Despite two big pieces of their team being gone, the Gamecocks should still be in good shape next season.
With two South Carolina baseball players having signed to play professionally - Gene Cone with the Mets and Braden Webb with the Brewers - the Gamecocks are missing two of the cornerstones of their Super Regional team this year.
Cone, of course, leaves behind a big hole with his hot bat now out of the lineup. The hometown product led the way with a .363 batting average and 78 hits. While he wasn’t really noted for his power (just four home runs in 2016), his splits of .