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The 2027 #MLBDraft class could feature its strongest crop of college pitching in more than two decades. 👀
@PrepBaseball Director of College Scouting @DSeifertD1PB breaks down a preseason five-star group loaded with high-end arm talent and an unprecedented number of potential professional starters as we kick off our 2027 Draft positional previews.
🔗: prepbsbl.com/4A3xi5C
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.@jakecook26 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Congratulations to prospects Jake Bloss, Jake Cook, and Aaron Parker on being named @MLBazFallLeague Fall Stars 🍂⭐️
Catch the game this Sunday at 8pm ET on @mlbnetwork!
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Going to be very closely watching Jake Cook's ascension through the system. For me, he's the most interesting Jays prospect in a while
Monster game for #BlueJays prospects this afternoon with Mesa at the AFL.
Jake Cook: 3-for-4, 2 BB, 4 SB
Aaron Parker: 2-for-5, BB, HR, 4 RBI, SB
Jake Casey: 2-for-6, 2B, HR, 5 RBI
Yondrei Rojas: 0.2 IP, 1 K
Here's Parker's 451-foot, 108.2 MPH two-run shot:
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.@SouthernMissBSB brings back one of college baseball's best rotations.
Grayden Harris, Camden Clark and Camden Sunstrom all return after strong 2026 campaigns. The trio combined for 34 starts, giving the Golden Eagles a strong foundation for another run at Omaha.
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Cooking up some history
@BlueJays No. 20 prospect ties the AFL’s single-game record with four stolen bases against the Javelinas!
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I love the returning rotation for @SouthernMissBSB — should be one of the nation's best. And it sounds like the Golden Eagles once again did an excellent job plugging holes after losing some key mainstays in the lineup. Gonna be another fun year in Hattiesburg.
🆕 2026 Fall Report: Southern Miss
@SouthernMissBSB is a program brimming with positive energy. We look ahead to next spring as Christian Ostrander reviews his fall practice.
🔗 buff.ly/8CKP6Pa
ALT 2026 Fall Report: Southern Miss
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Congratulations to prospects Jake Bloss, Jake Cook, and Aaron Parker on being named @MLBazFallLeague Fall Stars 🍂⭐️
Catch the game this Sunday at 8pm ET on @mlbnetwork!
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Jake Cook makes history in the desert!
The @BlueJays prospect ties the @MLBazFallLeague record with 4 swipes during a three-hit day in the Fall League:
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Last weekend was pure father’s dream mode. Friday night under the lights watching @GraydenHarris pitch at USM. Saturday I hopped a flight to San Antonio to see @GrahamHarris55 play in his first college football game.
Grateful doesn’t even cover it. @SouthernMissBSB @NSUDemonsFB
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BREAKING: @SouthernMissMG head coach Eddie Brescher has agreed to a contract extension that will go through 2029-2030.
In 2026, the Golden Eagles qualified for their first-ever NCAA Regional, Athens Regional.
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@PatrickWDAM Over Midtown Hattiesburg! View from 2nd floor of Jones Capital Building in Midtown.
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𝗕𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗦𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗱 𝗪𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝗚𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗙𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗖𝗮𝗽𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗙𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀
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College Baseball Program of the Day #025: Southern Miss Golden Eagles 🦅
Ten straight 40-win seasons. The longest active streak in Division I. That is the standard at Southern Miss.
Southern Miss, an NCAA Division I program in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, plays in the Sun Belt and packs Pete Taylor Park/Hill Denson Field every spring.
2026 Season
- 44-17 overall, 22-8 in the Sun Belt
- First outright Sun Belt regular season title in program history
- Sun Belt Tournament champions, beating Louisiana 11-7 in the final. That is 3 tournament titles in 4 Sun Belt seasons
- No. 9 national seed and hosted an NCAA Regional for the second straight year
- Swept the Round Rock Classic over Purdue, Oregon State and Baylor, and beat Alabama, Mississippi State and Ole Miss
- 23-6 at home
- Head coach Christian Ostrander won Sun Belt Coach of the Year, a first for a Southern Miss skipper
- LHP Grayden Harris was Sun Belt Pitcher of the Year
- A league-best 6 All-Sun Belt selections, 5 on the first team, including 2B Kyle Morrison (.322, 15 HR, .427 OBP) and 1B Matthew Russo (10 HR, 50 RBI)
The Resume
- 22 NCAA Tournament appearances, 3 Super Regionals and the 2009 College World Series
- 2025: 47-16, tied for the 2nd-most wins in school history, with a school-record 106 home runs
- 2025 Ferriss Trophy winner and first-team All-American JB Middleton
- Ranked No. 18 on D1Baseball's Top 100 programs list
Pro Pipeline
- 2026 MLB Draft: OF Joey Urban went to the Blue Jays in Round 9 after hitting .320 with 15 HR and earning Sun Belt Tournament MOP
- 2025 MLB Draft: Jake Cook went to the Blue Jays in Round 3
- Outfielders drafted in 6 of the last 8 years, including Matt Wallner
The Staff
- Head coach Christian Ostrander is 134-53 in three seasons with two Sun Belt Tournament titles and a regular season crown. He is only the fifth head coach at Southern Miss since 1959 and a former JUCO head coach who won 2 state titles at Jones County
- Recruiting coordinator @k_cheesebrough was on Mississippi State's 2021 national title staff, has coached in 4 College World Series and has had 66 players drafted
- Hitting coach @LaddRhodes7 coached Jake Cook into a 3rd-round pick
- Pitching coach @GunnerLeger is a two-time All-American who ran Louisiana's staff before coming to Hattiesburg
- Ben Brewer works with hitters, catchers and recruiting, and former Golden Eagle shortstop Dustin Dickerson leads player development
2027 and 2028 players and parents, DM us "INFO" and we'll help you build a real list of schools and a plan to get seen.
@SouthernMissBSB @USMGoldenEagles @k_cheesebrough @LaddRhodes7 @GunnerLeger
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Bravo! Well done and special thanks to Coxie, Bake, 40, Layla, and everybody else in the video. Special people, special place. #SMTTT
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What began with a grandfather and six boys who loved baseball. Decades of sacrifice, missed vacations, endless miles and countless reps never knowing where it might lead. Now his grandson is a World Series champion. Generations of love and sacrifice behind this moment.
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Incredibly proud of how this came together!
Huge shoutout to Twitter-Less Steven for helping me get this done!
Cannot thank the community enough for showing up for me when I was shooting this but the people around this place are next level so of course they did!
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