Texas A&M baseball grinds New Mexico State into fine powder in 19-0 Friday win; Has team pact changed Aggies' offensive fortunes?
For all the fanfare this Texas A&M baseball team got coming into the season, they sure did not cut the profile of the number one team in the country in many of their early contests. The only time this looked like a championship squad was when they dug deep to find a way to win against Elon in the late innings, and blowing the Phoenix out of the water in the second game of that series.
Since then, things have just looked way too hard for the Aggies, particularly at the plate. This has been pretty surprising, given the firepower the Aggies bring with their bats. There's a lot of proven hitting in this lineup, so the Aggies putting up underwhelming numbers on offense so often has been a head-scratcher.
A changeup was needed. And the man to spark that changeup is the one who dons the number 12 jersey this season.
A few Texas A&M baseball players were sporting new buzz cuts tonight.
— Tony Catalina (@Tony_Catalina) March 6, 2025
According to Kaeden Kent, it was spurred by Hayden Schott with the idea of changing up the mojo.
Kent states more players could be joining them soon as well. pic.twitter.com/YEBlscWyJS
I know, I know. How much can you really put into something like this?
But is it any coincidence that the Aggies go out and have what is, by far, their best game of the year immediately after?
The Texas A&M Aggies completely throttled the New Mexico State Aggies in the first of a three-game series tonight, winning 19-0 in seven innings. This not only was a compete detonation by the offense, but it marked a complete game shutout for Ryan Prager, who also recorded his 200th career strikeout in the game.
And that's a complete game shutout by Ryan Prager 😤#GigEm | @ryanprager10 pic.twitter.com/gZCR9CUzD3
— Texas A&M Baseball (@AggieBaseball) March 8, 2025
Baseball is a game where mentality is hugely important, maybe more so than any other sport. So as silly as it is, maybe the changeup from something like team members shaving their heads to switch the momentum can actually have an effect.
It's not like they're becoming better players simply because they cut their hair; rather, a symbolic act like that can unlock what we know has been there this whole time. Here's hoping this trend of offensive excellence continues on from this spot— this Aggie team is only getting healthier, after all, so it's time to kick things into gear with conference play approaching.