I haven’t really mentioned him de-committing for football purposes, but there’s always that possibility. Especially when the Texas schools come calling; let’s be honest here: both Miami and UF (more so UF at this point due to Napier’s lack of recruiting success compared to Mario) are in that second tier where even when we have big dogs commit, we have to fend off the UGA’s/Bama’s/Texas’s/A&M/OSU’s of the college football world. Those schools have the luxury of sitting back and waiting, ready to cherry pick whomever they choose. And why shouldn’t they feel this way?
Now where I’m leaning pretty heavily (and have said this before), is that I think he goes pro in baseball. MLB organizations have placed a premium on talented and projectable high school athletes because they’re cheaper to sign longterm (edit - even though high schoolers usually get more $$ than college guys the deeper into the draft, these guys get more bank for their buck, hence why I say "cheaper". Probably should change that to "better investment").
. They love stockpiling talent on fresh and raw guys rather than grabbing college players that despite more proven, have a bit more wear and tear and usually demand more money.
Lagway was throwing mid 80’s as a 14-year old, and while I haven’t seen too much recent film on him, he’s definitely a guy that could go high enough to warrant a serious discussion as to whether he wants to even entertain college. He’s got plenty of tools from a baseball perspective - speed, a live arm, great fielding, hits gap-to-gap and displays a little bit of pop. If he can add some muscle to his frame, obviously that power aspect increases.
As of now, I’d say he goes pro out of high school.
