Tyler Gilbert '26 Recruiting Profile

My name is Tyler Gilbert.  I live in Crowley, Texas and will graduate in 2026.  I am a home school sophomores and I play for the Mansfield Knights, a competitive home school team. I have been playing baseball since I was four years old. 

I love baseball for the competitiveness and team atmosphere.  I am a true utility player, however my preferred position is pitcher, I love the “game on the line” situations where I need to shut it down and that is where I excel.  My  goal is to be a two-way player in college and beyond.  

I have played basketball and football.  I played football my 7th grade year at Godley Middle School.  I love sports, but my passion is baseball and it has always been my favorite – both to play and watch. 

I just completed the 2023

summer ball season with Cover All Bases out of Arlington, Texas.

My passion for baseball extends to the extra work I put in, both in private lessons and several skills camps.  I have attended several baseball camps at Dallas Baptist University; however, I’ve also attended camps at Texas Christian and with the clubs I’ve been with.  I took a catching clinic with Jonathan Lucroy of the California Angels and that is where my passion for catching came from.  I have been taking private catching, middle infield, first base and hitting lessons from Skyler Ewing (formerly with the Giants and Brewers MiLB and  the Cleburne Railroaders).  I have taken pitching lessons since I was 10.  My current pitching coach is Brendan Bell of the Cleburne Railroaders.

As a utility player, my favorite positions are Pitch middle infield, but I also play 3B, 1B and outfield- wherever the coach needs me I will play.  Pitching is my absolute favorite.  I have five pitches – Fastball, Change Up, Cutter, Curveball and Sinker. I have also been working on a knuckle ball.  My best pitches are my Fastball and Sinker.  This year I made the decision after discussions with my coaches to go to a PO and I pitch both Varsity and JV, depending on the need.  My favor order in the rotation is closer/saver and I thrive under that stress. I do, however, sometimes start and can succeed in that order in the rotation. 

I am leaning towards a business degree and am interested in the financial sector.

My strongest desire is to play baseball in college.  I prefer a smaller college – rural or rural feeling.  My favorite campus I’ve been to so far is Dallas Baptist University. I would like to play with a smaller Christian college but I am open to other opportunities - including JUCO.- anywhere in the country.  I prefer the middle of the country- especially mountain states and the Midwest. 

I look forward to being a student athlete.  I love to learn and experience new things.  

Outside of baseball, I really enjoy spending time with my friends, traveling, doing charity work with my church and hanging with my dogs.  I have traveled all over the country and to London, Albania and Istanbul.  In 2022 I went on a mission trip with my church to Albania.  We took school supplies to small mountain village schools and food to families.  My friend and I took baseball equipment to them and taught them to play baseball.  I look forward to more mission trips in the future.

Thank you for looking at my NCSA profile and I look forward to connecting with you and communicating with you over the next few years.