JCooke93 said:

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pack2010 said:

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JCooke93 said:

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All I can say about the Opening Weekend Starting Rotation is That it's Probably Going To Be
Fri Jr
Sat FR
Sun Jr

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Im guessing

Reid
Villaman
Swinney

I think Swinney has the most high end stuff for Friday night, but Reid will eat more innings and keep the bullpen a little more fresh, especially for opening weekend.

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I am not going to say but that's not going to be the Starting rotation on Opening weekend

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Harrison?

ShaggyWolf said:

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JCooke93 said:

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pack2010 said:

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JCooke93 said:

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All I can say about the Opening Weekend Starting Rotation is That it's Probably Going To Be
Fri Jr
Sat FR
Sun Jr

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Im guessing

Reid
Villaman
Swinney

I think Swinney has the most high end stuff for Friday night, but Reid will eat more innings and keep the bullpen a little more fresh, especially for opening weekend.

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I am not going to say but that's not going to be the Starting rotation on Opening weekend

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Harrison?

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I can neither confirm or deny

We will be fine either way just relax and stay calm it's a 56 game season so just remember that

4 Days

3 Days

I am so ready for Friday to get here and get baseball season under way. Real excited to see what this year's team can do. From what I can tell and have read, we have plenty of speed on the team. Not sure what our power numbers are going to look like though. Hopefully Chris Villaman makes the starting rotation and Noah Soles cracks the starting lineup. GO PACK!!!

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I am so ready for Friday to get here and get baseball season under way. Real excited to see what this year's team can do. From what I can tell and have read, we have plenty of speed on the team. Not sure what our power numbers are going to look like though. Hopefully Chris Villaman makes the starting rotation and Noah Soles cracks the starting lineup. GO PACK!!!

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Noah will probably crack the Starting lineup soon and Chris will probably be in the Starting rotation either Tennessee Tech Series or Big10 vs ACC Challenge Baseball Tournament

Pretty decent pitching piece out to start the year

I guess it's kind of public knowledge but Cam Cotter is out until mid April, hopefully. Back surgery.

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I guess it's kind of public knowledge but Cam Cotter is out until mid April, hopefully. Back surgery.

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Not good at all. Silver lining is it's not an arm injury

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Agreed. Probably a top 5-6 arm on our staff. Definitely a big loss, hopefully he recovers nicely and we have him fresh for the meat of the schedule

2 more Days

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I am very surprised about this but I like it

Tough start to the season injury wise

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No Reid, interesting.

Man I'm pumped. Love baseball season.

ShaggyWolf said:

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No Reid, interesting.

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He's been sick and missed about a week of practice. Easing him back into it it sounded like

pack2010 said:

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No Reid, interesting.

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He's been sick and missed about a week of practice. Easing him back into it it sounded like

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yup same with Chris Villaman

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No Reid, interesting.

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He's been sick and missed about a week of practice. Easing him back into it it sounded like

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Ah. Thanks for the info.

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No Reid, interesting.

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He's been sick and missed about a week of practice. Easing him back into it it sounded like

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reid And chirs Pitch a 1/inning Simulator game yesterday

Didn't realize Tyler McDonough was a draft eligible sophomore. Not ideal!

pack2010 said:

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Didn't realize Tyler McDonough was a draft eligible sophomore. Not ideal!

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wait what

JCooke93 said:

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Didn't realize Tyler McDonough was a draft eligible sophomore. Not ideal!

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wait what

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Aaron Fitt of D1 baseball did a Q&A on reddit and said he could be a top 10 round pick this year. FYI the question was about NCSU prospects not named Patrick Bailey

" Yeah! Nick Swiney is another one of my favorite sleepers -- he had the best stuff on the staff last year, and that crazy strikeout rate (95 K in 56 IP) reflects it. Lefty who sits 90-94, and the changeup and breaking ball will both flash plus. I expect him to be the Friday guy this year and have a huge season; it's just a matter of throwing enough strikes, but I was so encouraged by the way he came on down the stretch last year. I also like Tyler McDonough, a draft-eligible sophomore, maybe a top-10-rounds guy. Compact frame with bat speed, switch-hitter, baseball rat, athletic enough to play second base (where he still needs some polishing) or center field. Very good player."

injuries!!!! Pretty much been the theme for our major sports this year.

pack2010 said:

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Didn't realize Tyler McDonough was a draft eligible sophomore. Not ideal!

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wait what

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Aaron Fitt of D1 baseball did a Q&A on reddit and said he could be a top 10 round pick this year. FYI the question was about NCSU prospects not named Patrick Bailey

" Yeah! Nick Swiney is another one of my favorite sleepers -- he had the best stuff on the staff last year, and that crazy strikeout rate (95 K in 56 IP) reflects it. Lefty who sits 90-94, and the changeup and breaking ball will both flash plus. I expect him to be the Friday guy this year and have a huge season; it's just a matter of throwing enough strikes, but I was so encouraged by the way he came on down the stretch last year. I also like Tyler McDonough, a draft-eligible sophomore, maybe a top-10-rounds guy. Compact frame with bat speed, switch-hitter, baseball rat, athletic enough to play second base (where he still needs some polishing) or center field. Very good player."

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noooo in my sad voice

JCooke, any type of breakdown or scouting report for what we can expect out of he two freshmen pitchers getting the nod this weekend?? Where do they sit fastball wise and what are their off speed offerings etc. just don't know a ton about them and too cheap for a BA subscription haha.

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JCooke, any type of breakdown or scouting report for what we can expect out of he two freshmen pitchers getting the nod this weekend?? Where do they sit fastball wise and what are their off speed offerings etc. just don't know a ton about them and too cheap for a BA subscription haha.

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Villaman Strike out 5 Gamecocks in 2innings during the fall game but he is not 100% healthy

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JCooke, any type of breakdown or scouting report for what we can expect out of he two freshmen pitchers getting the nod this weekend?? Where do they sit fastball wise and what are their off speed offerings etc. just don't know a ton about them and too cheap for a BA subscription haha.

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and and Willadsen has Pitch the last 3 Spring Friday's vs Swiney46

And both fr can hit the Baseball too

JCooke93 said:

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JCooke, any type of breakdown or scouting report for what we can expect out of he two freshmen pitchers getting the nod this weekend?? Where do they sit fastball wise and what are their off speed offerings etc. just don't know a ton about them and too cheap for a BA subscription haha.

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Villaman Strike out 5 Gamecocks in 2innings during the fall game but he is not 100% healthy

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I assume it's not anything that will get worse if we are trotting him out this weekend then?

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JCooke, any type of breakdown or scouting report for what we can expect out of he two freshmen pitchers getting the nod this weekend?? Where do they sit fastball wise and what are their off speed offerings etc. just don't know a ton about them and too cheap for a BA subscription haha.

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Villaman Strike out 5 Gamecocks in 2innings during the fall game but he is not 100% healthy

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I assume it's not anything that will get worse if we are trotting him out this weekend then?

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Pretty sure he's been sick, so nothing to really worry about. Just might be on a strict pitch count, like most pitchers, in case his arm isn't full strength.

But Villaman is a lefty that sits 89-92 with a high spin rate and advanced stuff for his age. Should be throwing a little harder sooner rather than later. Very highly recruited so it was a slight surprise he didn't get drafted high and ended up at ncsu. Big upside

Willadsen is a lanky righty who blew up on the mound his senior year of HS. Don't know too much about his stuff besides he sits around 90 with good secondary pitches, but he had a 0.35 ERA in 11 appearance (60 innings) and stuck out 102 hitters and walked 11. Players hit .099 against him. I read he had 3 no hitters his senior year. Most people think he could be in the low-mid 90s velocity wise when he fills out but he's really blown up the last 1-2 years.

Good stuff! Thx

Sux we've had all this warm weather and Friday/Saturday will be cold again. Oh well, they're kids right?