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The Ohio State Baseball (Official Thread)

brodybuck21
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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Skull Session: C.J. Stroud Grants the My Wish of a Texans Fan, Ohio State Listed As No. 3 Football Spender in Survey and Two Buckeyes Taken in MLB Draft

C.J. Stroud grants the My Wish of a Texans fan, Ohio State is ranked as the third-biggest football roster spender in an On3 survey and two Buckeyes are taken in the MLB draft.
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QB CJ Stroud (All B1G, 2022 B1G QB of the Year, All-American, NFL OROY, Houston Texans)

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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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Skull Session: C.J. Stroud Grants the My Wish of a Texans Fan, Ohio State Listed As No. 3 Football Spender in Survey and Two Buckeyes Taken in MLB Draft

C.J. Stroud grants the My Wish of a Texans fan, Ohio State is ranked as the third-biggest football roster spender in an On3 survey and two Buckeyes are taken in the MLB draft.
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2025 tOSU Offense Discussion

Captain Buckeye
Buckeneye said:
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.
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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)

RhodeIslandBuck
BigWoof31 said:
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)

BigWoof31 said:
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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Google ‘It’s going to be a battle’ - Caleb Downs admits he is excited about two potential breakout Ohio State Buckeyes - A to Z Sports

‘It’s going to be a battle’ - Caleb Downs admits he is excited about two potential breakout Ohio State Buckeyes - A to Z Sports
via Google News using key phrase "Buckeyes".

‘It’s going to be a battle’ - Caleb Downs admits he is excited about two potential breakout Ohio State Buckeyes A to Z Sports

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Higher Ed. firings and resignations

calibuck
What's interesting about the above comment is that indeed, most companies have the in-house expertise to solve the problem. Unfortunately, 'those in power', want an 'expert' to come in, recommend a path, and then exit the relationship. Fewer have the consultant stick around for the implementation (and few consultants want to be around when that happens). Have seen (and have been), the in-house person doing most of the work for the consultant, really giving them the nitty-gritty on the problem. The consultant then writes up the issues, lays out the game plan, and exits to their next gig. And you're absolutely correct, that way management can blame the consultant when the solution goes blooey (technical term). BCG, McKinsey, and a dwindling number of big consulting firms make outrageous sums doing this. Many of these players in the consulting firms do get hired (at VP level or better), to come on board and oversee the implementation of said solutions. Worked at a company (steel mill), where these fuzzy cheeked youngsters were telling the 30 year grizzled veterans 'how to' run their company. Obviously, this rankled the old-timers, and one offhandedly threw out a comment, 'well, we'll see what they say when they get a truckload of steel dropped on them'. Kinda chuckled at the time (I was the company-consultant liaison), but the more I thought about it, the more I believed it. Was hoping for a job offer from consultants, but my Ohio State MBA wasn't the Harvard, Stanford etc level to 'join the club'.
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SEC (It just means more.. even its losses are wins)

BigWoof31
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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2025 scUM Shenanigans, Arguments, etc.

Buckeneye
woofermazing said:
He's lying, and trying to further the "no competitive advantage" narrative. See, they were only slightly above .500 when he knew every play, no punishment needed.
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Oh I know. There are just WAY better lies that could have been told. Not "we knew the play, but that somehow magically doesn't effect our run fits"

That's the equivalent of saying "Having sex doesn't mean I'm not a virgin"
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2025 scUM Shenanigans, Arguments, etc.

Zurp
I'd like to propose a punishment for them:

1. Vacate the wins from 2021 to 2023.
2. Instead of post-season bans, *ichigan should have to provide 6 copies of their playbook: 4 to the other team, 1 to the TV crew, and 1 to the referees. These should be provided a minimum of 2 weeks before the game. Since no one supposedly knows who the referee crew will be ahead of time, they go to whoever schedules the referees. When he schedules a certain crew, he gives them the playbook. Next *ichigan will be required to announce their plays a minimum of 30 seconds prior to snapping the ball. Theoretically, the other team will have had enough time in 2 weeks to know the playbook well enough to know what calls to make against *ichigan's plays. I think I'd make it one nerd's job to memorize the playbook and we'd all have a plan on how to stop each play. That nerd would have the chance to sit in the booth with a buzzer to challenge plays he feels didn't match the call. And he gets infinity of these calls, until he gets 3 wrong, or 5 or something... pick a number. My point is that I want to see how many games they can win when the other team knows their plays. They claimed all this time that knowing the plays isn't a thing that matters. So let's let them prove it. Here's what might make them go for this: every win they get in the next 3 years gives them another win from 2021-2023. Which win do they get back? Rank the teams they beat by number of wins they got that season. The first win with these rules gets them the win over the team with the fewest number of wins. The next win gets them a win over the next team, and so on.
I'm guessing that they won't get half of their wins back.
After 3 years of this, stick a pineapple up their asses.
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