Tyler Mudd enters transfer portal (Baseball)

I don’t know that the alumni are checked out but rather dealing with the current reality that we don’t give any schollies in baseball and our economic investment is the one of the lowest, if not the lowest, in the PL. We have seemed to recruit fairly well recently (Malgeri, Wang, Kirkpatrick, Mudd, etc.) but keep losing good players because they have opportunities at a higher level and/or receive more $ (by scholarship or NIL). IMO, if we made the same commitment to baseball that we have to football, mens’ and womens’ basketball (funding the program at an amount = to the top level of the PL and set a level of expectation for the coach commensurate with that funding amount), we have the ability to create a turnaround similar to football and womens’ hoops.

The question is: Is the admin willing to make that commitment? If not I suspect that those who care (and I think there are quite a number) will focus their attention on the sports where the school is making the max effort in schollies and $ and there is a reasonable chance to win a championship.

Over the last 40-45 years, we have squandered our legacy in baseball. The path is there to turn it around (in terms of facilities, academics, post grad opportunities, small league membership) if we have the institutional will to do so.

Just observing PVR from afar as an enthusiastic HC athletics fan, I think he has the will to invest in baseball and the other underfunded sports, but he probably has the will to attract and retain top professors and to improve all the other components of HC that make the school special. The discussions/debates the BOT must have about how to prioritize the limited discretionary dollars available after all mandatory expenses are paid must be fascinating.

The AD has a team to handle most daily functions. His oversight of all of them is extremely important, but I hope he is spending some time successfully shaking the money tree to help lift sports like baseball.

The rules seem to change yearly or even monthly it seems...

As in that Umass field hockey article, UMass Baseball has a fraction of a single scholarship (.93 percent) of the 11.7 scholarships allowed for the season by the NCAA.

Even if there’s no baseball schollie $ available to him, his family is saving $30-40,000 now with in-state tuition at UVA - from the bottom of D.1 to the top tier of D.1

Tyler mudd has a career 9.64 ERA in 51 innings pitched.  He also hit .220 in 141 career at bats.  Forgive me if I'm not broken up about him leaving the team. 

And now the kid is walking into a whole new coaching staff at BC. I wonder if he had any insight that Gambino would be departing.

Or to enroll at Penn State ;-)

Article about the transfer in the Telegram: July 13, 2023

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I couldn’t really find a better place': Tyler Mudd of Shrewsbury is excited about switch to Boston College for baseball, academics

After two seasons playing baseball at Holy Cross, Tyler Mudd entered the transfer portal on June 23. Within about eight hours of his announcement on social media, Mudd’s phone blew up.

“I was getting texts and DMs galore,” Mudd said in a phone interview from Brewster, where he is playing for the Brewster Whitecaps of the Cape Cod Baseball League this summer. “It was pretty overwhelming. I was not expecting it.”

Boston College, which had some interest in Mudd when he was at Deerfield Academy, was among the schools that contacted him. An Eagles staffer went to see him pitch for the Whitecaps on June 27, and the next day, Mudd committed to BC.

“I guess they liked what they saw,” Mudd said. “When I talked to them on the phone, I told them that BC has been my dream school and it’s where I want to be if the money works. I was fortunate they were able to make it work. When they offered, I committed right on the spot.”

Mudd, who grew up in Shrewsbury, attended St. John’s High for two years. He was a freshman reserve on St. John’s 2017 Division 1A state championship team, and as a sophomore, batted .392 and had a 1.41 ERA over a team-high 34⅔ innings.

Mudd reclassified at Deerfield and had a great experience, despite suffering a torn ACL prior to his junior year.

Mudd committed to Holy Cross as a two-way player (pitcher/outfielder).

Over the last two years at HC, Mudd went 2-7 in 14 pitching appearances (10 starts), and batted .220 with 12 RBIs in 141 at-bats.

Mudd missed the majority of the 2023 season due to a partially torn hamstring and a partially torn ligament in his thumb.

“I loved all my teammates at Holy Cross, and the coaches were awesome to me,” Mudd said, “but ultimately, financially, they don’t have (baseball) scholarships. When I entered the portal, some serious Power 5 schools reached out. I thought Boston College was the best fit. They gave me a great financial package. They had a great year, and it’s always been one of my dream schools. I jumped at the opportunity when they made the offer they did.”

Last week, Mike Gambino, who guided the Eagles for 13 seasons, left to become coach at Penn State. In 2023, BC tied a program record with 37 wins and reached its NCAA regional final.

“I was so pumped to play for Coach Gambino,” Mudd said, “but at the end of the day, I committed to the school. He’ll be missed, but the school is honoring the scholarship.”

On Thursday, BC named Todd Interdonato as its new coach. Interdonato won 455 games over the last 16 seasons at Wofford College.

For the Whitecaps, Mudd, a lefty, has made five relief appearances. In 11 innings, he has allowed 11 hits and five earned runs, while striking out 10, walking four and posting a 4.09 ERA.

“Summer on the Cape,” Mudd said, “you can’t beat it. Being a Massachusetts kid, it’s kind of surreal because I used to come to games and (playing in the CCBL) is something you kind of dream about. There are a lot of great players in the league from great schools across the country, and being able to play with and against high-end players has been pretty cool.”

In 2021, Mudd played for the Worcester Bravehearts of the Futures Collegiate Baseball League. Last summer, while with the Ocean State Waves of the New England Collegiate Baseball League, Mudd was the starting pitcher for the South Division team in the NECBL All-Star Game. Later in the summer, he pitched in one game for the Falmouth Commodores of the CCBL.

Mudd said he will be a pitcher at Boston College.

“I’m so thankful Holy Cross gave me the opportunity as a two-way player,” Mudd said. “Given my success pitching on the summer circuit and talking to a lot of coaches, they said it would be best to focus on pitching. I’ll miss hitting and playing the outfield, but it’s better for my future.”

The 2023 Major League Baseball Draft concluded Tuesday, and Mudd aspires to one day be part of that.

“It’s definitely something that has been a lifelong dream,” Mudd said. “Hopefully I can do well over the next year and maybe get a shot next year, but we’ll see.”

For now, Mudd is looking forward to his opportunity with the Eagles.

"I feel like BC is the best of both worlds with athletics and academics," he added. "They have unbelievable facilities, and the campus is awesome. When other schools were reaching out, I couldn’t really find a better place than Boston College.”

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He sounds like a good kid. I can't assail his reasoning. HC baseball absolutely should have scholarships but money is being spent wisely now on FB, WBB, MBB and Men's hockey. Let's try to get Women's hockey heading in the right direction and then try to raise money to better fund the non-revenue sports.

I can't see raising tuition beyond the inflation rate to fund new scholarships and I know we can't invade the principal of the endowment. That leaves increased giving to sports, better returns on the endowment or possibly one or more revenue sports increasing their revenue intake and thus reducing their required subsidy and freeing up money for other sports.

Which of these three options appears most likely to occur?

Yawnn