Now that the draft is over. Assuming all recruits besides Blake Mitchell make it to campus

Kind of a silly exercise because we’ll definitely get transfers.

Take this for what it’s worth

Trust in Jay with the portal. Good things are coming, just like last offseason. Our pitching is gonna be stacked.

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We'll be fine. The outfield defense will be the same - Kling in center will run everything down like Crews did and he has a stronger arm.

The infield defense will be better, overall. Tanks will get better, and our middle infield should be better, as Dugas was a weak spot and Thompson was error prone. 1st base is the only downgrade, but we should get more power production there. Neal is better all around than Millazo or Travinski, but we'll have all three if the strategy is to go with defense or the hot bat.

Offensively, is where we're going to have to have some guys step up. Guys like Neal, Kling, Frey, Braswell, and Jones really have a chance to step up and show better than they did last year. Travinski, Jones, White, Frey, and Kling should give us plenty of power. Pearson needs to be more consistent.

Honestly, this could be a really solid lineup and the talent is there. I'm not even counting on any Freshmen stepping up or additional transfers.
The portal could put this lineup over the top like Tommy White did last year.

We lost a lot of pitching, but have some solid depth coming back, especially if you count the transfers we know about. We'll go through the growing pains, I suspect, until Jay finally figures out who he can trust at the end of the year. Hurd is the only guy we can pencil in as a starter but we are going to have a lot of arm talent. We just need to figure out who can pitch...