South Carolina baseball coach Mark Kingston has seen the tools.
Now comes the assembly.
Fall practice began Thursday, a transition point for a new coach and his old and new players. He’s seen them hit off a machine, but now they have to do it off pitchers. He’s seen Gamecocks throw strikes in the bullpen, but now they’ll do it with hitters in the box.
The small, team-game things will start coming into focus.
“To this point, I’m very pleased with what I’ve seen from a talent standpoint,” Kingston said. “Now it’s a matter of getting them on the field, starting to teach them how we want to do bunt defense.