The program is not dead. 2017-2018 top 10 recruiting class. Very young talented team with a lot of good pitching arms. They will be in the postseason next year and in Omaha in 2020.
Amazing how one down year and people are ready to jump ship. I don't consider this year a down year because this team is so young, but much more talented than last year's team especially pitching. Maybe the same result as last year, but this team will have so many experienced players next year.
Let's not forget the team lost their best hitter (Reyes) for most of the year. Hopefully, Romy and Toral have good 2019's showing some much needed power at the plate. The other young player should hit better as well (Amditis, Quinones, Zamora, Escala, Rivera, Cloonan, Jenkins, Gil). We return all of our pitchers except Bargfeldt, Hammond, and Mediavilla. The only one that would really be missed is Bargfeldt and we have 3 guys that will have an opportunity at that weekend slot in Velez, Cook, and McMahon who was going to be a weekend starter this year until his injury set him back.
Yeah, we should challenge for an ACC title next year just with the guys returning. If we get some good players in the 2019 class, this team could be elite in 2019.