Drama continues to swirl surrounding Chase Meyer's departure from WVU

Things have only seemingly gotten messier surround the departure of Chase Meyer from the WVU baseball program earlier this week.

The news came earlier this week that Meyer had exited the program, with no further word from anyone representing the team on what had gone down to precipitate the move.

"I want to thank Chase for his contributions the past three years to our team and wish him the best in his future endeavors," coach Steve Sabins said in a release.

Now, further reporting has trickled out over the week, and it appears the Preseason All-American and All-Big 12 pitcher's break with the program was less-than-amicable, and has stirred controversey around the fanbase.

Steve Sabins kicks Chase Meyer off the team

Meyer, who was injured during the offseason and led the Mountaineers in wins on the mound last season, had seen limited action in two games against Georgia Southern and Liberty but did not play last weekend against Kennesaw State.

Reports indicate sources familiar with the situation have pinned the breakup an a locker room incident after a loss to Kennesaw in the final game of the series where Meyer and other players were questioning in-game coaching decisions and a schedule change that would add a midweek road trip to Marshall after the travelling three consecutive weekends in a row.

Sabins reportedly confronted Meyer, suspended him, and banned him from team facilities until further notice. Meyer was then dismissed from the program via text message by Sabins on Tuesday. This was later confirmed by his mother on X, formerly known as Twitter.

Meyer was later supported by former WVU player Keegan Allen, who claims Sabins played a role in cutting him from the team while he was an assistant after Allen suffered an injury in 2024, during head coach Randy Mazey's final year.

On the Country Roads Confidential podcast on Wednesday, Mike Casazza of EerSports, who was one of the original sources to confirm the news with Sabins, said he was not told off-the-record what happened by anyone representing the program, but discussed what he had heard from other sources and people in an unofficial capacity.

"I've heard this, and then people have told me this is absolutely true – this was sasalvageablevagable Tuesday morning and then it wasn't," Casazza said on the podcast. "I don't know how you could just one-time have an incident flare up and cut a guy from going from salvageable to severed, which makes me think that there was a line that was crossed somewhere and it couldn't go back to where it was."

"But that just makes me think that this was the continuation of something that reached the culmination."

And this tracks with our perhaps most recen update from someone close to Meyer, as he mother hinted on social media on Tuesday night that it was possible further discussions would be had between the parties in an attempt to mend the relationship and get Meyer back on the team. However, as of Thursday night, no new has surfaced.