re: Texas A&M Baseball

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Doesn't everyone in the West return pretty much all their aces on their staffs?

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Yes and no for Auburn. Our ace pitcher (Thompson) was dealing with elbow issues all of last year and had TJ in July. So he will more than likely never pitch for Auburn again since he will have his degree in 3 years.

The guy who actually was our ace last year (Lipscomb) is back and from all accounts should have a good year under first year head coach Butch Thompson. I look for Cole to have less innings this year than last and as a result, more strikeouts and a much lower ERA.