2007 Verbals

Jared Stafford is a 07 and his little brother, Jordan Stafford, is a 09 grad.

Thanks for the update anyway Waffle. And yes you were correct.

Staff-Daddy is a Senior while Staff-Brother is a Sophomore.

Talked to his mom Monday night, and while there is tons of interest, he has not made a decision. Jared is also a very very good student and has lots of options.

When the Senior Stafford was 13, I sensed that he woule become a pitcher someday, in spite of seemingly difficult odds, at the time.

Was not surprised at all to see him bloom and perform as a high school pitcher.

Here's wishing him the best..............

It seems that "Perfection" is in our midst. Welcome to the forum, Reid.

Garland Naaman Forest RHP Jason Pearce commits to UTSA.

Whatever college Stafford ends up with will be in for a pleasant suprise. While he might not light the gun up like some kids, he flat out knows how to pitch and get people out. I caught him the past 2 high school seasons and this summer, and he has learned how to use everything he has to his advantage. I think he was 12-1 as a soph, 13-1 as a jr, and only lost one game this summer.

studentofthegame,

Hope all is going well for you at school.....looking forward to reading about you in the linescores this year. Have a great Freshman year and a successful first college baseball season!

I like to drop by and every once in awhile to see who is committing where. I think I need to change my name, Uncle Ethan is to smart for me and found out my secret identity haha

PS
Monk, it has been a lot fun playing with you all these years. I hope that we get a chance to play together again. Good luck this spring and have fun being a “commodore” next summer

It seems like Stafford would have committed a long time ago, especially being one of the top pitchers on Carpenter's Mustangs. Anyone know where he's looking at?

Meaning no disrespect to anyone, but if you don't believe that coaches and scouts base their decisions on how a player projects, all you have to do is look at the two Mustang pitchers discussed in the most recent posts. STUDent of the Game eloquently cites Stafford's EFFECTIVENESS over an extended period against top competition, even though Stafford is not the prototypical pitcher's body. Yet, he has not committed.

Pearce, at 6'7" and 92 mph, has not had near the EFFECTIVENESS of Stafford, yet he has already committed to UTSA. Why? It is how he projects.

Congratulations to Jason, who is deserving. Congratulations will be in order to Stafford, who is also deserving. He will just have to be a little more patient.

Stafford is being patient because he wants to find the right fit and not just jump on his first offer.

As I stated earlier, he is a very good student and has lots of options.

Does anyone know if Baylor has any commitments, I don't see them anywhere on this topic?

Baylor signed alot of kids last year from what I hear. I heard they do not have a lot of $$$. Plus I heard they got burned on a few early signees.

Russell LaFleur (Houston Morton Ranch) OF to Missiouri.

Baylor did sign a number of kids last year.

Their staff is not offering until they bring the kids in for official visits (post Sept 1) and their wish list is limited -- CF and front line LHP (gee, who isn't looking for that?).

Bret Atwood (OF) Katy High to Texas State.

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Originally posted by 62tiger:
Baylor signed alot of kids last year from what I hear. I heard they do not have a lot of $$$. Plus I heard they got burned on a few early signees.

I'm assuming you mean early committments. All of their '06 signees showed except Clay Fuller. Ive been to several fall intrasquads, by the way, and that young talent is exciting. Aaron Miller and Shaver Hansen (SS from Grand Junction, CO) can mash, not to mention Dustin Dickerson. Volz was throwing mid 90s the other day as well. They'll be young, but geez, will they ever be loaded with talent.

cb.....if you know, how is Tolleson doing? How is his re-hab going?

Volz should be a great one.