He was the righty your roster projections said we needed. He was the closer for Kennesaw and he's probably the most exciting and polished bullpen arm to come in. He likely replaces Craytor/Crowl as high leverage righty out of the pen. Pitched in the Cape and did ok there. He could reduce walks a bit but his 28% K rate is quite attractive. I'm having some trouble digging up velocity numbers on these guys so I appreciate you finding that on Staiano and VanDehatert. They should be solid pen additions. I think the pen is pretty solid now. I wonder if they hope one of Clement or Crowl to return and just using the portal as leverage in draft talks. I would expect they turn their attention towards a catcher. There's too much uncertainty there. I have full faith in Oxendine developing eventually, but he needs more experience in the ACC. His dad having overseen the development of high quality catchers at Coastal (now Gamecocks) makes me confident in his eventual ascendance to the backstop throne, but having not played much last year I expect the starter is in the portal. ** Edited by Vawter Tech at 6/24/2026, 10:33:23 AM