them. Look for pitchers, not throwers. Taking 8-10 pitchers in the portal every year is a recipe for disaster, imho. Should be 2-3 portal additions to augment losses.
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2hhoop3
1mo
He was ....
2-2 with 5 saves in 24 appearances. Maybe they help him, maybe not but, solely based on stats it would seem to be considered a marginal loss, at best, for VT.
U2Hokie U2Hokie
1mo
Right - his pitch metrics are great -not stats, but velo and spin and etc -
yet he should have had 8-10 saves I think and just unreliable in the long wrong... maybe the change of scenery will help him...
hokiepro hokiepro
1mo
He was good in short stints more than longer ones
When they left him in after a good inning it seemed to just suddenly go sideways quickly
VaTechHokiesACC VaTechHokiesACC
1mo
He'll do fine at UNC
Unfortunately
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RJHokie
1mo
Not having to go to class or worry about academics will help…..😁
VaTechHokiesACC VaTechHokiesACC
That too