Texas A&M 2025 SEC Baseball Tournament Exit Interview
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By Jake Mastroianni
SEC Tournament Results: W, 9-0 vs. Mississippi State; W, 3-2 vs. Auburn; L, 4-3 vs. LSU
Record: 30-26
To say the season was a disappointment for Texas A&M would be a huge understatement, as they entered the season as the overwhelming favorite to win the College World Series with the return of so many star players that got them within a game of winning it all in 2024.
It didn’t take long for the concern to set in as they lost four straight in the early non-conference slate, and then opened SEC play with six straight losses.
After winning a series at Tennessee, sweeping South Carolina, and winning a series at Arkansas, it looked like the Aggies had turned a corner.
Their rival and former head coach, Jim Schlossnagle, delivered a huge blow by sweeping Texas A&M in three 1-run games.
However, the Aggies bounced back to win a series against LSU, and then suffered the most unlikely of sweeps against Missouri – the only three conference wins Missouri had all year.
Losing Gavin Grahovac after just six games was not ideal, and Caden Sorrell going down didn’t help either, but there should have been enough depth to overcome.
Instead, they finished last in the conference with a .263 average and had the fourth-lowest on-base percentage.
The longball wasn’t the issue as they had the sixth-most in the conference, and six players had double-digit long balls. That includes Jace LaViolette with 17 and 55 RBI.
But Wyatt Henseler was the only regular at the end of the season to have an average over .300, and everyone other than Terrence Kiel II and Kaeden Kent had an average of .261 or lower.
The pitching was more than good enough for this team to win had the offense been halfway decent.
Justin Lamkin (3.52 ERA, 1.10 WHIP), Ryan Prager (4.50 ERA, 1.27 WHIP), and Myles Patton (5.10 ERA, 1.27 WHIP) were steady in the rotation all year long.
What’s next
This was not an acceptable first season for head coach Michael Earley, and perhaps his biggest task this offseason will be assuring the roster and the university that he can turn things around quickly.
Gathering talent at Texas A&M should not be a problem, but Earley has to prove he can win with that talent and put them back on track to winning a College World Series.
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