We got a pitcher transfer from Miami
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I guess I missed that. First I'm hearing of it. Hopefully this guy is pitching sat or sun and not Friday. But yea good get.
I think this is a possible Saturday or Sunday type guy. We are still on several guys with the stuff to be the Friday night guy at this point. By August 1, I believe that the picture becomes a lot clearer.
Saturday guy, better resume than any pitcher we signed in the portal last year. ACC Weekend Experience
I want middle guys who can eat innings or the second coming of Girodo. You have to get lucky to find solid closers.
Damn was hoping it would be Nelson Ariete’s son.
So anyone remember him ?
So anyone remember him ?
Best baseball news I’ve seen since the pitching coach hire. Assuming he’s back from injury, he should be a solid weekend starter for us.
This is a real good get. He was a pretty decent starter in his first year. All ACC freshman. No doubt he will improve. Not likely that we will attract a proven SEC ace. Hope we do but it would be silly to expect that
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I saw Holman is visiting LSU in the next few days. If they want him, I doubt we get him.
Im shocked. LSU didnt get the pick of the litter!?!?! I think hell just froze over
If his ERA is below 10, he has Friday night stuff for us.***
Yep, I remember him.......Played in the late 80's......Was hit in the face by a line drive and was never quite the same but he was a solid pitcher at that time........
I believe this guys last start against Florida State got him pitcher of the week in ACC and he pitched like 8 innings of 3 hit shutout ball. So he’s got some dominant stuff potential it sounds like. Really hoping Lofton and Cijente progress a lot and Stone Simmons returning helps with depth. Grab Holman kid too and we have a good shot at really turning this around quick.
Also got him an extended vacation for most of the rest of the season:
"The Sarasota, Florida native’s sophomore campaign was one that was plagued by injuries. Ligon carried a 4.25 ERA through seven starts and capped off his solid start to the season with eight shutout innings against Florida State on March 31st, but missed the following three weeks with arm soreness.
Ligon returned on April 23rd and helped the Hurricanes to a win over Georgia Tech with two runs allowed in four innings, but missed the following month with shoulder inflammation and wouldn’t get through three innings in his starts against Wake Forest and Texas in the ACC and NCAA Tournaments" BulldogBlitz.com
In my unprofessional opinion, a solid Cade Smith replacement, but he’s got some work ahead of him to land a weekend role. Including staying healthy
We'll also get Brooks Auger & Pico Kohn back next year from UCL injuries
Pico's surgery was mid-season, I will be very surprised if he pitches in 2024.
In two seasons he was 9-8 with a 4.86 ERA allowing 126 hits in 126 innings pitched with 52 walks, 104 strikeouts and a 1.413 WHIP.
was dominate till hit got hit in the fact against JSU or Memphis???? eventually could not pitch, right?
I don't see any "sarcasterisks" so I'll add that he retired didn't he? And now Chad Altmyer that had kind of taken over for Rusty changed from Columbus Orthopedic Clinic to Specialty Orthopedic so he's out now too. Not sure who the new team orthopedist is
Correct in that he took a liner to the face, don’t recall who it was against but never was able to fully recover from that mentally.
That really sucks. It feels like an eternity since he has pitched for us.
For anyone that saw it happen, it was a brutal injury. Shattered his jaw bone. Thankfully he did not lose an eye. He was outstanding before the injury but flinched every time he released a ball after that. Never could get past it. I don’t blame him for flinching. I think very few people could get past what happened to him. One of the worst sports injuries I ever saw actually happen.
Uhh I certainly wouldn’t count on Kohn for 2024. He didn’t have surgery until April. He’s not likely to be back until 2025, and he’ll be draft eligible before that season, too.
Not denying the second part, but if our head coach honestly just promised a weekend SEC starting gig to a guy that was shut down for 75% of last season and that was marginally good when he did pitch, I guess this program continues to prove to me that it can find ways to dig a deeper hole
No question about that. But, if he’s healthy, he’s much better than anyone else we have coming back. I just hope the shoulder doesn’t need surgery.