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Last week Coach LeCroy & Co. inked their first signing class since they took over the program back in June.  In all Liberty Baseball signed 5 high school players and 2 JUCO prospects.  This class changed quite a bit obviously with the change in the coaching staff but several players did hold over.  Rosters will expand to 34 next  year and the Flames will certainly dip into the portal as well.   HS Xavier McCoury - McCoury is a LH hitting MIF from Providence High School in the Charlotte area.  McCoury is 5'10 160 LB's and was a former USF commit.  McCoury is an elite athlete and features an above average hit tool.  He could impact the club day 1 as he comes from a powerhouse HS program.   Jackson Evans - Evans is a 6'3 205 LB RHP that committed to the Flames and Tyler Robinson back in May.  The 2 sides stayed together after the coaching change and Evans wound up signing with the Flames.  Another big physical righty with...

 The new look Liberty Flames took the field under new coach Bradley LeCroy for the first time Wednesday afternoon in Blacksburg.   The revamped lineup pounded out 24 runs in the 2 games that totaled 15 innings.  The Flames won Game 1 16-10 and Game 2 (6 innings) 8-2.  Liberty lost a ton of impact players via the transfer portal after former coach Scott Jackson departed for UNC.  Only Camden Troyer, Tanner Marsh & John Simmons return from last years top 100 offensive attack.  Juco transfer Easton Swofford paced the offensive attack with 6 hits including 3 doubles and a homer.  Mikey Robertson, Camden Troyer, Riley Decandido, Tucker Moore & Jaxon Sorenson had multiple hits.  Liberty also played error free ball over the course of the 15 innings which is a welcomed change as defensive miscues have plagued the Flames on the infield the last couple years.  Liberty threw 14 pitchers in the 2 games.  Blair & Mclaughlin allowed 8...

  Coach LeCroy has added Andrew Cox to the staff.  Cox also played his collegiate ball at Clemson before getting into coaching.  He served as the hitting and fielding coach at VCU the past 2 years under Coach LeCroy.  Prior to that he had spent time at Western Carolina as an assistant and also Furman in the volunteer position.  It hasn't been officially released by the University yet but Kendall Rogers tweeted earlier in the week that the Flames would hire former Ohio State co-pitching coach Andrew See to fill the Flames open pitching coach role.  See also served as the recruiting coordinator for Ohio State.  See was available because his head coach at OSU Bill Mosiello left OSU to go back to TCU as the top assistant in a very similar manner as Scott Jackson left Liberty to return to UNC.  Prior to that Mosiello spent 6 years as Clemson's pitching coach from 2016-2022.  He had consistently been ranked as a top 30 assistant coach and recruiter...

  The Summer wood bat leagues are beginning to wind down.  The  Flames have several incoming players and some players transferring in that have played this summer.   Jack McMullan - Playing for the Charlottesville Tom Sox and has hit .170 with 1 HR and 8 RBI's in 47 AB's. Ben Roberts - Roberts is playing for Tri State in the Appy league.  He's made 6 appearances totaling just over 10 IP with a 2.53 ERA and a whopping 22 strikeouts which is good for almost 2.2 K/IP.   Nick Barone- Barone is playing for the Rockford Rivets in the Summer league primarily in the OF.  He's hit .325 with 1 HR and 18 RBI's.   Riley Decandido -.  Candido has had a nice summer in the Cal Ripken league playing for the Alexandria Aces while hitting .325 with 1 HR and 34 RBI's.  Spencer Williams - Williams is playing for New Market in the Appy League.  He's got a 3.52 ERA in 30 2/3 IP with 34 K's.   Terry Kaler - Kaler has a 7.36 ERA in...

  Draft Cole Hertzler - Hertzler was taken in the 5th round by the Astros at pick #163 and has signed for $396,200.   Garrett Horn - Garrett Horn who was drafted in the 6th Rd and pick # 195 and signed for $250,000 while rehabbing from TJ Surgery.   Congrats to both of those guys.  Would have loved to see what 2024 looked like with a healthy Horn the whole season.  Also cost him a bit of money in the draft but the timing of the injury left him virtually no choice but to sign.  He would have come back very late in the College Baseball season had he returned for 25.   MILB Liberty has quite a few players on the verge of getting the call to the show.  This is the most collection of talent at the higher level of the minors with a legitimate chance to make the show that the program has seen in a long time.  The bulk of it are pitchers from the 2019-2022 era.   Fraser Ellard - Ellard has ascended to AAA Charlotte in the ...

  When a coaching change takes place in 2024 in any sport there's going to be all kinds of roster movement.  Ian Mccaw moved about as quickly as he possibly could to make a new head coach hire in Bradley LeCroy but that didn't stop a good portion of the top returning production from entering the portal.  The Flames faired fairly well in keeping their incoming commitments together other than their top HS signee Sawyer Black.  Coach LeCroy continues to work to finalize his coaching staff and the roster and we're just a little over 3 weeks away from the start of classes.  There's always the potential for some of those that have entered the portal but have not yet committed or found a home to their liking to return.  Here's a look at below on where things stand as of late Sunday evening. Portal - Entered Todd Hudson - Hudson entered the portal and committed to Miami even before Scott Jackson had resigned Brayden Horton - Horton entered the portal after the chan...