NC State Newsstand: Baseball adds hard-throwing transfer
NC State’s 2022 football season is squarely on the horizon, and there is no shortage of news as we creep closer to that point. As The Wolfpacker continues to cover the home stretch of the offseason, our daily ‘Newsstands’ will be a way for our readers to catch up on what they missed from the day before.
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The Wolfpacker’s Tuesday morning newsstand
NC State baseball is in the middle of a busy offseason highlighted by a strong group of transfer portal additions. The Wolfpack added another athlete to their roster Monday with.
Here’s more from The Wolfpacker’s story ‘NC State baseball picks up hard-throwing pitcher from transfer portal.’
Oklahoma right-handed redshirt sophomore pitcher Creed Watkins announced on Twitter Monday afternoon that he was joining the NC State baseball program. Watkins becomes the seventh portal addition thus far for the Wolfpack.
The 6-foot-5, 220-pounder from Duncan, Okla., pitched just one game for the Sooners in 2022. Prior to that, Watkins pitched at Seminole State College. In 12 games there in 2001, Watkins registered a 2.70 earned run average (ERA) and a save in 12 games. He struck out 25 batters over 16.2 innings while allowing 10 hits and walking 11.
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In the COVID-shortened 2020 season, Watkins allowed six hits and seven walks in 7.2 innings while fanning nine and posting a 3.52 ERA.
This summer, Watkins has been clocked at 99 miles per hour while pitching in the MLB Draft League.
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“I feel like this class is going to continue this culture of winning and continue this culture of brotherhood, because we are really close.”
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