Pat Kelly is signing a pro contract with the "Twinkies" and forgoing his senior year...Good Luck to him...
We will be ok. Some of our guys will step up to the plate, so to speak!
GO BIG RED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
“We have Plans B, C, D and E for seeing kids go pro early and seeing kids sign out of high school,†NU coach Darin Erstad said Tuesday. “This is what we signed up for and the only way to avoid this problem is to not recruit good players.â€
Erstad is allowed to replace the players who signed letters of intent and decided to turn pro. NCAA baseball limits Division I teams to 11.7 scholarships. The Big Ten limits were raised from one to two on the oversigning allowance this year. The NCAA does not limit the number of players a team can sign to a national letter of intent.
"We have a little more flexibility to oversign two players, and if they turn pro, we can split up the scholarships in any manner we want," he said.
While Edrington should be a defensive upgrade over Reveles at short, and Reveles should be serviceable at second, neither one of these two provide anywhere near the offense that Kelly did.Not worried about the loss of Kelly, we get Edrington back to play short and Reveles can be moved to second...
While Edrington should be a defensive upgrade over Reveles at short, and Reveles should be serviceable at second, neither one of these two provide anywhere near the offense that Kelly did.
I just hope that they hit the ball after they step up to the plate.
It's only fitting Pat Kelly would go to the Twins ... being that their legendary manager had the same name.
:banghead:
Erstad will take this like a pro, hopefully, and adjust his plans going forward. Nebraska is on its way back.