McCormack still evaluating Owls as Sun Belt play begins
By MinorLeagueDugout.
Make no mistake, FAU baseball coach John McCormack is excited to see how well the Owls perform in Sun Belt play. He's been talking about the importance about starting strong in the Belt - and that begins with tonight's conference opener when the Owls host Arkansas-Little Rock.
He just wishes the NCAA didn't force the Owls to schedule the game so early in the season.
"I wish we had one more weekend before we got into it, but with our conference being so large, there's no other way to do it," McCormack said.
The NCAA moved back the start of the baseball season. The condensed schedule kept the Owls from playing a couple weeks worth of pre-conference games that normally would be used by McCormack and his staff to evaluate players.
The new scheduling is inconvenient, but it's fair in the sense that it affects every team in the Sun Belt. Trojans' coach Scott Norwood likely still has questions he would have liked answered about his team prior heading into the games that matter the most.
Where the change affects the Owls the most is in their pitching staff. For the third week in a row FAU's weekend rotation will go Mike Gipson, Barry Rooks and Glen Troyanowski. If the trio pitches well, McCormack likely won't make any changes.
If any one of them struggles, though, the Owls could turn to Adam Morrison, who made his first start of the season in the Owls' victory at Florida. The way McCormack talks gives the impression that he feels Morrison has front-of-the-rotation stuff. He simply got a late start on this season while rehabbing an elbow injury.
McCormack wants to see Morrison pitch a couple more times before he considers moving him to the weekend. In previous years, McCormack could let Morrison get those starts and still make the change, if necessary, before the start of conference play.
Keep that in mind as the Owls face the Trojans' top-two starters, Jake Sullivan and Adam Champion, who have combined to allow one earned run in their first 28 1/3 innings.
I'm up at Roger Dean Stadium right now getting ready to cover Mets/Cards spring training game. As soon as I file that story, I'll be meeting up with Marcus at FAU Stadium. FAUOwlAccess.com will have complete coverage of the weekend series, so check back frequently. And if you have any questions, send them our way.
chuck
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