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Speaker 1: Matt Diggs talks all things Raging Cagen's Baseball this offseason

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heading into twenty twenty seven, and we have it right

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here on Raging Rundown's. Good ladies and gentlemen, and welcome

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to another episode of Raging Rundown All Cajuns all the time.

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I'm your guy, JaMarcus Fitzpatrick, but you know you can

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always call me fits. And in today's episode, we will

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be visiting with UL Baseball head coach Matt Daggs. They

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had their postseason luncheon earlier this week on Wednesday, and me,

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as a working media member, was and I was invited

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to the event itself. They were given the opportunity by

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a lot of supporters of the program to meet some

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of the new players, to catch up with the old

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returning players that are coming back, to get a glimpse

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at the schedule that they have upcoming for a fall

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and then also the twenty twenty seven season. So while

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I was there, I know a couple of people had

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asked could we get this interview, And so I did

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my job going and talking to head coach Matt Diggs,

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and we talked for about seven or eight minutes.

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Speaker 2: Because it was right before the event started.

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Speaker 1: So I didn't want to hold him up too long,

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but there were four soundbites that I want to play

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for you guys in particular that kind of broke down

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what his thought process was going into this offseason, some

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of the things that he was focused on, how important

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certain aspects of the team would be for him, and

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all of those things like that.

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Speaker 2: So we'll get to every bit of it as we

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go through the show.

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Speaker 1: So the first thing that I asked him about was

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kind of his philosophy of how he was recruiting guys

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in the offseason, because, as we've talked about in previous

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episodes on the show that you can check out here

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on the channel, the freshman class coming in were just

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two players, Evan Vincent and Miles Lidot. Everything else after

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that was either a transfer, portal signing, or a junior

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college player, And a lot of these players were experienced,

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having just one to two years of eligibility remaining, meaning

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that they had seen and played a lot of college baseball,

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and so my assumption from what I had seen was

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that they were looking to stay older. So I asked

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Coach Diggs, what was his philosophy about recruiting this offseason.

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Speaker 3: In this landscape, I don't feel like we have time

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to go back. We've got to find guys that can

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come to us and physically, maturity wise, baseball IQ and acumen,

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they need to be ready, and I feel like we've

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done that, especially on the mound with a two freshmen

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coming in, so that class is small, but they're good.

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I would expect them to make him packed right away,

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and yeah, that was by design, just to stay old

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and because that's what's winning right now in this game.

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Speaker 2: That's what's winning baseball games now.

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Speaker 1: So he made it pretty clear there that his thought

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process is in order for this program to be contenders,

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to compete and be very solid, to do what Troy

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did getting to the College World Series, to do what

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Coastal Carolina did two years ago and get to the

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College World Series, you're going to have to have an

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experienced ball club. And that means that you're not gonna

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be going to try to go and get younger players.

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You're trying to go get more experienced players, and they

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did that. We've talked about it multiple times, but we'll

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talk about the newcomers and list them that they have

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Trent Lape, degg and Coubat, Maddix Sullivan, Charlie Cribbs, Blaine Albright, Griffin, Miller, Kendall, Dove,

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Jackson Evers, and Joey Irving are all out of your

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pitching staff. Evan Vinsent is your freshman pitcher, Miles Lodeou

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is your freshman infielder. Eric Fernandez, Jeremy Kuiper, Michael Kendrick,

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Manny Silas, who I did ask him about, Tanner Hornbeck

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are all your transfer infielders. Kel Pizano is a transfer outfielder,

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and Jose Carmona is a transfer catcher. So in total,

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if I can get this all calculated for you guys

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and one catcher. So that is nine ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen,

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sixteen guys that are considered newcomers and two freshmen. So,

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like I had been talking about before, this was not

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about trying to go and get great young players that

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you can spend a whole lot of money on. This

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was about going and getting guys that you had seen

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what they were able to do at the collegiate level

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that we're looking to go and be a part of

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something that could be special and bringing them into the fold.

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Speaker 2: The main thing that they are staying young.

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Speaker 1: At was the Core four, which we know what that is,

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but in case this is your first time reaching the channel.

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is the freshman class. That was Lais Rodriguez, saw your

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prew it, Noah Lewis, and Colle Brown. Colp Brown is

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your catcher, Noah Lewis is in the outfield, Blas Rodriguez

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is your shortstop, and saw your prew it is there

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on the bump. They were all impressive and that's why

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they got all Sunbelt honors this postseason. And it was

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imperative that you got not just one of them back,

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not just two of them back, not just three of

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Speaker 2: You needed to have all four of them back.

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Speaker 1: Because that took care of every single level on the

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field from the dish all the way to the wall.

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So I asked coach Diggs, how much of a priority

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was it for him to go and get all four

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of the big four of that freshman class.

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Speaker 3: Well, it was job one, and you know that's where

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it started. In the exit meetings, and in the fundraising process, etc.

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be one of the more special younger groups that's ever

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come through here. And it's not just those four, there's

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several others, but yeah, to have them back, and then

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the guys that were inexperience but not freshmen like Markle

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and LaSalle and those guys. Simo coming off injury, you

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Semo and for him to be back, and I see

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him in the room today and just excited. Man, sky's

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the limit for this team. We're gonna have a lot

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of fun and it's gonna be a great time.

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Speaker 1: So, like I mentioned that, these guys were truly important

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for them to be able to get themselves ready for

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the twenty twenty seven season and be a part of

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the success of what he believes this program can truly be.

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I had mentioned about how programs out of the Sunbelt

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needed or had a lot of experience, and then that's

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why the ones that went on deep runs had a

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ton of experience this past season.

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Speaker 2: Troy. The roster, the baseball roster that.

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Speaker 1: They had, I'm counting only five freshmen, including red shirt

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freshmen seniors. You had one two three, four, five, six, seven,

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ten juniors five freshmen one two, three four five sophomores.

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be in a position to be deep in the postseason,

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you have to have a much more older and experienced roster,

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and that's proven to be true not just in college baseball,

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but across all collegiate sports.

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Speaker 2: The more experience that you have, the better off you

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Speaker 1: And that had to come with financial stipulations and where

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they needed to raise funds to make sure that they

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could retain these players, not giving them a million dollars,

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because once you start getting into those figures, nine times

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out of ten, you're gonna lose a guy. If a

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guy has an opportunity to sign a major league contract

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or getting the portal and go to a power for school,

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making that type of money occajuns are just not in

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a position to be competing in that type of arms race.

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pot where you can say, hey, we can put together

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enough to get guys that are experienced enough and have

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enough talent that as we developed them because of the

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coaching staff that we have, the Seth Thibodeau's, the Taylor Sanderford,

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the Matt Diggs and company. I mean now the Ryan

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Patterson that's added to the mix. I did not ask

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him about that, and I'm hitting myself in the back

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of the head because I didn't ask him about it.

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But I'm sure we'll talk again at some point. But

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like I said, these young core for Big Four guys

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that they have retained were truly important towards the success,

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but having that experience level that they're bringing in now

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was just as important in the mix.

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Speaker 2: And you heard him mention about that.

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Speaker 1: Guys like Donovan LaSalle and Drew Marko coming back as well.

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The retention level was extremely high. You didn't lose nearly

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as many players as what you may have lost in

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twenty twenty five, and the ones that you did lose

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were in positions that they may have not been playing

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as much for you anyway in this upcoming season. So

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they went and found a place that they can go

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and actually be able to play, and that is fine.

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on how they decided to do things this offseason and

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what it was going to take for them to be

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successful ultimately in twenty twenty seven. And we're going to

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hear more about that when we come back here on

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Raging Rundown. Hey, guys, thank you so much for tuning

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into another episode of Raging Rundown. We're going to get

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back into the action in just a second, but before

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because that will help us get in front of more

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Raging Cajun fans just like yourself. Matt Diggs and company

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put together a phenomenal off season approach and was able

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to bring in sixteen newcomer players that I rattled off

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to you in the first half of this episode, but

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in particular, the area where.

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Speaker 2: They needed to lean in the most was the pitching staff.

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Speaker 1: After the startfield Regional, I asked Coach Diggs did he

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feel like his team was tired, and he said, no,

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we had more in the tank, but it was simply

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that we ran out of gas when it came to

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the arms. And so he felt like if they could

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go and get enough good arms, even great arms, to

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add in that bullpen on top of the positional players

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that they had and what they would be bringing in,

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that this would be not just a regional hosting team,

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but a team that could contend for a national championship.

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So they go into the offseason and like I mentioned earlier,

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they would sign nine transfers and then your freshman pitcher,

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Evan Vincent, And so I asked coach Diggs about the

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perspective of the type of pictures that he had to

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go and get and how important it was going to

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be for the success of the program to go and

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get some pictures added into the bullpen.

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Speaker 3: Well, it's been a phenomenal summer, and I think you're right.

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The way those kids played captured a lot of hearts

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and minds, and not just of adults, but of players

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that are coming up right. And so that kind of

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transitioned into unbelievable recruiting summer. And you know it's yeah, arms,

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you know, pitching runs, the world and you got to

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have the arms. And I don't think we ever got tired,

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but we did just because the injuries or whatnot. We

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ran out of some steam on the mound. I thought

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we played well against Mississippi State. They just had a

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few more arms than we did. And so I think

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we've addressed that. We'll find out in about six weeks,

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but I do. I think we've addressed that and have

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a chance to go above and beyond where we finished

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this year.

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Speaker 1: So leaning into going to get those pictures, he feels

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confidence about what he has going into that bullpen, and

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he's also confident because of the type of coach that

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he has leading the troops. Taylor Sanderford came in this

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past season and he came from Marshall and he did

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a phenomenal job with guys like Andrew Herman and Cody

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Brash and ty Rowman, and the list goes on and

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on and on of the guys Tyler Papenbrock, who's now

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in the Majors along with Cody Brash, so many guys

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that he worked with to enhance the level of play

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that they had this past season, and it proved just

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how phenomenal he was even more so to the point

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that they were able to go. After the portal had opened.

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Three Marshall pitchers entered the portal, guys that had played

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under coach Sanderford while he was at Marshall talking about

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Charlie Crabbs blaying Albright and Griffin Miller. And after each

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one of them entered the portal, the Cajunds did their

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due diligence going and seeking those guys out, having those conversations,

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and each one of them committed before taking a visit

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and coming to campus. And all of them committed because

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they believe in the picture that Taylor Sandeford pitching coach,

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that Taylor Sanderford is. So I asked Coach Diggs about

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getting those Marshall pitchers and how important coach Sanderford is

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to this program and ultimately how his skill set as

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a coach will help them be a great team in

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twenty twenty sevens Well.

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Speaker 3: It speaks to Sandy right and just the respect that

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he has garnered and has from players and former players.

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And look, those kids, in their own free will got

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in the portal and were available, and Sandy had that relationship.

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And that's not just those three. It's every returning pitcher

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on this team and a lot of the new ones

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that are coming out.

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Speaker 1: So it's going to be extremely fun to see how

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this team will gel. We know from a positional standpoint

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what these guys did last season and how good their

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bats were, especially on the back half of things. But

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now that you've added some really talented arms through the

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portal and through the JUCO levels along with what you

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already had, the saw Your Pruetz, the Chase Morgans, the Jr. Tiletts,

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the Tie Romans, the Parker Smith's, the Hayden Pearson's. Because

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you have so many of those guys in the mix,

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it now puts you in a true conversation to say,

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if we're able to stay healthy, if we're able to

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continue to compete at a high level, then we have

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the opportunity to not just be a good team, but

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to potentially compete for a national championship. So Cajun's Baseball

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will open up the fall ball season in the month

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of October. They will play four games, and if I

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can get it pulled back up here on my computer,

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I will rattle off to them. But I do know

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that they have the likes of McNeice and Northwestern States

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and Lamar a lot of Southland Conference teams that they

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will be facing off against. I can tell you exactly

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what it is. October second, it will be at Nichols.

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October sixteenth, it will be versus Northwestern State. October twenty fourth,

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it will be against McNeice, and then October thirtieth it

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will be against Lamar. So that'll be your first opportunity

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to be able to see what this team will look like.

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And then the twenty twenty seven schedule. The dates and

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times have not been set, but we know the opponents.

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The non conference weekend series they will have will be

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against Missouri State again, North Dakota State, and Oakland. Their

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conference series that they will host will be against app State, Troy,

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LA Tech, Old Dominion, and Arkansas State. Their road trips

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and conference will be South Al, Ulm, Southern miss Coastal

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and Marshall. They'll have some neutral site games at Kentucky

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or versus Kentucky that'll be in Pensacola, if I'm not mistaken,

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Texas A and M, Yukon and Utah. They'll have midweek

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scheduled games. Kansas State comes back for another season. Nichols,

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Southeastern Southern Texas, Rio, Grand Valley, West Florida, McNeice, Jackson State,

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Texas A and M Corpus Christy and Nickel State. I

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mentioned them already. The Cajun's Road Midwek slate will be LSU,

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McNeice and Rice. Like I said, all of those dates

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will be announced at a later date. So exciting times

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for Raging Cagen's Baseball. We'll be seeing what Team one

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thirteen will look like once we get to fall Ball

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in October. That's going to wrap up this episode of

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Raging Rundown. If you've made it to this point in

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Speaker 2: You