September 26, 2025 • 9 mins
Today, we have Texas Longhorns’ Baseball Coach Jim Schlossnagle, who talks about the game this weekend against the Texas Tech Red Raiders, scheduled for Saturday at 1 pm at the Dell Diamond. He talks about the excitement of being able to see what guys look like because they can play a fall game. He informs us on who to look out for this season, who’s exceeding expectations, and who’s standing out. You can hear it all here on “The Morning Kickoff Show!”
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
It's that time.
Speaker 2 (00:02):
I know a lot of folks don't understand, but baseball
season never stops, whether it's recruiting, whether it's playing the game,
or if you're playing in the fall, baseball season is
still going on. And right now, I really am thankful
to have the head baseball coach of your University of
Texas Longhorns, Jim Slosnagel, joining us on the call. He's
(00:25):
on the move, he's on his way to practice. He's
about to make some things happen. Coach, how you doing, buddy.
Speaker 1 (00:31):
I'm doing great, guys. Good morning man. Good to be
on with you.
Speaker 2 (00:34):
Appreciate you having coming on with us because I know
that this is a busy time for you.
Speaker 1 (00:39):
It's fall season.
Speaker 2 (00:40):
But you got fall baseball tomorrow at DKR, I mean
DKR at the Dal Diamond up in Round Rock. And
it's big because a lot of times you don't get
a chance to play these types of teams this early
in the fall.
Speaker 1 (00:56):
Yeah, you know, the the NCAA pass the rules several
years ago that allows two outside competition games in the fall,
so it's kind of like a controlled scrimmage in football.
Coach Tadlock and I have been friends for a long time,
and super thankful for him to bring his team to
uh Round Rock, and uh, we're gonna play twelve innings
(01:17):
and who knows what that's gonna look like. We're only
about two weeks in the fall practice. But it just
gives you a chance to play somebody else and and
test your team and and really see how especially the
new players can handle a crowd and and getting their
heart rate up a little bit. So it's inexpensive experience
that you know, that's what we call it. And uh
(01:39):
we we don't get spring training games, so these are
super valuable.
Speaker 3 (01:43):
Coach, are you are you curious to see how the
new players are gonna mesh together? And uh what what
is the number one game situation thing that you want
to work on with all of the new players?
Speaker 1 (01:58):
Uh? I mean yeah, I'm certainly excited to see how
they play together in terms of game situations. Really just
interested to see our young our young pitchers. We had
some really talented high school high school pitchers that are
now freshmen in college, and I just want to see
them command the strike zone the way they have you know,
(02:18):
in practice or in their bullpens, you know, and different
things that way, and and then you know, we have
some super talented transfers that come from schools where they
were super successful, but they they're played in front of
in front of significant crowd and so that'll be a
great opportunity for them. That's funny that.
Speaker 2 (02:37):
You bring that up, because we got a chance to
talk to Aiden Robbins the other day and he was
so excited about the fan base and having that opportunity,
and somebody asked him it might have been Kirk Boles
asked them, what's the most fans that you've ever played
in front of? He said, friends and family. So it
was because he was playing up in the Northeast, so
(02:59):
he and have a lot of folks in front of him.
But his energy seemed to be infectious, and he seems
like a guy that really loves the game of baseball.
Speaker 1 (03:09):
Yeah, he loves it. You know, he had a great
summer in the Cape Cod League. I think he was
I think he won the batting title, maybe finished second
in the m v P or maybe he was the MVP.
I'm much, you know, I'm sure. I just know he
had a great summer. So so he's ready. You know,
it's a it's a natural progression for a guy like
that to to eventually, at least in today's college baseball,
(03:30):
to get to the SEC and and see what he
can do, uh, leading to leading to professional baseball. So
the great thing about Aiden, he's he's already super talented,
but there's a lot of room for growth. I mean
a lot of room. This guy can get better, and
he's gonna he's gonna get better, and uh, it'll be
interesting to see what he looks like this weekend versus
what he looks like in the season.
Speaker 3 (03:52):
Coach, you you you brought in some guys, and when
we say brought in some guys, there's some some really
good guys you brought in. Is there any of the
guys that you brought in that they've exceeded what you
saw when you recruited them?
Speaker 1 (04:08):
Yeah? Uh transfer infielder from Stanford name Timo. That's sata
like that.
Speaker 2 (04:14):
I liked it?
Speaker 1 (04:17):
Yeah, I rolled, I rolled. Uh. Now Timo's he's an
awesome stories from Fresno area. Uh first, you know, first
person in his family to not just go to college,
but how about that graduate from Stanford. So it's just
an elite human and uh, he's really he's one of
(04:38):
these guys. Uh, Mike, you played with plenty of guys
that looked like freaking Babe Ruth and and batting practice
and and then there and then there are no nowhere
to be found in the games. Uh and then, but
Timo is the opposite of that. He he showed you
some good things in practice, but when the game comes on,
the fact that he has so many at bats under
his belt at a place like Stanford, he can really
(05:00):
do some things on a field and you can really
trust him. So I'm excited for him. You know, he's
gonna play some shortstop this weekend, but he also could
find his way to third base at some point.
Speaker 2 (05:12):
Coach we Gota, we're talking to coach Jim Slosnegle as
the Texas baseball team will be taking on Texas Tech
tomorrow at in Round Rock. Exciting time and coach, we
got a chance to talk to Carson Tiny and when
he came around the corner, it was my first time
to lay eyes on him. That's a big old catcher
(05:33):
back there for you, and he just seemed to be
one of those guys that is really humble. He said
he had to work his behind off to get to
where he is right now, and he just seems like
the grind is not a problem for him.
Speaker 1 (05:48):
Yeah, he's very talented guy from Denver, great family, under recruited. Uh,
I think he Notre Dame may have been one of
his few offers as he went up there, tore up
his knee a little bit, so he got had to
come persevere through that and then uh had an All
American type season last year, so he can really catch.
(06:11):
I mean, for a guy that big, got great hands,
he can really manipulate the ball. So uh, you know,
he's got big shoes to field and Ryland Galvan and
so uh, no one is going to replace you know,
Galvan's Texas moxie is what I would call it. Yeah,
(06:33):
he's Uh, Ryland played with such elite flair. Uh but
but Kenny is super he's super confident, and he's obviously
a great player. And our guys just, uh, they attract
themselves to him. So we're excited he's on our team.
Speaker 2 (06:47):
Before we let you go, I wanted to ask you
is there a player that we should to know about?
Obviously everybody on the team is expected to do well,
but is there a player young player, high school recruit
that stood out so far with the way that he's
gone about his business.
Speaker 1 (07:03):
Says he's got on the forty Yeah. On the position
player side, young man named Anthony Pack from Long Beach.
What a super awesome young man and just getting better
every day. Made some swing adjustments early as soon as
he got here. Very coachable, and he's one of those
(07:23):
guys kind of like Jonah that be careful what you
tell them because they're actually able to do it. So
you know, some guys you had to tell them and
show them and video and all these other things. And
he had such good, you know, mind body awareness that
he can make adjustments very quickly. And he's never been
(07:44):
in the weight room, so he's already gained fifteen pounds.
And once we get through these next two or three
weeks of fall practice, we're gonna get these guys in
the weight room four days a week. And I mean,
I can see this guy having a real impact. Whether
he does in his freshman year in the SEC or
not remains to be seen, but we value him highly.
He's gonna be a great Longhorn for a long time.
Speaker 3 (08:04):
I love it. I love it as always.
Speaker 2 (08:06):
What's the time for tomorrow?
Speaker 1 (08:07):
One o'clock. Yeah, one o'clock, twelve innings, so a lot
of good baseball. Hopefully you can have a great crowd.
And thankful to the Express for hosting us.
Speaker 2 (08:17):
I can't wait because I'll be out there checking out
these young players and seeing what you guys look like
on the early part of it, because I'm definitely looking
forward to seeing Tenny because he seems to be one
of those guys that you can't keep your eyes off of.
Speaker 1 (08:33):
Yeah, I can coach great players. I'm good at that.
That's why you got to make those moves. Coach hey
Man like Nick Saban. I heard him one time. Coach Saban,
I'm a big fan. I heard him say, even I
can't coach the bad players.
Speaker 2 (08:51):
As always, thank you for taking the time in and
we'll see tomorrow. Best of luck tomorrow and the upcoming season.
We'll sure to have you on even more when it
gets closer.
Speaker 1 (09:01):
All right, fellas, you guys have a great weekend. Hook
him all right, I'll see you soon.
Speaker 2 (09:05):
There he is coach Jim Slasnegle as his team gets
ready for a battle against Texas Tech twelve innings at
the Dell Diamond. The great Folks over at the Round
Rock Express put on a great event and both teams
already
It's that time.
Speaker 2 (00:02):
I know a lot of folks don't understand, but baseball
season never stops, whether it's recruiting, whether it's playing the game,
or if you're playing in the fall, baseball season is
still going on. And right now, I really am thankful
to have the head baseball coach of your University of
Texas Longhorns, Jim Slosnagel, joining us on the call. He's
(00:25):
on the move, he's on his way to practice. He's
about to make some things happen. Coach, how you doing, buddy.
Speaker 1 (00:31):
I'm doing great, guys. Good morning man. Good to be
on with you.
Speaker 2 (00:34):
Appreciate you having coming on with us because I know
that this is a busy time for you.
Speaker 1 (00:39):
It's fall season.
Speaker 2 (00:40):
But you got fall baseball tomorrow at DKR, I mean
DKR at the Dal Diamond up in Round Rock. And
it's big because a lot of times you don't get
a chance to play these types of teams this early
in the fall.
Speaker 1 (00:56):
Yeah, you know, the the NCAA pass the rules several
years ago that allows two outside competition games in the fall,
so it's kind of like a controlled scrimmage in football.
Coach Tadlock and I have been friends for a long time,
and super thankful for him to bring his team to
uh Round Rock, and uh, we're gonna play twelve innings
(01:17):
and who knows what that's gonna look like. We're only
about two weeks in the fall practice. But it just
gives you a chance to play somebody else and and
test your team and and really see how especially the
new players can handle a crowd and and getting their
heart rate up a little bit. So it's inexpensive experience
that you know, that's what we call it. And uh
(01:39):
we we don't get spring training games, so these are
super valuable.
Speaker 3 (01:43):
Coach, are you are you curious to see how the
new players are gonna mesh together? And uh what what
is the number one game situation thing that you want
to work on with all of the new players?
Speaker 1 (01:58):
Uh? I mean yeah, I'm certainly excited to see how
they play together in terms of game situations. Really just
interested to see our young our young pitchers. We had
some really talented high school high school pitchers that are
now freshmen in college, and I just want to see
them command the strike zone the way they have you know,
(02:18):
in practice or in their bullpens, you know, and different
things that way, and and then you know, we have
some super talented transfers that come from schools where they
were super successful, but they they're played in front of
in front of significant crowd and so that'll be a
great opportunity for them. That's funny that.
Speaker 2 (02:37):
You bring that up, because we got a chance to
talk to Aiden Robbins the other day and he was
so excited about the fan base and having that opportunity,
and somebody asked him it might have been Kirk Boles
asked them, what's the most fans that you've ever played
in front of? He said, friends and family. So it
was because he was playing up in the Northeast, so
(02:59):
he and have a lot of folks in front of him.
But his energy seemed to be infectious, and he seems
like a guy that really loves the game of baseball.
Speaker 1 (03:09):
Yeah, he loves it. You know, he had a great
summer in the Cape Cod League. I think he was
I think he won the batting title, maybe finished second
in the m v P or maybe he was the MVP.
I'm much, you know, I'm sure. I just know he
had a great summer. So so he's ready. You know,
it's a it's a natural progression for a guy like
that to to eventually, at least in today's college baseball,
(03:30):
to get to the SEC and and see what he
can do, uh, leading to leading to professional baseball. So
the great thing about Aiden, he's he's already super talented,
but there's a lot of room for growth. I mean
a lot of room. This guy can get better, and
he's gonna he's gonna get better, and uh, it'll be
interesting to see what he looks like this weekend versus
what he looks like in the season.
Speaker 3 (03:52):
Coach, you you you brought in some guys, and when
we say brought in some guys, there's some some really
good guys you brought in. Is there any of the
guys that you brought in that they've exceeded what you
saw when you recruited them?
Speaker 1 (04:08):
Yeah? Uh transfer infielder from Stanford name Timo. That's sata
like that.
Speaker 2 (04:14):
I liked it?
Speaker 1 (04:17):
Yeah, I rolled, I rolled. Uh. Now Timo's he's an
awesome stories from Fresno area. Uh first, you know, first
person in his family to not just go to college,
but how about that graduate from Stanford. So it's just
an elite human and uh, he's really he's one of
(04:38):
these guys. Uh, Mike, you played with plenty of guys
that looked like freaking Babe Ruth and and batting practice
and and then there and then there are no nowhere
to be found in the games. Uh and then, but
Timo is the opposite of that. He he showed you
some good things in practice, but when the game comes on,
the fact that he has so many at bats under
his belt at a place like Stanford, he can really
(05:00):
do some things on a field and you can really
trust him. So I'm excited for him. You know, he's
gonna play some shortstop this weekend, but he also could
find his way to third base at some point.
Speaker 2 (05:12):
Coach we Gota, we're talking to coach Jim Slosnegle as
the Texas baseball team will be taking on Texas Tech
tomorrow at in Round Rock. Exciting time and coach, we
got a chance to talk to Carson Tiny and when
he came around the corner, it was my first time
to lay eyes on him. That's a big old catcher
(05:33):
back there for you, and he just seemed to be
one of those guys that is really humble. He said
he had to work his behind off to get to
where he is right now, and he just seems like
the grind is not a problem for him.
Speaker 1 (05:48):
Yeah, he's very talented guy from Denver, great family, under recruited. Uh,
I think he Notre Dame may have been one of
his few offers as he went up there, tore up
his knee a little bit, so he got had to
come persevere through that and then uh had an All
American type season last year, so he can really catch.
(06:11):
I mean, for a guy that big, got great hands,
he can really manipulate the ball. So uh, you know,
he's got big shoes to field and Ryland Galvan and
so uh, no one is going to replace you know,
Galvan's Texas moxie is what I would call it. Yeah,
(06:33):
he's Uh, Ryland played with such elite flair. Uh but
but Kenny is super he's super confident, and he's obviously
a great player. And our guys just, uh, they attract
themselves to him. So we're excited he's on our team.
Speaker 2 (06:47):
Before we let you go, I wanted to ask you
is there a player that we should to know about?
Obviously everybody on the team is expected to do well,
but is there a player young player, high school recruit
that stood out so far with the way that he's
gone about his business.
Speaker 1 (07:03):
Says he's got on the forty Yeah. On the position
player side, young man named Anthony Pack from Long Beach.
What a super awesome young man and just getting better
every day. Made some swing adjustments early as soon as
he got here. Very coachable, and he's one of those
(07:23):
guys kind of like Jonah that be careful what you
tell them because they're actually able to do it. So
you know, some guys you had to tell them and
show them and video and all these other things. And
he had such good, you know, mind body awareness that
he can make adjustments very quickly. And he's never been
(07:44):
in the weight room, so he's already gained fifteen pounds.
And once we get through these next two or three
weeks of fall practice, we're gonna get these guys in
the weight room four days a week. And I mean,
I can see this guy having a real impact. Whether
he does in his freshman year in the SEC or
not remains to be seen, but we value him highly.
He's gonna be a great Longhorn for a long time.
Speaker 3 (08:04):
I love it. I love it as always.
Speaker 2 (08:06):
What's the time for tomorrow?
Speaker 1 (08:07):
One o'clock. Yeah, one o'clock, twelve innings, so a lot
of good baseball. Hopefully you can have a great crowd.
And thankful to the Express for hosting us.
Speaker 2 (08:17):
I can't wait because I'll be out there checking out
these young players and seeing what you guys look like
on the early part of it, because I'm definitely looking
forward to seeing Tenny because he seems to be one
of those guys that you can't keep your eyes off of.
Speaker 1 (08:33):
Yeah, I can coach great players. I'm good at that.
That's why you got to make those moves. Coach hey
Man like Nick Saban. I heard him one time. Coach Saban,
I'm a big fan. I heard him say, even I
can't coach the bad players.
Speaker 2 (08:51):
As always, thank you for taking the time in and
we'll see tomorrow. Best of luck tomorrow and the upcoming season.
We'll sure to have you on even more when it
gets closer.
Speaker 1 (09:01):
All right, fellas, you guys have a great weekend. Hook
him all right, I'll see you soon.
Speaker 2 (09:05):
There he is coach Jim Slasnegle as his team gets
ready for a battle against Texas Tech twelve innings at
the Dell Diamond. The great Folks over at the Round
Rock Express put on a great event and both teams
already
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