Baseball Official 2026 Nebraska Cardiac Beaver Slayers Baseball Thread

[Ext. 55]

Looking forward to Scottsdale in February. Will be fun to kick things off in the sun this year.

 

[Kaladin]

I don’t remember hearing anything about this guy:

 

[Ext. 55]

Do you think Worthley will be ready for D1 ball as a freshman? Not being a smartass, honestly curious.

I believe the coaches outlined that if the season started at the end of fall, he'd be their guy.

 

[Frogsker30]

Do you think Worthley will be ready for D1 ball as a freshman? Not being a smartass, honestly curious.

Yes he held his own in college summer league

Played in the Jayhawk collegiate league all star game

 

[Kaladin]

2025 RPI of the teams we play in 2026. Does not include the Desert Invitational teams we will play to start the season.

Louisville - 27
KSU - 40
FSU - 11
Auburn - 5
UNO - 197
SDSU - 287
MSU - 143
Missouri State - 174
Maine - 195
Wichita State - 167
Michigan - 70
Indiana - 68
Pickle Smoochers - 38
PSU - 85
Kansas - 30
Oregon - 20
USC - 39
Illinois - 115
Ohio State - 232
Cockeye - 80
Minnesota - 109

 

[Frostitution]

Its going to be a long spring boys

Unfortunately a good friend of mine who was a Husker during the Erstad era told me the same thing. He is also very good friends with the staff.

My buddy thinks they will struggle this season from what he knows/hears.

 

[HuskerBaseball]

I believe the coaches outlined that if the season started at the end of fall, he'd be their guy.

Having an 18 year old run your pitching staff while being the catalyst for your offense being the leadoff hitter is a tall ask.

That being said, He was one of the top three players on the field this Spring along with Buck and Sanderson.

 

[Ext. 55]

Having an 18 year old run your pitching staff while being the catalyst for your offense being the leadoff hitter is a tall ask.

Agreed. Unfortunate statement maybe on where we are program wise. Very mature kid though.

 

[HuskerBaseball]

Unfortunately a good friend of mine who was a Husker during the Erstad era told me the same thing. He is also very good friends with the staff.

My buddy thinks they will struggle this season from what he knows/hears.

Its really going to come down to Horn and Jasa, both could go 8-2 or 2-8 .

 

[Ironwardog]

Its going to be a long spring boys

 

[Kaladin]

Its really going to come down to Horn and Jasa, both could go 8-2 or 2-8 .

Is our weekend rotation going to be:

Horn
Katskee
Jada

That should be a pretty good rotation

 

[Kaladin]

C Worthley - freshman
1B Sanderson - junior
2B Stokes/Buck - senior/senior
SS Carey senior
3B Kelley/Overbeek - junior/senior
LF Jesske - junior
CF Nunez - sophomore
RF Buettenback/Newham - junior/soph
DH Kitchens - senior

SP Horn - junior
SP Katskee - junior
SP Jasa - sophomore

Outside of Worthley, we’ve got an experienced team. That has to count for something.

 

[Ext. 55]

C Worthley - freshman
1B Sanderson - junior
2B Stokes/Buck - senior/senior
SS Carey senior
3B Kelley/Overbeek - junior/senior
LF Jesske - junior
CF Nunez - sophomore
RF Buettenback/Newham - junior/soph
DH Kitchens - senior

SP Horn - junior
SP Katskee - junior
SP Jasa - sophomore

Outside of Worthley, we’ve got an experienced team. That has to count for something.

Will be interesting to see how Nunez holds up at CF. He's had some injury issues, no?

 

[Kaladin]

Will be interesting to see how Nunez holds up at CF. He's had some injury issues, no?

I think either @PonyBoy or @HuskerBaseball said he had arm issues

 

[Kaladin]

 

[Ext. 55]

Cliffs? Don't have a subscription.

 

[Kaladin]

Cliffs? Don't have a subscription.

I don’t either. Just posted it to show that d1baseball thinks we have upside, although I doubt they actually know that much about the program, since they’re mostly focused on the SEC and ACC

 

[PonyBoy]

I think either @PonyBoy or @HuskerBaseball said he had arm issues

Correct, he needs some type of surgery. I expect him in the lineup though, unless something drastically changes during the winter break.

Cliffs? Don't have a subscription.

I don't have a sub either, but D1 has been bad the last 2 off-seasons with their fall camp reporting.

@Alum-Ni do you have a sub to share the article? @HuskerBaseball do you?

 

[SlumpBuster]

2025 RPI of the teams we play in 2026. Does not include the Desert Invitational teams we will play to start the season.

Louisville - 27
KSU - 40
FSU - 11
Auburn - 5
UNO - 197
SDSU - 287
MSU - 143
Missouri State - 174
Maine - 195
Wichita State - 167
Michigan - 70
Indiana - 68
Pickle Smoochers - 38
PSU - 85
Kansas - 30
Oregon - 20
USC - 39
Illinois - 115
Ohio State - 232
Cockeye - 80
Minnesota - 109

Sorted

5 - Auburn
11- FSU
20 - Oregon
27 - Louisville
30 - Kansas
38 - Pickle Smoochers
39 - USC
40 - KSU
68 - Indiana
70 - Michigan
80 - Cockeye
85 - Pedo
109 - Minnesota
115 - Illinois
143 - MSU
167 - Wichita State
174 - Missouri State
195 - Maine
197 - UNO
232 - Ohio State (DANG)
287 - SDSU

 

[SlumpBuster]

Agreed. Unfortunate statement maybe on where we are program wise. Very mature kid though.

He's a great recruit and I'm excited about what he can do, but as I've said before on here, I hope people can temper expectations because it's really tough for a true frosh to be D1 ready day 1.

I think the coaches can definitely help him manage the pitchers though.

But he had a great fall for sure.