While we wait for some of the other teams to announce their rosters for the Texas Collegiate League, the Round Rock Hairy Men has released their roster. Also, the Flying Chanclas roster is starting to form so we will take a closer look at the Chanclas roster.
Round Rock Hairy Men Roster
The Round Rock Hairy Men has their preliminary roster available. Most of the players are from the Lone Star State. I’m not sure if I like the name but I did laugh when I first saw it.
Who’s ready to meet your 2020 Round Rock Hairy Men?
We are excited to announce the first 26 additions to our @TCLBaseball roster!
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? Round Rock Hairy Men (@RRHairyMen) June 18, 2020
Flying Chanclas roster
By my count, the Flying Chanclas have signed eight players so far. Four player were signed yesterday that play for the University of Texas in San Antonio. Just announced today was the signing of four additional players from TCU. Here is a quick look at the roster so far.
Conner Shepherd
Age: 23 | Height: 6’1 | Weight: 215 | Position: INF | School: TCU| Bats: L | Throws: R
Shepherd slashed a line of .268/.344/.554 in 15 games played this year. He hit 4 home runs and had 14 RBI. Shepherd worked 6 walks and struck out 16 times. According to what I have sen, Shepherd looks like a fun player to watch and he’s got some spunk and a little speed with 2 stolen bases.
His career honors include 2019 Honorable Mention All-Big 12
Porter Brown
Age: 19 | Height: 5’11 | Weight: 190 | Position: OF | School: TCU | Bats: L | Throws: L
Porter Brown played in 13 games and slashed a line of .189/.283/.302 with 1 home run and 7 RBI. He worked 6 walks and struck out 15 times. Defensively his fielding percentage was 1.000 and he had 3 assists.
His career honors include 2019 Big 12 Academic All-Rookie Team and Big 12 Newcomer of the week on February 18, 2019.
Marcelo Perez
Age: 20 | Height: 5’10 | Weight: 180 | Position: RHP | School: TCU | Bats: R | Throws: R
Perez appeared in 6 games out of the pen for the Horned Frogs totaling 6.1 innings pitched. His record was 1-0 with a 2.84 earned run average. Opposing batters hit for an average of .318 while working 2 walks and striking out 9 times.
His career Honors include 2019 Honorable Mention All-Big 12 and the 2019 Big 12 All-Freshman team.
Austin Krob
Age: 20 | Height: 6’3 | Weight: 205 | Position: LHP | School: TCU | Bats: L | Throws: L
Krob made 7 appearances and pitched 11.2 innings. He earned 1 save and issued 4 walks while striking out 15 so he has swing and miss stuff. Opposing batters hit for an average of .179 against him. His season high in strikeouts was on March 7th when he struck out 5 in 3.1 innings against UCLA.
Layton Barry
Age: 19 | Height: 6’2 | Weight: 180 | Position: INF | School: UTSA | Bats: L | Throws: R
For the Roadrunner Layton Barry was having a great year. In 13 games he slashed a line of .353/.414/.627 and his OPS (on-base plus slugging) was 1.041 and in his 51 at bats, he hit 3 home runs.
Garrett Poston
Age: 20 | Height: 6’0 | Position: INF | School: UTSA | Bats: S | Throws: R
Poston is new to the Roadrunners, he transferred from Alvin Community College. For Alvin in 2019 he played in 51 games and hit .305 with 6 home runs and 41 RBI.
Kobe Jaramillo
Age: 19 | Height: 5’10” | Weight: 150 | Position: P/INF | School: UTSA | Bats: R | Throws: R
Jaramillo is a two way player. He pitches and plays the infield. Everything that I’ve seen shows that he excels at the plate and on the mound.
Nick Wolff
Age: 21 | Height: 6’2″ | Weight: 180 | Position: C | School: UTSA | Bats: L | Throws: R
Wolff is new to the Roadrunners as well. He previously played for Blinn College.
Three players with UIW Cardinals signed
Grant Smith
Age: 20 | Height: 6’0 | Weight: 175 | Position: SS | School: UIW | Bats: R | Throws: R
Smith was having a rock-solid season. In 16 games, he hit for a .339 average/.456 on-base percentage and a .446 slugging percentage. He worked 7 walks and was hit by pitch 5 times.
Ryan Flores
Age: will be 21 | Height: 5’10 | Weight: 210 | Position: 1B | School: UIW | Bats: L | Throws: L
His home town is Corpus Christi Texas and in the shortened season he hit for a .270 average in 15 games. His RBI total of 16 was a team-high for the season. He walked 9 times and struck out 13 times.
Lee Thomas
Age: 22 | Height: 6’2 | Weight: 215 | Position: INF | School: UIW | Bats: L | Throws:
Katy Texas is his home town. Thomas was also enjoying a solid season, when it was cut short. He played in 16 games and slashed a line of .328/.480/.466 hitting 1 home run and knocking in 12. Thomas can work the counts; he drew 13 walks and struck out 15 times.
*Update*
The Flying Chanclas roster has been set.
The coaches are as follows:
Manager – John McLaren
Pitching Coach – Calvin Schiraldi
20 Hitting Coach – Bryan Aughney
Clubhouse Manager – Jason Schweinsberg
One thing is certain, The Flying Chanclas put together a solid roster.
