Key Texas A&M baseball player sidelined 'for foreseeable future' with injury

Texas A&M baseball will miss Caden Sorrell to start the season, but Aggies' depth can shine through

It's tough to think of a more anticipated athletics season in Aggieland than what we're looking at with Texas A&M baseball. The Ags are rolling into the year with the consensus number one squad in the country— and for good reason, given the talent they're bringing back.

We're talking guys like Jace LaViolette, Ryan Prager, and Gavin Grahovac. They'll be joined by super-senior Hayden Schott— a fan favorite— and slugger transfers Gavin Kash and Wyatt Henseler.

One key piece for this Aggie baseball team, though, will have to wait to make his 2025 debut. Michael Earley informed the media today that Caden Sorrell, one of the Aggies' best freshman last year, will be out for the foreseeable future with an injury.

Even despite Sorrell's considerable talent both at the plate and in the field, this is far from a debilitating blow. The Aggies have stockpiled an unbelievable amount of talent on this team, and so it will be another star freshman in utility player Terrence Kiel, Jr., who will likely take the place of Sorrell here at the beginning of the 2025 season.

Aggie diehards will recognize Kiel's name and spot immediately that the young buck is an Aggie legacy. His father, Terrence Sr., was a safety for the Aggies, and a second-round pick by the Chargers back in 2003.

Now, his son is here and on the diamond for the Aggies, and with athletic heritage like that— plus the story angle— A&M fans are excited to see what TK Jr can bring. It was a battle to keep him out of the MLB draft out of high school, but he chose to come play for Earley and his squad instead.

Hopefully, Sorrell will heal up quickly and be ready for conference play. But in his stead, the Aggies are in good hands thanks to their head man's recruiting efforts early on in his career.