Going to add some stuff to your comment to make my point easier to read. I'm going to add their stats from last year and how many innings a weekend we can expect from these guys IF they take big, but possible steps:

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If it was me?

Friday- Loftin (ERA of 8.08 vs the only 2 tournament teams he faced. Say he goes 5 IP next year)
Saturday- Miami (4.8 ERA. 6IP)
Sunday- Holcombe (8.25 ERA. 5IP)

Middle relief- Simmons (will be good if he comes back strong from injury. 4IP) , Tapper (.309 avg against. 2IP), Siary (7.07 ERA, .299 avg against. 2IP) , Dohm (already OK, will be good if he takes a step. 4IP)
Set-up- Auger (will be good of he comes back strong from injury. 2IP)
Closer- Loo (8.10 ERA due to control issues. 3IP)

I by my count, Dohm and Miami are the only 2 proven arms. Need 2/2 giys coming off injury to pick up where they left off. Need 3 guys to fix control issues (Loftin, Loo, Holcombe) and need 2 more to dramatically increase their swing and miss stuff to bring the average against down.

All to have a combined 33 innings of pitching BEFORE injuries. Add in 7ish innings from JuCo and Fr and we'd have enough for SEC play after injuries.

My issue with all this? The idea what everyone will all make a massive jump. My guess is guys like Tapper and Siary don't pan out, maybe a guy coming off injury can't perform, say Holcombe can't work out control issues and gets pulled in the 3rd every Sunday. My guess is we loose about 8-10 innings due to guys you're counting on not panning out.

We really needed a Portal stud. No other way to say it. That would free up 5-6 innings of bullpen work where things really get sketchy.