The last nine months for Texas Longhorns baseball and head coach David Pierce have been nothing short of a roller coaster. After signing the nation’s No. 1 recruiting class in November, Pierce saw his Longhorns begin the 2020 season with a solid 14-3 record before COVID-19 cut their season short, robbing any hope of a 37th appearance in Omaha. Then last month’s MLB Draft saw Pierce lose four signees to the big leagues along with Bryce Elder and Duke Ellis.
But there’s a silver lining to everything, even to this. With the MLB Draft shortened from 40 rounds to five, the losses for the Longhorns could have been substantially worse.