Report: Erik Bakich Staying at Michigan
Kendall Rogers reports that Erik Bakich "has turned down Stanford and is staying at Michigan long-term." He also says that Bakich is not a candidate for the South Carolina job. (Tweets below in a reply.)
Great news!
COACHING NEWS: Big news as @umichbaseball HC Erik Bakich has turned down #Stanford and is staying put at #Michigan long-term. #GoBlue
— Kendall Rogers (@KendallRogersD1) June 14, 2017
In other Erik Bakich news, he is NOT a candidate for the #SouthCarolina job. Bakich made it crystal clear he's committed to UM long-term.
— Kendall Rogers (@KendallRogersD1) June 14, 2017
Very good news. One of the few things DB got right. Excellent hire.
Huzzah!!
We need some continuity at the helm right now.
Wow, Stanford is a college baseball powerhouse and Palo Alto is a pretty nice place to live. Really excited about this. Bakich has done a great job thus far.
Plus, he's from that area and has been recruiting heavily (and successfully) in California, so it's a pretty big deal for him to turn Stanford down.
Kudos to Warde for keeping our guy right where he belongs.
Kudos for you for giving Warde some credit when some people seem to still be down or "meh" on him for no reason.
Plus, he's not John Beilein.
great place to live if you can afford it. Entry level homes in Palo Alto are $800k for 1000 square foot complete fixers.
EastPA dumps are like 800k
anything near stanford off the embarcadero is over 1 easy...and that includes the garbage fixer uppers!
No kidding. He'd probably have to get a 2-3x raise at Stanford to live in the same size home he has now in the A2 area
Good to hear, but surprising. I guess I'll believe it when the new contract is signed.
— Erik Bakich (@ErikBakich) June 15, 2017
Great handwriting
Yep, better than the letter harbaugh sent me last year.
Huge for Warde to get this done. Want to see the baseball team in the tournament every year.
Fuck Stanford.
(man, never thought i'd use this twice on the same day!)
Great to keep our coach here where he belongs.
Love his usage of "Those who stay will be Champions". Sounds like his love for Michigan runs quite deep.
Huge! Thanks coach.
Good news. Now we just need him to get us to Omaha!
Michigan just had 11 current players and 6 incoming Freshmen selected in the MLB draft. Seven of the 11 current players picked have a year of eligibility remaining, so that's 13 players who could play for Michigan next year or could sign a minor league contract.
With Bakich coming back, hopefully we hold on to a good number of those 13. Michigan's draft (with round):
6th round: P Cody Bolton, incoming Fr (PIT)
6th: P Oliver Jaskie, Junior (SEA)
11th: 3B Drew Lugbauer, Junior (ATL)
16th: P Ryan Nutof, Junior (CIN)
17th: 1B Jason Pineda, incoming Fr (SDP)
24th: C Harrison Wenson, Senior (LAA)
25th: P Bryan Pall, Junior (SEA)
27th: 1B Jake Bivens, Junior (DET)
28th: CF Johnny Slater, Senior (SEA)
28th: P Michael Hendrickson, Junior (CLE)
29th: P Grant Reuss, Junior (DET)
33rd: P Mac Lozer, Senior (NYM)
33rd: C Joe Donovan, incoming Fr (CHC)
35th: P Jeff Criswell, incoming Fr (DET)
36th: SS Michael Brdar, Senior (STL)
37th: OF Jesse Franklin, incoming Fr (SEA)
40th: P Angelo Smith, incoming Fr (CHW)
Not sure I understand why Jackson Lamb wasn't selected.
I still find it a bit crazy that there are so many rounds in the MLB draft. And to that point there there is such a large minor league program for that sport. Guess the sport can sustain it so why not. But compared to other sports it seems a bit odd. NFL has basically as many teams and twice the roster but essentially no minor leagues, unless you count practice squad and CFL which is a stretch.
So a typical team has 1 MLB, 1 AAA, 1 AA, 1 "high-A", 1 "low-A", 1 short-season A and 1 rookie team. That's 7 full baseball teams, each with 25 active players plus however many players on the disabled lists. Figure 200+ players.
Also figure that about 5 years is the typical career (sure, there are players with 20-year careers, but plenty of players who get 1-3 years and then are cut). So each team needs about 40 new players a year. A team drafts 40 players, ends up signing about 25 or so of those 40, and then they get about 15 more from overseas or from undrafted free agents.
There are separate news articles saying that three of first four drafted will sign and go pro: Bolton, Lugbauer, and Nutof. I haven't seen anything definitive on Jaskie yet, but I'd be surprised if he didn't sign.
Jackson Lamb has another year of eligibility. Wonder if he might return to Michigan. (He could always go the undrafted free agent route.)
EDIT: Michigan and Texas tied for most draft picks (11):
Most #MLBDraft picks:
11 @umichbaseball @TexasBaseball
10 @Chipola_BSB @StanfordBSB
9 @FSUBaseball @ClemsonBaseballhttps://t.co/ltDDXVm4bk pic.twitter.com/tOPoOGgU04— MLB Draft (@MLBDraft) June 15, 2017
from a University across all sports. Given our performance in FB and Baseball, and the upcoming draft in BB and hockey, UM is having a great year.
Whoa, turned down Stanford? If that's true then I'm shocked. My buddy played baseball there and we talked about this a few days ago. We both figured done deal if they offered. Wow. That's fantastic.
As a statement and a song it seems both work well here.
YEEEAAAHH
Stanford is really something. Mark Marquess has been their coach since 1977.
So Coach B is Really making a commitment to M. Go Blue.
That's what crossed through my head. But, it was in the voice of that 5-year old or so girl in that radio Geico ad where the Dad can't man up and give a rudimentary explanation of where babies come from.
A little shocked, tbh. I'd have to think we will be a perennial B10 power going forward.
PS - straight up Michigan Man with that letter.
Great news and it's good to keep continuity in the program. Glad to hear it!
cool
This is BIG for Michigan Baseball ! Coach B will keep Michigan at or near the top of the Big 10. He is a great baseball coach .