Originally Posted by
BrunswickDawg
Doing the numbers, I'm not certain that we will be bringing in as many portal pitchers as a lot of people think.
Based on the OP - we have 5 certain to come back - Pico, Cade, KC, Cheatem, and Brandon Smith. We have 2 draft risks in Fristoe and Presto. That's seven spots.
We have 11 freshman pitchers and 1 JUCO in the signing class (+ 1 with TJ), and 2 portal guys. Plus 3 others in the signing class who have pitched in HS. That has us somewhere between 19-24 guys already vying for 14-17 spots.
Now, I'm a believer that you can never have too much quality pitching, but if I'm a portal kid looking at roster numbers I ain't coming unless you throw some guarantees. Otherwise, unless we plan on either dropping or redshirting a bunch of arms the numbers don't work.