Coaches prepare for altered schedules, pitching staffs
The rhythms of a college baseball rotation are so hard-coded at this point that it has its own language. Your best starter isn’t an ace or a No. 1 starter. He’s a “Friday guy.”
Even midweek games, which every team treats differently, have their own lingo. Teams either have a midweek starter or they go with “Johnny Wholestaff.”
The 2021 season, one that has caused alterations in conference scheduling formats from coast to coast, has thrown that familiar pattern out the window in many cases, leaving coaches to figure out what it means for building a pitching staff and preparing for each weekend.
