While preparing for the Austin Super Regional against Oregon, Jim Schlossnagle and Texas landed a massive transfer portal commitment on Wednesday, adding former Texas Tech INF Linkin Garcia to the 2027 roster.

A projected top-100 prospect for the 2027 MLB  Draft, the 6-foot-5-inch, 218-pound Garcia hit .339 with 18 doubles, four home runs, 58 RBI and 53 runs scored in 55 games for the Red Raiders as a freshman.

 

Boom! 

6ft5 220lb Shortstop?  Or will he slide to one of the corners maybe?

29 minutes ago, pinkman_90 said:

6ft5 220lb Shortstop?  Or will he slide to one of the corners maybe?

With A-Rod coming back, my guess is Garcia will be at third. If Borba comes back, he’ll be at first base.

EDIT: Confirmed from a source that Texas has recruited Garcia to play third base. Could be a hellacious left side of the infield between Garcia and A-Rod.

Great pickup.

Oh, and F Tech!!!!!!!!!!

Like the addition. Not a huge power bat yet, but certainly has the frame for adding the long ball. 

3 of his 4 homers came by March 13th

Will we add another portal player this week? @CJ Vogel @Jeff Howe

Schloss ain’t messing around with the lineup in 2027 

9 minutes ago, hdzy1 said:

Will we add another portal player this week? @CJ Vogel @Jeff Howe

By the end of this week? Unknown for now. But the staff is certainly hunting for the correct pieces

 

Great gap power, in the 97th percentile for exit velos. Hopefully he can have tulo help him lift the ball more for more homers. The Gap to gap power is huge tho. Disgusting left side of the infield now

4 minutes ago, Tom Herman said:

Great gap power, in the 97th percentile for exit velos. Hopefully he can have tulo help him lift the ball more for more homers. The Gap to gap power is huge tho. Disgusting left side of the infield now

I imagine if Aiden Robbins can do it, this kid most certainly can. 

Why is he leaving tech? Seems like such a stable respectable school and leadership, maybe he didn’t feel like gambling his future there and Texas was a better bet…

2 hours ago, Jeff Howe said:

While preparing for the Austin Super Regional against Oregon, Jim Schlossnagle and Texas landed a massive transfer portal commitment on Wednesday, adding former Texas Tech INF Linkin Garcia to the 2027 roster.

A projected top-100 prospect for the 2027 MLB  Draft, the 6-foot-5-inch, 218-pound Garcia hit .339 with 18 doubles, four home runs, 58 RBI and 53 runs scored in 55 games for the Red Raiders as a freshman.

 

And he is from SoCal, correct??

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33 minutes ago, texerson said:

I imagine if Aiden Robbins can do it, this kid most certainly can. 

Aiden has another year of eligibility .......

26 minutes ago, Alex Butler said:

Why is he leaving tech? Seems like such a stable respectable school and leadership, maybe he didn’t feel like gambling his future there and Texas was a better bet…

I’d wager that your take is on the money!

1 hour ago, CJ Vogel said:

3 of his 4 homers came by March 13th

His swing looks a lot slower than Robbins or even Gasparino.

30 minutes ago, Nathan Ross said:

I’d wager that your take is on the money!

Brendan is on that bet.

Does Tech not spend on baseball then?

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He hit 96mph from the mound in HS.

https://www.perfectgame.org/Players/PlayerProfile.aspx?ID=403200

If I moved from Newport Beach to Lubbock … I would hit the portal too after a few months 

4 hours ago, f1revo said:

Does Tech not spend on baseball then?

They're not as funded as much as their softball team 

Just now, Gerry Hamilton said:

If I moved from Newport Beach to Lubbock … I would hit the portal too after a few months 

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