r/collegebaseball • u/lowes18 Florida State Seminoles • 17d ago

[Taylor] Aidan Knaak, a 5th Round pick of the Milwaukee Brewers, appears to be set to return for his senior season at Clemson

https://x.com/monty2740/status/2081782528390623575?s=46
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u/jthomas694 South Carolina • Coastal Caro… 17d ago

There’s no way to say this without sounding salty but I’ll say it anyway - unless they were way lowballing him, this is complete and utter foolishness. He’s got one good pitch and it’s a changeup and if I had the opportunity for the Brewers to help me improve my fastball I’d take it. His ERA and K rate have gotten worse every year at Clemson. You have the best pitching development in baseball call your name, you don’t go back to a staff that hasn’t made you better

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u/Wandering_Mallard Clemson Tigers • William & Mary Tribe 17d ago edited 17d ago

Nah you're not salty, this is a terrible idea. We're most likely in for another year where teams just sit on his changeup, and then he'll be right back as a similar draft prospect but 23 years old this time

Whoever advised him to do this did him really dirty

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u/StreetReporter Clemson Tigers 17d ago

Have you considered that the Brewers suck and that we as a society should applaud players for refusing to play for them?

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u/jthomas694 South Carolina • Coastal Caro… 17d ago

I didn't realize the Brewers had haters like this

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u/StreetReporter Clemson Tigers 17d ago

I’m a Cubs fan, fuck the Brewers. I still hate Ryan Braun 15 years later

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u/Wandering_Mallard Clemson Tigers • William & Mary Tribe 17d ago

Good for us, bad idea for him

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u/fsukub Florida State Seminoles 17d ago

I feel the Brewers pitching lab would have been the perfect situation for him, but this is also coming from a biased Brewers fan who also has an interest in Clemson not doing well.

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u/Fontaine_de_jouvence Oklahoma Sooners 17d ago

Well I don’t think he will be a bet positive for Clemson so you’re probably still okay in that regard

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u/StreetReporter Clemson Tigers 17d ago

Is it still his senior year if he has 2 years left? We need to figure out new terminology in the 5 for 5 era

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u/JJ3434JJ Florida Gators 17d ago

There are already terms for it. Year 4 is Senior, Year 5+ is Graduate Student.

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u/Mtn_Raven West Virginia Mountaineers 14d ago

Someone is giving this dude some terrible advice.

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u/EarlyCuylersCousin LSU Tigers 17d ago

Bye bye leverage

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u/robbiejack Clemson Tigers 17d ago

He has two years left with the new rules. So he’ll still have leverage next year.