{"id":420005,"date":"2026-08-29T07:06:35","date_gmt":"2026-08-29T07:06:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/420005\/"},"modified":"2026-08-29T07:06:35","modified_gmt":"2026-08-29T07:06:35","slug":"baseball-star-luke-esquivel-transfers-to-southlake-carroll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/420005\/","title":{"rendered":"Baseball star Luke Esquivel transfers to Southlake Carroll"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1U2A0735A.JPG\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"674\" title=\"Grapevine pitcher Luke Esquivel points to his dugout in celebration after a base hit in the Class 5A Division II state championship game against Kingwood Park on Friday, June 6, 2025 at Dell Diamond in Round Rock, Texas.\" alt=\"Grapevine pitcher Luke Esquivel points to his dugout in celebration after a base hit in the Class 5A Division II state championship game against Kingwood Park on Friday, June 6, 2025 at Dell Diamond in Round Rock, Texas.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        Grapevine pitcher Luke Esquivel points to his dugout in celebration after a base hit in the Class 5A Division II state championship game against Kingwood Park on Friday, June 6, 2025 at Dell Diamond in Round Rock, Texas.<\/p>\n<p>                Miles Meador<\/p>\n<p>            Special to the Star-Telegram<\/p>\n<p>Fort Worth-area baseball prodigy Luke Esquivel has transferred from Grapevine to five-time state champion Southlake Carroll, his father told the Star-Telegram Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Esquivel, an LSU pledge and the 2025 Star-Telegram Player of the Year, is <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.perfectgame.org\/Players\/Playerprofile.aspx?ID=684081\">Perfect Game\u2019s No. 15 recruit<\/a> nationwide in the class of 2028. He led Grapevine to a<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/sports\/dfwvarsity\/article308058515.html\"> Class 5A Division II state championship<\/a> in 2025 as a freshman, hitting .434 with 56 hits, 38 runs scored, 31 RBIs, 16 doubles and 25 walks; he was just as dominant on the mound with a 1.459 ERA and 122 strikeouts.<\/p>\n<p>A district executive committee hearing will determine Esquivel\u2019s athletic eligibility, Esquivel\u2019s father said. The hearing has not yet been scheduled.<\/p>\n<p>Esquivel was also a key contributor to Grapevine\u2019s team in the 2026 season. The Mustangs, while searching for a historic championship three-peat, were<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/sports\/dfwvarsity\/article315579108.html\"> removed from the playoffs<\/a> after self-reporting an eligibility violation.<\/p>\n<p>As a prospect, Esquivel has elite tools. His fastball reaches the mid 90s, and he can mix in sliders and change-ups. If he is eligible to play, he\u2019ll be the Fort Worth-area\u2019s top recruit in the 2027 season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"summary gray\">This story was originally published August 26, 2026 at 1:30 PM.<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/profile\/276018746\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1787987195_871_Charles_Baggarly (1).jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Profile Image of Charles Baggarly\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/profile\/276018746\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Charles Baggarly<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/p>\n<p>            Charles Baggarly is a high school sports editor and reporter for the Fort Worth Star Telegram. He graduated from TCU in 2023 with a bachelor\u2019s degree in journalism and served as TCU 360\u2019s sports editor. Connect with Charles on Twitter or via email.\n            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Grapevine pitcher Luke Esquivel points to his dugout in celebration after a base hit in the Class 5A&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":420006,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-420005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth-headlines","tag-fort-worth-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420005","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=420005"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420005\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/420006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=420005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=420005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=420005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}