2023 Pitching

Skippy just started a similar thread but I want to dive into the signing class a little deeper.

I only see 4 pitchers I would like to keep, Floyd, Reyzelman, Gervase and Coleman. Three of them are draft risk and Coleman is coming back from injury.

Devin Fontenot, Shaffer, Hilliard and Vietmeier are all out of eligibility.

I would say everyone else is expendable or on the bubble. Some will obviously stick around but they will have to prove their worth.

This won't be anything new for our draft gurus but it is a cliffnote view of our incoming class.

We have 14 pitchers signed, if you include Guidry who is a IF and pitcher. Out of that group I expect to lose 3 to the draft, could be more, could be less. Snelling looks all but gone as he has moved up to the first round of most mock drafts.

Noot, Shores, Misiorowski and Kennedy are high draft risk but I'm optimistically thinking we keep 2 of them.

As for potential starters, there are quite a few. Snelling, Noot, Shores and (JUCO) Misiorowski are draft risks more for potential than polish. It would be awesome to get them to campus. They could be immediate starters but I see them more as backend guys, similar to Reyzelman.

Kennedy has the control and three pitches you want from a starter. He is a lefty and really wants to go to college. I think he starts for us next year.

There are quite a few options in the rest of the class. Herring is a lefty that has three pitches and is very productive in HS. Ackenhausen and Siravo are two JUCO pitchers with starter potential. Bronzini is a big lefty with three pitches. Bucknam is the Canadian with potential. Moffet is a strongly built righty with three pitches and high intellect. I wouldn't be surprised to see a starter emerge from that group.

Applebey is a 6'8" JUCO with a big arm as well. DJ Primeaux might be the least heralded out of this group but I would said the same about Dutton last year. Primeaux is a lefty that can touch 90 so he isn't a scrub.

Then there is the whole portal thing and we are still looking at JUCO. I expect us to add some arms there, if we can pull a starter remains to be seen.

As Lester Earl and Skippy said, expect this current pitching staff to be gutted. With this signing class and the portal I expect the pitching to be a strength next year.

Hitting might take a drop with Berry and Doughty gone but it will still be a strength. Add a couple of infielders (Guidry, Romero, portal) and maybe a complete catcher (Neal or portal), like I think we will and this team is going to be really good next year.