It’s impossible to talk about UConn’s pitching without the context of the season and the adjustments made to account for the COVID-19 pandemic. UConn will be playing a 61-game schedule, with seven more games than their usual spring slate. Conference weekends will consist of a Friday opener, a Saturday doubleheader, and a Sunday game. Pitching depth is already key to success in college baseball, and this unique season will only exacerbate it.
During preseason, the UConn coaching staff has emphasized how essential pitching depth will be, given the packed weekend slates.
“[This season] is gonna have to be more sort of like the way it gets in a regional,” pitching coach Josh MacDonald said in a recent interview.