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2026 LHP Parker Granse flips to Auburn

ErickMarreroU

ErickMarreroU

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Just a massive loss. He was one of two LHP in this class. Just brutal to be honest. We’re struggling massively on the trail

 
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Using PG Ranking for Pitchers is probably not the best way to evaluate pitchers. PG literally ranks kids off of velocity and that is pretty much it. I cannot tell you how many times my son would play a Big National Team with 10 pitchers in the top100. You would think you are about to face some serious pitching only to find out that 5 of those pitchers throw hard, but struggle with control and don't have a secondary pitch. So when they have to drop velo to actually throw a strike.... Kids got crushed. I used to get hung up with the PG Rankings as well. If you have access to the stats (Expensive) and you actually dig into the games pitched it's not always pretty. Lots of Runs, walks, passed balls, HBP etc. Not to say that there are not amazing pitchers that are highly ranked and can pitch their asses off, that is just not the norm. The kid you are worried about threw 3.1 total innings over 3 games in 2024 for PG. His era was 4.2 and he gave up 3 hits, 4 runs, 2 ER, walked 6 hit 1 and had 5 K's. Not to say the kid won't be a stud.... but I wouldn't lose sleep over it.
 
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CanesBaseballFan said:
Using PG Ranking for Pitchers is probably not the best way to evaluate pitchers. PG literally ranks kids off of velocity and that is pretty much it. I cannot tell you how many times my son would play a Big National Team with 10 pitchers in the top100. You would think you are about to face some serious pitching only to find out that 5 of those pitchers throw hard, but struggle with control and don't have a secondary pitch. So when they have to drop velo to actually throw a strike.... Kids got crushed. I used to get hung up with the PG Rankings as well. If you have access to the stats (Expensive) and you actually dig into the games pitched it's not always pretty. Lots of Runs, walks, passed balls, HBP etc. Not to say that there are not amazing pitchers that are highly ranked and can pitch their asses off, that is just not the norm. The kid you are worried about threw 3.1 total innings over 3 games in 2024 for PG. His era was 4.2 and he gave up 3 hits, 4 runs, 2 ER, walked 6 hit 1 and had 5 K's. Not to say the kid won't be a stud.... but I wouldn't lose sleep over it.
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If you throw hard and don't have a secondary pitch you're not that good at all. As a matter of fact if you DO have one, and you can't control your change up, you have some issues to work out

Mid 90s with a nasty breaker gets you considered for the draft, but only the find out you can't command your change up?....means you accept your draft grade or take your chances in college.

This kid isn't bad, but it's not a major loss, especially with the portal
 
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CanesBaseballFan said:
Using PG Ranking for Pitchers is probably not the best way to evaluate pitchers. PG literally ranks kids off of velocity and that is pretty much it. I cannot tell you how many times my son would play a Big National Team with 10 pitchers in the top100. You would think you are about to face some serious pitching only to find out that 5 of those pitchers throw hard, but struggle with control and don't have a secondary pitch. So when they have to drop velo to actually throw a strike.... Kids got crushed. I used to get hung up with the PG Rankings as well. If you have access to the stats (Expensive) and you actually dig into the games pitched it's not always pretty. Lots of Runs, walks, passed balls, HBP etc. Not to say that there are not amazing pitchers that are highly ranked and can pitch their asses off, that is just not the norm. The kid you are worried about threw 3.1 total innings over 3 games in 2024 for PG. His era was 4.2 and he gave up 3 hits, 4 runs, 2 ER, walked 6 hit 1 and had 5 K's. Not to say the kid won't be a stud.... but I wouldn't lose sleep over it.
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Parker plays on the Aces. They only play the best and he holds his own well! Not to mention they have 3-4 2026 pitchers that should go in the first or second rounds. The kid is good.
With that said there’s more 2026 lefties out there that aren’t being talked about do to rehabbing injuries and other things. I know of one who is a gigantic UM fan 2026 that threw is first 80% bullpen in a year. Effortlessly was sitting low 80’s with 3 very good offspeed pitches and is a young 2026 at 6’5”. This kid will be 90mph by the start of this HS season. He will not be doing camps until he’s done with rehab in January.

The issue isn’t what you think it is… Talk to most recruiters and the best trainers out there and they all poo this staff. Multiple top 20 national recruiting classes and were only better than Pitt in the ACC coastal?!?! Pitt has like 100 people at their games.
Why are the best players transferring?
Take this from a dad of a kid getting recruited hard from major D1 programs.
 
Papa Rox said:
Parker plays on the Aces. They only play the best and he holds his own well! Not to mention they have 3-4 2026 pitchers that should go in the first or second rounds. The kid is good.
With that said there’s more 2026 lefties out there that aren’t being talked about do to rehabbing injuries and other things. I know of one who is a gigantic UM fan 2026 that threw is first 80% bullpen in a year. Effortlessly was sitting low 80’s with 3 very good offspeed pitches and is a young 2026 at 6’5”. This kid will be 90mph by the start of this HS season. He will not be doing camps until he’s done with rehab in January.

The issue isn’t what you think it is… Talk to most recruiters and the best trainers out there and they all poo this staff. Multiple top 20 national recruiting classes and were only better than Pitt in the ACC coastal?!?! Pitt has like 100 people at their games.
Why are the best players transferring?
Take this from a dad of a kid getting recruited hard from major D1 programs.
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Hopefully Jonathan and Brandon are in contact with you and your son. We do have 12 2026 commits. I wouldn’t expect us to take many more kids, we took 18 kids this upcoming cycle, and who knows how many make it to campus
 
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