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Message: [QUOTE="dbmill, post: 3847043, member: 2504"] Here's a quick summary of the Coach Mac interview. The guys mentioned as possible starters: Ben Casparius - Friday night guy. Coach Mac thinks he could end up being as good as the top guys who have been at UConn. Joe Simione - Sounds like he is the Saturday guy. Other possible starters include Jimmy Wang, Austin Peterson (who is coming back from a Covid issue), Will Lucas, and Pat Gallagher. Both Lucas and Gallagher saw extended inning stints out of the bullpen last season. Gallagher had a rough fall, but the coaches are really high on him. Given the pandemic, four game weekends, midweek starts and such, others could work their way into starting as well. Guys out of the bullpen: Caleb Wurster is going to start the season in the back of the bullpen. So much for the moving to the starting rotation, but he has shown what he can do as a closer, so why mess with it. Kenny Haus got a big mention for the back of the pen as well. In the fall the coaches were hoping Randy Polonia was just going to be okay in terms of recovering from his summer auto accident. The good news is, in preseason workouts, Polonia is throwing great, so look out for him. Andrew Marrero is going to be special according to Coach Mac. Devin Kirby and Justin Willis got positive mentions as well as guys to look for. Freshman Bobby McBride has a super arm. Sam Favieri was hurt last season. Looking back Coach Mac says that Favieri probably was the best freshman pitching arm in the fall of 2019. As mentioned in interviews with coaches before, it sounds like Colby Dunlop is no longer going to be shuttled back and forth between starting and coming out of the pen. They like him better in short stints out of the pen. Stock and Crawford also got mentions for possible spot use. As for Crawford, Coach Mac says he has the best arm on the team in terms of pure stuff. [/QUOTE]

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