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Baseball Commits

Appears as if the Cats have picked up a flurry of commitments in the '19 and '20 class over the last few days. Will try and compile a list when able but it seems the staff has been busy.

One KY kid - Jackson Fristoe - a RHP from Paducah.
 
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With around 23 new players set to join this coming season and around 20 players coming back from last season, how does the roster get down to 35?
 
2017:
RHP Ben Jordan
LHP Brandon Garland
RHP Trip Lockhart
RHP Brad Dobzanski
LHP Mason Hazelwood
RHP Austin Marazos
RHP Crosby Bringhurst
RHP Daniel Harper
RHP Aaron Perry
RHP Eddie Freeman
RHP Zach Haake
RHP Joey Cantillo
C Coltyn Kessler
C Tanner Johnson
1B Spencer Harbert
1B Jimmy Ramsey
2B Troy Black
SS Thomas Bennett
SS Trey Dawson
SS Alex Rodriguez
OF Cam Hill
OF Luke Benoit
OF Garrett Hastings
OF Ryan Shinn
OF Ryan Johnson
OF Ben Aklinski


2018:
LHP Braxton Cottongame
LHP Cole Daniels
LHP Dillon Marsh
RHP Kyle Music
RHP Cole Ayers
RHP Colin Sells
RHP Brendan Koester
RHP Tyler Burchett
1B Dalton Reed
OF Justin Olson
OF Rook Ellington
SS Trevon Flowers
3B Trae Harmon


2019
LHP Jacob Tate
C John Rhodes
C Jared Payne
3B Chase Estep
OF Dylan Rogers

2020
RHP Jackson Fristoe
LHP Dawson Lytle
LHP Cooper Jones
OF Houston King
Looks like the list needs updating again. Seems like a really fluid thing, along with the returning players. I wonder when we can confirm the 2018 team?
 
With around 23 new players set to join this coming season and around 20 players coming back from last season, how does the roster get down to 35?
PK, The current roster listed at UKAthletics has 42 players. How does that work exactly?
 
Ethan Kavanagh 2020 SS from Ft Thomas Highlands committed to UK over the weekend.

Twitter handle @Ethan2Kavanagh
 
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Better to just start a new one and then allow it to get pinned or what?
 
Nice to hear about the Scearce commit. Recruiting news for UK Baseball has been Scarce lately.
 
Several Kentucky commits were named to the OHSBCA All-Ohio teams:

Division I All-Ohio First Team
LHP: Hunter Richardson, ranked No. 112 nationally in Perfect Game's 2025 rankings.
INF: Blake Bowen

Division II All-Ohio First Team
OF: Lucas Moore

Division II All-Ohio honorable mention
UTIL: Tommy Skelding. Skelding is listed as a utility player here but will be a pitcher at Kentucky.
 
Several Kentucky commits were named to the OHSBCA All-Ohio teams:

Division I All-Ohio First Team
LHP: Hunter Richardson, ranked No. 112 nationally in Perfect Game's 2025 rankings.
INF: Blake Bowen

Division II All-Ohio First Team
OF: Lucas Moore

Division II All-Ohio honorable mention
UTIL: Tommy Skelding. Skelding is listed as a utility player here but will be a pitcher at Kentucky.
You think there’s any chance at getting Kade Elam to flip from UofL?
 
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