Ole Miss baseball ultimately cleaned up in the portal. And the Rebels might not be done.
Talk of Champions
OMSpirit
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🗓️ 18 July 2023
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
In this edition of Talk of Champions, Ben Garrett of the Ole Miss Spirit/On3 is joined by Rebel baseball hitting coach Mike Clement. The Rebels on Monday double-dipped in the NCAA Transfer Portal for a pair of potential plug-and-play starters, including coveted Arizona State transfer Luke Hill.
Hill slides in for Jacob Gonzalez — a recent first-round MLB Draft selection of the Chicago White Sox — in a position previously reserved for incoming freshman and former Top 30 prospect Cooper Pratt.
But just as the draft taketh, it giveth, too. Ole Miss is getting back slugger Ethan Lege, as well as top-end arm Xavier Rivas, though Lege is likely in for a position switch, as explained by Clement.
Ole Miss brought in Duke transfer Andrew Fischer to man third.
“As far as places of need and filling holes and checking boxes, we’re in a really good place,” Clement said. “To ever close the door (on more additions) would probably be foolish.
“I don’t ever want to close the door.”
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to Talk of Champions at Ole Miss Spirit podcast with Ben Garrett. |
| 0:06.7 | It's up. It's up. It's not. It's not. It's up. |
| 0:10.5 | Welcome in the talk of champions on this July 18th, Tuesday, 2023. |
| 0:28.3 | I'm Ben Garrett at Spirit. |
| 0:29.3 | I'm Bill on Twitter. |
| 0:30.1 | He's Ole Miss hitting coach Mike Clement, because Ole Miss baseball is doing things in the transfer portal. |
| 0:36.7 | Hey, buddy. |
| 0:43.1 | How's it go? Good. How are you? I am, uh, I am sitting in Atlanta traffic. I'm on I 75. Speed limit is seven. As I look at my speedometer, I'm going 28. 28 miles an |
| 0:52.8 | hour on the interstate because of gridlock traffic. |
| 0:55.8 | Wait, where are you headed to? Are you trying to go to Atlanta or are you trying to go through Atlanta? |
| 1:00.4 | Through Atlanta from one game to another as the recruiting goes. |
| 1:07.1 | I'm happy to be in air conditioning because it's hot. |
| 1:15.6 | But if you get road rage, Atlanta is not the place for you. |
| 1:16.6 | But here's the thing. |
| 1:19.8 | You have me to get you through traffic. |
| 1:20.8 | Isn't that great? |
| 1:23.5 | I couldn't ask for anything better. |
| 1:24.2 | There we go. So yesterday on Monday, a double dip of big time news for Ole Miss baseball. |
| 1:29.9 | After the Cooper Pratt news from the draft, you thought maybe after the first day, |
| 1:34.5 | Ole Miss was in a good spot, then he goes in the sixth round and gets paid above slot by the Brewers. |
| 1:38.9 | It's not official yet, but he's not here. |
| 1:40.7 | You had to go get a short stop. |
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