re: Paul Mainieri media availability - Pre-P&G WS

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Midweek Starters:

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Kaminer again, unless they want him as a 7th or 8th inning guy on the weekends. Of the freshmen, I could see Edwards or Millas here.

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Long:

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Hilliard. But he could also slide back to the 7th or SU, as a contrast to whoever started or Fontenot after him.

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LOOGY:

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Brady. (George as the similarly short relief guy from the right side)

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7th: SU:

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Floyd and Storz.

Beck, Vietmeier, Coleman, Hellmers, Edwards, Millas all getting an inning here and there. Beck will probably get more innings, or be in a more prominent role than I am projecting. Vietmeier still seems to be having trouble with home runs. I don't think any of the other freshmen (Rice, Fowler, Money) have stepped up enough for weekend innings. Maybe Money, but if he's just FB/CH with no breaking ball, I don't think they'll trust him on the weekends.

This is all just a crapshoot at this point, with the lack of information we've been getting. We have almost no info on how any of the freshmen are doing.

Kendall Rogers was high on Kaminer and Hasty from what he said on the D1 Podcast. I don't think he's written the LSU report yet though.

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Coleman was one of my favorite recruits. Had some nice hitting tape too. Kid is a nice little athlete who I think finds a role

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If the roster wasn't so crowded, or if we didn't have Kaminer, I think he'd be the LHP they would groom as a starter. And that's probably still in the plans for him.

I've said this before, but before the draft he was posting videos to Flatground on Twitter where he was touching 95.

New roster limit rules will be in place going forward:

2022 - 40
2023 - 38
2024 - 35

There are similar phase ins for how many guys can be on scholarship, but since we don't know who is and isn't any, I only track roster spots.

We currently have 54 players for 40 spots for next season. But 25 of those 54 have at least some draft risk, depending on how long the draft is. We won't have any issue getting below 40.

Didn’t Coleman have insane strikeout numbers this Summer?

Big Ten is going conference only for diamond sports. That takes away our Illinois series.

UC Riverside's coach (Troy Percival) just resigned and there are rumors that they will fold all athletics.

There is still a chance the SEC goes conference only. Or conference +1 weekend series.