Texas Tech baseball: Red Raiders hit hard by MLB defections

CORAL GABLES, FL - JUNE 2: Head coach Tim Tadlock #6 of the Texas Tech Red Raiders looks on as the players warm up prior to the game against the Miami Hurricanes in during the Coral Gables Regional at the NCAA Baseball Tournament on June 2, 2014 at Alex Rodriguez Park at Mark Light Field in Coral Gables, Florida. Miami defeated Texas Tech 2-1 in ten innings to force a championship game. ((Photo by Joel Auerbach/Getty Images)

The Texas Tech baseball program will have to replace a number of its top players from the abbreviated 2020 season after the MLB recently plundered Tim Tadlock’s talent pool.