UVA Second Baseman Max Cotier Transfers to West Virginia

The switch portal provides and the switch portal takes. The Virginia baseball program has landed three switch commitments to date this offseason. This week, the Cavaliers misplaced a participant to the switch portal. Junior second baseman Max Cotier introduced he’s transferring to West Virginia in an Instagram put up on Wednesday. 

In three seasons in Charlottesville, Cotier appeared in 123 video games, together with 114 begins at second base. Cotier was the workforce’s beginning second baseman in each recreation in his first two seasons at UVA and he began all 60 of Virginia’s video games in 2021 as he helped the Cavaliers attain the School World Collection. 

This season, he began nearly all of the video games at second base, beginning in 36 of UVA’s 58 complete video games. The opposite 22 begins at second base went to freshman Justin Rubin, who was a part of a stellar first-year class that vastly exceeded expectations. Whereas we have no idea all the components that led to Cotier transferring to West Virginia, Rubin pushing him for taking part in time might have been a consideration as Cotier enters his senior 12 months. 

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Regardless of the case could also be, Cotier is now a Mountaineer and the Cavaliers will definitely miss his contributions. This season, Cotier appeared in 45 complete video games and recorded a .257 batting common, 35 hits, 24 runs, 23 RBI, and likewise registered a .980 fielding proportion at second base with solely three errors on the season. In his three years at UVA, Cotier hit .273 and amassed 75 runs, 120 hits, and 68 RBI. 

Justin Rubin will probably take Cotier’s place as Virginia’s full-time beginning second baseman, trying to construct off of a promising freshman marketing campaign. In 36 complete appearances, Rubin logged 87 at-bats, batting .333 and recording 29 hits, 19 runs, 13 RBI and a house run. 

Roster strikes like this have turn into the brand new norm in school athletics and no matter circumstances led Max Cotier to switch to West Virginia, it’s in all probability for one of the best. The Virginia baseball program is undoubtedly grateful to Cotier for the function he performed in serving to the Cavaliers attain the School World Collection for the fifth time. 

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