Deggs has said what he looks for in a ball player, and he’s recruited and signed the players that have what he wants. Going after them as “underwear models,” soft, or not water-hose boys ain’t it. It’s the coaching.
The lineup has potential to get on a roll. The pitching staff does not and limits upside from here. It's not possible to fix an entire staff.
We couldn't even fix Conor Angel last year with a big league All Star running the staff. It could be argued we actually broke Angel.
Pitchers are what they are largely when they get here. They can add a pitch, tweak a grip, but they are what they are.
It appears we broke Durke and Angel in the same season. Both were weekend starters to start last year. We appear to have zero feel handling pitchers, none.
UL, stAte and the two lame duck programs all 0-3. Not where anyone wants to be.
Durke was not a great strike thrower in high school. Not saying he was a project by any stretch of the imagination. But he threw 93-95 in high school, struggled to throw strikes and got hit. I would of thought he could of refined his skill set with D1 coaching. No question he has electric stuff, but i was shocked he was in the rotation opening weekend last year knowing his past. Its obviously not going his way and im not too sure what it will take to fix. Having said that…idk if that terrible outing at southern miss really was the straw that broke the camels back for him.
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