2026 Baseball Mega Thread

[Stonewall]

Two Alabama teams playing in Montgomery with an NCAA bid on the line. Fans staying away in droves.

[AtlAppMan]

When you finish the regular season playing poorly you are not going to survive the post season. It’s an almost guarantee. App and CCU both had same results. Need to figure out why and solve that problem next year.

[311neers]

Down the stretch…

Hurt/Played hurt- Smith, DuPont, Tank, Evans
PT Dissapeared- Clark, Stanford- don’t recall Tibbett much. Or Watson.
Let go/Kicked off- Xuereb, Nolan.

Out for year- Moquin, Marks

We were very thin at the end of the year for numerous reasons.

That’s not the only cause for our struggles, but a big one. We had better depth this year, hoping we can find even more depth next year.

[BUTCH1991]

Miller falls into the hurt category. I thought Xuereb was hurt too, didn't know he was let go.

[311neers]

Miller falls into the hurt category. I thought Xuereb was hurt too, didn't know he was let go.

Was hurt early, but then didn’t travel with the team the last couple of series when healthy.

[BUTCH1991]

I just assumed he was still hurt. I've gotten used to it.

[Stonewall]

Who leaves and who comes back ? Who do we have coming in other than Sharpe? Time will tell I suppose.

[Bootsy]

App definitely accomplished some good things this year. An argument can be made that we should be kicking back and celebrating their success with a 2-liter Sun Country wine cooler bottle.

But like it or not, a flat end to the season plus tournament struggles do color many fans’ perspective of App’s overall performance.

[311neers]

Who leaves and who comes back ? Who do we have coming in other than Sharpe? Time will tell I suppose.

We signed a big 2026/2027 class. Not sure of the breakdown of HS/JUCO though.
I assume we will have open spots for the portal.

[JTApps1]

Two Alabama teams playing in Montgomery with an NCAA bid on the line. Fans staying away in droves.

It's past time the tournament find a new home for a few years. Montgomery should be in the rotation but not the only location.

[BUTCH1991]

Montgomery has it until 2030 I believe

[Stonewall]

The two major tournaments are both in the Central ie West Division time zone.

[311neers]

The two major tournaments are both in the Central ie West Division time zone.

In cities no one thinks about vacationing/visting.

[AppGrad78]

Count me among those who would like to see the tournament occasionally move to, say, Winston-Salem or Myrtle Beach. But one big reason the tournament is in Montgomery is something I hadn’t considered until one of our coaches pointed it out. That is, with the SEC Tournament in Hoover, Ala., scouts can easily work both events. It’s no accident dozens of scouts showed up Thursday to see Cameron Flukey and Coastal Carolina shut us down.

[311neers]

Count me among those who would like to see the tournament occasionally move to, say, Winston-Salem or Myrtle Beach. But one big reason the tournament is in Montgomery is something I hadn’t considered until one of our coaches pointed it out. That is, with the SEC Tournament in Hoover, Ala., scouts can easily work both events. It’s no accident dozens of scouts showed up Thursday to see Cameron Flukey and Coastal Carolina shut us down.

That is a good nugget. If they want to keep it easy for scouts, Chattanooga is only 2 hours as well.
And they have a brand new park. Also a tad more centralized as Texas State leaves. Probably better weather on an average basis too. The state doesn’t hold an SBC team but Tennessee borders essentially every SBC state.

[Stonewall]

Well , that speaks to how important the alumni , fans , families and financial supporters are .

[AppSt94]

Count me among those who would like to see the tournament occasionally move to, say, Winston-Salem or Myrtle Beach. But one big reason the tournament is in Montgomery is something I hadn’t considered until one of our coaches pointed it out. That is, with the SEC Tournament in Hoover, Ala., scouts can easily work both events. It’s no accident dozens of scouts showed up Thursday to see Cameron Flukey and Coastal Carolina shut us down.

Makes sense. It goes to show that there is always a reason for things.

[311neers]

Really hope the SBC doesn’t get screwed on selection Sunday.

3 are Locks.
USM
Coastal
Louisiana

With what Troy and Tx State did this tourney- both should make it for a total of 5.

[Stonewall]

The reason is the Sunbelt staff really doesn’t care. I’ve talked to several including Gill. Talk a lot without saying anything.

[311neers]

The reason is the Sunbelt staff really doesn’t care. I’ve talked to several including Gill. Talk a lot without saying anything.

That’s sad.
SBC baseball carries the conference outside of JMU football.
You’d think they want to invest and improve it.