Quote Originally Posted by The Federalist Engineer View Post
Understood, but doesn't fall ball settle who makes the team? When it comes to pitchers. MSU may not have 5 absolutely healthy and/or SEC-Caliber pitchers going to 2023. Barely can staff for a weekend these days.

Assuming Cade, Gartman (maybe not), and Nixon go pro. Hunt and Stinnett graduate. That leaves (1) Dohm, (2) Holcombe, (3) Cijntje, and (4) Loftin for SEC work. There are not enough SWAC games for the rest of the cats. I do expect 1 or 2 of the four 2022-Freshmen to make a leap, but that's a crap shoot these days. Butch's kids used to make leaps, we have not seen many leapers with Fox players. We have generally seen players regress horribly to double digit ERAs.
Don't forget Siary, Gibbs, Tapper, and Logan Forsythe. We should also get Simmons and Auger back as well.

I think our guys can make a big jump with some coaching.

We also have a couple of JUCO prospects that I think can help- Will Passeau and Cam Shuelke. Shuelke dominated the Cape Cod League and I think he is an instant impact guy for the bullpen. Passeau will compete for a rotation spot or a spot in the bullpen.