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Posted on: December 14, 2018 at 16:15:50 CT
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preseason predictions are meaningless. But any knowledgable person who follows Mizzou softball and college softball in general knows that unless we get an unexpected contribution from several pitchers (like Baxter coming out of nowhere her senior season), this year is very likely going to look a lot like the last 2 years. I think that can be mitigated somewhat if the offense really comes around, and we get more timely hitting, and with a much improved defense (a strength of Coach LA). But only to a certain extent, without a much more dominant pitching staff.
Not sure what to make about what you heard about her recruiting strategy, I'm certainly hoping she will recruit nationally. Only an idiot wouldn't, and she clearly isn't that. We in fact know nothing about her recruiting yet.
And having CA kids on the roster isn't anything magic. Mizzou wouldn't have been on the elite college softball map without a girl named Chelsea from a small town in Iowa. There are plenty of great pitchers coming out of MO and other Midwestern states, like Thomas, Paige Parker, etc. And Finucane was an 'Eastern girl' too. She was on her way to being one of the best ever here until the fluke beaning.