It has not been without some trademark Tech athletics volatility, but Jackets baseball is so far well on its way to besting last year’s middling 27-28 final mark for the season.
The Jackets have put together long series of wins and demoralizing strings of losses, but after the dust settles, they are clearly a better team than they were last season, both at the plate and in the bullpen.
For proof, the statistics are a clear indicator. Tech’s pitching staff has put together a 4.66 ERA this season. That number is not good — it puts them above only Wake Forest, Virginia Tech, Notre Dame and Boston College in the conference — but it is a clear improvement over last year’s gruesome 5.