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Texas A&M infielder Chris Hacopian practices Aug. 28, 2025 in College Station.<\/p>\n
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Texas A&M infielder Chris Hacopian practices Aug. 28, 2025 in College Station.<\/p>\n
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Texas A&M head baseball coach Michael Earley (right) talks with a player during practice Aug. 28, 2025 in College\u00a0Station.<\/p>\n
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COLLEGE STATION \u2014 All\u00a0offseason,\u00a0Texas A&M baseball<\/a> had to hear about what it failed to accomplish last year.<\/p>\n From preseason consensus No. 1 team in the country to watching its season end against the eventual national champions in the SEC Tournament<\/a>, nothing went as the Aggies expected in 2025.\u00a0<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n Monday marked a new chance for the Aggies to redeem themselves. The team starts its season in about a month, Feb. 13 against Tennessee Tech.<\/p>\n MORE:\u00a0Texas A&M baseball’s Caden Sorrell and Chris Hacopian named preseason All-Americans<\/a><\/p>\n “I think we did all that in the fall,” pitcher Josh Stewart<\/a> said about rehashing last year’s struggles. “But I think today, it’s just gotta be a clean slate.”<\/p>\n Texas A&M head coach Michael Earley talks to players during the SEC Baseball Tournament Quarterfinals game between LSU and Texas A&M on May 23, 2025, at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium in Hoover, Ala. (Photo by David\u00a0Buono\/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)<\/p>\n Icon Sportswire\/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images<\/p>\n With 2025 in the rearview, A&M baseball ‘on a mission’ this year<\/p>\n The Aggies weren’t ranked in Baseball America’s preseason top 25 last week and came in at No. 25 in D1 Baseball’s poll<\/a> released Monday. It’s a far cry from the team that finished 2024 just a win shy of the national title, then came into 2025 with four preseason All-Americans.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n But such a fall off is predictable\u00a0after a 30-26 finish and 11-19 record in conference play. Despite the drastic change in preseason hype, head coach Michael Earley likes what he has seen from his players.<\/p>\n “I just think we have a group of guys that know we’re on a mission, and there’s no one that’s going to get in the way of that mission,” said Earley, who’s entering his second season as the Aggies’ skipper.<\/p>\n Texas A&M infielder Chris Hacopian practices Aug. 28, 2025 in College Station.<\/p>\n Sydney Stevenson\/Sydney Stevenson\/Texas A&M Athletics<\/p>\n This offseason, A&M signed the 18th-ranked portal class, which included star Maryland shortstop Chris Hacopian<\/a>, who earned second-team All-American honors. With returning sluggers like\u00a0Gavin Grahovac<\/a> and Caden Sorrell<\/a>, who also earned second-team All-American honors, the Aggies once again project to have serious power in the middle of their lineup.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n Earley cited the team’s approach in the fall as a reason he’s bullish on its chances.<\/p>\n “I just saw this very mature approach for the day-to-day, from top to bottom,” Earley said. “I got some really good leaders that have been through all types of different situations in this program.”<\/p>\n Aggies acknowledge chip on their shoulder this season\u00a0<\/p>\n Grahovac, who missed all but six games last season, is one of the leaders Earley mentioned. The third baseman said he has been fully healthy for a couple of months now and is eager to get back on the diamond.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n The 2024 SEC freshman of the year is clear about the message he’s conveying to the locker room after the team’s 13th-place SEC finish.<\/p>\n “Last year is last year,” Grahovac said. “Every year’s a new year, for any team, whether you did good or whether you did bad. So, of course, we have a chip on our shoulder, but that’s how you should play every single game.”<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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