Chris Pyles

[Colton Pyles @ColtonPyles8]

Great summer with my @Kybaseballclub Scout brothers.
26-11-1
MPL & PG WWBA Bluegrass Champs
.417 BA
.496 OBP
1.027 OPS
40 H
10 XBH (9 2B, 1 3B)
24 RBI
10/11 SB
.984 Fielding % (61 TC, 33A, 27 PO, 8 DP)
@Ak282625 @CoachDurham6 @C_H_Baseball

[Chris Pyles @chris_247477]

Let’s go, @DHoy_3! 💪

[Southern Maryland Blue Crabs @BlueCrabs]

Read the latest release on Dylan Hoy:
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From Coaching To Playing, How Making Transition With Ease
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📰: https://t.co/Fj1Lowde7j

[Adam K @TortsIllustrtd]

This is everything right with sports

[St. Louis Cardinals @Cardinals]

"You don't boo nobodies" 🤷‍♂️

[Trent Mongero @CoachMongero]

Players: Want to get noticed? Recruited? have more post HS opportunities? Then be different. I mean truly different.

Got to be willing to set yourself apart, in more ways than just your physical tools. It starts by being willing to read this long post and then let it marinate into your game ….

Tools get noticed, yes. But so do many other things. Things that players don’t seem to understand the importance of. College coaches, now more than ever, want players who can drop the tired acts…. The show… and be “a baseball player”… not just someone who “plays baseball.” There is a big difference…

What does that mean? In summer ball… Come to the field looking like a player. Leave the crocks for the beach. Wear uniform correctly. Take out headphones when doing team activities. Put phone away all game and then… take pride in your warm-up routine, pregame hitting routine, stretching, and throwing routines. Regardless of what your teammates are doing and what they might think!!! Take pride in your between inning reps. Everything matters.

Play the game with energy and focus. Be a great teammate. Keep your focus on your team and winning. Yes, winning matters. Coaches want winners. Players who bring that edge win at the next level. Playing to win requires focus, intensity, hunger. Anyone can play when it does not matter who wins…. There is very little pressure in that arena.

Right now we live in a world of showcase tooled players (throw hard, hit hard/far, run fast, etc.), but they don’t know how to play the game. Get noticed, by demonstrating high baseball IQ and situational awareness. Hustle on and off the field. Control your emotions when you fail and bounce back on the next pitch…. and when you succeed… act like you have done it before… old school style. Yea… I promise you will get noticed.

Call me old and outdated. You would have the old part right. As far as knowing what wins, I put my money on what I stated in this tweet! Hear me clearly, genuine emotion is cool. Strike out 16 in a 7 inning game, throw a no hitter, hit a walk off bomb… authentic emotion is cool.

However, the staring down opponents, dancing around the mound or bases with the “look at me” focus is a tired act. If you are elite tooled, someone will still take a chance on you. But you might not get all the opportunities you should. And for the rest of the players, you become just another tired act.

In the end, college baseball is about winning. That’s what the coaches are paid to do. They get fired when they don’t win. So ask yourself “what do I do that sets me apart from the rest of the baseball players on this planet?” The answer better be… “I have tools that match that level and I have make-up that wins.” “I’m not like the others.”

So start now: become the player that is different. The one who cares. The one who plays the game right. The one who respects the game and opponents. The one who wins!!! The one colleges are looking desperately for.

@DirtBroUSA

[Super 70s Sports @Super70sSports]

What was the first ballpark where you saw a major league game? I’ll start: Riverfront Stadium.

[Louisville Baseball @LouisvilleBSB]

A special message from #⃣1⃣3⃣

#GoCards

[Southern Maryland Blue Crabs @BlueCrabs]

2026 South Division Champions… Our Way 🦀

[Southern Maryland Blue Crabs @BlueCrabs]

Clubhouse view being south Division Champs! 🦀🏆

[Chris Pyles @chris_247477]

@CoachBeede Great content, Coach

[Lake Country DockHounds @DockHounds]

NO FLY ZONE WHEN JAKE SNIDER’S OUT THERE🚨

Snider robbed this one to minimize the damage.

MKE 5 | LC 0🐶

#HowlYeah

[American Association @AA_Baseball]

Jake Snider showing off in the outfield with an AMAZING catch🙌

Watch #MKEvsLC on https://t.co/7YlTwkTSyo

@DockHounds

[Chris Pyles @chris_247477]

@AlvaradoJose15 Enjoy champ! 🏆

[Hurrdat Sports @HurrdatSports]

After a win on Father’s Day, Erik Paulsen Jr. had an emotional moment in the dugout. Erik Jr. lost his father, Erik Sr., last July, and today he went 3-for-5 to help force Game 3 in the national championship series. 🩵

[Prep Baseball Kentucky @PrepbaseballKY]

Colton Pyles 29’, (@C_H_Baseball), goes down and gets this ball and shoots into opposite field. Shows oppo power and a good approach.

[Micah Beutell @Micah_CBC]

🚨GIVEAWAY🚨

I will pick one lucky follower who likes this post to receive a 2026 CWS Yeti!

Rules:

1. Follow me & @CollegeBaseCNT
2. Like this Post
3. Repost = 2nd entry

Winner will be picked on Thursday at 1pm CT

[Aubrey Kearns @AubreyKearns26]

Thankful to the Lord and all those who’ve helped me in this journey. I’m grateful to announce I’ve committed to Oklahoma State University.

[Jon Karcich @JonKarcich]

That dude that just stole home! Armani Guzman...
That's the same kid who hit .053 his freshman year and was a role player. A Swiss Army knife for his club.

He always had the speed tool. Freshman year they used him mainly as a pinch runner. 1 for 19 at the dish. Most guys would have transferred or quit. He went to a summer league, made adjustments, only hit .248, but came back more prepared.

2025, back on the bench again. Hadn't started in 30 days. Coach noticed two pinch-hit singles in a blowout loss and put him back in the lineup.

He didn't try to do too much, he just contributed. Trust was being built.

About a year ago in the regionals, he hit a walk-off sacrifice fly. Then 4-for-5 with the go-ahead RBI in the 8th. The 2025 Regional MVP batted 9th.

His coach said it best.

"His mentality has been so spot on. You want to talk about a confident guy that's not arrogant. He is in such a strong place competing right now that he knows he'll have success." Coach Sabins, 2025

He wasn't confident because things were going well. Things were going well because he stayed confident!

By 2026 he's breaking the all-time stolen base record at WVU, delivering walk-off hits, and helping send West Virginia to Omaha for the first time in program history.

As a former D1 coach and 7th rounder, I love this story because it's real. The work wins. The best players fail the most, they just refuse to let it stop them.

In a world that wants everything now, let's play the long game.

Belief comes before ability. Always has. Let's let the next wave of athletes embrace this mentality, stay consistent, and stay persistent.

I went down a rabbit hole on Guzman because I saw it wasn't always easy and smooth sailing for him, as that's how most athletes on TV appear. Adversity will always show up. It's how we keep that belief and keep improving. Kudos to Guzman and WVU, fun to follow as a baseball fan.

I pulled much of this information from WVU sports, domainpost and 247sports.

@WVUBaseball @mani_ftn

[Perfect Game Ohio Valley @PG_OhioValley]

‘29 OF Colton Pyles (KY) collected a couple hits & 3 RBIs, including this triple (clip). Projection to the frame. EZ impact out front. #OVSelect

[Chris Pyles @chris_247477]

Yes sir!

[zakery spurrier @ZakerySpurrier]

Been dreaming of this since I was a kid! Go cards!❤️