{"id":362195,"date":"2026-07-05T23:29:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T23:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/362195\/"},"modified":"2026-07-05T23:29:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T23:29:08","slug":"houston-baseball-lands-promising-pitcher-from-texas-in-transfer-portal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/362195\/","title":{"rendered":"Houston Baseball Lands Promising Pitcher from Texas in Transfer Portal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5k\">The rebuild of Houston Cougars baseball continues to chug on. The new era under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/college\/houston\/baseball\/everything-you-need-to-know-about-new-houston-baseball-coach-will-davis\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">coach Will Davis <\/a>officially began earlier in June when he was officially introduced in a press conference at the Houston baseball facility, and it has featured plenty of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/college\/houston\/baseball\/houston-baseball-builds-new-transfer-portal-class\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">activity through the transfer portal. <\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5n\">The Cougars have worked quickly through the portal and have already gotten a handful of players for next season, most of them additions to the new pitching staff. It&#8217;s been clear that the coaches for Houston are focused on acquiring local and state talent to rebuild the team. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5q\">That trend continued this past week as the Cougars added another talented pitcher to the mix from the portal, and he didn&#8217;t have to travel very far. <\/p>\n<p>New Promising Starter for Houston<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"60\">Kade Bing, the senior transfer pitcher from Texas, announced his commitment to Houston this past week on Instagram. Bing spent the last two seasons with the Longhorns, where he posted a 3.67 ERA and 4-1 record in 18 games. That included 11 starts, with 10 of them in 2025. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"63\">He pitched 49 total innings and threw 27 strikeouts. Bing only gave up three home runs total against Texas, with an average opponent average of .218. Bing&#8217;s most successful season was in 2025, when he made 10 starts and posted a 3.16 ERA. He threw 23 strikeouts and had just nine walks that year. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"66\">He only made six appearances with one start last season, and a total of nine innings pitched. That was after a recovery from a shoulder injury. The 6-foot-1, 195-pound hurler started his collegiate career as a freshman at McLennan. Bing was quite successful in his one season there and went 9-2 with a 3.33 ERA. He had 16 appearances, including 11 starts, and had 75 strikeouts and 11 walks. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"69\">Bing is a native of West, Texas, and also attended West High School, where he was a four-year letterman and two-time All-District selection. He even threw a no-hitter. Bing has plenty of experience under his belt as a starter and even as a reliever. It will be interesting to see how Houston uses him, but considering he was primarily a starter during his healthy season with Texas makes that more likely. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-9\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6c\">It&#8217;s a great addition for the Cougars, who have a lot of areas of improvement coming off their worst season in the Big 12. There&#8217;s plenty of talent in the surrounding areas and in Texas for Houston <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/college\/houston\/baseball\/houston-new-coach-is-the-key-the-cougars-to-reaching-the-college-world-series\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">to turn this around<\/a>, and it looks like that is getting started.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.minutemediacdn.com\/platform\/google_discover_icon.svg\" class=\"shrink-0\"\/>Add us as a preferred source on Google<a aria-label=\"Follow si.com on Google News\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=si.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" class=\"flex h-[30px] w-[30px] shrink-0 items-center justify-center rounded-full bg-primary font-group-large text-sm font-medium text-white transition-colors hover:bg-secondary focus:bg-secondary md:w-auto md:gap-2.5 md:px-4 md:py-[5px]\">Follow<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The rebuild of Houston Cougars baseball continues to chug on. 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