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State has an incredible collection of arms.. Top to bottom, It may be the best group in the country... But no one has Chris Stratton stuff on your pitching staff this season... No one.

You act like Chris Stratton was a once-in-a-lifetime pitcher for MSU. In reality, he was the 6th different first rounder pitcher I've personally watched come through MSU -- and of the group, he had the most lackluster total college career of any of them -- by alot.

Have you ever watched a radar gun with Mitchell/Stratton throwing side by side in the pen? Seen the movement on their off speed stuff in the same circumstances? Yeah, I didn't think so. There's a big difference between being a bullpen superstar and an all-SEC/first round pitcher -- and the difference is in what lies between the ears. In a bullpen scenario, scouts label them as virtual identicals. That's a fact.

What was Chris Stratton before he dominated as a JR? He was a guy with electric stuff that rattled easily and hadn't put things together. He didn't even become our Friday night guy last year until SEC play began. That's exactly where Evan Mitchell currently is.

Stratton fr - 5.29ERA 1.613WHIP .973KIP .280baa
Mitchell fr - 4.62ERA 1.535WHIP .996KIP .262baa

Stratton so - 5.21ERA 1.447WHIP 1.00KIP .278baa
Mitchell so - 3.52ERA 1.548WHIP 1.13KIP .225baa

Stratton jr - 2.38ERA 0.998WHIP 1.16KIP .211baa
Mitchell jr - 1.80ERA 1.200WHIP 1.20KIP .176baa (1 game)

Any more questions, Reggie?

This post was edited on 2/17/13 at 9:31 pm