This is much more than I wanted to put in the usual Oregon Baseball thread, so let's get it going. First, we have not lost much leaving via the portal, but we did lose Cole Stokes and Santiago Garcia. Although Garcia was highly inconsistent...when he was on--he was tough and had four saves for us. Thus I believe his upside could have been realized by the new pitching coach, but alas...he left before the coach got here.

But as for Stokes....I wish him well, but he lost his confidence in games way-too-often. Heck, he choked two game losses to Portland in 2024, and 2025, so I think we can do better than that.

First of all--Oregon had some luck this time versus the MLB Draft, as usually our best HS players verballed to Oregon--get drafted high and sign with a professional team. But look below!

Whoa! Look where this player is ranked!

And we know that he is pitching for the Ducks for certain!

We got a transfer pitcher who will be a senior from George Fox; Ryder Edward's ERA in 2025 was 2.29, and in 2024 it was 1.41!

From DucksIrish44 on 247: Another HR highlight from yesterday, and this one's from a newcomer who could contribute next season with the possible opportunities in the outfield.

Oregon baseball commit Danny Wideman homered for the Marion Berries (awesome name), a first-year Salem-area club in the West Coast League here in the PNW.

Wideman's from West Linn and was 1st team 6A all-state three times (1x each as an IF, OF, and UT) and part of 2 state championship teams in baseball, and also a 1st team all-state WR for their state champ football team. (Good gosh, what a great athlete!)

A new verbal to transfer is Blake Sandvik...and look at that ERA!

At Everett C.C....in 28 innings pitched...his ERA was 1.93!

The word is...this guy is streaky, but perhaps can

become more consistent at OREGON.

Matt Scott II from Texas has committed to Oregon, he was a highly rated outfield prospect out of high school who didn’t play much last year.

This feels very Mason Neville-esque, who came from Arkansas.

Coming to the Ducks is Elijah Cook, an outfielder who had a great season for Azusa Pacific.

He won a Golden Glove, and put up great batting numbers as well.

David Barnes, a RHP from Spokane Falls Community College

is going to be a Duck after a season of an ERA of 1.69 in 21 innings.

Josh Schleichardt played at Lakeridge in HS, redshirted at Utah, played a couple seasons at Clark CC and then last year at D2 Vanguard.

He's lit up the West Coast League (WCL) this summer with the Portland Pickles. (started in the recent all-star game)

Tanner Bradley pitched a little for the Ducks this last

season and showed promise. Blake Crawford is from

West Linn and redshirted for Our Beloved Ducks.

Incoming transfer Josh Schleichardt set the WCL single season HR and RBI records on this dinger recently in a Portland Pickles game.

Baseball America just came out with their top 50 prospects who will enroll in college.

Braden Jaksa (Oregon) was No. 9 on their list and the No. 76 prospect pre draft going in as a catcher/OF.

Cooper Strawn, a 6’6 RHP from a JUCO in Texas, committed to Oregon on the 28th.

Ducks added ANOTHER pitcher from a JUCO in Christian Bobzin with a 2.94 ERA.

Incoming Oregon transfer Josh Schleichardt is killing it!

He is a shortstop and right-handed pitcher.

Perfect game gives him a "10" and their rating system is below.

He is a big 6'4" RHP, and a Perfect Game score of "9."

Ooou...an interesting story behind this lefty!

What? From a smaller school, Taft set the OSAA single season record with a 0.09 ERA and was 3A pitcher of the year:

This player is going to be a BLOCKBUSTER transfer for Oregon!