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Message: [QUOTE="dbmill, post: 3288649, member: 2504"] Aaron Fitt seems to like what he sees with UConn. The article makes clear that he and Penders think that that UConn has a lot of young talented players, pitchers and position players alike, including a bunch of freshmen pitchers. If this talent develops quickly, UConn could have a bunch of quality depth on this team, especially on the pitching staff. But obviously, not every player develops quickly or at the same rate. A prime example of this could be Ben Maycock, who in his three years at UConn was redshirted his freshman year, and barely got any at bats in the following two seasons. I figured at the end of last season that since Maycock was pretty much glued to the bench and with UConn getting a good looking recruiting class and a number of interesting transfers, that his spot on the 2020 spring roster could be in jeopardy. This feeling of mine deepened when Maycock was not playing on any teams when the 2019 summer ball season started. But then Maycock joined the Mystic Schooners late in the summer ball season, and he immediately became a huge offensive force with the team, hitting .352 with power and getting a fair share of walks. While he only played in 14 games, it was still an impressive performance even if it was for a fairly short duration. The most interesting thing in his stat line was that his strikeout rate dropped quite a bit from the previous year where he played summer ball. During the 2018 summer ball season, Maycock struck out in almost half his at bats. During his short stint with Mystic in 2019, Maycock struck out 15 times in 54 at bats, which to me is a significant improvement. After the summer season ended, I began to think that Maycock was someone who could either end up in the 2020 starting lineup, or he could end up being one of the last roster cuts if in fall ball he did not continue to build upon his quality play during the last half of July with Mystic. Anyway, in the Aaron Fitt article, Coach Penders has some very positive things to say about Maycock, saying hat it may have taken a number of years, but that Maycock may have finally figured things out and might be developing into a big power and speed guy. As they say, stay tuned for further developments. [/QUOTE]

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