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If you want less worked college pitchers they have to consider roster extensions and additional scholarships.
Until then, do your homework folks and don't base decisions on National Championships.
TPM posted:If you want less worked college pitchers they have to consider roster extensions and additional scholarships.
Until then, do your homework folks and don't base decisions on National Championships.
I don't think the Problem is the roster size and number of pitchers. there are enough pitchers, it is just that the top pitchers are worked a lot more than the bottom pitchers because they give you a better Chance to win.
if you add two more pitchers to the roster that still won't make the coaches distribute pitching time more equally among the pitchers. there are just so many good pitchers. maybe a couple top programs could afford more good pitchers but that would take away those pitchers from lesser programs making those programs even less competitive.
more scholarships would be nice but Baseball programs are already losing Money and more scholarships would probably widen the gap between big and small programs.
The best arms will always put in more time. Adding more pitchers may give a coach an opportunity to develop one more arm to share the load and not overuse others. The problem is, IMO, that most pitching coaches are not knowledgeable enough to develop better individual pitchers to get the job done. Usually there is only one or maybe two rubber arms on your staff.
I agree it may take away from other programs as well as in other divisions.
I attended a lot of ACC games during and after my son's college career. I only recall seeing two pitchers that I thought were being grossly overused. In my opinion, the bigger issue in college ball is kids throwing year round. Many college coaches want their hitters facing live pitching in the fall and spring pre-season. That means pitchers have to be in shape and ready to throw. When you add in the regular season, post season, and summer ball, there's not a lot of down time. Just my opinion, but THIS is the area the NCAA needs to work on.