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MLB/MiLB Buckeyes (Official Thread)

FUTURE BIG-LEAGUERS FROM THE BUS? Two Ohio State baseball players were selected in the 2025 MLB draft this week, one former and one (now potentially) future.

First, the Chicago White Sox took pitcher Blaine Wynk No. 226 overall in the eighth round. Wynk was a third-team All-Big Ten selection in 2024, posting a 3.38 ERA with two saves and 38 strikeouts in 40 innings of relief work. Injuries held him to just five appearances in 2025, where he struggled.


Then, in the 17th round, the Detroit Tigers selected pitcher Joey Wimpelberg. Wimpelberg spent the past two seasons at the JUCO level with the College of Central Florida, then committed to the Buckeyes to continue his college career this offseason. He'll now have a choice of whether to stick at the NCAA ranks or go pro.


Lastly, infielder Tyler Pettorini signed on as an undrafted free agent with the Philadelphia Phillies. Here's hoping all the Buckeyes pursuing the big leagues make their dreams come true!

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The Ohio State Baseball (Official Thread)

FUTURE BIG-LEAGUERS FROM THE BUS? Two Ohio State baseball players were selected in the 2025 MLB draft this week, one former and one (now potentially) future.

First, the Chicago White Sox took pitcher Blaine Wynk No. 226 overall in the eighth round. Wynk was a third-team All-Big Ten selection in 2024, posting a 3.38 ERA with two saves and 38 strikeouts in 40 innings of relief work. Injuries held him to just five appearances in 2025, where he struggled.


Then, in the 17th round, the Detroit Tigers selected pitcher Joey Wimpelberg. Wimpelberg spent the past two seasons at the JUCO level with the College of Central Florida, then committed to the Buckeyes to continue his college career this offseason. He'll now have a choice of whether to stick at the NCAA ranks or go pro.


Lastly, infielder Tyler Pettorini signed on as an undrafted free agent with the Philadelphia Phillies. Here's hoping all the Buckeyes pursuing the big leagues make their dreams come true!

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QB CJ Stroud (All B1G, 2022 B1G QB of the Year, All-American, NFL OROY, Houston Texans)

freaking dusty in here

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C.J. IS CRYING, I'M CRYING, WE'RE ALL CRYING. C.J. Stroud fulfilled the wish of a very deserving Houston Texans fan.

John Sperring, a 12-year-old, went through a bigger health crisis in the first weeks of his life than some will experience in the entirety of theirs. Right before his parents were going to take him home from the hospital after his birth, a nurse noticed an anomaly with his heart and summoned a cardiologist.

John was diagnosed with hypoplastic left heart syndrome. The left side of his heart had not developed properly and wasn't pumping enough blood to the rest of his body. Through an emergency open-heart surgery, by some miracle, he survived. His chest is still cracked open.

After several more surgeries, John is living a happy life, but may still need a heart transplant for his long-term survival. Despite his great love for sports, his heart condition prevents him from playing. But for a day, he was a Houston Texan. And Stroud made sure he was that day's most important one.


Despite hailing from Dallas, John's view of Houston's NRG Stadium from his hospital window made him a Texans fan. His wish, though My Wish, was to meet Stroud.

After being surprised at a local gaming center that his wish would come true, John received an official invitation from the Texans to come to their stadium. Once there, he was gifted with four gift bags loaded with team gear before Stroud met him with an excited "John!"

Stroud took John on a personal tour of the stadium and through a photoshoot with he and other Texans. Then the two had a conversation on a golf cart as they were heading to Houston's practice.

"Why are you a Texans fan, bud," Stroud asked.
"From my hospital room I could see NRG," John replied.
"Oh really? That's cool man."
"Yeah, and you're a great Christian."
"Awe, thank you man, I've tried bro. I grew up, my dad was a pastor, he taught me a lot," Stroud said, getting choked up. "My guy."
Stroud extended a fist bump to John, then starting wiping his eyes. "It's gonna make me cry."

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2025 tOSU Offense Discussion

I was one of the early nit-pickers on Will.

See here.

Post in thread 'QB1 Will Howard (National Champion, Pittsburgh Steelers)' https://buckeyeplanet.com/forum/thr...mpion-pittsburgh-steelers.678897/post-3773635


And his early problems showed up once the Bucks hit big 10 play as predicted. Tossing INTs against 6 of 9 B1G opponents, a pick six against Penn State and 2 against scUM.


Even with his first snap, Will had 2+ years of game starting experience over Sayin'.
You are correct that Justin had a full season to learn the offensive structure, language and time to begin building chemistry with his pass catchers and Oline.

I suppose I correlate the current QB situation to a certain phrase - "knowledge is when information meets experience"

Sayin has a ton of information I'm sure the coaching staff is preparing him to use. But he will not cultivate wisdom without starting experience.

Much like Howard did, I expect some early struggles. Although for different reasons.
It’ll be interesting to see for sure.

Because Sayin will have more experience than Will did in the system. This is year two for Sayin where as Will had a few months by the time the season started. But to your point Will played a lot of football.

I won’t rehash but this is why I wish we didn’t have Texas week 1. It’s going to take some time for whoever is new to the lineup but there’s pretty much no time to waste with Texas week 1. There will be growing pains for Julian. There were issues for CJ Stroud for example (although Justin/Dwayne didn’t seem to have much issue) so it’s reasonable to expect some early turbulence.

The best thing the coaches can do is run the ball a lot, give the QB some easy throws (screens, slants, quick throws), and then take the occasional shot.
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SEC (It just means more.. even its losses are wins)

SEC RULE CHANGE #1 - I absolutely hate it.

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Watch the video and tell me this makes sense.
Old BP football coaches, I’m sure you taught your offensive lineman to hold their butts still until the snap - one of the first things taught in football.
Doesn’t matter how the defense shifts, fakes a stunt, stands or drops down, you hold still.
Now that’s all gone.

You just know that coaches are going to teach their offensive lineman to jump as soon as they see a defensive opponent, shifting and resetting position (stemming).

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What a stupid fucking idea, sweet jesus
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SEC (It just means more.. even its losses are wins)

SEC RULE CHANGE #1 - I absolutely hate it.

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Watch the video and tell me this makes sense.
Old BP football coaches, I’m sure you taught your offensive lineman to hold their butts still until the snap - one of the first things taught in football.
Doesn’t matter how the defense shifts, fakes a stunt, stands or drops down, you hold still.
Now that’s all gone.

You just know that coaches are going to teach their offensive lineman to jump as soon as they see a defensive opponent, shifting and resetting position (stemming).

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What a shitty rule change. Does this crap apply to only SEC vs SEC games ?
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