REPORT: Star Freshman Cannon Peebles Enters The Transfer Portal

It sucks to lose him for the future but i get it. Dude is solid and wants to play at his position. Hope he finds a good landing spot..that's not the acc

Super bummer.

Nairo said:

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My interest in college sports is plummeting by the day. It's literally been part of my life from birth

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I hear you brother. I am to the point of letting it all go by the wayside. If you have to ask me right now, I think there is a good chance of this being it for me. Usually by now I am clamoring for football to start, but that is not the case now and I do not see that changing. College athletics has become professional sports with no loyalty at all.

wolfpack4199 said:

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I don't know how many more times we can use "he doesn't have a spot in the field". LSU could very well end up winning the World Series with finding Tommy White a spot in the field.

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Lol they're in the CWS because of their SEC Pitcher of the year, SEC Player of the Year and their bullpen who all throw 95+ not because of Tommy White's abysmal .848 fielding percentage.

I want to say something but

matracey said:

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wolfpack4199 said:

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I don't know how many more times we can use "he doesn't have a spot in the field". LSU could very well end up winning the World Series with finding Tommy White a spot in the field.

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Lol they're in the CWS because of their SEC Pitcher of the year, SEC Player of the Year and their bullpen who all throw 95+ not because of Tommy White's abysmal .848 fielding percentage.

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I didn't say it's because of him but they found a way to put him on the field to keep him happy. I think we would take his bad fielding to get 22 homeruns and 94 RBI's. NC State doesn't have the ability at this point to say we can't get one of our best hitters a position to play if he's threatening to leave. It's college baseball you better score runs to win.

My family has had season tickets behind home plate for years, so I consider us relatively dedicated fans. Met Carlos' parents, met some of the really great players.

This departure hurts because I see other teams using it to somehow demonstrate an inability on our coaches' part to figure how to retain our best hitting talent. I don't pretend to understand the complexities involved in balancing hitting versus defense and how and when to play people (although I fully understood why Tommy had no business playing 3rd base), but I am just hoping that this loss 2 years in a row does not reflect a deficiency in our NIL, coaching, facilities, team chemistry, etc., but is just a player making a business decision to go where he has a better chance of playing as much as he thinks he should.

Did you even watch this year's team? We were BAD.

CLTWolf said:

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wolfpack4199 said:

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CLTWolf said:

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wolfpack4199 said:

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matracey said:

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wolfpack4199 said:

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I don't know how many more times we can use "he doesn't have a spot in the field". LSU could very well end up winning the World Series with finding Tommy White a spot in the field.

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Lol they're in the CWS because of their SEC Pitcher of the year, SEC Player of the Year and their bullpen who all throw 95+ not because of Tommy White's abysmal .848 fielding percentage.

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I didn't say it's because of him but they found a way to put him on the field to keep him happy. I think we would take his bad fielding to get 22 homeruns and 94 RBI's. NC State doesn't have the ability at this point to say we can't get one of our best hitters a position to play if he's threatening to leave. It's college baseball you better score runs to win.

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Where you gonna play Peebles? Over the top 50 MLB draft prospect who also can hit really well that plays the position Peebles wants to play?

Doesn't seem like that makes the team better at all.

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You can try things for a year. Stick him in the outfield. Teams do it all the time. He has an off-season to learn it. Let Cozart have days off every once in a. While and DH him. The. peebles would be ready for full time duty in 2025. It's not hard to use imagination in baseball. Guys who can hit get in the field all the time. Ozuna for the Braves can barely throw these days and he sees the field.

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Peebles caught this year. Wasn't enough and wasn't going to be enough next year.

Off days? You want to give one of your best players an off day? This isn't a 162 game season. haha
Stick him in the outfield? This ain't little league. You didn't watch much Pack9 this year did you? You see Will Marcy play Left and Right Field at times? He got "stuck" in the outfield. Woof. All the bellyaching about defense this year and we say, "stick him in the outfield". ha

Sounded like they might were going to try Peebles at 3rd as well. Ya'll are forgetting the most obvious in all of this though....THE KID DOESN'T WANT TO DO IT. Full Stop. He wants to be an everyday guy behind the plate and unfortunately/fortunately the guy ahead of him is better. Sucks. It is what it is though. The portal allows him to go somewhere where he's squatting everyday and sounds like that's what he wants.

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Can not blame Peebles. You can get to the majors quicker as a catcher that can hit. He needs to work on his defense and handling pitchers, that does not happen playing 3rd or playing in the outfield.

ETA: Remember in baseball everyone is draft elgible after their 3rd year in college. That means if he stayed here he would be developing his skills behind the plate the same year he would be elgible to be drafted.

Cthepack said:

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CLTWolf said:

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wolfpack4199 said:

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CLTWolf said:

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wolfpack4199 said:

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matracey said:

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wolfpack4199 said:

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I don't know how many more times we can use "he doesn't have a spot in the field". LSU could very well end up winning the World Series with finding Tommy White a spot in the field.

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Lol they're in the CWS because of their SEC Pitcher of the year, SEC Player of the Year and their bullpen who all throw 95+ not because of Tommy White's abysmal .848 fielding percentage.

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I didn't say it's because of him but they found a way to put him on the field to keep him happy. I think we would take his bad fielding to get 22 homeruns and 94 RBI's. NC State doesn't have the ability at this point to say we can't get one of our best hitters a position to play if he's threatening to leave. It's college baseball you better score runs to win.

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Where you gonna play Peebles? Over the top 50 MLB draft prospect who also can hit really well that plays the position Peebles wants to play?

Doesn't seem like that makes the team better at all.

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You can try things for a year. Stick him in the outfield. Teams do it all the time. He has an off-season to learn it. Let Cozart have days off every once in a. While and DH him. The. peebles would be ready for full time duty in 2025. It's not hard to use imagination in baseball. Guys who can hit get in the field all the time. Ozuna for the Braves can barely throw these days and he sees the field.

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Peebles caught this year. Wasn't enough and wasn't going to be enough next year.

Off days? You want to give one of your best players an off day? This isn't a 162 game season. haha
Stick him in the outfield? This ain't little league. You didn't watch much Pack9 this year did you? You see Will Marcy play Left and Right Field at times? He got "stuck" in the outfield. Woof. All the bellyaching about defense this year and we say, "stick him in the outfield". ha

Sounded like they might were going to try Peebles at 3rd as well. Ya'll are forgetting the most obvious in all of this though....THE KID DOESN'T WANT TO DO IT. Full Stop. He wants to be an everyday guy behind the plate and unfortunately/fortunately the guy ahead of him is better. Sucks. It is what it is though. The portal allows him to go somewhere where he's squatting everyday and sounds like that's what he wants.

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Can not blame Peebles. You can get to the majors quicker as a catcher that can hit. He needs to work on his defense and handling pitchers, that does not happen playing 3rd or playing in the outfield.

ETA: Remember in baseball everyone is draft elgible after their 3rd year in college. That means if he stayed here he would be developing his skills behind the plate the same year he would be elgible to be drafted.

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I don't blame him for looking for more playing time, but he knew who was on the team when he signed. The path to a lot of innings behind the plate was always going to be difficult. At best, he was looking at a platoon situation for two years, so it's kinda frustrating that he chooses to leave, but it is what it is.

wilmwolf80 said:

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CLTWolf said:

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wgpack said:

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Did you even watch this year's team? We were BAD.

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lol

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It has to be some sort of brain rot in our fanbase. God forbid we had a few seasons where we were actually bad, or even actuality just mediocre, and people's heads would explode.

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The emotional instability of fans is what it is. When things don't go their way they have big feelings, not too dissimilar to toddlers but these are adults most of the time. I just laugh, poke a lil fun and focus on the "what's next".

I was also upset when I first saw the Baseball America dude's tweet, it stinks. Cannon is a damn good ball player but so is Jacob Cozart. You know something we've rarely had issues with at NC State? Finding dudes that can hit a baseball really well. If Cannon was a pitcher it would hurt even worse b/c that's where we generally have a hole in recruiting (mainly) due to our putrid facilities. Hitting a baseball? Gimme a couple tees, a batting cage or two with some machines and you're in bidness. We got all that.

I'm really hoping Alex Sosa makes it to school b/c he's a real talent and can hit the baseball. Good news is last year very few of the highly ranked HS catchers signed or were even drafted (mainly not drafted). Bad news is each year is different. We'll find out in about 3 weeks when it's draft time. I'm not optimistic but more and more HS kids are hitting college these days.

In the meantime I really hope we bring in a JUCO stud or two b/c there's some out there for sure. Just like in football, the portal has impacted JUCO baseball recruiting, IMO. There's some really good dudes out there. Juan Correa, John Marant (Ga Tech bounce back), Kevin Karstetter and there are others. Go get a couple. There are less than 50 JUCO kids that are drafted each year now that there's only 20 rounds.

I agree, we need to hit the JUCO guys up. We've had some great history with those guys, and I think sometimes they're just a little more hungry than other transfers or recruits. And spot on about hitting. It's one thing I never worry about with us. We are going to find some dudes that can hit and make the dudes we've got better hitters, no doubt.

Cannon leaving had nothing to do with NIL or the coaches

JCooke93 said:

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Cannon leaving had nothing to do with NIL or the coaches

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100% playing time then??