TCU on SI: TCU Baseball Receives Devastating Injury News Ahead of 2026 Season

[TopFrog]

TCU Baseball Receives Devastating Injury News Ahead of 2026 Season​

Frogball will be without a key piece of their pitching staff in the upcoming season.​

Carson Wersal

TCU Baseball received some unfortunate injury news on Thursday. D1 Baseball's Kendall Rogers reported that Louis Rodriguez, one of the better pitchers on staff, would miss the 2026 season, requiring Tommy John surgery.

It's an understatement to say that Rodriguez is important to head coach Kirk Saarloos' pitching staff. The senior has completed three years as a Horned Frog, logging 148.0 total innings on the mound with a career 3.95 ERA. In that time, he's become one of Saarloos' most reliable relievers out of the bullpen.

Last season, Rodriguez was one of the bright spots out of the TCU bullpen, finishing the season with a career-best 3.19 ERA. In both of the right-hander's first two seasons, he held an ERA upwards of 4.10.

Read the rest at https://www.si.com/college/tcu/base...injury-news-ahead-of-2026-season-01kc7jdwq7y7

 

[TopFrog]

Well damn. Second consecutive season we lose a key arm before the season begins.

 

[tcudoc]

I wish him a full recovery. He will be missed.

 

[FroggleRock]

Well damn. Second consecutive season we lose a key arm before the season begins.

I think it’s the third actually. This one sucks

 

[Paint It Purple]

Starting to strongly believe these high leverage fall seasons are too much for young arms.