With the 2016 baseball season opening on Friday, TroyTrojans.com will take a position-by-position look at this year's team over the next four days.
STARTERS
The Troy pitching staff has one of the top 1,2 combos of starting pitchers in the Sun Belt returning for the 2016 season.
Seniors Grant Bennett and Lucas Brown return as the Friday night and Saturday night starters respectively. Bennett posted a 3.12 ERA and a 9-4 record in 2015. The Hazel Green, Ala., native led the team with 106.2 innings pitched and 84 strikeouts, including a team-high 14 against Georgia Southern.