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Message: [QUOTE="dbmill, post: 3767079, member: 2504"] One other note on the D1Baseball article on UConn baseball. As did a recent interview with Coach Penders, there is a mention of Caleb Wurster being trained in fall ball to be a starter for the coming spring season. Wurster has been a terrific reliever the last two seasons. However, he was not selected in the MLB draft this past summer. While Wurster is extremely effective out of the pen, he lacks the huge fastball that professional baseball looks for in relief pitchers these days. Coach Penders and Wurster no doubt realize this, but it is still pretty obvious that Wurster is a quality pitcher. I'm thinking to move to being a starter is being driven to increase the attractiveness of Wurster being taken in the next MLB draft by showing that he can be effective as a starter. Because of this, I'm inclined now to think Wurster is probably the leading possibility to end up being the Sunday starter, assuming that he remains effective in that role. Edit: UConn pitching staff seems to have plenty of quality depth, so the move of Wurster to the starting rotation shouldn't be a big deal, as the bullpen should have guys who can do the job. Also, it just remembered that Wurster was used as a starter during this past summer ball season, so this is does not appear to be a spur of a moment decision. [/QUOTE]