True or false?
There are roughly 15 players on every college team who are only there for insurance against injury and to ensure that the other 20 players on the team don't get complacent and develop a false sense of security about their status.
Replies sorted oldest to newest
GPA guys also.
Only 18-20 of the 35 players will get enough field time to be considered part of the playing rotation. A handful will be the better freshmen.
Chances are by the end of soph year a lot of the last two freshman classes will be gone. Seeing a roster that is freshman and sophomore heavy is normal. Some are players who have either survived and made an impact. Most haven’t left yet and probably will.
@Francis7 posted:True or false?
There are roughly 15 players on every college team who are only there for insurance against injury and to ensure that the other 20 players on the team don't get complacent and develop a false sense of security about their status.
I think it’s sometimes a little less than 15 depending on how much a coach uses his bullpen. But, yeah, that’s the reality of College Baseball.
@3and2Fastball posted:I think it’s sometimes a little less than 15 depending on how much a coach uses his bullpen. But, yeah, that’s the reality of College Baseball.
The recently retired Tufts coach used most of his pitching staff. He was into opening pitchers and not facing any hitters twice before it was an MLB thing.
A friend’s son pitched there a few years ago. It drove him crazy to start, throw two shut out innings, get spotted several runs by his offense and get yanked.
But, even using five pitchers per game he still only used about twelve a week. About 22-24 players got “playing time” over the course of the season.
