Quote Originally Posted by bulldogcountry1 View Post
That's where I'm coming from. Who is really available at this point?

How are you going to upgrade talent level AND end up with guys who are the type of player you want?
Their scholarships are probably going to be used at least some with the guys we are bringing in 2018 if I had to guess. That's where we are going to add the talent in at.

Here's the reality with our pitching staff:

Rotation candidates- Pilkington (lock), Ashcraft, McQuary, France, Billingsley, and maybe Cole Gordon. Obviously the guys that make it will be moved to the bullpen and Gordon may be much better there anyway.

Primary bullpen guys- Price, Self, Leibelt, Barlow, and Blake Smith. Probably Cole Marsh and Chad Bryant as well. And then as I said you have the guys who don't get spots added to the bullpen. Plus the Tommy John guys that are healthy.

So as you see that's how a guy like a Plumlee or a Jolly who pitched a lot gets pushed down. Rigby is leaving because he is not getting along with Henderson. I think he's a good pitcher and he could help us but I think the odds are high that there could be problems if he feels strongly about Henderson and can't patch things up. Mahoney has been hurt from Tommy John and it doesn't look like he will recover from it. Cann has had issues with Bragg's practice habits for awhile so if he leaves it would shock no one. Blaylock per rumor has an arm injury. I'm not sure what his long range plan is since he still has a JUCO option if he wants to take it and maybe be a DH for a year with Northwest CC or someone like that and then return or if he's just gone which is likely the case.