Tyler Smith
@Smithin_It_Up
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Saved by Christ,Retired Raider,Redwolf, KC Royal,Railcat,Saltdog, Aviator. Head Coach @3rbaseball Manager @SluggersGLSCL Isaiah 40:29
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Spring fundraiser for
@3rbaseball
There will be 4 winners. Each winner gets bat, glove, batting gloves. Winners in order drawn get to pick their combo. Drawing will be March 1. Get with a baseball player or reach out to me for tickets. $20 per. Can ship to winner.
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You’re goal as a baseball player isn’t to go to college, it’s not to go D1, it’s not to go pro. The goal is to play the game as long as you can….
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Dudes been playing baseball since February, but heads off to play in a winter league.
And yet here we are telling kids to Train and that Burnout is a thing. It’s comical. Baseball players want to play baseball! You don’t get burned out on something you love
Ronald Acuña won the MVP not even an hour ago and here he is getting ready to play in a Winter League game
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Guys. This is a high major D1 coach recommending Juco for “a majority” of baseball players. I get it. We want the label, but unless you’re a draft pick out of HS, you’re not beating out that 21 year old that has been in the system or transfers into the program.
"Junior College Baseball is an excellent avenue for the majority of the baseball players," Says
@CoachVanHook
of
@OU_Baseball
during the
@USA_PrimeBB
Coaches Symposium
@jucoroute
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Curious thought. Everyone throws 93-94 right?....
How come the majority of D1 arms I’ve seen in highlights are 88?
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Things that don’t matter once you step on campus this fall.
1) Your Perfect Game Ranking
2) Your All American/State/Conference Accolades
3) What travel ball team you played for
4) Your Offers
Come ready to Compete! You’re now at the bottom of the totem pole again.
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I’m all for the “He was a w/o talk”, but let’s pump the breaks acting like Charlie Condon came out of nowhere and didn’t have offers.
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Transfer Portal athletes…be honest with your metrics …if you post that you’re 88-91 and get to campus at 84…you’ve wasted a year, because you won’t play.
Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk
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Pretty wild that entering the transfer portal automatically increases velocity by 5 mph on average.
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Baseball Unwritten Rule
#1
Never play catch/pepper/Fungoes in front of dugout!
Reasoning: Those areas get a lot of traffic and the grass is extremely hard to grow there. Respect the field.
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Big time commitment yesterday! Complete program changer!
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Three Rivers College. D1 Juco in Missouri. Still looking to finalize our roster for the fall. Slide into my DM’s if you’re looking for a spot!
@jucoroute
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If Jalen Hurts can be excited about a freshman having success after stealing his job in the national championship, what’s your excuse for being selfish about your playing time?
#CFPChampionship
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Are you looking for a commitment or a career? Committing to the best label gets you instagram likes. Committing to the program that’s going to invest in making you better gets you a career.
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Prospective student athletes...when you email a school, please make sure it’s the correct school you’ve mentioned in your email.....
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Super excited for this opportunity. This has been a dream for me since I stepped foot on campus in the fall of 2007. It’s time to get to work!
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If I were in the transfer portal still, I’d be freaking out.
School starts in 2-3 weeks fellas.
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“Transfer Portal” athletes.
1) There is no transfer portal for JC or NAIA
2) If leaving a JC, make sure you mention whether you’re released or not.
3) mention whether you’re looking for a new JC home or just 4 year options. Saves us both time.
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Please keep
@zane_wallace4
in your prayers tonight. He’s having brain surgery tomorrow morning. All of RaiderNation is thinking about you Zane!
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If you’re in the
#transferportal
and open to Juco, like this or dm me. We’ve got a great setup
@3rbaseball
Sometimes you’ve got to take a step “down” to move forward.
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D1 Juco in Missouri still looking to fill our roster for this fall. Scholarship money available for the right guys. Jump in my DMs and lets get it rolling
@FlatgroundApp
@FlatgroundBats
@jucoroute
@The_Noah_Sharp
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Unwritten Baseball Rule
#8
Dress before you enter field. Change in parking lot. Keep shirts buttoned and tucked in until you change. No Flip Flops/Crocs/Slides
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If I’m a college baseball player in this transfer portal world. I’m viewing schools/levels like a pro player views the minor leagues.
You’d rather be in Low A/High A getting consistent innings/at-bats than in AA playing once every 2 weeks.
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Really appreciate
@ChrisHudgison
coming down and doing this piece on me. My time at
@AStateBaseball
under Coach Raffo is a huge reason I’m in the situation I am today!
Tyler Smith had 29 RBI for the Red Wolves in 2011.
Former Arkansas State catcher is the new head coach at Three Rivers College. Smith is also an assistant for the Paragould American Legion team.
Entire
@Smithin_It_Up
interview:
@3rsports
@AStateBaseball
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Unwritten Baseball Rule
#3
If you K, walk back to the dugout. Don’t run.
Reasoning: It’s embarrassing. It’s part of it. No one needs you to show fake hustle running back to the dugout because you’re embarrassed of your result.
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Just received a recruiting video from a recruiting service that showed nothing baseball related. Just 4 mins of a player lifting weights...this is not the way fellas.
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The Juco route is not a lesser road than the four year route. It’s just a quicker way to get into professional baseball. Someone aged 19-20 in A ball is going to get more chances than someone who is 21-22.
Out of the Drafts 1217 Picks, 76% (924) those were College guys.
Out of that 924, 280 had some tie to the
@jucoroute
Making it 30% of all College Guys Drafted in the 2019 Draft a Juco guy.
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Me watching recruits who have “consistently been upper 80’s” touch 78.....
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New Player Development Facility coming along nicely!
@3rbaseball
Great time to be a Raider
#jointheship
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Standard day in the life of a college baseball player.
9am-12 pm class. 3 hours
1:00-4:00 practice. 3 hours
5:00-6:00 lift 1 hour
7:00 Dinner 1 Hour
8:00-9:00 Study/HW 1 Hour
? Sleep 8 hours
You have roughly 6-7 hours a day of “free” time. Know what you’re signing up for
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We’re searching to add one more scholarship pitcher to our incoming class for the fall. D1 Juco in Missouri. Slide into my DMs and let’s talk!
@3rbaseball
@FlatgroundApp
@JRudd_Scout
#jointheship
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Unwritten Baseball Rule
#10
During BP, enter from the left side of the Turtle, exit to the Right
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D1 Juco in Missouri looking for one more scholarship arm to complete our 2019 class. Full money available for a step in weekend guy. Jump in my DM’s if interested
@FlatgroundApp
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Transfer Portal
If you’re a transfer portal athlete, or leaving a JC/NAIA…shoot me a follow and DM. We’re always looking to add for the fall.
#transferportal
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Ready to get some more
#flatgroundfinds
in our program.
@FlatgroundApp
D1 Juco in Missouri looking for 4 year transfer arms for Spring semester. In our 2020 class we need to add a catcher and arms. Scholly money available for in both classes.
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Congratulations to
@HallKieren
and
@AC_Wonda
for receiving
@Region16Basebal
pitcher and player of the week!
@3rsports
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Are we just going to forget that the homerun record is actually 73?
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@CoachYourKids
@CoachSheets3
@ABCA1945
@jucoroute
@NAIABall
@SkippersDugout
@_JeremyBooth
@NCAACWS
@KP_Omaha
@ChrisBurke02
@d1baseball
90 will get you in the door, but if you give me a kid who’s 83-86, pounds the zone and can spin it, I’ll take that kid all day long on scholarship.
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If you’re serious about your collegiate baseball career, playing in a quality summer league is about to be important. The first move on transfer portal kids is looking at their stats on
Baseball Reference and then Synergy.
Does the stuff match, do the numbers match
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Remember student athletes, your job as a pitcher is to hit your peak velocity in May during the postseason, not December. A lot of unnecessary risks being taken right now.
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Once you step foot on campus, you’re in the top 7% of all HS players in the country. This is a huge accomplishment. Now you have to find a way to be in the top 7% of college players. Each new level demands increased development(step your game up).
Once you arrive on campus it doesn’t matter how many offers you had, what you were rated, what your high school accolades were or even how big your scholarship is. What matters is your production on and off the court/field to prove that you give your team the best chance to win.
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If you’re a college baseball player who’s unwilling to work constantly on your game and you have dreams of playing professional baseball......Remember Juan Soto is 20. He’s a college Sophomore in the big leagues. Use your time wisely.
#WorldSeries
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Kids are going to be excited today. Marucci never disappoints
🟡⚫️ THREE RIVERS⚫️🟡
Gloves are on the way! Excited to get these custom Marucci fielding gloves in the players hands. Honored to work with such a great program and can’t wait to see the players put them to work!
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Exit meetings, season completion goodbyes in March are not the move...not at all.
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They’re really going to be mad when they see what the balls and gloves are made out of.
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Recruiting Tip. Don’t send us videos of your pull down, tee exit velo, or how much you deadlift.
#recruitment
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We’re still actively searching for guys for this incoming fall. Slide into my DM’s. D1 JC in Missouri. Great facilities in a strong Region. Plenty of D1 and Pro player alumni.
@FlatgroundApp
@FlatgroundBats
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Three Rivers College. D1 Juco in Missouri. Still looking to finalize our roster for the fall. Slide into my DM’s if you’re looking for a spot!
@FlatgroundApp
@FlatgroundBats
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Neat little ranking for
@3rbaseball
First RPI ranking I’ve ever seen for juco. Raiders come in, in the top 30 for strength of schedule. Best start to a season in 15 years while playing good competition. Gotta keep it rolling!
@_TheJBB
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Raiders baseball finishes the spring semester with a team GPA of 3.24. 23/34 guys with a 3.0 or better. 12 guys above a 3.5. Proud of everyone’s hard work!
@3rsports
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A cutter is an offspeed pitch…..so false
Garrett Crochet Struck Out 13 Hitters in 7 Innings While Throwing ONE (1) Offspeed Pitch the Entire Game
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Getting recruited significantly correlates to the quality of your tools. Playing at the college level depends on how quickly you can figure out how to use these tools.
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So Tim Tebow signed for 100k? Glad to know a guy who hasn't played baseball for 10 years is worth 100x more than I was as a player.
#brutal
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2020 in a nutshell.
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5 pitchers, 2 offers available. Who do you recruit?
86,87,88,89,90 mph on each arm.
You can’t. Metrics are great, but there’s always more to the story.
There will be a ton of 95 mph arms with 8 ERA’s this spring and a ton of 86 mph arms with sub 4’s.
Compete!
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Baseball community issue that needs tackling. You can’t be a coach that preaches development and individualization if you won’t allow your Pitchers/Catchers to call their own game. Major contradiction
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My 2 cents as a coach, if it’s 3-0 and I have a position player on the mound, please swing every time. Maybe you’ll hit it at someone.
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Congratulations to
@RealNickFakouri
on making 1st team and
@ReadingReece
@a_dubxx01
on making second team MCCAC all Conference Team.
@3rsports
Congrats Fellas!
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Exciting times down here!
Construction has begun at 3R. Can’t wait to see the finished product!
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Something that I think we’re missing in the velocity/control debate on the mound. We’re chasing a line. Too much intent at 90, no strikes. Too less intent at 82, no outs. We’re trying to get somewhere in the middle IMO. It’s a sliding scale with command vs velo.
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Kyle is a 3rd year guy for us. Hit a Homerun earlier in the day. LHH 1B/OF who can really swing it.
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It’s August 8. My players report on August 10-11. Classes start on Monday. Someone please tell me how
1) 5 kids hit the portal today
2) I’m still seeing “uncommitted looking for a place this fall. Just want an opportunity” …..
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Big Leaguers are unhappy they’re not getting paid more, Minor league guys want to be Big Leaguers, D1 guys want be at bigger D1’s, Juco guys want to be D1 guys, guys at each level want to start. Happiness is a choice. Enjoy the process.
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Three Rivers Baseball fall showcase will be October 6, 10:00am for pitchers/catchers. 12:00pm for position players. More information is on our website.
@3rsports
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@AaronRozek
Disagree. We’ve had multiple hitters not play over the summer and the majority have come back worse. You can’t replicate game at bats.
Arms are different. If you’re an 83 mph strike thrower, go to a facility and develop. If you’re 90 and have a 12 ERA, go learn how to pitch.
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Pitching staff in the SEC? No. ACC? No. PAC12? No. This is a JUCO staff. Junior college is not a downgrade from other levels.
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It’s a great time to be a part of Raider Nation. New softball and baseball upgrades starting this week. Why wouldn’t you want to be part of this?!
#jointheship
Renovations have started! Exciting times ahead for Three Rivers Softball.
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New Semester starting. Hoping our guys worked on the important things this offseason. Hitting, Lifting, and most importantly finding quality walkout songs.
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Really appreciate everyone taking time out of their day to wish us a congratulations. I live an extremely blessed life and can’t thank y’all enough!
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Excited to get rolling next summer!
We are proud to announce
@Smithin_It_Up
as the first ever Head Coach of the Sluggers! Smith played four years of pro baseball and is currently the Head Coach at Three Rivers College in Missouri. We are quite excited for Coach Smith to lead the Sluggers into the inaugural season!
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SEMO getting a big time arm and big time person! Congrats Noah!
I’m very excited to announce my verbal commitment to continue my academic and baseball career at SEMO! I can’t thank my family, coaches, and teammates enough for all of their support along the way! Go RedHawks!
@SEMObaseball
@3rsports
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Good luck to all of our
@3rsports
baseball alumni starting their seasons at 4 year programs this week!
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@3rsports
first commit of this years team. Congrats to
@tygordon26
on his commitment to D1
@LittleRockBSB
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As a coaching community, we’ve got to do a better job of educating athletes on what they’re getting into at the college level.
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100% using the phrase “my guys are savages in the box” the next time I’m arguing with an umpire about his zone
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Congrats to
@C23Campbell
for committing to Baptist Bible College and
@AustinBrock6
for committing to Arkansas State! Proud of you guys!
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Proud of this group! Still work to do!
Your 2023 State Champions: Paragould! Congratulations men and Coach Smith!
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“If you don’t like it, play better” This is a big leaguer facing the same struggles mentally many college players are. You have the option. You can complain and feel sorry for yourself, or take ownership of your career and force the hand of the people controlling the lineup.
World Series Champion Chris Coghlan shared some wisdom with the 2020 Rebs at the Baseball Performance Center tonight. Always great to have the
#MLBRebs
back in town!
#HottyToddy
#RebsBSB
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@3rbaseball
that time of year again. If you’re a transfer, we’re looking to add guys at break. Slide into my DM’s!
@FlatgroundApp
@FlatgroundBats
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Good day!
@ColtonHoytSims1
5 1/3, 12K, 1ER
@tathatcher04
gets with W in relief
@Stuarttharle72
W, 5 IP, 6K in game 2.
Good offensive days
@EliMarvin3
4/4, 3RBI
Homeruns by
@nic_hawkins16
,
@krznarich_mason
,
@Cooper64192463
Raiders win both games today. Walkoff win 5-4 game one and win game two 12-7. Back it tomorrow at 12:00pm.
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This. So many “gurus” trying to teach 16-19 year old kids to specifically do one thing, whether it be hit Homeruns or whatever. Find barrel. If you can find Barrel 10/10 times, you’re doing well.
HITTERS: Your top focus to become a great hitter is to simply barrel the baseball. Once you can do that consistently- regardless if that's in the air, on the ground, or on a line- you'll be able to learn how to drive the ball and do damage because you have the hardest part down.
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Big time accomplishment!
Congrats to
@peyton_nelson2
on breaking our career hit record this weekend, that record was set in 1991!
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I have no issue with this. What I do have issue with is 1)he missed the take sign. 2) the thousands of hitting gurus who are going to start telling HS and College kids to swing 3-0 all the time.
Fernando Tatis Jr. smacked a grand slam on a 3-0 count with a big lead, leading to criticism from both managers.
What do you think about this unwritten rule in baseball?
🎥
@MLB
#PadresTwitter
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Congratulations to
@gdalinmiller
for committing to Maryville University. Makes the 10th four year commitment from our 2018 Sophomore class.
@3rsports
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Baseball Pants in an indoor setting…makes zero sense, unless you’re catching bullpens.
Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk
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Big time yes from a big time arm! North of the Border has been good to us! 🇨🇦Welcome to RaiderNation!
#jointheship
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As coaches we usually struggle having a week to rest, now we’ve basically got 3-6 months....ready to get back with my guys and get to work.
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Young players, don’t ever run back to the dugout after striking out. Wear it and walk back.
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Game 1:
@MannyAlberto27
4/5, 2R, 1HR, 4RBI
@GrantFitch4
3/3
Tyler Vincent W, 4 IP, 5K
Game 2:
@krznarich_mason
2/3, 2RBI, 2B
@TreyF
2/4, RBI
@TannerPierce18
4IP, 1ER, 5K.
Raiders split with Shawnee today. Same 2 teams back at it tomorrow at Pattillio Field. 12:00 pm start. We will only stream game 1 tomorrow.
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Congratulations to
@fernandoburgos0
for committing to Eastern New Mexico University. Makes the 9th 4 year commitment from our 2018 Sophomore class.
@3rsports
#raidersrising
#weare3R
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Excited to get our eyes on future Raiders! 21 of our current players attended a showcase/camp for us during their time in HS!
We have set the date for our fall showcase! We are still actively recruiting 21’-24’ classes. This is a great opportunity to get infront of our coaching staff and get measureable data to sell yourself to other programs. Please email coach Smith to reserve your spot!
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