Texas A&M baseball lands two impact portal pitchers over Schlossnagle, Texas

Texas A&M baseball lands two huge commitments from transfer portal pitchers as impact prospects continue to choose College Station over Austin

Michael Earley is off to an extremely impressive recruiting start as head coach of Texas A&M baseball. The job of bringing back every important player from the portal was a huge one, but he pulled it off within mere days of being announced as the head man for the Aggies. He also secured commitments from some big time prospects, such as Gavin Kash and Jacob Galloway, as well as ensuring guys like Wyatt Henseler were indeed coming to town.

The Aggies are now replete with position players, and will no doubt boast an extremely intimidating lineup going into next year’s schedule. The pitching staff, though, still needed to be bolstered. This is despite guys like Shane Sdao, Justin Lamkin, and Kaiden Wilson all announcing their intentions to return; the Aggies need a deeper bullpen with the departure of big time contributors like Chris Cortez.

Well, reinforcements are on the way—and that at the expense of the former Texas A&M baseball coach now heading things up down in Austin. The Aggies won two big recruitments over the weekend from the transfer ranks, as Kyrin LeBlanc and Myles Patton both chose Earley over Schlossnagle.

These are both huge pickups for the Aggies. LeBlanc, who was a straight up flip from Texas, figures as a successor to Cortex in many ways; both have absolute cannons but can struggle with control at times. That’s a valuable weapon to have as a reliever, but he will have to work to hone his gifts under new pitching coach Jason Kelly.

Patton is a real prize himself. While never committed to Texas, the Longhorns certainly believed themselves to be the leaders for his services very recently—that is, until Earley and Kelly made their run. He has the stuff to be a weekend starter in the SEC—the Tennessee Volunteers were after his services as well.

The Earley era is off to an amazing start in Aggieland. Here’s hoping they keep up the pace—if so, the Aggies could be favorites for the championship next year.