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chrishirons
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There’s truth to pitching wins games but

To say that there hasn’t been any sort of development isn’t true. Yes, pitching wins games and championships, but college baseball is an a way more offensive sport than pro baseball - if that makes sense. There have been some good developments in arms since Szefc has been here - Ian Seymour, Zach Bryzcky, Peyton Alford, Shane Connolly, Anthony Simonelli, Graham Firoved all pitched in pro baseball in the past 365 days. Griffin Green was an unknown recruit and turned out to be a Friday starter. Drue Hackenberg has regressed from last year, sure, but he’s still shown flashes of how good he can be. Anthony Arguelles has pitched really, really well as a transfer. Brady Kirtner has emerged like Worley did last year. Kiernan Higgins went from a nobody to closing out Game 2 of a Super Regional. Part of the regression for some guys can likely be attributed to the fact that there is now scouting report on Tech this year. There really wasn’t much one last year because a lot of the arms that emerged were unknown entering that season. If you look at the overall picture, yeah I can see what you’re saying, but most ACC teams face the same problem Tech does - and it’s not having enough arms to get you through the weekend.
Posted: 05/13/2023 at 10:08 AM ET
(In response to this post by StautonHokie)

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Been saying it last 2 years
StautonHokie 05/13/23 07:25 AM ET
Hack regressed a little bit…
SouthFLHokie 05/13/23 02:09 PM ET
Our pitching staff last year was #1 in the ACC in team ERA (ACC play). So
VTScoop 05/13/23 01:42 PM ET
I’d say we’ve gotten a little better minimizing walks in the last month
hokiepro 05/13/23 12:48 PM ET
Agree with this summary. And would say losing those two you mention is
VTScoop 05/13/23 01:51 PM ET
There’s truth to pitching wins games but
chrishirons 05/13/23 10:08 AM ET
We lost 6 of 8 conference games during a stretch in March
N2VT2 05/13/23 06:11 PM ET
Totally agree
StautonHokie 05/13/23 07:30 PM ET
I get what your saying
StautonHokie 05/13/23 11:34 AM ET
I wonder how the rule changes and the introduction of a tool like pitchcom
GO_HOKIES_GO 05/13/23 07:13 PM ET
It could yes have something to do with it**
StautonHokie 05/13/23 07:23 PM ET