Texas A&M baseball looks to retain all key portal pieces as star announces return
![Texas A&M's Gavin Grahovac (9) celebrates an RBI-single during game three of the NCAA College World Series finals between Tennessee and Texas A&M at Charles Schwab Field in Omaha, Neb., on Monday, June 24, 2024. Texas A&M's Gavin Grahovac (9) celebrates an RBI-single during game three of the NCAA College World Series finals between Tennessee and Texas A&M at Charles Schwab Field in Omaha, Neb., on Monday, June 24, 2024.](https://images2.minutemediacdn.com/image/upload/c_crop,w_4271,h_2402,x_0,y_0/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto/images/ImagnImages/mmsport/273/01j1t1tzbrqqeg03m3jz.jpg)
SEC Freshman of the year Gavin Grahovac announces return to Texas A&M baseball; More good news soon?
Texas A&M baseball fans knew that a glut of portal entries would be coming when Jim Schlossnagle jumped ship for Texas. That number included essentially every key position player—interestingly, the pitching staff remained steadfast in all but one case.
Now, with the hire of Michael Earley, the projection has been that the Ags will retain every big name that tested the transfer waters. A couple have already withdrawn their names, including Hayden Schott and Ali Camarillo (though the latter is still a draft risk).
One of the two huge dominos that Texas A&M baseball fans have been waiting on just fell. Gavin Grahovac, reigning SEC Freshman of the Year and stud third baseman, has announced that he will be staying put in Aggieland. This comes despite message board rumors on the Texas side that an NIL deal north of $1MM had been struck with Gavin to bring him to Austin before Schloss’s heel turn had even been announced.
BREAKING: Texas A&M superstar freshman 3B Gavin Gravohac has announced his intentions to return to Aggieland.
— Jaxson Callaway (AT) (@AggiesToday) July 2, 2024
He will withdraw from the transfer portal. pic.twitter.com/lSCElsm3Jg
If you go by the chatter around Aggie circles today, too, it looks like there is still even more good news coming down the pike. Hayden Schott, for his part, seems bullish:
The dominos are falling. KEEP EM COMING 🕺🎰👍🏼
— Hayden Schott (@SchottHayden) July 2, 2024
Texas A&M baseball insider Ryan Brauninger seems to be hinting at the same possibility here:
I don’t think the news is done today…
— Ryan Brauninger (@R_Brauninger) July 2, 2024
It's beginning to become increasingly doubtful that even a single Aggie portal player will follow Jim Schlossnagle to Austin, which says a lot.
Gavin Grahovac when Schloss asked if he wanted to follow him to Austin: pic.twitter.com/Ne5WC56Zlr
— Robert Behrens (@rcb05) July 2, 2024
I know it has been reported already that the Aggies are essentially set to keep all their big pieces out of the portal, but it is still exciting for A&M fans to see these announcements officially come in. With Gavin Grahovac back in the lineup, the Aggies will boast one of the nation’s top teams again next year.
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