In the era of the transfer portal as well as NIL, it is often assumed the best players from some teams will go to play for other teams who are traditionally better and have more NIL deals to offer a player. However for the nation’s leader in batting average — JJ Wetherholt — that is not necessarily true.
Wetherholt leads the country with a .466 batting average just as a sophomore. This means, he has to play one more season of collegiate baseball before he is draft eligible. Wetherholt joined Three Guys Before the Game Podcast with Tony Caridi, Hoppy Kercheval, and Brad Howe, and they asked the Mountaineer second baseman about his future plans.
“You already are a hot commodity and a lot of people are going to be coming at you and I’m not going to put you on the spot, but I’ll just say, I hope you stay,” Kercheval said to Wetherholt.
“I’m not going anywhere,” Wetherholt said.
Wetherholt has slugged 15 home runs, 56 RBIs, and 35 stolen bases.
“I chose West Virginia to finish my career here,” Wetherholt continued. “I don’t think it should even be up in the air. There’s no intention of me going anywhere.”
Wetherholt and the Mountaineers are one win away from clinching the Big 12 Regular Season Championship as they try to do it starting Thursday against Texas.
