Men #25 UConn vs. Merrimack College Warriors (Wednesday 4/6/22 @ 3:05p @ Elliot Ballpark) Game streamed on FloSports w/ audio on Mixl

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Jonesy breaking some news about transfers already in the fold... just awaiting NLI day

Yes, heard the same thing. He said they were D1 players. Are these guys who are sitting out this year. If they are currently playing is it possible to have already worked out the transfer, wouldn't think so?

 

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We'll see how good Wang's control is in any future appearances. That will ultimately be the deciding factor, in addition to what he shows to the coaches between games and such. We'll also see if Wang starts traveling with the team on the road, which will give a better idea of what the coaching staff thinks in terms of him contributing to the team. Up until now, there have been about 15 other pitchers who have been traveling with the team on road trips, the question is, can Wang move ahead of any of these guys on the pitching totem pole? And even if he doesn't, there is nothing wrong with having more pitching depth assuming he can repeat appearances like this in future games.

One more thing on Jimmy Wang. Just before the season started, Chris Jones interviewed pitching coach Josh MacDonald about the pitching staff. In that interview MacDonald mentioned almost every pitcher who is on the UConn baseball roster this season. One of the guys who did not get any mention at all in that interview was Jimmy Wang. Considering the coaching staff seemed to have great hopes for Wang's potential in previous years, I took it as a sign that their expectations for Wang had come down quite a bit. Whatever improvements there have been to Wang's pitching would seem to have come since the season started. Still, we'll have to see where all this ends up in terms of him making positive contributions to UConn pitching.