[BaseballIsLife]

Heres a description of Scott's pitchng staff this year:

Scott loses their best two pitchers in Adams and Adkins, and also reliever Brian Fite but returns some talent in EJ Murray, Taylor Smith, and Nick Hiller.

EJ throws around 80 and tops around 83 but his key is his breaking ball that absolutely screws up hitters. Its not the best curve in the world, but for some reason it just screws up the hitters and he is able to locate it which is an EXTREME plus. I know he is playing basketball but if he has been able to up his velocity at all he will become very dominant.

Taylor Smith is also a good pitcher but more in a closer type roll. As a freshman he showed great potential but hasn't panned out much. He has a HUGE arm and great fastball, estimating around 85mph but whats lacking is his off-speed. He just hasn't been able to develop any sort of off-speed pitch and thus struggles if he pitches too long. He is able to locate his fastball reasonably well and I think will be good for 1-2, maybe 3 innings if handled correctly. If he develops an off-speed pitch, he should and will most likely be included in the starting rotation.

Nick Hiller showed great potential as a sophomore as he pitched in a couple of varsity games and did extremely well. This lefty located around a 80mph fastball and his bread and butter pitch is his curveball. He also throws a pretty good change. Although his sophomore year was great, he struggled his junior year with his control and eventually lost his starting job and was thrown into the relief roll. If he is able to get focused and heal up his ankle (was injured over the summer) I think he will be just fine.

All three are seniors and are all righties with the exception of Hiller (lefty).

Some more noteables are Zach Sowder (JR) who saw some innings as a sophomore and despite his size, delivered some pop. I look for Zach to be utilized as a pitcher more this year as he pitched very well when called on last year. He is in the same mold as Jordan Adkins who graduated this past year, as he isn't very big in size but has a lot of pop in his fastball.