A pitcher has parlayed a couple of transfers and a 1-5 record into a scholarship offer. It doesn’t happen often, yet Baylor’s Cameron Wolfe did it.
Wolfe transferred from Boyd-Buchanan, spent a year pitching on the Red Raiders’ JV while moving to Brandon Turner’s Xposure baseball for summer and fall competition. After posting a 1-5 record last spring – prior to a summer against top-drawer travel baseball competition – Wolfe wound up receiving and accepting an offer from Belmont University.
“You know, the league we play in is very good. I really don’t think about the record but how well you pitch. I worried more about going out and throwing the best I could,” the lanky Wolfe said.
Wolfe also was pitching his first season for Baylor’s varsity, and he started the season late after coming off basketball. He actually pitched last year at 150-155 pounds but has since gotten stronger and added 10-15 pounds.
“These guys starting here now in August and September, they’re lifting four days per week and getting in speed and agility two days a week,” said Billy Berry, who’s preparing for his second season coaching the Red Raiders. “Guys that are just playing baseball are getting a whole dose and it’s really a building that a guy coming from basketball wasn’t getting.