Per twitter reports OF/RHP Matt Brill (6’ 2” 185) of Moline High School in Moline, IL has turned down the Mets and is coming to App this fall.

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QC: Moline's Brill turns down Mets, will go to Appalachian State

http://bit.ly/16v2xT5

and a bunch more just like it.

And a side note not related to baseball but twitter posts are saying that Holloway has transferred to Florida A & M for football.

Tysean confirms that he has transferred...

http://blogs2.citizen-times.com/hshuddl ... da-school/

The Mich State TE that supposedly was transferring to ASU wound up at FAMU as well.

hapapp wrote:The Mich State TE that supposedly was transferring to ASU wound up at FAMU as well.

I guess that means the A&M band s back from suspension.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nati ... k/2471987/

According to the university prez, it may be the Marching 75 instead of the marching 200. They want numbers they can monitor and control.

ggasu wrote:Tysean confirms that he has transferred...

http://blogs2.citizen-times.com/hshuddl ... da-school/

I wish him well.

The newspaper in Matt Brill's community has posted a more in-depth story on his decision:

http://qconline.com/archives/qco/display.php?id=645328

Getting Brill to Boone was a major pick-up for Coach Jones. This was an excellent recruiting class!

agree Brill is a huge pickup for Jones, but still nervous we can get him on campus, the article stated he had been offered 3 times by the Mets, and by his own words he was close to signing, worry that they might offer that 4th time with alittle more money and change his mind, need to get him on campus asap and let him see he made the right decision.

moehler wrote:agree Brill is a huge pickup for Jones, but still nervous we can get him on campus, the article stated he had been offered 3 times by the Mets, and by his own words he was close to signing, worry that they might offer that 4th time with alittle more money and change his mind, need to get him on campus asap and let him see he made the right decision.

Should't be an issue. The deadline to sign with a pro club is today, looks like the decision is final. He could be a great addition to the bullpen.

Bad news is that Sam Agnew-Wieland signed with the Yankees. Curious to see if any thought is given to stretching Thurber into a starting role. He looked strong in 4-5 inning stretches of relief.

Really wish we could have gotten Littel too, who signed with Seattle. He was an 11th rounder. anything to build on pitching depth

Littel would have been in our rotation as one of the weekend starters. Hated to see him sign with Seattle but thought that would happen after he was drafted in the 11th round. Still have some "potential" strong pitchers in this class. I know that Coach Jones was ecstatic with this group!

I wasn't too high on Holloway after he told my parents they expect to lose to GA Sounthern and Georgia. Still wish him well though.

When did he tell your parents that we expected to lose to Ga Southern and Georgia?