College Baseball Central Countdown - Konnor Pilkington article

No new info here for anyone who pays attention to baseball, but a nice overview of Pilkington's MSU career so far and potential in the future, part of College Baseball Central's countdown to opening day:

66 Days to Go - Konnor Pilkington

Here are some of the other countdown posts about opponents on the 2018 Diamond Dawgs' schedule in case you're interested:

97 Days to Go - Matt Wallner (Southern Miss)
85 Days to go - Tristan Pompey (Kentucky)
81 Days to Go - Jake Slaughter (LSU)
75 Days to Go - Blaine Knight (Arkansas)
72 Days to Go - T.J. Sikkema (Mizzou)
59 Days to Go - Casey Mize (Auburn)
53 Days to Go -Braden Shewmake (Texas A&M)
51 Days to Go - Florida's starting rotation

I know I may have bad memory, but didn't we play in the USM Regional? Article states we were at home for Regional.......

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Originally Posted by rolodawg

I know I may have bad memory, but didn't we play in the USM Regional? Article states we were at home for Regional.......

While we could argue that State owned Hattiesburg that weekend, you are correct. I think the main guy on that site does a decent job, but he's more of a blogger than a journalist and doesn't appear to have any help copy-editing.

If Mangum doesn't punch any walls then we might have a pretty good offense to go with some nasty pitching. Pilk is the type of ace that gets teams to Omaha. If we have guys live up to potential then this squad has a great chance to put up some more things on the outfield wall. You don't replace Rooker but an improved Mangum along with Stovall and LA should make us really tough up the middle if we don't leave LA at 3rd. If we can stay healthy then we could be better than last year.

We should get more pop out of Vansau and MacNamee so hopefully that will make up for some of the power lost by the SEC player of the year. Mangum has a chance to be the 3rd bulldog in a row to win the batting title with his 2nd. Man I love baseball. I am already fired up.

Who projects at 1B?

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Originally Posted by rolodawg

I know I may have bad memory, but didn't we play in the USM Regional? Article states we were at home for Regional.......

This is OUR State! Even the southern portion, were Konner, Lindgren, Rea, and Holder came from

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Originally Posted by Madisonmd

Who projects at 1B?

Cann videos say Macnamee with decent depth

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Originally Posted by Tbonewannabe

If Mangum doesn't punch any walls then we might have a pretty good offense to go with some nasty pitching. Pilk is the type of ace that gets teams to Omaha. If we have guys live up to potential then this squad has a great chance to put up some more things on the outfield wall. You don't replace Rooker but an improved Mangum along with Stovall and LA should make us really tough up the middle if we don't leave LA at 3rd. If we can stay healthy then we could be better than last year.

We should get more pop out of Vansau and MacNamee so hopefully that will make up for some of the power lost by the SEC player of the year. Mangum has a chance to be the 3rd bulldog in a row to win the batting title with his 2nd. Man I love baseball. I am already fired up.

We should be OK. This is Cann's first full offseason with our players and I think the results will be pretty good.