Texas A&M baseball wasted no time after its regional exit, firing Jason Kelly and turning attention to a major pitching rebuild.
Texas A&M baseball didn’t wait around after its season ended in the College Station Regional.
After USC sent the Aggies home Monday night, Michael Earley made the move plenty of fans had been demanding ... associate head coach and pitching coach Jason Kelly is out.
That’s the kind of decision that tells you everything about where this program knows it fell short.
Texas A&M had enough veteran bats to make noise in the postseason, but the Aggies’ pitching never stopped leaking oil.
The staff finished the season with a 5.24 ERA and allowed 90 home runs, numbers that simply don’t belong next to a roster with Omaha expectations.
The regional losses to USC only made the issue louder. Shane Sdao’s season summed up the frustration.
After battling through injury-plagued years, the talented left-hander never fully looked like himself and finished with a 7.03 ERA.
The Aggies also lost Caden McCoy before the season ever got rolling, but injuries can’t explain everything. At some point, the results become the story.
Now Earley has to rebuild the mound fast.
The first positive step came quickly, with TCU transfer Jack Bell returning to the Aggies.
That’s a useful start, but it can’t be the whole plan.
Texas A&M needs to keep Weston Moss and Clayton Freshcorn in the fold while building around star sophomore Aiden Sims, who should be one of the central arms in the 2027 picture.
The transfer portal will matter, too, and as AggiesWire wrote, Texas State right-hander Wade Cooper is a name worth watching.
As a freshman, Cooper posted a 4.72 ERA with 73 strikeouts for the Bobcats. That profile will draw plenty of interest, but Texas A&M has the location, need and opportunity to make a strong push.
The bats weren’t good enough against USC, but the pitching problem forced this reset. Earley’s next hire may define his tenure.
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