Pitcher Diego Velasquez, who started an elimination game against Texas State two weeks ago, has entered the transfer portal. Velasquez had a 5-1 record with a 4.26 ERA in 31 innings this season. He was a freshman this past season. USC has had four pitchers enter the portal so far but obviously the important thing is that Grant Govel and Andrew Johnson remain. Continue reading USC Baseball Exodus Continues
Just when you fell in love with USC baseball, some depressing news. Catcher Augie Lopez, who led the Trojans in home runs (19) and was second in RBI (57), has entered the transfer portal. I guess this means USC is not prepared to be a player in NIL for baseball. The nice thing about USC is it fielded a team of overchievers, so it looked … Continue reading USC Baseball Loses Key Player To Portal
USC generated a lot of publicity Wednesday for hiring a Director of AI. I’m just not sure why. The “first-of-its-kind position” in the sport will build AI models to identify competitive advantages in everything from game planning to scouting. There are other programs doing this too but they just don’t call the person doing it “Director of AI.” As someone told me yesterday, “if it’s … Continue reading USC Morning Buzz: Football Makes Hire; A National Honor For Baseball
With baseball still on people’s minds, will USC invest more NIL in the baseball program after its playoff run? Former USC pitcher Cade Aoki is at the College World Series with Georgia. After last season, some USC players transferred. It wasn’t just NIL but there were also concerns about the amount of money invested into the baseball program. So let’s see if USC gets more … Continue reading Will USC Increase Its Commitment To Baseball?
The USC baseball team really captured the hearts of a lot of Trojan fans the past two weekends, which made Sunday’s loss even more heartbreaking, so close to a berth in the College World Series for the first time since 2001. I actually went to Omaha in 2001 and it was a fantastic experience with Coach Mike Gillespie and pitching coach John Savage, and players … Continue reading USC Morning Buzz: Here’s An Inquest On A Wild Weekend In North Carolina
Let’s be clear: Mason Edwards was USC’s best baseball player and this season and was excellent all season. So that makes me wonder why he wasn’t used with the Trojans’ season on the line in the eighth and ninth innings today? USC practically wore out Andrew Johnson and Grant Govel in the playoffs and they responded whenever asked. Why was it OK to work them … Continue reading Where Was Mason Edwards Today?
InsideUSC with Scott Wolf 