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🚨NEW WEEKLY JOE EXTRA with Kent Matthes🚨 Roger & I sat down with former @AlabamaBSB great and current MLB registered agent @KentMatthes to discuss the changing landscape of the business of college (and professional) baseball last night. I think you will really enjoy this! 1/
We are deeply saddened by the passing of Hall of Famer Ryne Sandberg. The beloved Cubs second baseman was a five-tool model of consistency in the 1980s and early ’90s, making 10 consecutive All-Star teams and winning 9 straight Gold Glove awards. On June 23, 1984, a national TV…
ALABAMA SUMMER UPDATE @PeytonSteele7 had a pair of hits, drove in one run and scored one more tonight. @ConnorLehman16 went 5.0 innings, allowing two runs on four hits, striking out seven, earning the win for Bethesda, as the Big Train won their four straight CRCBL championship.
Congratulations to Alabama’s @PeytonSteele7 and @ConnorLehman16, who were both huge contributors in tonight’s championship clinching win for Bethesda.
THREE PEAT COMPLETE ‼️ The @GoBigTrain win 15-3 to become the 2025 CRSCBL Champions!
#OurBigTrain™️ win the Ripken League again!
Blow the whistles and sound the horns! 12th title and 3rd in a row!
With great sadness, we share that Ryne Sandberg has passed away today.
Ryne Sandberg, the Hall of Fame second baseman and 10-time All-Star with the Chicago Cubs, has died at the age of 65, it was announced Monday. Sandberg had been diagnosed with metastatic prostate cancer in 2024.
Peyton Steele (@AlabamaBSB) brings in two on a single to right! The Big Train now lead by 12! M7 | Big Train 15, Aces 3 🎥 @GoBigTrain
RHP Shawn Sullivan (2026, @AlabamaBSB commit) impressed in 3 scoreless innings, showing a FB up to 96 mph with up to 24in of induced vertical break, along with a CH at 87-88, a SL at 86-88, and a CB at 79-80. More top prospects from the @USABaseball18U Trials ⤵️
With the #MLBDraft Signing Deadline passing, here are some notable unsigned guys in the Top 13 rounds: 2 Angel Cervantes, RHP, @UCLABaseball CM 6 Mason Ligenza, OF, @Pitt_BASE CM 12 Daniel Lopez, RHP, @KUBaseball CM 12 Cooper Underwood, LHP, @GTBaseball CM 13 Aiden Robertson,…
Things…they’re happening.
Pitcher Griffin Stieg’s Instagram bio now reads Virginia Tech. No word on if he signed with the Mariners (today was the deadline), but he had changed it to Alabama previously after transferring from the Hokies.
20th-rder Ma'Kale Holden signs w/@Brewers for $410,000 ($260,000 counts vs pool). Alabama prep RHP, athletic, fastball to 95 mph, feel for changeup. Alabama recruit. @MLBDraft
20th-rder Ma'Kale Holden signs w/@Brewers for $410,000 ($260,000 counts vs pool). Alabama prep RHP, athletic, fastball to 95 mph, feel for changeup. Alabama recruit. @MLBDraft
Local product gets a big bonus from MIL to forgo college baseball. Not many 20th rounders will sign for this kind of money. Holden, an Alabama signee, did not announce his intent to come to school back on July 14 like several of his peers.
20th-rder Ma'Kale Holden signs w/@Brewers for $410,000 ($260,000 counts vs pool). Alabama prep RHP, athletic, fastball to 95 mph, feel for changeup. Alabama recruit. @MLBDraft
The first of @AlabamaBSB ‘s 2025 recruiting class to sign. Holden to the Brewers.
20th-rder Ma'Kale Holden signs w/@Brewers for $410,000 ($260,000 counts vs pool). Alabama prep RHP, athletic, fastball to 95 mph, feel for changeup. Alabama recruit. @MLBDraft
#TideHoopes™️
Per sources, Hunter Hoopes has been promoted to Double-A Wichita. He'll join Connor Prielipp on the Wind Surge staff.
ALABAMA SUMMER UPDATE @PeytonSteele7 doubled and scored a run tonight in Bethesda’s win over Alexandria in the first game of the Cal Ripken Collegiate Baseball League Championship Series. The Big Train now stand one win away from their fourth straight league championship.
The #WhiteSox are promoting MLB's No. 26 prospect Braden Montgomery to Double-A. The 2024 first-rounder has an .813 OPS across two levels in his debut season: atmlb.com/3GUI8Fp
Report: The Atlanta Braves are expected to call up former #Gators pitcher Hurston Waldrep, according to @HarrisonSmaj Expected to make his first MLB start of the season on Monday. si.com/college/florid…
Jason Torres (@AlabamaBSB) hits one to center, it's a SINGLE⚡️ Top 2 | 1-0 Bourne