Even now, three years removed from his freshman season on the North Carolina baseball team, Brett Daniels occasionally reminisces about how that year unfolded.
In 2015, Trevor Kelley and Trent Thornton anchored a UNC bullpen that pitched 227 2/3 innings. The duo combined for 119 2/3. The other 108 were dispersed among 11 other Tar Heel pitchers.
Among them, Daniels tossed only three innings over three relief appearances. He also went just 2 1/3 over two starts. So ever since then, whenever he's been called on to pitch, he's relished the opportunity, knowing how rare it once was.