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SI write up:

Alabama Baseball Closes Out Final Day of the 2021 MLB Draft with Two Players Selected

At this year's draft, a grand total of five players from Alabama's 2021 roster and two signees were drafted. The Crimson Tide’s five total selections in the draft increased Alabama’s all-time draft pick total to 164 (154 players) since the event began in 1966. The Crimson Tide has now had at least one player selected in 43 consecutive years dating back to 1979 and 50 of the 56 MLB drafts overall.

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Brian Smith@brismitty
Wilson's Luke Holman, picked in 20th round of MLB draft by Toronto, says he's likely to uphold his commitment to play baseball at Alabama (@AlabamaBSB).

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HOLMAN DRAFTED, LIKELY TO ATTEND ALABAMA

For a kid without social media, this is about as in-depth of reporting on this stuff you’ll get day-by-day as a kid walks through this process.

Looks like he’s planning to attend Alabama unless the Blue Jays have trouble signing one of their top 3-4 round guys and have extra money on the table. Excited to have him here barring something crazy with the Blue Jays other too guys!

Still haven’t found anything for Hunter (but still looking)

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Eric Foggo@EricFoggo·Jun 10
Thankful for everyone whose helped me these past 4 years. Excited to announce I will be continuing my academic and baseball career at the University of Alabama!
@RAKEwBLAKE @cbmingin @FSPTCRecruiting

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Just saw that CJ Abrams is the #8 prospect in MLB. Would've been nice to get him on campus.

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Just saw that CJ Abrams is the #8 prospect in MLB. Would've been nice to get him on campus.

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So true. It’s times like these that the basketball format doesn’t seem so bad, even if you just got to witness that type of greatness for even just a year in college.

I’m worried now that Walter Ford is playing so well in the 2023 class that he’s bound to end up with the same fate, even with him being a huge Alabama fan. Our pitching recruiting looks to be killing it for years to come, but we can use all the bats we can get, especially with the draft potentially going to steal some in the upcoming years.

Detroit Tigers: Dylan Smith is better than he looks on paper

The Detroit Tigers selected a starting pitcher with the 74th overall pick in the 2021 MLB Draft. They opted to go with Dylan Smith, a right-handed pitcher from the University of Alabama of the SEC conference.

With the dust somewhat settling on transfers, draft losses, and recruiting class, what are some of y'all's thoughts on the starting line-up for next year?

*This is also assuming that Ras is gone, Guffey isn't taking a 5th year, and Holman still makes it to school* If those change, then this would change. OR if we pick up a big transfer before the year starts.

Fri. Starter: Antoine Jean
Sat. Starter: Luke Holman (HS)
Sun. Starter: Grayson Hitt
Mid-week Starter: Ben Hess (HS)
Relief (1): Jacob McNairy
Relief (2): Brandon Clarke (HS)
Relief (3): Hunter/David Furtado (prev. 1YR @ Wake Forest)
Relief (4): Dylan Ray
Relief (5): Trace Moore (JUCO)
Closer: Landon Green *If he can work on his control enough for next year*

C: Graham Crawford (JUCO) OR Dominic Tamez (JUCO and 1YR @ Arkansas) *Depends on if Tamez's bat is far enough ahead of Crawford to make up for worse fielding*
1B: Drew Williamson
2B: Jim Jarvis
SS: Bryce Eblin
3B: Zane Denton
LF: William Hamiter
CF: Caden Rose OR Andrew Pinckney
RF: Camden Hayslip (HS)
DH: Owen Diodati

Obviously a lot of these pitching spots are simply guesses, but I thought I'd give it a whirl. I think either way the pitching depth is in great hands for years to come and the fielding potential of this team would be solid, but I wonder if we would still would be a step behind in our run producing running out this line-up. To me, it would depend on Diodati and Williamson performing to their potential in the power and hitting department and Rose and Jarvis hitting for average and getting on base enough to not be a liability in that regard.

What are y'all's takes?