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<blockquote data-quote="eokerholm" data-source="post: 925899" data-attributes="member: 5007"><p>With so many roles up for grabs, Georgia Tech stretched out a bunch of pitchers to compete for starting gigs this fall, and three newcomers should factor heavily in that mix as well. Whether they wind up in the rotation or the bullpen, all three should be crucial pieces of this staff. First off, juco transfer <strong>Terry Busse </strong>might have been the most impressive GT pitcher I saw in 14 innings against Kennesaw, attacking the zone at 93-94 with exceptional arm-side life and also riding action. The 6-foot-3, 200-pound Busse has a short takeaway to a low slot (a tick above sidearm), and his heater simply explodes on hitters, resulting in frequent soft groundball contact. He also showed a solid slider at 82, and Hall said he throws a useful curvball as well, but the heater is his calling card.</p><p></p><p>“Right now we like him as a starter. The way his fastball profiles, and we think his slider and curveball are good enough that we could start him. Will be interesting to see if he can do it,” Hall said. “I think last year as a juco I don’t think he started, mostly threw in relief and also in the Draft League. But we built him up pretty good in the fall, he’s one of them we tried to build some pitches on and felt like he handled it well. He’s a hard worker, been impressive. A quiet competitor who goes about his business but wants to do well every day.”</p><p></p><p>The other two key newcomers are high-profile freshmen <strong>Noah Samol</strong> and <strong>Luke Schmolke</strong>, who will certainly occupy key roles in some form or another. Samol is a huge 6-foot-8, 242-pound lefthander with a long, loose arm swing to a high slot, making his 92-94 mph fastball play up even more due to the extreme downhill angle. He showed good feel for an 85-86 mph changeup against Kennesaw, using it to induce soft rollover contact against righties, but his breaking ball was poor in this brief look, and Hall said that’s the pitch he needs to continues to work on most. At his best, Samol has been 94-96 this fall, and the quality of his changeup has been the most surprising thing about him. </p><p></p><p>Schmolke, a 6-foot, 184-pound righty who draws Ian Anderson comps from the coaching staff, is a loose athlete with a high slot that produced 90-91 mph heat in a scoreless inning against KSU, though he can run his fastball up to 95. His signature pitch is a 12-to-6 hammer in the high 70s that buckled some knees against the Owls, and Hall said he has good feel for a changeup as well, a pitch he’s worked hard on. “His fastball has that ride so he gets a lot of swing and misses with a riding fastball then tunnels that breaking ball off it, just makes him hard to hit,” Hall said. “We’ll build them both up, whether one can crack the weekend rotation and one can crack midweek, we’ll see, but we’ll build them both as starters and see where it goes, but excited about both those guys.”</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="eokerholm, post: 925899, member: 5007"] With so many roles up for grabs, Georgia Tech stretched out a bunch of pitchers to compete for starting gigs this fall, and three newcomers should factor heavily in that mix as well. Whether they wind up in the rotation or the bullpen, all three should be crucial pieces of this staff. First off, juco transfer [B]Terry Busse [/B]might have been the most impressive GT pitcher I saw in 14 innings against Kennesaw, attacking the zone at 93-94 with exceptional arm-side life and also riding action. The 6-foot-3, 200-pound Busse has a short takeaway to a low slot (a tick above sidearm), and his heater simply explodes on hitters, resulting in frequent soft groundball contact. He also showed a solid slider at 82, and Hall said he throws a useful curvball as well, but the heater is his calling card. “Right now we like him as a starter. The way his fastball profiles, and we think his slider and curveball are good enough that we could start him. Will be interesting to see if he can do it,” Hall said. “I think last year as a juco I don’t think he started, mostly threw in relief and also in the Draft League. But we built him up pretty good in the fall, he’s one of them we tried to build some pitches on and felt like he handled it well. He’s a hard worker, been impressive. A quiet competitor who goes about his business but wants to do well every day.” The other two key newcomers are high-profile freshmen [B]Noah Samol[/B] and [B]Luke Schmolke[/B], who will certainly occupy key roles in some form or another. Samol is a huge 6-foot-8, 242-pound lefthander with a long, loose arm swing to a high slot, making his 92-94 mph fastball play up even more due to the extreme downhill angle. He showed good feel for an 85-86 mph changeup against Kennesaw, using it to induce soft rollover contact against righties, but his breaking ball was poor in this brief look, and Hall said that’s the pitch he needs to continues to work on most. At his best, Samol has been 94-96 this fall, and the quality of his changeup has been the most surprising thing about him. Schmolke, a 6-foot, 184-pound righty who draws Ian Anderson comps from the coaching staff, is a loose athlete with a high slot that produced 90-91 mph heat in a scoreless inning against KSU, though he can run his fastball up to 95. His signature pitch is a 12-to-6 hammer in the high 70s that buckled some knees against the Owls, and Hall said he has good feel for a changeup as well, a pitch he’s worked hard on. “His fastball has that ride so he gets a lot of swing and misses with a riding fastball then tunnels that breaking ball off it, just makes him hard to hit,” Hall said. “We’ll build them both up, whether one can crack the weekend rotation and one can crack midweek, we’ll see, but we’ll build them both as starters and see where it goes, but excited about both those guys.” [/QUOTE]
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