Hey, I'll be the first to admit I was wrong on Mitchell. Dude loses his frigging mind when the lights come on. An unhittable 96 that loses his mind in actual games is about all he appears he'll ever be. Shame. His stuff is so good that it wouldn't take perfection for him to have success at this level. That's hurt how good this team could have been this year.

The real nutcracker though is what has happened with Woodruff this year. With that "injury" and Mitchell's lack of mental progression early on, I figured out pretty quick that we were not going to be elite without one of them stepping up -- and have said as much many times. Both those are elite arm talent guys(as is Lindgren). Graveman, Pollo, Fitts, Cox, etc...not so much. Good news is that Woody will be eligible for a medical redshirt, should we choose to use it -- but I doubt it matters, because chances are pretty good he goes pretty early in the draft next year.

Lindgren getting dinged several times throughout the year and having minor arm trouble has simply magnified what's gone down with the other two guys...

In a perfect world, Woody would have been healthy, and we could have gone with him, Graveman, and Lindgren -- 3 very talented pitchers that, stylistically, could not be more different -- 2 of which are early round MLB talents...

Instead, we're left fighting injuries on the hill and using a makeshift rotation -- directly after doing the same thing in the field last year. The freshman class we've got coming should do alot to alleviate this issue in the future though. Could not be more excited about some of those pitchers, especially Dakota Hudson(cross your fingers on the draft)...

This post was edited on 5/14/13 at 10:15 pm