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Moving Ian Korn to the Starting Rotation Could Hurt WVU More Than It Would Help
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Moving Ian Korn to the Starting Rotation Could Hurt WVU More Than It Would Help

West Virgina Mountaineers On SI ·Schuyler Callihan·20 days ago
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Coming into the season, West Virginia had several candidates to fill out the starting rotation, and if I had to guess, I would have thought that Division II Pitcher of the Year Ian Korn would have been one of those three weekend starters. Instead, Steve Sabins has routinely rolled out the trio of Maxx Yehl, Chansen Cole, and Dawson Montesa, using Korn in a long relief role. With the consistent struggles of Montesa not being able to find the zone and driving up his pitch count early in games, it would make sense, in theory, for Sabins to swap Korn and Montesa. But I wouldn't expect that to change, and honestly, I think it's the right thing to do. The Mountaineers have been getting elite production from Yehl and Cole in the first two games of a series, while also giving length in their outings. More often than not, WVU will be able to save much of its bullpen for game three, and if Montesa gets knocked out of a game early, you're going to need someone to eat up a bunch of innings, aka Korn.…

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