Ben Probst, I believe he was originally committed to Nebraska, could be wrong. Throws a 90-91 mph fastball. Welcome aboard!
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Nebraska has had a lot of success with kids from Iowa. Iowa needs to lock the state down. Does he get drafted?
Since the new coach, Iowa has gotten most of the top talent. I am not sure about other schools but I was under the impression Iowa is NOT a 100% scholarship? COuld be wrong.
Did Dahm not recruit Iowa very hard, why didn't the top guys want to come to Iowa when he was here? Was it just because they weren't very good or other stuff going on? By all accounts it seems like he is a super nice guy but it doesn't look like he is doing much at Mt Mercy either.
100% scholarships are extremely rare in college baseball. Up to 11.7 scholarships are spread out over 27 players, and each must get at least 25%. Thus, the average baseball scholarship is 40%.
His main focus was Illinois. It's tough for Heller, too. It will always be a battle to keep the top guys from going to southern schools (Lillard, Van Scoyoc) but Heller has done a great job of preventing kids from heading to Nebraska or Illinois.
Iowa is a fully funded program. Meaning they have the full 11.7 scholarships to divide amongst all roster spots. Title IX is a ****ing joke
Full scholarships are very rare in baseball.
Jack Dahm is a helluva nice guy that likes to play golf etc.
Rick heller works as hard as the football coaches do.
We had a kid go through our high school program, that was all everything. Dahm and Iowa didn't pursue him much.......and he had a nice career with Nebraska.
Dahm's doing ok at Mt.Mercy, but they did not qualify for Nationals this year. The school's biggest thing right now is securing money/donations for their new athletic complex (track, football, baseball, softball) that is currently being built. From what I hear, Dahm has been a key person with that.
Ok, I was just looking at this year I guess and saw the record wasn't good.
Dahm has always been known or referred to as a guy that is good at fundraising. That's all good I suppose, but I got tired of Iowa being a door mat under him.
Hawks snagged another recruit, pitcher Brady Schanuel, juco guy. Was at Ole Miss, but ended up back at his juco. Freshmen year he was 10-3 1.80 131 Ks in 83.2 innings. He was drafted in 2016. Looks like a good pick up
Brady was throwing low 90s last year on his fastball it is now 94-95
To answer your questions:
What does Probst add to staff? Too soon to tell. He's a great-looking prospect, but draft, adjustment to college ball, etc all will play into it.
Eldred is a redshirt junior this year (redshirted one year at Indiana) so he will be a senior next year. I don't think he could get a 6th year unless he got injured again next year.
The other pitchers who had surgery this year were I believe Allgeyer and Derek Lieurance. I thought Lieurance was a candidate for one of the starting spots, but memory is bad.
There is opportunity for impact arms to help out next year. Heller and staff have done a good job of piecing things together this year. A healthy Eldred could very well have meant a regular season title this year.
Lineup loses McCoy and (likely) the big fella at first base. But Neustrom, Norman, Whelan, Cropley, Hoeg, Judkins, etc. is a good core to build on.
I believe Kampen had surgery, too. I think you're right about Lieurance. He could definitely be a starter next year.
Saw on twitter that football recruit Henry Marchese is a big baseball prospect, could get drafted in the top 5 rounds, seems like he really wants to play football at Iowa. Would be cool to have on the baseball team, too. I believe he's a CF.
I hope so, I think Tyler Devine may have just interviewed him, but seems like Henry has wanted to be a Hawkeye his entire life. He said he wasn't sure about playing both at Iowa, but he loves both sports.
Kevin Hoff came in as a punter and infielder, graduating in 2009.
This is fun speculation.
If Eldred returns full strength and is #1, I also assume Gallagher doesn't get drafted high enough to leave, he is #2. Bring in Schanuel a likely starter and if Lieurance gets healthy (as indicated, he was talked about as a potential starter this year).
If Probst doesn't go pro and is as good as advertised. (tough for almost anyone to come in as a freshman and be dominant)
Combine that with some decent to solid returning guys, this staff could be REALLY good.
One thing I've noticed is we don't have anyone out of the bullpen that can run it up there fast enough to come in and blow some hitters away.
1. Eldred
2. Gallagher
3. Schanuel
Relief
Lieurance
Probst
Daniels
McDonald if he improves
Nick Nelson is intriguing and seems to have a ton of upside.
Algyher had some good innings in the past and showed some good signs
Lizzaraga has been a bit disappointing but hopefully another offseason gets him back into the 90's. Stuff just doesn't look good enough in the 80's
Interested to hear others thoughts on this and other recruits I have missed.
Think it is based on first game. Iowa was visitor, UN was home.
Generally, they wont make a team be visitor 2 games in a row.
We have a few guys that touch low 90's...
I'd rather have a guy that throws 89-90 and can locate and get outs then a guy who tries to just blow the ball by guys all the time.
Black Hickman could touch 96 when he was at Iowa.
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