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Liberty inked 4 high school signees a few weeks back to start the 2026 signing class.  In this new environment with more scholarships but less overall roster spots expect this to become the norm.  The Flames will look to identify 3-5 HS players that fit the needs of the roster and have high end traits to sign early.  The rest of the class will be filled out with JUCO and portal players in the Spring and early Summer.   Reid Garrett - Garrett is a 6'6 225 LB RHP from Mississippi.  Garrett is described as a strike throwing machine that took a big jump this Summer and Fall.  Garrett is already a physical specimen as you can see by his measureables.  Garrett punched out 80 hitters to the tune of 1.00 ERA this past season while holding the opposition to a .207 BA.   Will Hodges - Hodges is a 6'1 195 LB RHP from Mechanicsville, VA.  Hodges has been up to 93 and is another physical kid at this stage and could help the Flames early. ...

The 2025 MLB draft saw 2 Liberty Flames taken.  Cam Troyer was taken with the 374th pick overall which is a 12th round selection by the NY Yankees.  Cam signed and has debuted earlier this past week with the High A Hudson Valley Renegades where he's 2/11 with a 1 run scored.  Troyer's teammate Dylan Mathiesen would hear his name called just a few minutes later at pick # 383 in the 13th round by the Pittsburgh Pirates.  Mathiesen was drafted despite having surgery prior to the draft.  Pitchers that get drafted very rarely pitch in MILB this year anyway but it could impact his start to the 2026 season.  The Pirates liked his stuff enough to go ahead and make the selection even with the injury.   MLB Mason Fluharty  - Fluharty has made 44 appearances with the Toronto Blue Jays out of the bullpen with a 5.23 ERA.  He's averaged just over a strikeout per inning with 44 in 43 IP and he has a 1.23 WHIP.  Flu made the highlight rounds on Su...

  Liberty has just about put the finishing touches on the roster barring any last minute surprises.  The Flames added 3 impact starting caliber hitters/defenders to supplement a strong returning core.  On the pitching side of things Liberty added several arms that they thing will be impact arms.  Perhaps none bigger than Bradley Zayac who went 7 strong in the Regional Final for ECU against eventual runner-up ECU.  Liberty also really likes Jaxon Lucas the RHP from NC State who could factor in as a potential starter as well.  Pitt transfer LHP Matt Porter & Indiana RHP Ayden Decker-Petty complete the pitching staff additions.  Liberty has given itself a strong group to compete for the starting spots behind ace Ben Blair in Zayac & Lucas to pair with Potts, Harrington & Swink.  Liberty will most likely enter the year with just 3 LHP's on the roster.   There are a couple other notes and changes including Seth Way entering the tr...

The Flames have turned up the heat on the recruiting trail here in the final week of June.  Liberty has added 5 commitments from the transfer portal and will most likely add 1 to 2 more.  Here's a look at what they've picked up. Jordan Jaffe - Jaffe is a right handed hitting Corner Infielder/DH that has just flat raked for 3 years at Richmond.  He finished 2025 with a .364 BA, 10 HR's and 59 RBI's and a whopping 1.028 OPS.  In 2024 his stat line was .317 10 HR's 44 RBI's and .964 OPS.  In 2023 he hit .314 with 12 HR's 59 RBI's and a .989 OPS.  As you can see he will easily slot in the middle of the order with Nick Barone & Jaxon Sorenson and provide the Flames with another big time RH bat.  Jaffe was highly sought after and is 1 of the most proven bats the Flames have picked up from an equal or higher level of competition in the portal era.   Ryan Drumm - Drumm is a right handed hitting Outfielder that can play all 3 spots from Butler....

  The 2025 season is in the rearview and the Flames set their sights on 2026.  Liberty lost pitching coach Andrew See who led Liberty to the 2nd best ERA in CUSA in his lone season with the Flames.  Virtually the entire pitching staff had their best year of their career with the Flames and See.  Kendall Rogers reported today that the Flames were able to make a huge hire and pull Keller Bradford away from his role as Pitching Coach with Southern Miss.  Bradford finished his collegiate career at Southern Miss and spent the last 2 seasons as the PC for the Golden Eagles.  The Golden Eagles had a team ERA of 4.03 and held opponents to a .242 team BA which resulted in being ranked 2nd in the Sunbelt in overall pitching.  Southern Miss has always been a quality program and this is a very nice pull for Coach LeCroy and Liberty.   Schedule wise we've started to hear of a few games on the schedule next year.  As it stands now the Flames will open...

Western Kentucky will roll into Lynchburg with a 28-5 record including 6-2 in CUSA and #42 in the RPI which is good for 2nd place in the league.  Liberty comes in at 22-11 overall, 5-4 in CUSA & #51 in the RPI.  WKU is coming off an impressive weekend that saw them take 2/3 on the road against conference favorite Dallas Baptist.  WKU has raced out to an incredible overall record including going 22-0 at home and leading CUSA in team hitting and team ERA.  WKU is led by Ryan Wideman who's hitting an eye popping .452 with 6 HR's 40 RBI's and 27 stolen bases.  Wideman is 1 of a league high 7 Hilltoppers hitting over .300.  As a team they are hitting .323 with 34 homers.  It won't get any easier for the Flames on the mound as WKU has a team ERA of 2.67.  Liberty is 2nd in ERA in the league but over 1.5 runs higher at 4.29.  As you may have guessed the only reason the Hilltoppers aren't in the top 20 of the RBI is a relatively light schedule th...