Pitching, pitching, pitching. This will carry the day as it does with most teams. Potential starters:
Ben Jacobs - He is probably the top P on the roster and that is shown by his preseason 2nd team All American nod.
Jack Martinez - He has good stuff including a mid 90s fastball and a very effective slider. His walk rate is too high but opponents don’t exactly hit him hard.
Wyatt Halvorson - He had a decent freshman year last season. At times he looked dominant and other times he struggled with command and pitched like a freshman. I suspect he will be in the weekend rotation
Cole Carlon - Also a freshman last year. He came out of the bullpen most of last season with varying results. He has serious stuff and reportedlyhad a really good season playing summer ball in the Alaska league. Very promising. Kid can also hit and is/was listed as a 1B
Rohan Lettow - Reports out of fall ball ( I was unable to attend any of the games) are he did very week and might have itched himself into the starter conversation. Throws a mid 90s fastball and I heard he has a couple solid breaking pitches.
Freshman Easton Barrett and transfer Derek Schaefer are both in the conversation.